The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-05-07
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered From all
Parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben
eft of Our leaders.
Miscellaneous.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
In quarrel among two families on
a farm near Asher, Ok, Stanley Ware
was killed. Perry Brewer was fatally
wounded and Jess Brewer seriously
wounded,
The Missouri senate has passed
bill providing for the adjustment oil
the contract system of convict labor
in the penitentiary.
Six people were seriously injured
and eight houses wrecked by lorna
do that passed over Washington and
Crawford counties, Arkansas.
With delegates present from AZ
state societies having total member
ship of 10000 the Twentieth national
congress of the Sons Of American
Revolution met at Baltimore.
While bathing in the river near
Henrietta, Texas, three girls were
caught in an undertow swept into a
deep hole and drowned.
fire at Parson, Kan, destroyed
the Strasburg building and the First
methodist church causing loss of
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ness section was threatened.
The Arkansas legislature has killed
the bill providing for moving the state
University to Little Rock.
There are 157,176,S00 acres of gov
eminent land in the various western
states to which the 800 acre home
stead law applies.
The Military court setting in the
war office at Constantinople has con-
demned $50 prisoners to death and
they have been executed.
The heaviest snowfall Of the win
ter in Western Pennsylvania has oc-
Cured the snow covering the ground
to depth of ten inches.
The trouble between the American
conductors and the Mexican National
railroad over the employment of in
spectors on the trains has been set
tied the duties of the inspectors hav-
ing been somewhat modified.
The federal grand jury has return
ed an indictment against Edward Fink
of Ell Paso, Texas, former chief OF
police of that city on the charge OF
conspiring to smuggle Chinese into
the United States.
A snowslde overwhelmed a party
of surveyors on the Cascade river
near Rockport, Wash. All escaped eX-
cept one who was buried under 80
feet of snow.
Capt. ]. f. Robinson, who command
ed the Pacific Mail steamship, Indiana
which went ashore at the entrance OF
Magdalena Bay shot himself to death
in the cabin of the ship as it lay slow
ly pounding to pieces on the rocks.
Former Vice-President Fairbanks
has purchased a $4,000 home at as
adena, Cal, and will make that his
future home.
Centrahoma Ok, town of about
800 people, was partially wrecked by
storm of wild and hail which assumed
the form of twister. Several build
ings were destroyed and all suffered
more or less damage.
Acting in behalf of an Ohio syndi-
cate Albert Emanuel posted $4,000 with
the city clerk of Lawrence, Kan, to
guarantee that a street car line will
| be built there.
The two ships of the Japanese train
ing squadron have arrived at Los
Angeles and will visit all the principal
ports of the Pacific coast.
A tornado, accompanied by rain and
hail visited Douglas in Butler county,
kansas. A number of houses were
wrecked and large amount of stock
killed.
Secretary of War Dickinson is max
ing a personal inspection of the work
being done on the Isthiman canal.
Official figures given out at Lisbon
show that 10000 are homeless from
the recent earthquake in Portugal.
Federal Judge Phillips has granted
state or county officer or any private
citizen of Missouri from in any way
attempting to invoke the state laws in
an attempt to regulate passenger fares
In Missouri.
The International Woman Suffrage
dSoOCldllOu 10 uOlulh5 AANSNi''S 80
London. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
of New York will preside and Mrs.
Anna Howard Shaw will make an ad-
dress.
The recent earthquake in Portugal
was more serious than at first report
ed, several villages having been COM
pletely destroyed and large towns SER
iously damaged. Parliament has vot'
ed 100000 for the relief of the suffer
ers.
Dissention in a Catholic church at
Wallace, Idaho resulted in the priest
getting an injunction to make the
trustees turn over the pew rents and
collections.
Three hundred miners employed in
the lead mines at Leadwood, Mo-, have
gone on a strike.