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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
Farmers
We want your hens Tuesday, June %
BLOoMHEART, WRIGHT & Co. II

Ross Coats, Of Rest, was in town
Tuesday and of course called on the
TIMES people. Ross is one of the sub
stantial young farmers Of Pleasant
Valley twp, and notwithstanding the
hard times during the last four years,
has forged ahead little each year, and
now owns a first-class 80-acre farm.
R. NJ. Kline of X. G. has opened the
"Rustler End hand store one door west
OF Daily Market; our goods are nearly
new and at prices you never heard Of.
Will exchange goods of all kinds. 6-18
Prof. Ford is removing with his fam
lily to Girard. The Girard folks will
find Mr.. and Mrs. Ford excellent peo-
pie.
Mrs. A. j. BARLEY and Mrs. w. H.
Latimer, visited over Sunday with
their sister, Mrs. Chas. Mills, of ThaYer.
Miss Nettie Dewey is rusticating in
Wilson county, visiting her brothers.
Miss Anna Prange, of Erie, visited
relatives in town this week.
Chanute is the cleanest, neatest and
best kept city in Kansas.
H. A. Richardson of Savonsburg
was in town Wednesday.
Prof. S. w. Black, of Pittsburg,
spent SUNDAY in this city.
Uncle Joe McCrary was at Erie on
business Wednesday.
W. H. Powell of Erie, was up from
Erie Tuesday.
Dick Foster is in town the guest Of
his mother.
w. R. Usher returned from Paola
Tuesday.
Mrs, Joe Stoner is visiting friends in
Wichita.
Miss Anna Wilder is home from COL
ony.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
Chanute 27 Years Ago.

Twenty-seven years ago today on
June II, 1870, the plat of the town-site
Of New Chicago was filed with the
register of deeds Of this county by I.
c. Jones in behalf of himself, Nj. L.
Jones, S. w. Foster, j. A. Wells, Col.
Carpenter, w. b. Fisher, G. II. Pratt
and X, p. Stone, who had purchased
the farm of 100 acres of Geo. r. Nal
com which was included in the plat.
The 80 acres of the Tioga TOWNSHIP
was plated and filed few days earlier
by the owners, r. O. Prldeaux, p. ID.
Ridenour, S. Ridenour, S. e. Beach
and S. X. Wickard, The original
owners of the New Chicago townsite
are all living now except Mr.. Stone
who was killed in Texas over 20 years
ago. The old original farm log house
of Mr.. Malcolm stood on the north
east corner of Fourth and Center
streets. The first house or shanty put
up in New Chicago, was built by Mr..
Garroute on one of the lots now
covered by Dubach's lumber yard and
was used for a meat market. The first
store in New Chicago was on the cor
ner where Alcock's coal Office is now,
and Bingham &Gaston the proprietors
did large business. On July 4th, 1870,
Jones Bros. laid the foundation Of the
buildsng now known as the Chanute
House where @. A. DunaKin, one OF
the pioneers of the town. carried on
large business for several years. The
first Sunday school and religious SER
vices in this town were held in the
second story Of that building by the
Rev. G. w. McMillen. Two months
after the town was started there were
fourteen saloons running, but on the
organization of the town on Aug. %,
1870 the saloons were compelled to pay
license and were reduced in number
over one-halt. For the first two years
of the town, the principal business was
in the block between Junction and
Center streets. The principal hotels
in early days here, were the City hotel
where Dubach's lumber yard stands
built by Mr.. Kenworthy, kept by
Calhoun & Johnson and the Planters
House built by Col. J. d. S. P. Fulton
on the corner where Mr.. Wintield's
residence now stands. When it burnt
down in July 1872, it was kept by L.
j. Hawkins. OF the 144 names signed
to the petition for the consolidation
of the towns of New Chicago and
Tioga Jan. 1st 1874 under the name
of Chanute, only IA are living in Cha
nute.now, viz:-R. N.Allen.S, w. Van
SAINT, w. ], Coulter, S. W. Foster,
Alex Baird, Lem Daniels, S. A. Wick
ard, S. z. Roth, c. P. Dildine, f. M.
Groome, G. P. Wilder, j. B. Beatty,
L. Newton and George Jenner.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
Grocery
Department.
Matches.

