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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
A Policeman Shot for a Thief.

ToPEKA, Kan. Oct. j.-Two police
men, Frank Whitaker of the regular
force and John, Hawkins, q night
Waterman, met in the alley between
Topeka. avenue and Harrison street at
3 o'clock this morning, and Hawkins,
supposing Whitaker was a thief, shot
him. The bullet penetrated Whita-
ker's lungs and grazed his heart He
was living at noon. Hawkins gave
himself up at once.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Sixty Days for Murder.

MARsHALLTowN, Iowa, Oct. 1.-The
lightest sentence ever imposed on the
two Oldest mon ever convicted OF man
slaughter in Iowa was passed upon
Michael and Patrick Mccarthy yester-
day. They killed a neighbor named
Jordan during drunken row three
months ago, and were convicted
Judge Burnham sentenced Michael to
sixty days in the penitentiary and
held over passing sentence on Patrick
during good behavior. Both are
bachelors, one "a, the other 70 years
of age
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
IRRIGATORS ADJOURN.
National Congress Has Concluded Its
Work.

work.
LINCOLN, Neb, Oct 1.-The mem
bers of the National Irrigation con-
gross continued their record for in
dustry yesterday, crowding much
work into two short sessions and con-
Guiding their convention in time to
allow many of the delegates to take
evening trains for home
Ex- Senator Carey of Wyoming, who
was elected president of the congress,
scored triumph by securing the next
meeting for Cheyenne, and he was
again honored by being chosen as
chairman of the national executive
committee.
Federal versus state control and
maintenance of reservoirs in arid dis
tricts was the rock upon which the
convention seemed destined at one
time to split. A preponderance of SEN
timent favorable to federal control
was shown on vote to adopt the ma
iority report of the committee on res
olutions.
A resolution favoring postal savings
banks was tabled.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Marriage Trials Twice Fail.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Oct. .. - About
twenty years ;>yo Luther and Amanda
Sexton were married and lived to-
gether several years. Trouble arose
and the husband sued for and got a
divorce Then he married again and
after two years his second wife died.
Then he courted his first wife again
and they were remarked. Now, after
a second matrimonial experience OF
six years, she is suing for divorce.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
MANY NEW CASES.
Yellow Fever Situation at New Orleans
Not Improved.

yellow teVer Vow OrienuS
Not Improved.
New ORLEANS, La, Oct. 2.-Yester-
day was again something Of record
breaker in the matter of new eases.
They cropped up in all directions, but
up to o'clock the death record was
still low The feveris rapidly spread
ing in many directions, but the large
ma. 'ity of cases are proving to be OF
harmless type. The weather is
warm and the conditions excellent for
new cases, but the death percentage
has fallen considerably below the rec
ord of 1878.
EDWARDS, Miss, Oct DIR Dunn
of the state board of health, last night
gave the following statement: Nine
teen new cases have been reported, of
which eleven are white and eight
colored. There were no deaths to-
day"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08

BooNvILLE, Mo, Oct AT 5 o'clock
yesterday morning a sleeping car be-
longing to Forepaugh 81 Sells shows
was burned at the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas depot in this city. AT the
time of the fire the car contained
about sixty men in the employ of the
show company. One man, Philip
Little of Niagara Falls, N. Y, was
burned to death. and Murphy of the
same place was dangerously burned.
George Lawrence of Vermont, night
Waterman, was badly burned but will
recover.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
MISS WHITNEY AT TOPEKA.

Five Thousand People at the Depot to
Welcome Her to the City.
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept 3o.-Miss Edna
Whitney of Chillicothe, Mo-, arrived
in the city yesterday afternoon. A
royal reception was accorded her.
The applause given her discounted
that given Mrs Sutton, the festival
queen. Fully 5000 people were at
the Santa Fe depot to welcome her,
and as she alighted from the train
mighty shout went up She was taken
in charge by the Karnival Knights
and was hauled to hotel in a car
riage drawn by six large black horses.
Governor Leedy was one of the party
to receive her Before going to the
hotel the knights paraded her up az !
down some of the principal streets.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08

LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, Oct. "A vet
eran of the late war and an inmate of
the Soldiers home named Dowd was
last night instantly killed by an elec-
trio motor near the home grounds. He
was lying on the track and was not
discovered in time to permit the car
to come to stop. His head was torn
from his body and he was otherwise
badly mutilated
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Gets Little Encouragement.

DENVER, Colo, Oct. Booth
Tucker left for the East last night.
He said before going that Colorado
capitalists had offered little encour-
agement to the colony project as yet,
although few had promised to con-
tribute.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
1T WAS SUICIDE DAY.
Nearly n Score of Tragic Deaths, In Now
York in One Day.

