The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-09-21
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

county, died from an overdose of NOR
phine taken by mistake.
The woi k of clearing the site for the
new federal building to be built in
Kansas City, Kas,, has begun.
Reece, Greenwood county, suffered
loss 10y fire 1t is a small town and n
large portion of it was burned.
A United States geodetic surveying
party is making its headquarters near
Anthony. The party lives in tents.
An itinerant picture charging graft
er has victimized the liverymen and
hotels of Woodson county and skipped.
The Topeka postoliice in one week
of September paid ont Sl9. 1874 on
money orders. This is record break
err
The library of Paramount college
Wichita, now has u, 600 books, besides
piles of unbound magazines and pam
phlets.
VIM. Kimball, aged 10, of Saline
county, played pull away at the school
he attended, and was injured so that
he died.
The putting in of the heating APP
paratus at the enlarged federal build
ing at Topeka has been contracted for
at $4,46s.
The floors of a store in Arkansas
City gave way and much merchandise
went into the cellar. The damage is
about $500.
Heringtoa's three days harvest fes-
tival was great success. On farmers
day prizes were given for the biggest
loads of grain.
A farmers wife, in Dickinson county,
sued the sheriff for damages because
he searched her house and barn Tor
missing articles.
A curbstone spectacle dealer paid the
Salina street fair committee $50 for the
exclusive privilege of selling glasses
during fair week.
actual measurement and found that
his sorghum yielded lac gallons of
syrup to the acre.
Ed NJ. Davis, the absconding cashier
of the Cross bank at Emporia has been
located in Mexico, where he is clerk
for coffee planter.
w. S. Belden, of Horton, a graduate
of Washburn college, has been placed
in charge of the weather station at
Vicksburg, Mississippi.
John Waller, of Kansas, once repre-
senting the United States in Madagas-
car, is now reported to be earning his
bread at manual labor.
Edith W., Wichita PAGER, took the
$4,000 prize at a free for all race in
Decatur, Illinois. She had to contend |
with two very fast PAGERS.
Every elevator and every empty
house in Hays is filled with wheat.
The railroad is unable to furnish the
cars required to move the crop.
z. P. Davis, clerk of the district |
court of Cloud county, is dead of ty- |
phoid fever, aged SO. His wife and |
son died of the same disease two years
ago.
The young ladies of Wichita who
had charge of the street car lines on
September IL, collected $267.2S, Of |
which they have rs per cent to be divi-
ded between the Children's Home and |
the Kings Daughters.
The work of moving the state library
to the new rooms prepared for it, is
going on. 1t is a two weeks job to
move the books. The state historical |
society is to occupy the rooms vacated.
Sheriff S. p Costigan, of Franklin
county, was shot in the arm, by John
M. Tanning, while the sheriff was at
tempting to secure child under writ |
of habeas corpus. Tanning and wife |
had parted and their child was given |
to the wife by the court. Tanning had |
secured the child and refused to give it |
up.
Charles Congdon. the Arkansas City
conductor who was killed by his own
train, was walking encyclopedia on
the subject of fast horses, stage char
acters and political candidates, cover
ing period of 25 years.
A reunion of linen of So has been |
held in Lawrence. Geo. w. Martin,
secretary of the state historical society,
was the principal speaker. An organ
ization of '56ers was formed and it was
decided TO hold annual reunions on |
September IA of each year. Colonel o. !
L. Leanard is president.
Judge Hook has ordered the commits
sioners of Stevens county to levy a
special tax to pay Judgment of 81, 1854.
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