200 in box. best parlor matches.
Tip-Top or BARRIERS Anchor Matches
only lie per box.
Don mix these goods in your mind
with 100 in box goods that are usually
sold for 1c per box.
Package Salt.
R.S.V. P. only &c package.
3 10 bag salt, 4c., or 3 bags for 10c
Best steamed salt in bbls., sec.
Soda.
Magic Ii package only &c, good as
any soda made.
Cow brand, Arm and Hammer only &c
Yeast Foam, Ralston health yeast ic,
per package;
SOAP.
Silk, I. Y. L., Clairette, Lenox, y bars
for 25c.
Ark Soap, 10 bars for 25c.
German Soap, Is bars for 25c.
Cocoa, long bar hard water soap &c
bar.
White Cloud, small size, &c, large size
Sc. Equal to Ivory or any soap made
bar fine soap in box only tic box.
Lye.
Champion IS per cent pure, sc box.
Lewis, % per cent pure, Sc ooA'
Greenwich, Sc box.
Old Country Woodash, Sc box.
Bull Dog, SC box.
Sapolio, SC cake.
Starch.
Faultless &c package, large size SC.
Argo sc.
Corn &c.
Washing PWdr.
Pearline 4c pkg.
Golden pkgs for SC.
Crystalline pkgs for sc.
Gold Dust ID pkg 2Oc.
Hacking.
T. NJ. large size, SC. box.
Fried's No. 5 French, &c box.
Natures Shoe Shine, 1c box.
Easy Bright stove polish SC box
Rising Sun DC box.
Enameline sc box.
2hoop wood pals slightly soiled,
only 10c each.
All kinds of chewing gum 2 packages
for &c.
Best steamed salt equal to
the Michigan salt, only SOC per
barrel.
Mason ball top fruit jars one
doz in box. The best jar made.
Quarts SOC doz.
Half gallons. zoe doz.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
Special Trains to Ottawa.

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday
June 18th, IL and 18th, Santa Fe will
run special train, leaving Chanute at
1880 a. m. arrive at Ottawa at 9:45 a.
NJ; returning, leave Ottawa at 1890 p.
M. 80. O5 for the round trip.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11

L. Rosenthal, H. .Bell,J. Merritt,
r. N. Allen, N. Diameter, G. w. Grebe,
H. P. Earrelly and J. ]. Jones went to
Erie yesterday to look after business
in commissioners court.
Reindeer and Diamond flour are the
best brands on the market.
X. c. CASH STORE. tt.
Mrs. Ed. Portsmouth and daughter
Maude went up to Ottawa yesterday
to remain during the festivities in
that town. Edith and Edna accom-
panied them as far as Colony where
they will remain for months visit
with relatives.
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor, San Francisco, California
For the above occasion, M. X. & T.
Ry. will sell one way tickets at the
low rate of $22.50. Tickets on sale
June 29th, Goth, July 1st, End and Bird.
Stop over at and west of Colorado
Canon points allowed. Tickets on sale
east bound at above rate, July 18th to
18th, also on Mondays and Thursdays
as follows; July 10, %, 26, 10Th, and
August 2nd, 5th and 9th,
b. d. BROwNELL, Agent.
We carry Mason's fruit jars.
X. G. CASH STORE. If
]. A. Hutchings of St. Paul was in
town Yesterday on business.
A six-room house on South High
street for sale cheap for cash. Inquire
at this Office. TT
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-06-11
Coffee.

