The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-09-10
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 Readers.
Domestic Items.

for forming an organization in re-
straint of trade has commenced before
Judge True Of Wyandotte county
Every governor in the United
States and Mexico will be invited to
attend the reception to the presidents
at Ell Paso, Tex, October 16.
The Cunard liner Lusitania crossed
the Atlantic in four days IL hours and
AZ minutes, which Is three hours and
10 minutes better than her previous
fastest time.
A loaded Rock Island passenger train
carrying state fair visitors crashed
into loaded Fort Des Moines car at
Des Moines, Ia, crushing it to kindling
wood. Two persons were fatally and
IL seriously injured
Three thousand members of the
Smith family gathered at the Seattle
fair on the day set apart for the peo-
pie of that name.
The crop reporting board of the de-
partment of agriculture reports the
average condition of cotton on August
rs as 637 per cent of normal as COM
pared with 726 for the ten years aver
age.
The observatory at Brussels re-
ceived a telegram dated Lerwick,
Shetland Islands from DR.. Frederick
Cook stating that on April 81, 1908 he
had reached the north pole, and that
he was returning to Copenhagen by
steamer Hans Egede. American Off
Gals at the observatory believe the
dispatch to be authentic and that the
United States flag has at last been
placed at the pole by an American.
Based on the records of distribu-
ton for the past ~ months Secretary
Hester of the Cotton Exchange reports
that last years cotton crop was the
largest on record amounting to 1926
Asst bales.
The Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men it is asserted will bring no more
strike breakers over the railroad to
the Pressed Steel Car company's plant
at Schoenville, Pa, where a strike is
in progress.
The customs receipts September ]
this year were nearly twice as great
as for the same day year ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. M. Sellers of Paola,
Kan. celebrated their sixty-fifth we'd
ding anniversary
The deficit in the postal department
for the year ending June 30, 1909, was
more than $4,000, 000 and Postmaster
General Hitchcock and President Taft
have been in conference seeking
means to place the department on
more nearly selfsustaining basis.
A lone highwayman stopped a Penn
sylvania railroad express train with
a dynamite cap and then compelled the
train crew to carry the gold and bull
lion in one of the express cars to the
side of the track, he then gave orders
to move on. Part of the money was
later recovered by parties sent by the
railroad company to get it, but the
robber escaped.
Open air schools for the accommoda-
ton OF tubercular pupils has received
the approval of the commissioners of
the District of Columbia and two will
be erected in Washington.
A large hoisting engine Of the Colo
RADIO mine in the center of Butte.
Mont, exploded hurting fragments
hundreds of yards in all directions.
Only on man was injured.
The Rock Island system has placed
orders for new equipment represent
ing an expediture of 100000.
The temperature dropped SO degrees
within 4S hours in Nebraska and
light frost occurred on the lowlands
but no damage resulted.
R. S. Kellogg an assistant forester
is authority for the statement that we
are using in this country three times
as much timber as We are producing.
James R. keenes Sweep won the
22nd running of the futurity at
Sheepshead Bay and in doing so cap
tured $4,000 of the purse.
The Great Northern liner Minnesota
Just arrived at Seattle from Japan
brought the most valuable cargo that
ever crossed the Pacific ocean. Its
estimated value was 100000.
The Renault car, driven by Charles
Basic, won the 24-hour motor car race
at Brighton Beach in go-as-you-please
fashion. The car travelled 1850 miles,
112 miles more than its nearest rival
in this race.
The convention of attorneys gen.
eral Of the several states in session at
Buffalo, n. Y, elected Fred S. Jack
son, attorney general of Kansas presi-
dent.
Mrs. Sanders Of st. Joseph. Mo.
in a fit of insanity gave morphine TO
five Of her children. one of whom died.
While Gov. Carroll was speaking in
a large tent at the reception to Gen.
Grant at the Iowa state fair a tier Of
seats fell seriously injuring several
persons.
The Missouri rate case has been
appealed to the United States supreme
court.