The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-10-13

LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF.

| Portsmouth, has been created count
| The car bestowed this honor in re
cognition of his work in the treaty ne
| gotiations.
Senator Hepburn of Idaho is in the
Stone Leigh court in Washington suf
fering from appendicitis. The case is
not regarded as dangerous, however
and the senator may be out in a few
days.
August Krall, farmer living near
Clare, Ia, was ground to pieces under
a train near Clare. The accident was
not known until the train reached
Clare. Pieces of the body were found
on the engine pilot.
The sixteen railways which sought
in the Texas district court to enjoin
the collection of 1 per cent tax on
their gross earnings, waived their pc
tition for a temporary Injunction, and
the cases were set for October II.
The navy department is making in
quiries of the Suez Canal company as
to the dimensions of the Suez canal
and tonnage charges in order to de-
termine whether the floating steel dry
dock built for the Philippines will be
taken by the Suez route or by way
of Cape of Good Hope.
The monthly statement of the gov.
eminent receipts and expenditures,
which were issued October 2, show
a remarkable increase in receipts from
customs and internal revenue sources.
For September, 1904, the customs re-
ceipts amounted to $23,230, 800, and
for the three months of the fiscal year
SG5 49, 1884.
In a fire which started from an I'M
known cause on the first floor of
two-story hotel patronized by long
shoremen at 222 West street, New
York, two men were burned to death
and two others were taken to the hos
pital in a dying condition. One OF
them died there later. Nearly dozen
others were injured.
Commissioner Richards Of the gen.
eral land Office has forwarded to the
secretary of the interior his annual
report covering the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1t shows that in the year
16,909075 acres of the public lands
and 77,546 acres of Indian lands were
disposed of, the total exceeding that
for 1904 by 800 acres. The total
receipts for the year, including those
for the sale of Indian lands, were
S7,017,S11. The patents issued mum.
bered 81 0Sl, as against 56.SS6 the pre-.
ceding year.
1t has been suggested that October
Is be fixed as the date on which to
end the yellow fever quarantine. The
Louisiana state board of health has
issued letter to the county boards
making this suggestion. October IA
will be another general cleaning up
and fumigating date. The threaten.
ed gulf storm hovers over New Or.
leans, but no hurricane is In sight.
Heavy rains all over this section are
doing the cotton much injury.
Thousands of his fellow citizens
turned out to welcome President
Roosevelt to the national capital, Sep.
TENDER 30, and made his home com.
ing an occasion for an ovation from
the time he was sighted on the plat
form of his car until he passed with.
in the doors of the White House.
At Chicago James Murphy. aged 20.
is at the county hospital in a dying
condition suffering from a bullet
wound in the lung sustained during
quarrel. Although the man has been
informed that the chances for his re-
covery are slight. he refuses to di.
vulge the name of the person who
shot him or the cause.
Willard s. Wickard, charged by
Governor Hanly of Indiana, with hav-
ing forged notes given TO former
State Auditor Sherrick in return for
loans of state funds. was arrested on
an indictment as he arrived in Indian
apolis.
The open season for big game in
Maine opened October and for two
months to come the forest Businesses
Of the Pine Tree state will be the
Mecca for sportsmen from many parts
Of the country. According to all lndi-
cations q regular feast is in store for
the hunter this season