New YORK, Oct. NEARLY al score
of unfortunates met tragic deaths in
and about this city yesterday. 1t was
suicide day. To some death came in
sleep; several suffered the agonies
that come with caustic poisons; shoot
ing was found an easy way to rid one
of the burdens of life; q convict cut
his throat with a piece of glass One.
a woman, brought her four children
for days pleasure in the metropolis
She and the children are dead now. A
physician in high standing, who came
here with his bride of an hour, leaped
from window in his apartments in a
moment, his friends say, of frenzy.
No day within recent years has been
so replete with tales of weak human
nature.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Very Dry in Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Oct. 1.-The pres
ent drouth in Kentucky is the worst
in twenty years. So great is the
scarcity of water that the Louisville
&c Nashville officials are uneasy and
fear that they will not be able to sup
ply their tanks along the road. The
damage done will reach up into the
millions.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Incendtary Fire.

MILAN, Mo-, Oct.9 .-Firebugs Wis
tied Green City, small town twelve
miles cast of here, last night, and fired
the town, burning the east side of the
square, causing loss of about $4,000
with but very little insurance. This
is the second big fire Green City has
had within the last year.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
STAFFLEBACKS SENT UP.
Notorious Kansas Murderers Sentenced
to Long Terms.

Notorious Kansas Murderers Sentenced
to Long Terms.
COLUMBUS, Kan, Oct. 1.-The Stat
fiebacll family was sentenced yester-
day, Ed and George Staffleback, con-
victed of murder in the first degree,
were given life sentences in the peni-
Tertiary, and old Mrs. Staffle back,
who was convicted as an accessory,
got twenty-one years. Under the
Kansas law there is no capital punish
ment.
They murdered Frank Galbreath at
Galena, Kan, last June, then robbed
the body and threw it into an aban-
boned shaft. Mike Statileb back was in
iail for burglary at that time, hence
was not implicated in the Galbreath
murder. He pleaded guilty of burg
larry and was sentenced to five years
Imprisonment Mike Statfleb back is
charged with being one of the princi-
pals in the murder of the peddler and
two girls ard throwing their bodies
in another old shaft two years ago.
The search nor the remains of these
bodies has been stopped until the
county court appropriates more money
to ontinue the work of pumping the
water out of the shafts.
Ed Static back has been declared in
sane by u board of physicians ap-
pointed to examine his condition. For
some time he has been acting strange
ly in Jail and seemed very much de-
pressed since his conviction for muir
dering Frank Galbreath. Ed is the
oldest of the boys, being SO years OF
age, and is the one who, the witnesses
swore, shot Galbreath in the head and
then cut his throat.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1.-The Agricult-
ural department has been compelled
to forego its decision to distribute this
years seed from Washington, because
of decision by Comptroller Trace
well of the treasury that such dis
tribHtion would be violation of the
law by which the appropriation was
made. This decision was rendered in
response to letter from Secretary
Wilson.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Big steel Works for Colorado

DENVER, COL, Oct. 1.-The Colorado
Fuel and Iron company will build an
addition to the plant at Pueblo, to
cost $500, 900, for the purpose of manu-
fact urmg structural, sheet and bar
steel. President Osgood and General
Manager Kebler are no~ in the East
for the purpose of completing arrange
ments. The new plant will be in
operation next spring
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Pullman Streets, Claimed.

CHICAGO. Oct. 3 -CorrCration Coun-
sci Thornton has decided that the
public has the same right in, on and
under the streets of Pullman that it
has in the other public thorOughfares
in the city. This decision is expected
to give Chicago possession of between
ten and fifteen miles of improved
streets in Pullman
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Many Robbers In Topeka.

TOPEKA, KAN, Oct 2.-Plckpoclsets
are thick in Topeka and robberies
have been frequent. Judge Henry
Keller was robbed of $40, DIR. d. G.
Joyce of Clay Center was robbed of
$3.50, two men whose names the police
will not give, were robbed of $40 in
one case and $3.50 in another, Many
more thefts mentioned have been re-
ported to the police.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08

