The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-07-05
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Chanute is to vote upon the erection
of another school building.
The state reunion of the q. A. r. at
Hutchinson will be held August 1877.
Electric lights have been turned on
in Cherokee, the plant being completed.
Rudolph Speeleier was killed by a
passenger train, close to his home west
of Marysville.
The corrected returns of the asses
sors for the city of Topeka show pop
rlation of 3s,067.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
ginecrs, Division l70, held their annual
picnic at Humboldt. Over 1000 people
attended.
J. J. Houston, formerly register of
deeds of Anderson county, has been
appointed commissioner of public lands
of oklahoma.
The Topeka druggist who was re-
fused supplies from wholesalers will
prosecute the wholesalers under the
Kansas antitrust law.
Topeka jointists, having lost the
backing of Kansas City men who sup
ply them and generally own their out
fits, have quit business.
Sedgwic1 county farmers will get
about $50 an acre for their alfalfa crop.
The second crop is mostly cut and
there will be two more to cut.
G. W. Brown, the Augusta banker,
is the first capitalist of Kansas to go
TO the Philippines to invest in lands.
He will be gone about six months.
Governor Stanley has plainly init
mated that Mrs. Nation need not apply
for pardon, but that other women
who acted with her will be considered
as scparare class.
Robert Maxwell, press room fore
man of the Topeka Capital Office, has
taken out another patent on his auto
matte mailing machine, which is at
tached to cylinder press.
Prof. w. Il. Carter. of the colored in
dustrial institute of Topeka, has been
rendered the princi palsbip of the Flor
ida normal and industrial college,
state institution for negroes.
A French farmer, of Cloud county,
went to the home of his son-in-law in
the night in an intoxicated condition.
Being mistaken for a chicken thief he
was shot and badly wounded.
Samuel Shoup, of Coffey county, was
surprised by a hundred neighbors on
his 00th birthday. He has lived in
that county 40 years, is in good health
and is as active as many men of 60.
Rabbits along the highways and
hedges of Sumner county are not safe
when Miss Myrtle johnson is taking a
buggy ride with her rifle. Three rab-
bits to one drive is about her average.
MISS lJOulbC Ndu Va
Ex-Judge Vandivert of the Larned dis
trict court, carried off the honors of
her class at Rutgers college, Bruins
wick N. j. There were 20 in the class.
j. A. Parks, of Caldwell, reports that
over 200 wagons left there for the new
country and that the immigrants de-
clare they will settle in the new coun-
try whether the government likes it or
not.
The weavcrs in the Topeka wooden
mill struck for more pay. An offer
was made to them but it did not salts
fy them. The manager then put few
men from other departments at the
looms, as they knew something about
the work. New men will probably
take the looms.
Young Belts, the l3-year-old boy
who was tried for murder at Winfield
was acquitted by the jury. Belts and
Clyde Moore, who had run away from
home, were accused of killing a farmer
for his money. Moore's trial will come
later.
There were not enough harvesters
in the wheat belt of Kansas despite
the state and railroad labor bureaus
Town people, clerks and mechanics
and railroad section hands all dropped
their employment to work in the har-
vest.
The expenses of the dog catchere in
Topeka amounted to sls7.5O for three
weeks; their collections were $751;, Civ
ing the city profit of s563.5O
II. Mortimer, who marketed the first
wheat at Winfield had an average yield
of 40 bushels to the acre OF his 100
acres of wheat, which tested 81 pounds
to the bushel
Eureka is going to try again. Its
first prospect boring was lost by the
breaking ofits casing. There is plenty
of faith there on the subject of Ill
innate success.
An attempt was made to blow up
the First NJ. f. church in Manhattan
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