The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-07-21

The Rock Island railroad has put
electric headlights ON it's engines in
this state.
The town of Troy, after violent
scene in the council, has decided to
tax the joints $40 month each.
A Saline county man tainted the
other day while taking bath. Some
people cannot be too careful what
they do.
IHeber Butts who used to be farmer
boy in Marion county, is now steno-
grapher in the Smithsonian Institute
at Washington.
Rock salt has been discovered near
Marquette in western Kansas. An at
tempt will be made to interest capt.
talists in the find
Fort Scott men have organized a
beet sugar company, with capital
stock of $4,000 and will defy the
trust to buy them out.
A Cowley county man attempted to
clean out corn grinder while it was
running. He is minus a hand as the
result of his foolishness.
A petition containing the names of
700 women has been presented to the
city council of Wichita asking that a
police matron be appointed.
If this government was onto its job
it would bargain with Kansas farmers
to gather 5000 car loads of sand-b urrs,
ship them to Manila, scatter them in
the rear of the Filipino army and then
direct Funston to attack.
State Auditor Cole has appealed to
the attorney general for an opinion
concerning the operation of one of the
new laws passed last winter by the
legislature. Under the provisions of
the law, as interpreted by the author
tiles of Cherokee county, Sheriff o. w.
Sparks presented claim to the audi
tor for payment by the state, for con-
veying insane patients to the asylum.
The auditor believes this is an incor-
rect Interpretation of the law and held
up the claim until he can secure the
opinion of the attorney general.
Messrs. Bancroft and Jones have
been in Americas for the last three
weeks trying to establish creamery
and Swimming station at that point
The success of the project is now as
sured. The citizens and farmers in
the surrounding country have sub
scribed the So, 900 which was necessary
to be raised before the enterprise could
be success No one individual was
allowed to subscribe over 500, and
forty-seven people were anxious to
purchase stock. A creamery will
prove a fine thing for Americas and
the surrounding country The loca-
ton of the building will be decided
upon in few days.
Cheap Rates to Pacific Coast via Santa Fc.
The Santa Fe are selling tickets to
San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego
and other California points at the very
cheap rate OF $32. So
To Portland and points in Idaho and
Oregon SOS. s.. For particulars call
on or address, l.. r. DELANEY, Agt.,
Wichita, Kans,
Judge Hook, sitting in federal court
at Leavenworth, has ordered 600 acres
of land, lying in the northern part of
Lyon county, in which the Cross es-
tate has half interest, to be sold and
the proceeds turned over to the estate.
The lard is good only for grazing and
an offer of S. an acre has been made
for it, An offer of S1S,O has been
made for another so acres, and that
also was ordered sold. In addition to
these orders, Judge Hook also order
ed the sale of 141 shares of stock in
the Kansas and Missouri Coal and
Land company, which was part of
the estate The orders were made on
petition of Morton Albaugh, as re-
ceiver of the Cross bank
A good many Kansas papers have
issued special editions recently. Cop
les of these papers should be sent to
the old homes back east They tell
wonderful story of Kansas and her
resources; a story that will do the
state good wherever it is known.
The large Santa Fe reservoir at Mo-
line burst the other night and destroy
ed about $12, 600 worth of wheat. The
reservoir covered an extent of sixty
acres, and was thirty-fve feet deep.
The break was caused by an excep-
tionally hard rain.
Billy Sterne, United States marshal,
has a stern duty to perform next
month. There are three prisoners at
the United States prison at Leaven-
worth, who are sentenced to be hang
ed and Sterne is the official hangman.
Governor Stanley has made public