Three stages en- route from anger >
Camp to Milton, Cal, ere robbed by
two men within half an hour.
Henry WILDE clt's wife has been ap
pointed his guardian. He is the dis
solute son of Chicago millionaire.
China is negotiating with an Ameri-
can syndicate to- secure u loan with
which to'settle with Japan.
The French bicycle census, a report
to the state department says, shows
$780, wheels registered during the
last calendaryear
A water famine in the vicinity of
Pittsburg, Kan, is causing the death
of much stock.
Spreckels has made a proposition to
withdraw the Sugar trusts opposition
to annexation in return for certain
Hawaiian concessions. 1t may be ac-
cepted.
National Review of London says
that England would have interviewed
for Cuba long ago had she BEEN placed
in position similar to that of the
United States.
Robert BuShbee of Benton Harbor,
Mich, an, old ex-slawe, has been ad-
vised by Charleston, S. c., lawyer
that his former master, Bradford
North, who died four years ago, had
left him an inheritance of $50. 900.
Busbee had been Norths slave for
thirty-three years
fT1o,,ca, Of MnY,aia
Ind, aged 81, and for forty years a
practicing physician, was married to
Miss Rosa Dill, aged IL. 1t is reported
that Clouser recently completed new
mansion for his bride, presented her
with $1,000 in cash and decided her
considerable property.
Dr. t.. s. Ebright, Akron, Ohio's
newly-appointed Republican postmas-
ter, mnde fiery speech at political
meeting, in which he said: 1--WE can
not have other than prosperity with
God and the Republican party train
ing together under the. leadership of
William Mckinley" A movement is
to be. made to have President McKin-
ley remove Ebright ON a charge OF
offensive partisanship
The Republicans of Greater New
York have nominated eX-Secretary OF
the Navy Benjamin f. Tracy for
mayor.
Massachusetts democrats nomina ted
George Fred Williams for governor
and reaffirmed the Chicago platform.
The Union Pacific Railroad will be
put up at foreclosure sale November l.
Five thousand people attended the
first ex-Confederate encampment in
Missouri at Moberly.
A representative of the Japanese
government is at Lexington, KY, t.
buy Blue Grass horses for Japan
ruler.
The Illinois Chickamauga Park com
missioners will erect two group monu
ments on the battlefield which will
cost $4,000
Convicts at Sing Sing started fire
Other convicts extinguished it
The negroes of Alton, ILL.,, ordere'
their children to get their books iron
the white schools and will await tn
action of the courts
Society bellies have been called a
witnesses in suit brought by Richar
, Mansfield against Manager Brigham
3 at St Joseph, Mo.
] The Butte county, S. D., bank rob
bers have been jailed at Billings.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08

CHICAGO, Oct Fire which broke
out early to-day at Willow Springs,
sixteen miles from here on the drain
age canal, destroyed nearly half the
town and made fifty families home
less. The loss is about $50, 900, with
hut little insurance.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
r,.,.our, Elopsrs O, SO and a..

PILOT GROVE, Mo, Oct :.-Antone
Samer, aged &C, and divorced, and
Mrs. Eliza beth Sewers, 43-year-old
widow. drove with friends to the
home CT Judge Masel last night and
were married, despite relatives objec-
tions and the fact that the local Cath
Ollie church, to which they both be-
longed, vas closed at that hour.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Rain Needed to Check Fire.

KENosHA, Wis, Oct a-Kenosha
county is in danger of being burned
out unless rain falls soon. Extensive
prairie fires have been raging for the
past two days in the town of SOmers.
Large quantities of hay and other
materials have been destroyed, while
acres of grass, corn, stubble and
fences have been DESTROYED.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
M,,.ourl w. C. r. U. Omcors.

CARRoLLroN, Mo-, Oct. 1.-The state
w. c. r. T. ',-elccted Mrs. Clara c.
Hoffman of Kansas City president by
reclamation and chose Mrs Z. b. In
gals of st. Louis vice president, Miss
Ellen D. Morris corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. Kate +. Newton of Boliver
recording secretary and Mrs. Julia A
Glazier of st. Louis treasurer.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
A New Naval slrse GencraI.

WASHINGTON, Oct. The president
has appointed Newton c. Bates, U. s.
N, surgeon general and chief of the
bureau of medicine and surgery of the
navy. He succeeds Surgeon General
Tryoa.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Bayaa Day at Wichita.

WICHITA, Kan, Oct ?-Eesterday
was Bryan day at the state fair and
the famous Nebraskan drew the larg-
est crowd in the history of that or
ganization. The attendance from
outside the town is estimated at from
80, 900 to 4O,uOO
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08

SrAYBERRY, Mo-, Oct .. -Because
her boys had been whipped, Mrs. John
Freeman went to the schoolhouse yes
terdav and beat Professor Edwin
Lewis, superintendent, over the head
with a club, severely bruising him
and drawing blood.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Thirty Persons Injured.

MEDFoRD, Mass, Oct THE Cana
dian Pacific express, over the South
ern division of the Boston & Maine
railroad jumped the track at West
Medford. and nearly thirty people
were more or less injured, but none,
it is believed, fatally hurt.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
A BRIDE ENDS HER LIFE

Mrs Lena Ripley Waters OF st LOUIS
Hangs Herself-A Pathetic Note.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Oct. 5.-Mrs. Lena
Ripley Waters, a bride of three
months, committed suicide to-day by
hanging herself at the home of her
sister She left note reading:
"May heaven forgive me, as | never
meant to do wrong Goodbye to kind
brothers and sisters. My watch to
T,ou-Tee"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Circus Riders Fatal Fall.