( Arbuckle, xxx, Lion, Mokaska and
! Jersey package colfees, lie per package.
( Our celebrated Java Blend Coffee, the
: best roasted coffee ON the market; has
{ always been held at 80 cents per pound,
Z but we sold it at 25c per pound. We
& have now made the price at 2Octs and IT
4 is now the greatest coffee bargain
& known, =,
Il Splendid bulk coffee, only 10c per III.
s Hummers Coffee Essence,2 boxes &c
4 Baking POrder.
) X. C. Baking Powder, % OF for % cts,
2 only lie per can. y,
s for 25c, only l5c 40
y Royal Baking Powder, per pkg, CSC.
: "The Racket" best seller of the lot,
! only 10c per pound can.
) Calumet Baking Powder, guaranteed
= to be the best baking powder on the
8 market or money refunded: b OF cans,
y l0c 16 OF cans, 25c.
Z FIaUOring Extracts.
g 16 OF bottle (pint) lemon essence or
= extract, only Is cts.
g 10 OF bottle (pint) vanilla essence or
= extract, only % cts.
= This is splendid article,
{ A splendid lemon or vanilla extract at
y &c per bottle.
" DmOhtUU IOOu''O
& Cannon Ball thin cloth sacks, a ID sc.
4 Big Bale, full pound, 49,.
s Buck Shoe, 4 pound packages, &c.
4 Dukes Mixture, OF packages &c.
y Canned Goods.
4 Canned Corn, Kaw Valley, Vinton and
y Pride of Illinois, only sc per can.
z Gooseberries, SC per can.
Z Tomatoes Sc per can.
s h canned apples, cans for 1Oc.
g Spices
y Cloves, per pound, 25c.
& Whole pepper lUc.
VI Stick Cinnamon, 20c.
q Whole alspice 20c.
VI Ground pepper, best 20c.
Is mustard S9c.
VI " alspice 20c.
q cinnamon ZUc.
VI Cayenne pepper SIC
e ginger 3Oc.
" cloves 20c.
y Cram tarter Soc.
N Ground white pepper 3Oc.
Is Teas
j Finest pkg. tea, in one-fb pigs, 1Oc.
x Young Hyson, Gunpowder, Basket
j. Fired Japan, from zoe to SOC per pound
x We sell you teas at very close mar.
q gin, thereby giving you tea at about
n half the regular price.
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NeoshO Valley.

Tuesday, June S.-The good rain of
Tuesday night is very encouraging to
the farmers.
Miss Zoe blackburn is having the
chills.
A. f. Blackburn has the finest pota-
toes in the Valley.
Mrs. William Krouse contemplates a
visit to her son Charley in lola.
Mr.. Kronse has a field Of wheat
which he says will average forty
bushels per acre.
Mrs. Garoutte, after visiting friends
in the Valley for several days, will take
her departure for summers visit in
the northern part Of the state.
Excursions via the Santa Fee.
Musical Jubilee and Chautauqua
Assembly, Ottawa, Kans., and Chau-
tauqua Assembly at Winfield, Kansas
June 15'to 25th. One fare for the
round trip. Tickets on sale June 10
to 25. Good for return June 26. 6-1S
National Educational Association,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, July 6 to g..
One fare plus 81 for round trip. Tick
cts on sale July Sd, 4th and 9th; good
for return July 10, II and II. An ex-
tension to August 3lst may be had by
depositing ticket with the joint agent
ot NilvauLee 10
Tennessee Centennial and lnterna-
tional Exposition, Nashville, Tenn,
May 1st to Oct. 31st. Fare. so per
cent Of double one way rate. Tickets
on sale to Oct. Is, good for return to
Nov. Z.
For the Imperial Council of the Mys-
tic Shrine at Detroit, Mich, June 7th
to 10th; one fare for the round trip;
tickets on sale June 9Th, 9Th and 18th.
Good for return June 18th.
For the animal meeting of the
German Baptists at Rosville, Ind. June
9Th to 18th, one fare for the roud trip;
tickets on sale June 9Th and Sth. FL
nal limit for return 30 days from date
sale.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-28

Miss Susie O'Brien. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs c. d. O'Brien. and William Rurk, were
married yesterday Ioorn1rg al ;,ie cathedral by
Father Colbert Tne.e were 10 attendants.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-28
SIDEWALK ACCIDENTS.
Corporation Attorney Markham Sug-
gests Way to Stop Them.

