The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-05
LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

Twenty troop-laden transports, es-
corted by Japanese squadron, are
cruising off the entrance of the Lao
liver.
A bust Of the late c. A. Swensson,
president of Bethany college at Linds-
borg, Kan, is installed at the worlds
fair.
A court at Naples, which has been
Judging contested case, has decid-
ed that the pope is capable of inherit
ing in Italy, which hitherto has been
disputed.
The German steamer Lisboa, of the
Oldenburgh-P Portugal line, has been
stopped and searched by a Russian
warship in the Gulf of Finland She
was then released.
Lloyd's agent at Newchwang wires
that fifty Japanese cayalrymen have
entered Newchwang. The French flag
is flying from all the Russian build
ings. The town is quiet.
The Observatory Romano, the Va
tican organ, denies the report pub
lished by the Tribuna that Cardinal
Merry del Val, the papal secretary
of state, had rendered his resignation.6
The Giornale d'ItalIa, of Rome, says
that it is likely that Mosignor Folconio
the apostolic delegate in the United
States, will be transferred to Manila.
to replace the late Monsignor Guidi.
Governor Beekman Winthrop left
San Juan on his first tour of inspec-
ton of Porto Rico. He desires to ac
quaint himself in the. conditions ex-
listing in Porto Rico. His tour will
include the cities of Ponce, Arecibo
and Mayaguez.
Great Brittain's bill for damages
against Russia for demurrage and
other indemnities connected with the
arrest, detention and Smelling of the
British ships in the Red sea will prob
ably be very heavy. Already it is
roughly estimated at $5,OO0,00O.
General Isaac Kahn, special ambas-
sador of the Shah of Persia to Mexico,
has been appointed Persian minister
to Australia. Persia has appointed a
nephew of General Khan as minister
to the United States and Mexico. He
will arrive late in the autumn.
Uneasiness is felt for the British
for the steamer st. Hubert, Captain
Wardale, which sailed from Caleta
Buena del Sur, Chile, May 81, and
Honolulu July 2 for Yokohama. The
vessel is now overdue and it is
thought she may have been captured
by the Vladivostok squadron.
From January 1 to July &c, inclu-
sive. 77,S25,S66 Japanese yen have
been received at the San Francisco
mint and converted into money for
the Philippine Islands. The aggre-
gate amount in American money is
$3S,912,933. For twenty-six days of
June alone the amount is $4,495,195.
Hugh Jones, aged 10, who disap-
peared from his home at Roanoke,
Va, two years ago, has just returned.
He claims that he was captured by
tramps, who took him all through the
south He says he escaped from them
at Cincinnati.
Owing to a disagreement between
President Plaza of Ecuador and Gen
eral Flavio Alfaro, secretary of war
and a candidate for the presidency of
the republic, the latter has resigned
his portfolio. General Rafael Arel-
leno has been appointed to succeed
General Alfaro.
The eyes of all Russia are now
turned toward the Alexandra villa, at
Peterlof. where the court and royal
family are assembled in anticipation
of the pleasure of greeting an heir to
the throne. The emperor has can
celled all engagements.
At Chicago the packers claim that
the strike order was not generally
obeyed by the men working at the
plants. The packers say the order
caused men TO quit as follows: Swift
& Co, 400. Armour & Co, 200; Ma
tional Packing Co, 10; Schwarzchild
& Sulzberger, %. Nelson Morris &
Co. refused to give out figures.
Askel Hagan. a seventeen-year-old
boy, killed himself in Chicago to
please his sweetheart. He left a
note saying he thought nothing would
please the girl better than to hear he
was dead.