The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-05

Noyes, veteran editor of the Washing
ton Star, has been unveiled in the new
district building at Washington.
The international opium commission
has practically completed it's work at
Shanghai, China. Nine recommends
tiens for the control of the traffic were
adopted at the conference.
In the trial of the Standard OIL re-
batting case at Chicago, Federal Judge
Anderson ruled that each settlement
between the company and the rail-
roads should constitute an offense.
There were SO of these settlements,
making the largest possible fine $780,
000
The California legislature has passed
the bill providing for census of Jap
anese in that state.
H. M. Craddock of Kansas City shot
and killed one burglar and wounded
another while they were engaged In
trying to force an entrance into his
dry goods store.
A st. Louis building supposed to
be fire-proof, occupied by the Mulvihill
Furniture company, was damaged to
the extent of 100000 by recent
blaze.
At Cleveland o., three persons
were fatally and 20 others seriously
injured when a Pennsylvania railroad
train struck crowded street car on a
grade crossing.
The next session of the Transmits
souri, Dry Farming congress will be
held at Billing, Mont. The permanent
headquarters will he in Denver.
To meet the reduction in the prices
of steel products recently announced
reduction in wages will be made be.
ginning May /.
The recent primary election cost
the city of Evanston, H., $2S for each
ballot cast.
A tornado struck the towns of Reece
and Utopia in Greenwood county,
Kan, causing much destruction of
property and injuries to several peo-
pie. Among the buildings destroyed
were a church, schoolhouse and
depot.
The Greek residents of the packing
house district of South Omaha have
left the city since the recent riots.
An Ecuador passenger train plunged
over a cliff 100 feet high and was
dashed to pieces in the bottom Of a
ravine. Twenty-Five persons were
killed and 40 wounded.
The national meeting of the Frater-
nal Order of Eagles will be held at
Omaha September 10 to 20 inclusive.
The ancient celebration of Washing.
toms birthday, which Philadelphia has
annually observed for years, was par
ticipated in by President-elect Taft.
He was guest of honor at the annual
dinner of the First troop of Philadel-
phia City cavalry which has enter
tanned every president from Washing
ton to Roosevelt.
The 16 battleships which made the
remarkable voyage around the world
were reviewed at Hampton Roads by
President Roosevelt from the yacht
Mayfower. The vessels returned, af-
ter travelling $4,000 miles, in better
condition than when they started.
The president visited each of the flag
ships of the fleet and addressed the
officers and men.
At the Alaska-Y Pacific expo
sition grounds in Seattle Wash, nine
men were entombed by a cave-in of
sewer trench.
'The constitutionality of the anti
trust law of Arkansas has been upheld
by the federal supreme court in the
case of the Hammond Packing com.
Eany of Chicago.
Grant Hornaday says he will not re
open the First National bank of Fort
Scott. Kan. The affairs Of the instt
tuition will be closed up as soon as
possible.
Robbers recently entered the depot
Office of the Wells-Fargo Express COM
pany at Hutchinson, Kan, and killed
Jesse Haymaker, the night man.
Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt has
given more than $1,OO0,OO0 for the
erection of four model tenements in
New York for persons suffering with
tuberculosis.