The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-03-11
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.


epidemic of alarming proportions.
New York spent 100000 in shovel
ing snow from its sidewalks during the
winter.
The damage done by the flood in the
Allegheny river probably will not ex-
coed S250000.
Lima, Peru, had an earthquake on
March 4, which did much damage; it
was the worst in 30 years
One ship has brought to San Fran
Chinese exhibit at st. Louis.
The senate committee on pensions
favorably reported bill to give totally
blind veterans 500 month.
The inventory of the estate of the
late Senator NJ. A. Hanna showed q
valuation of about 81 100000.
The changes in the Korean cabinet
have brought into power the partisans
of the United States and Japanese.
Russian soldiers have seized the
premises of an American mining COM
pany at Unsan, north of Ping Yam.
The most severe blizzard of the win.
ter is raging in Upper Michigan. Both
train and wire service are demoralized.
OF the seven members of the Panama
canal commission six are engineers.
There is not politician among them.
Ashland, Wis, reports the worst
storm in years. The town was snow
bound; street cars standing still and
schools closed.
There came on one steamer from
Japan to San Francisco $780, 900 in
American gold, sent in payment for
army supplies.
The Rock Island has decided to go
back into the Western Passenger asso-
citation from which it withdrew about
two years ago.
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rate on sugar to the Missouri river of
2 cents less than the cut rate put into
effect by the Great Western.
During the progress of the Smoot
hearing before the senate committee
President Smith of the Mormon church
stated that Notwithstanding the sec
ond revelation stopping palygamy he
believed the first revelation permitting
it was correct.
The Canadians are building great
canal. divcrting the waters of Milk river
in Northern Montana thus getting the
use of all waters of the river which rises
in the United States, which have been
used ON the Montana side of the line.
The diversion renders useless great
amounts expended for irrigation.
The supreme court of Ohio has de.
clared unconstitutional the law which
provides penalty of 500 fine and six
months imprisonment for any one who
discharges worl1men because they are
members of labor unions.
On all railways in French colonies
near the tropics the ties are generally
of iron, timber being destroyed in a
very short time by the climate or in
sects.
The battleship Wisconsin at Manila
has beaten the worlds record with 49,
inch guns, its expert gunners having
made nine bullseyes out of ten shots
fred within ten minutes.
by a vote of Is to II the common
council of Detroit rejected Andrew Car
negie's offer of s75O,OOO for a public
library building.
Between 10000 and $4,000 passengers
passed through the Kansas City Union
depot on March ,. The greater part
went forward on the regular semi
monthly home-seekers' excursion,
which came in ON extra sections
The appellate court at Chicago re-
affirmed that picketing by strikers is
illegal.
An exhibition is being arranged at
St. Petersburg Of all the Russian art
objects which IL was intended 10 ex-
hibit at St Louis The proeeeus will
be devoted tothe Red Cross society