Corporation Attorney Markham, under date
of April 26 outlines to the board Of public
works a plan by which the city might be
saved good deal OF expense. In his COM
munication Mr.. Markham says:
The city expends annually more than $15,-
600 for the repairing of wooden sidewalks.
There is an ordinance requiring patrolmen TO
report daily any defects in sidewalks and re-
quiring the chief Of police to report the same
to the city engineer. There are also a num-
Der of crews employed to make the repairs.
The fact is, however, that suits are brought
against the city almost daily to recover dam
ages claiming to have been sustained by rea-
son of defects in wooden sidewalks The diff
Guilty with the inspection as it seems 10 me-
is that there is too much division Of respon-
sibility. Some particular officer in each To-
cality should be charged with the duty of in
specting defects in sidewalks. The plan
which I have in mind IS his
That each street foreman be charged with
making an inspection at stated intervals say
once in each week, Of all the sidewalks in his
district, and report the same 10 the city en-
public works. Then let notices be sent to the
property owners in each instance calling their
attention to the defective condition Of the side
walk, and advising them that unless the same
is repaired within a specified time the city
will order new sidewalks laid. This would
bring property owners to a realization Of the
fact that the obligation to keep and maintain
proper sidewalks rests upon them and net
upon the city.
The fact that the city experds so large an
amount of money annually far this purpos G
and makes these repairs so extensively, has
1Dn'.raSSad tha Dronerty owners with a view
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-28

He Denies the Charge of Forgery
Against Him.

BRAINERD, Mimi, April 27.-Maj. Ruff
fees case, in which the government charges
the forgery of naturalization papers is caus-
ing considerable interest. The major, who
lives here, came to Minnesota in 1860 from
Nova Scotia. In 1867 Ruffee took contract
to establish mail route between Fort Alb
ercrombie, Mimi, now Breckenridge and
Helena. a distance of about a thousand miles.
He arranged with the Indians for safe passage
through the country, purchased supplies
established his route, built stations and per-
formed all the necessary work in order to
terms Of the contract The route was not
long in operation when the Indians destroyed
the stations. captured most of the horses and
put stop to carrying out the contract and
caused heavy loss to Ruffee by the des.ruc-
tion of his property. Four or five years ago,
when the Indian depreciation bill pas 5e7
he filed a claim of $780, 900 for settlement 1t
appears that a person must be a
citizen Of the country in order to
prosecute claim for Indian depre-
dations. The allegation is made that among
the papers filed in the claim is a certificate
of naturalization with the date Of Ruffee' S
citizenship dated back to 1867, year before
1t claimed that he declared his intention and
eleven years before his naturalization took
place. II was on the charge OF offering such
fraudulent or altered certificate OF natural
iZatiOn that Maj. Ruffee was arrested. 1t is
understood that his defense is that he knows
absolutely nothing in regard to the alleged
forged paper, that he never it, and DID
not know that such a paper had been filed
in his case.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-28
WAGES FoR COUNTY WORK
Fixed by the COmmissiOners-Th
Josephine Road.

