The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-07-08


storm one night last week.
The Kansas volunteers were given a
rousing reception by the Red Cross so
ciety at San Francisco when they ar
rived.
Topeka has started up its old chest
nut-the auditorium-again. 1t will
never be built unless the Legislature
appropriates the money.
A boot-legger put up bond of $500
at Colby the other day and then vam-
oosed the ranch. They had sure case
against him and he knew it.
The blue and the gray are to have a
reunion at Topeka. This is something
like it. The time has come when men
can talk about the war without getting
mad about it.
George Thomas, a well known Fort
Scott boy, has returned from Portland
and Seattle, where he has been since
returning from Klondike, short time
ago. He braved the privations of the
country of gold for many weeks but
finally gave up and returned to Seattle,
after which he went to Portland and
then home.
Much sympathy is extended by the
Kansans to the farmers who unfortun-
ately lost their wheat by rust, high
water or some other misfortune. 1t
was hard blow to them. OF course
some of these fields were insured, but
others were entirely destroyed, with
nothing to show for the years hard
labor.
The case of the Manufacturers Ma
tional bank of Pittsburg VS.. Sheriff
Adsit of Crawford county, a replevin
case involving $4,000 was tried in the
district court at Girard June Goth and
resulted in hung jury, standing II to
/ in favor of the sheriff. The friends
of Mr.. Adsit claim job of jury fixing
was done, and an attorney from Mis-
souri, whose name could not be learned
was suspected of buying the juror who
held out. He was notified that he had
better leave the town, and did so on
the first train.
Thousands of dollars have been and
are now being carried out of Norton
county by fakes and this year they are
thicker than ever. First came the
travelling grocery fellows, who were
followed by the cloth peddlers, and
now many of the farmers in the vicin-
ity of Athena are investing in new
fake known as the wrought iron
ranges" which the agents with their
smooth tongues sell for $67 each, part
cash, and a gilt-edged note for the bal
ance. Upwards of 100 have so far been
sold to families near Almena.
Victor Strohm, Saline county far
mer living near Iron Mound, accident
ally cut off one of his young sons legs.
The sad accident happened in a very
peculiar manner. Mr.. Strohm was in
the field cutting rye with binder,
and his children were playing in the
field near where he was at work. He
saw one of the children run away from
place he was approaching, and
thought the others were also out of
danger, but when he reached the par
ticular place his little boy was still in
the rye. The child could not be seen
by it's father, and the binder struck
the little fellow cutting off one of his
legs.
A special from Atchison, under date
of June 30, says: "F. NJ. Baker, of the
firm of Greenleaf &, Baker, the largest
grain buyers in northern Kansas, came
in yesterday after a ten days trip
through the northern part of the state,
getting line on the crop situation.
He says he never before saw crops look
ing SO badly as they do seventy-five
miles of Atchison. From Clifton, on
the Central Branch road, westward to
Lenora, he says the crops look better
than usual. The average wheat yield
in the northern part of the state, he
says, will reach twenty bushels to the
acre. Mr.. Baker says hot winds last
week damaged the wheat in north
western Kansas considerably.
Assistant Attorney General Smelling
has rendered his opinion to the effect
that school teacher is legally entitled
to but two third grade certificates, and
that if he fails to get a second certifi-
cate on the third examination, he is
barred from teaching school again in
the state. Mr.. Smelling says, however,
that if person has been given two
third grade certificates and has been
unable to get a school, he cannot be
shut out, but that if a person has
taught school for three months and
cannot get better than third grade
certificate the third examination he is
to be barred from teaching. The law,