WEBB CITY. Mo-, Oct. Charles
French, rider in the Hummell, Ham
ilton &c Sells circus, fell from his
horses and was trampled upon and
had his spine dislocated and his right
arm broken. He will die He resides
in New York city.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Fire Mt Canton. Kansas.

MCPHEBsON, Kan, Oct. "A disas-
trous fire occurred at Canton, fourteen
miles east of here, at o'clock yester-
dag morning, destroying two dwelling
houses, feed mill, two livery barns,
with harness, feed, one COW and sew
emit, eu hOr as. The loss is estimated
at G, 900; insurance, $500. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Patent ATTORNEYS Dlsbarred.

WASHINGTON, Oct John Wedder
burn & Co. of this city were disbarred
to-day from practice before the inte-
rior department as patent attorneys
or agents, having been held guilty
"of gross fraud and unprofcssional
Conduct >
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
The Mayor OF Mexico Resigns

MEXICO, Mo, Oct. 2.-Mavor b. e
Johnson rendered his resignation to
the council this morning and it will
likely be accepted at the next meet
ing. He is an assistant in the state
treasurer's Office in jefferson City.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
stenographers in Demand.

WASHINGTON, Oct 9. There is a
larger demand for female stenograph-
ers and typewriters in the departments
at Washington than the civil service
commission has been able to meet.
The salaries range from 5000 to 81, 900
per annum.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
An Alderman Indicted.

MIYNEAPoIIs, Mimi, Oct. 1.-The
grand jury has indicted Alderman
Roman Alexander Dumbrowski for
Offering bride of $1,000 to Joan de
Laittre, member o the state capitol
committee.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
A MOTHERS MAD CRIMES
Mrs. Razinius Asphy xiates Her Four Chill
dren and Herself in a Hotel

New YORK, Oct. "a woman and
her four children were found dead by
asphyXiation in the West Shore hotel,
Fortv-second street and Eleventh av-
enue, this morning. The woman had
evidently killed her children and com
mitted suicide. They were registered
as Mrs Caroline Razinius, West
Point, and four children" They ar
rived by train from West Point last
nipht
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Retired Capitalist a Suicide.

MUNcIE, Ind, Oct 2.-Samuel j.
Atkins, aged 60 years, a retired and
wealthy iron manufacturer, shot and
killed himself at noon yesterday. No
,ause for the suicide is k nown.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Suicide on His Daughters woddlng Eve.

NEWTON, Iowa, Oct. L-Charles
H. Parker, jr., one of the wea.thiest
farmers of the county, committed sui
eide last evening by plun-ing head
first into deep we'll his only
daughter was to have been married
to-day.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
DRYEST ON RECORD.
No Good Rains in Missouri Since July 25
and Vegetation Is Dried Up.

COLUMBIA, Mo-. Oct. ..2-The monthly
report of the Missouri weather service
shows that August and September
combined have been the dryest months
in the record in the state. There has
not been a good rain since July %. All
kinds of vegetation has dried up.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Fire at Mexico, Mo.

MEXICO, Mo, Sept 30 The West
block, valued at $50, 600, was consumed
last night by fire which started at
ESQ in the L. B. Morris livery stable.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
Miss whitney Invited to st. Louis,

TOPEKA, Kan, Oct miss Whit
ney has accepted an invitation to at
tend the Yelled Prophets ball in St
Louis as the guest of the general COM
mittee
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-10-08
NEW PACING RECORD.
Star Pointer Travels the Fastest Mile
Ever Made In "a Race.

Ever Made In Race.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Oct I'm a race
that was witnessed by at least $4,000
people, Star Pointer, on the Illinois
state fair grounds, yesterday after
noon, not only maintained his reputa-
tion as the king of PAGERS by beating
Joe Patchen, but he also lowered the
worlds pacing record in a race by half
a second, making the mile in 2:OOJ3,
the record in race having been POI,
which Star Pointer made on Saturday,
September Is, at indianapolis, when
he defeated Joe Patchen.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20
A QUEER LAW.

One OF the peculiarities OF our statute
laws In regard to highways and bridges is
the provision that no one shall receive
more than $4,000 for an injury caused by q
defect in a highway or bridge. This law
is absurd and unjust. 1t WAS put into the
statutes by some cheap towns lawyer and
1t is probable that the members of the
Assembly which passed 1t did not notice
the limitation. No matter how great the
injury, no matter IL person earning $1,000
a year is rendered hel less for years, only
$4,000 can be had for it. Every jury ought
to 90 to the full limit till the law Is
changed,
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-20

The New York Assembly has refused the
advice of the leaders In New York city and
In the other larger cities and has gone on
patching up the Raines law. The men
who advised the Assembly to pause have
good reasons to fear the result OF the sue
CESS of the hay-seeds. When this law was
passed il was predicted that 1t would soon
disgust all decent people In the larger
cities and turn the State ovor to the Demo-
crats, and that result Is now coming
Sfuiekly.