Fixed by the COmmissioners-Th
Josephine Road.
The board of county commissioners
held special meeting yesterday for
the purpose of disposing of a few mat
ters requiring immediate attention.
Commissioner McCarrOn offered a
resolution that the scale of wages to
be paid for labor on the county roads
be fixed as follows: For overseer or
road boss, 20 cents an hour; for a
man with team, 80 cents an hour, and
for laborers on road work, Is cents an
hour.
Commissioner Moritz offered as an
amendment that a man with team be
paid 80 cents an hour instead of 35 cents.
The amendment was carried and the
resolution as amended adopted by a
vote of 4 to 3, Commissioners Hardick,
Moritz Quehl and the mayor voting for
the resolution and Commissioners Nc
Carron, Kellerman and Ref voting
against it. The resolution provides that
ten hours shall constitute a days work.
County Surveyor Johnson reported
that the Josephine road was in 4
dangerous condition on account of the
high water which covers it, Mr.. John
son advised the board that If the lake
is drained a ditch 1000 feet long and
from 10 to IS deep must be dug to drain
the water into Bennett lake. The cost
Of the Improvement would be about
$687. To raise the road above the lake
would require the removal of 5000 cubic
yards of earth and would cost about
$500. The commissioners decided on the
plan of the ditch, and bids will be open
ed on May II.
A petition was received from laborers
residing in District No. 2, which is
Commissioner Refs district lying on
the east side of Rice street the central
line of which divides Districts l and 2,
asking that the employment of labor
on Rice street be given to Comm issioner
Reif The petition alleged that Com
missioner McCarrOn had hitherto had
charge of Rice street to the county line
and had employed all the labor and
distributed it only among the men re-
siding in his own district and chiefly in
Rose town.
The board compromised the matter
by directing that hereafter the COM
missioner of District No. CReiO should
have charge Of Rice street from the
city limits to the st. Paul & Duluth
railroad crossing and that the com
missioner Of District No. / (McCarron)
have charge Of the work done on Rice
street from the Duluth tracks to the
county line, until Dec. 81, 1897
The board adopted a resolution allow
ing the expenditure of $500 in each COM
missioner's district for the purpose of
levelling the roads.
The application of Anton Miesen for
a license to sell liquor in Mounds View
was re-referred to the committee on
license.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-28
HOW TO STUDY THE BIBLE.
Rev. s. G. Smith Talks to Sunday
School Superintendents.

School Superintendents.
The monthly meeting of the Sunday
School Superintendents' union was
held last night in the First Methodist
church The earlier part of the even
ing was taken up with exercises of a
social nature. A reception was held
from to $50 p. M, to enable the
me mbers to get acquainted. A lunch
con was served at o'clock, which was
followed by a short Table Talk the
subject being, Music in Our Sunday
Schools" The public meeting was
opened at 7:30 and presided over by
Gen. Geo. c. Smith. A report was read
by c. E. Mexican, the treasurer of the
union giving a statement of the
amounts received and dsbursed by him.
The Ramsey County union was asked
for SIS towards the support Of the
union for the ensuing year. Two inter
esting papers were read on THE Echo s
of the State Convention" by Mrs. L.
]. Lee and Mrs. Hunt. Then followed
the address of the evening by Rev. 5.
G. Smith. on How to Study the Bible" )"
DR.. Smith said in order to study the
Bible properly, they should have
prospectus, to get the best spiritual and
moral results; picking the Bible to
pieces and taking it verse by verse is
the worst thing they could do. The
Bible was ever precious, because 1t
was the accepted word of God The
story of Jonah and the whale and the
Garden of Eden were myths, they were
pictures and they should remember
that these were illustrations of stories
told by the sacred Biblical writer's. in
their own Oriental way, and that they
were told to the Hebrews, and written
from the material they had at hand
Students must not always take the
Bible literally, as it says the righteous
shall crush under foot the wicked and
the righteous shall be as a stalled calf
but they should remember that Biblical
writer's wrote according to parallels.
and these must be taken as such and
not literally. 1t did not matter to them
whether the whale swallowed Jonah or
whether Jonah swallowed the whale
the truth remains the same. The Bible
does not undertake to teach history
nor does it undertake to teach science.
The Bible is historically true, and so
far as the early history of religion and
the Hebrew nation is concerned, it is
infallible. The Bible has always been
an infaJlible moral and spiritual guide
in the light of Christ and His disciples.
The Hebrews have only three versions
of the Bible while Christians have
many. 1t is said when the original
manuscript left the hands of sacred
Biblical writers, every word Of it was
inspired. God Is as much in the world
now as He ever was
At the close of DR.. Smiths address
there was quite a spirited discussion
on the inspiration and infallibilitv Of
the scriptures.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-28
FIRE DEPARTMENT NOT ANSWER
ABLE TO STATE DEPARTMENT
OF BOILER INSPECTION.
THAT IS ITS LEGAL ADVICE,
DEPARTMENT WILL ACCORD
THEREWITH.
EXAMINING BOARD APPOINTED
To Pass Upon Applicants for the
Assistant Electrical Inspector
ship, Now Vacant.

