The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-05-14
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

IL cost the city OF Chanute just SolIoo
to entertain the G. A. r.
At the bridal chamber scene in "The
Jronmaster" which was put on
Atchison the other night several people
breathed audibly.
Topeka might catch that bar-keeper
in that real open saloon and have him
on exhibition in the Historical Rooms
mt the State House
The city and council of Garden City
has refused to pay any more rent TO
the appellate court room there. The
court will be removed. 1t is an out
rage to ask city to pay the expenses
of state court.
Jacob Buck of Usage City, who has
taken the Emporia canning factory,
made contract, just for starter,
with the II. T. Lee Mercantile Company
of Salina to furnish them with twelve
car loads of fruit and vegetables of
Lyon county products canned in En-
poria.
Grand Master Workman j. II. Crider
of the Kansas jurisdiction of the A. O.
u. w. announces that the membership
has just reached the 30, 900 mark. Cri-
der has appointed Representative Wei
lep of Crawford county to go to Okla
homa to arrange for the reunion OF the
Oklahoma and Kansas jurisdictions
under the Kansas officers.
The semi-annual state convention of
the county superintendent will meet
in Junction City May II and 10 at the
First Baptist church. An open half
fare rate has been secured on all roads.
The junction City schools will furnish
the music. Superintendent George E.
Kyner at Junction City will answer all
all particulars regarding the meeting.
An epidemic of measles has broken
out among the convicts in the United
States penitentiary at FIT Leavenworth
and the working of many of the men
has been suspended. Those with the
measles have been quarantined and all
newcomers are put in sepatate cell
house. The disease is proving very
troublesome to many of the prisoners
and the hospital is crowded.
The grand council of the southwest
ern division of the united commercial
travellers will hold its annual meeting
in Leavenworth on May IA and Is.
Arrangements are being made TO en-
terrain $50 visitors f. Z. Brewster of
Leavenworth, grand counsellor, will
preside, and Mayor j. ID. Edmond, of
Leavenworth, who was formerly a
travelling man and member of the or
der, will hand over the keys of the city
to the guests.
Fabian Lagree, well known mem
Der of French colony in the vicinity
of Moundridge, Mcpherson county. has
come into the possession within the
last few weeks of the income of a large
fortune. Lagree is now man of al
most 70 years of age. He is French
Canadian by birth but has been mem
Der of the Moundridgc French colony
for number of years. The fortune
which has recently come his posses
sion is said to be 100000 1t comes to
him through his sister who years ago
went to Montana, where she engaged
in the cattle business. She has grown
immensely wealthy and her recent gift
to her brother is only one of the sever
al he has received from her. Not long
ago she visited him at Moundridge, it
is said, and finding that he had heav-
lily mortgaged farm, she paid the en-
tire Indebtedness and gave him the
farm unencumbered.
Six new jam brakes for the driving
wheels of locomotives have been reoeiv-
ed at the round house at Wellington.
They will be put on the engines i'm
mediately. The Santa Fe is fitting up
all their engines with these excellent
brakes.
Assessor Herr has made his return
en- Abilene. The population is 1881, a
gain of sS in the year. The taxable
property is $4,000 as against $367, sos.
The assessed value is S113, 23O as against
SIZE, 6O3. The largest decrease is on
notes which decreased Sill 200.
The cattle business in eastern Colo
RADIO and western Kansas has reached
high water mark. There is more de-
mand for calves, stockers and feeders
and they are selling at higher prices
thar at any time IN the past ten years.
The shipment of fat cattle TO market is
large.
1t is true that Kansas men will boast
of disasters. Recently in Wichita two
men from two towns which had suffer
ed from tornadoes almost came to
blows over which town had lost the
most people.
w. H. Brown of Wellington, an early
timer. believes that it-waS not Indians