The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-02-19

Cuban senate to annul the orders of
the American military authorities
abolishing the lottery.
An auction Of white men out of
work was held in the Parkside Pres
| byterian church in Flatbush, N. Y,
and served to get jobs for number
of idle men.
A series of attacks upon women and
girls in Berlin has caused panic
among the female population. Three
women were stabbed with sharp in
strument, one of the victims bleeding
to death
loss of several hundred thousand
Cleveland, o., of the brokerage firm
of Lamprecht Bros. & Co.
A letter from Speaker Dolley Of the
Kansas house to citizen of New York
on the direct primary system has been
made public by Gov. Hughes. The old
style state nominating conventions
are denounced in unmeasured terms
by the Kansan.
Martin Oberman of Chicago became
suddenly insane on passenger train
near Berwick, Ia, and cut and slashed
three men, one perhaps fatally, be-
fore he was overpowered.
Fire at Kansas City destroyed the
retail store of T. M. James & Sons
and the Kansas City Mantel company,
causing a loss of $4,000.
The worst snow blockade in sew
eral years in western Nebraska has
been overcome after As hours Of
strenuous labor by the railroads.
The official statement of Senator
Stephenson, filed with the secretary
of state of Wisconsin, shows that Mr..
Stephenson paid $1O7,793 for his nomi-
nation in the senatorial primary.
The American Society of Equity has
transmitted to congress paper
showing that it costs farmer $1.19
bushel to raise wheat. The society
believes that the minimum price Of
wheat on the farm should be $1.25 a
buShel.
FIFTEEN students of William Jewell
college at Liberty, Mo-, are down with
the smallpox and the school has been
compelled to close. Among the af-
flicted is a son of President Greene.
Outgoing trains are guarded to keep
the students from leaving the town.
The Masonic grand lodges of Okla
homa and Indian territory have been
merged under the name of the Okla
homa Grand Lodge of Masons. G. S.
Muldrow. of Tishomingo was elected
grand master of the new grand lodge.
The Chicago Flyer on the Illinois
Central railroad plunged into an open
switch at Coldwater, Miss, killing
two persons and injuring a score, sew
eral of them fatally.
The president has sent long tele-
gram to Speaker Stanton OF the Cali
fornia assembly setting forth in plain
language the governments attitude re-
garding the school segregation bill
now under discussion at Sacramento.
He declares that if the bill is passed
the government will test it in the
courts.
A collision in the NJ, X. & T. rail
road yards at Muskogee, Ok, caused
the death of one man, the serious in
jury of two others and a fire loss of
100000.
Samuel MCGOWAN of Degraff, Kan,
formerly superintendent of the Chi
locco Indian school, has been indicted
by the federal court for embezzlement
ond MAKING folca VOuchprS
The bill permitting the election of
United States senator by a direct vote
of the people has been killed in the
Kansas senate. Only eight Republi-
cans voted for the measure.
Mrs. Anna L. Horsetield, 80 years
old, lost her life in a fire at Kansas
City which destroyed a business block
occupied by three stores. After es-
Gaping Mrs Horsefield returned to her
room for her trunk and was overcome
by the flames.
The armored cruisers North Caro-
lima and Montana, with President.
elect Taft and party on board, made
the voyage from Colon to New Orleans
in three days.
Twenty thousand wild elk are said
to be starving in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Personal.
z. G. Cooley has resigned as super
intendent of the Chicago public school
system. He is to accept the presi-
dency of a prominent Boston publish
ing firm.
State Senator George o. Johnson Of
Fort Cobb. Ok. is dead and his room