The board of fire commissioners at
meeting last night decided to have
the competitive examination for the
assistant electrical inspector, provided
for by the recent ordinance, held next
tuesday evening at a special meeting
of the board. The applicants will be
examined by a committee consisting
of George H. Finn, general manager
Of the Edison Light and Power COM
pany; Manager Freely, of the North
western Telephone company, and w.
H. Merrill Jr., of Chicago, electrical in
spector of the National Board Of Fire
Underwriters. Chief jackson reported
that he had received five applications
up to date, and it is expected that a
dozen applicants will be on hand to
take the examination.
Secretary Hall submitted statement
showing the following condition of the
board finances: Receipts to date, $179,-
75172; disbursements, including April
pay roll and bills, $76,474.11; balance on
hand, $1O3, ,277.61
Chief Jackson reported that M. ],
Byrnes had been transferred from En-
gine Company No. to Engine Com
pdny NO. II; w. +. Roberts from En-
gine Company No. to Engine Com
pany No. 2, and J. +. Klein from En-
gine Company No. II to Engine Com
pany No. g. The chief also recon-
mended that new floors be laid in barns
at Engine Houses Nos. and 10 and
Chemical No. 8. The chief reported
that he had purchased four horses, two
for 500 each and one for $75 and one
at $S5 The report was accepted and
the recommendations approved.
Assistant Corporation Attorney Tay-
lor Informed the board that under the
law the state boiler inspector had no
authority to inspect the boilers of the
fire department, but that the inspection
was under the exclusive control and
supervision of the officers of the depart
ment The question was raised owing
to the officials of the state boiler in
spectors department claiming that all
the boilers in the department must be
inspected annually and a fee of SO paid
for the inspection of each. Master
Mechanic Wheeler said he usually did
the inspection and made reports to the
state inspectors, who then issued the
certificates. The opinion will save the
board about $50 per year, which has
been paid in the past.
Permission was given the Hamline
Citizens union to use the engine house
at Hamline for meetings, with the un
derstanding that no political gatherings
would be allowed in the building.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-28

that it is the duty of the city, and not the in
dividual, to make the repairs. In the case Of
defects existing in the sidewalks in the sparse
ly settled portions of the city of such char
acter as 10 necessitate the laying of complete
new sidewalks, it may be that the city en-
glneer ought to be authorized by resolution
OF the council to take up and remove such
sidewalks entirely instead of ordering them TO
be rebuilt. | trust The board of public works
will receive this communication in the spirit
In which it is written. l send it merely as
a friendly note, suggesting a manner in which
the present system of inspection can be very
much improved upon, and in the hope that
some method may be adopted by the board of
public works that will relieve the city from
these very heavy claims for damages sustained
in consequence of defective sidewalks.
The communication was read at a meeting
of the board of public works yesterday and
will be taken up for consideration at an early
datc.
The Saint Paul globe., 1897-04-28

Of the platform. The programme be-
gan by instrumental music by Mrs.
Bliss and Mrs. Colvolle, of ST. Paul.
Wilbur M. Todd followed with a very
interesting paper on Grants monument.
The Cecilian quartette, consisting of
Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Bliss, Mrs Colville
and Mrs. Southall, delighted the large
audience with their singing. "Old
Folks at Home 1.-The Wagon"
Twilight Bells and Coming Through
the Rye" were the numbers given.
Mrs. Colville captivated the audience
with Barbara Freitchie." Col Taylor,
who was to have given some army rem
iniscences, was unable to be present.
After the programme fruit punch and
cake were served and social time
was enjoyed. Presiding at the punch
bowls were Misses Donna Cudworth,
Alice Kennard, Edith Bailey and Nc
Gill; Assisting were Misses Strong,
Gertrude Strong, Ethel Hall, Tisdale
and Messrs. Cudworth, Tisdale and
Kennard. The next meeting will be
held at the residence of Mrs. w. w.
Clarke, with Mrs. Clarke, Mrs. Dunn,
Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Thomas as host
eSSeS.