The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-10-20
KANSAS ITEMS or INTEREST.

There are go students now attending
the Agricultural College; $50 more than
ever before.
There are three Kansas men on the
University of Pennsylvania football
team this year.
A woman has corralled the contract
for carrying the mail on star route in
Stafford county.
Grain Inspector Clark of Atchison has
been inspecting an average of 20 cars
day for some time.
A Ford county man who had 20
acre field of broom corn last week sold
the crop in the field for $3.50.
The Kansas supreme court has decid-
ed that the special FIRE tax levied
against railroads in some of the western
counties is illegal
A Hiawatha man has an orchard of
eighteen acres from which he has sold
$40 barrels of apples this year, netting
him nearly $50 per acre.
The boys at the Friends University,
Wichita, are highly elated over their
football team. Constant additions to
the team is making it strong.
At Seneca, Kansas, the Ringing
brothers, circus men, saw two horses
which pleased them and they whacked
down $500 and carried them off.
Mrs General Funston performs re-
markably on the violin, her fathers
favoritc instrument. Her two sisters
are also known in musical circles.
When Governor Stanley started out
on the harbor at Frisco the battleship
Iowa, which was there, gave him the
governors salute of thirteen guns.
Lawrence is pushing on. Mayor
Gould signed the street paving ordi-
nance this week, and Winner has
force of men at work on the extension
of the street railway line.
Kansas now has siXty-four private
banks and ninety-eight national banks.
The latest private bank installed by
Commissioner Briedenthal is the Kaw
Valley State Bank of Eudora.
President Morrison, of Paramount
college, Wichita, will spend most of the
college year in the east. He is en-
deavoriug to raise $4,000 for the en-
dowment fund to meet the offer of
Millionaire Pierson of Chicago to do
nate like sum.
The rooms of the state library which
are to be used for the banquet, will be
darkened and artificiallv lighted with
red, white and blue electric lights.
There will be two orchestras which
will occupy raised platforms at either
end of the hall and music will hold
sway during the banquet hour.
Seven years ago baby was left at
an Atchison shoe-maker's home. The |
shoemaker decided to keep the child,
but in year or so proceedings were
brought by some unknown person in
local justice court to gain possession of
it. Occasionally woman whose name !
the shoemaker never learned, appear
ed and made good deal of the baby,
but her visits ceased after year or so, |
and nothing has been heard of the |
strange woman for five or six years. |
The child is now seven years, old and |
bears the shoemaker's name, and is |
known as his child. She shows indica-
tions of growing up into beautiful
woman.
Word comes from Galena that the
young ladies of that section who band |
ed themselves together and agreed not
to marry any but members of the
Twentieth Kansas regiment will at
tend the Topeka reception to the regi-
ment in a body.
A La Crosse man Jared the feeling
of the members of the local band few
days ago by giving the organization So.
1t was the first time anyone in the
town had ever come forward with any
financial assistance, and the boys rush
ed into print with card of thanks.
Under the direction of Rev. Mr.. Char
les NJ. Sheldon manual training
school has been started in connection
with one of the ward schools of Topeka
for colored children. 1t has received
the official sanction of the city board of
education and the students will receive
credit for the work.
Some years ago a Kansas railroad
man named ]. 7. Brady quit his job
and entered the ministry. His friends
were astonished when they read in the
papers that be had been elected Episco-
pal bishop of Pennsylvania.
Colonel Metcalf, commanding the
Tweneieth Kansas, says that the men
and officers of the Twentieth Kansas
will return 10 the Philippines If their