The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-04-13
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
KANS.


Itnow seems possible that the rumors
of the purchase of the Midland railroad
by the Frisco line are true.
Private Trembley, who swan the
Bag Bag river, led his ticket and was
elected city clerk of Kansas City.
What is thought to be a vein of mica
was found on Francis Johnson's farm,
near Lindsborg, while drilling well.
The four ice plants in Topeka have
agreed to make uniform price for ice
this season to all consumers, great and
small
L. Carter, of Burlingame, now IS
years old, has touched neither tobacco,
coffee, tea nor liquor for more than
fifty years.
"A prairie fire in Saline county the
other day burned off couple of sec
tions of pasture land and destroyed
about twenty tons of hay.
A tramp saved Rock Island passen-
ger train by discovering broken
journal and stopping the train. This
occurred in Doniphan county.
An Usage county farmer took tobacco
he had raised to cigar maker to be
tested. 1t proved to be satisfactory
filler, first class in every way.
The new elevator between the Santa
Fe and Rock Island tracks in Wichita
is approaching completion. Its capac-
ity will be 25, 600 bushels of grain.
The Winfield Chautauqua will be
held June 81 to July .. Low rates of
fare, probably one fare for the round
trip, will be made by the railroads.
There is gang of boy robbers in
Wichita. Their last job was taking
tools from the new elevator, which
were found at the homes of the boys.
J. B. Bartholomew, of Topeka, died
April 1, of pneumonia. He was one of
the first to start the sheep industry in
Kansas by importing fine merino sheep.
He was townbuilder for his home
city.
j. H. Jones, of Smith Center, who
was chief electrician on the oregon
during its famous voyage around Cape
Horn, has left Kansas to represent
Chicago electric firm at the Paris eX-
position.
Joab Mulvane, of Topeka, has been
selected as member of the board of
trustees of the Baker University. He
will take the place on the board made
vacant by the death of DR.. Joseph
Denison.
Bulletin No. 90 of Kansas experiment
station, Manhattan, Kan, gives the re-
suits of eleven years experiments in
raising and feeding Kafir corn. 1t will
be sent free to any citizen of Kansas
who writes for it.
A. F. Niederlander, who played an
important part in booming Wichita,
visited that town recently. He now
has extensive interests in zinc mines
and is president of the Westinghouse
Air Brake company.
Mayor Ross named the following
delegates from Wichita to the Trans
Mississippi congress to be held at
Houston, Texas April II to 81. o. II.
Bently, R. P. Murdoch, o. y. Smith,
A. C. Jobes and j. Is. Blazer.
Gueda Springs people are busy in
putting their town in better condition
by the building of additions, repairing
and painting. Lake Juniata is again
full of water and better place for
bathing and boating than before.
The receipts of the Wichita post office
for the year closing March 81 were over
SOL, 900; an increase of over 900 over
four years ago. There will probably
be sub-station put in for the conve-
nience of the people of west of the river.
A. ]. Hoenschell, of Hiawatha, met
the son of f. S. Brown coming from
school smoking cigarette. He ordered
the boy to stop smoking. The boy re-
fused and Hoenschell whipped him.
The boys father made complaint and
Hoenschell paid a fine and costs in
Justice court of S47.
Martin Gordon, of Galena, a miner,
was killed by an accident in the mine,
and was buried on the day which had
been set for his marriage
For twenty years the Bethany college
at Lindsborg has sung the Messiah on
Easter week. In the early years the
leaders came from Illinois, but now
there are so many in that Swedish
colony who have grown up there, and
in that school. there will be none but
home talent in the caste. The Ladies
Home Journal gives full page to this
years event in this Kansas village.
The life insurance companies are pre-
pairing an appeal of the Hillmon case.
At the last term Mrs Hillmon got a
verdict against two of the companies.