The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-10-25
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

for its next meeting.
Delphos has new $4,000 school
house. 1t is one-third larger than the
one that was burned.
The annual state convention of the
Kansas Equal Suffrage association is to
meet at Mcpherson on Nov. 6 and 7.
Farmers institutes are to be held at
Benton, Oct. II, Augusta, Oct Is, and
Douglas, Oct. 10, all in Butler county.
The Odd Fellows grand lodge offers
reward of $500 for the arrest of the de-
faulting grand secretary, d. w. Kent.
Wellington officials will arrest par
ents of children who do not attend
school. 1t is fineable offense. Abb
lene has taken the same course.
The state grain inspectors report for
September shows collections of 81, 4s9.70
and expenses of 300, leaving a bal
ance of 81, $50. 20, for the months bust
ness.
Mrs. Sarah C. Morrison, died at
Hutchinson on the 9th. She was prom
inent in the work of the Relief Corps of
the state, and member of various
other lodges.
Business men of Emporia are propos-
ing to increase the capacity of the city
electric power plant so as to be sufficient
to furnish a street railroad system to be
owned by the city
The ladies of the literary clubs of
Abilene who have in the past year
raised S575 for a public library, have
assurances of assistance that will bring
their fund up to 81 900.
The Hutchinson city council has de-
cided to buy its city waterworks and
electric light plant, having that right
usder the franchise held by the com
pany which owns them.
C. A. Baker, of Arkansas City, was
witch his family in the woods to gather
pecans. He fell from tree which he
was shaking and was injured SO that
he died three hours later.
Mrs. Rich, of Wichita, has sued John
and Susanna Kinseder, for damages for
repeatedly getting her two boys drunk.
The boys are IA and 16 years old. The
case is in the district court.
The best element of the citizens of
Clyde demanded that the drink dispen-
saries of the town be closed and the
four saloons that have been wide open
for years obeyed the demand.
The new $4,000 Masonic temple at
Sterling was dedicated on the 10th.
banquet and a ball followed the dedica-
tory exercises There was a large
number of visiting Masons present.
Chas. Nordstrom, a Santa Fe shop
man, has fruit farm east of Topeka,
from which he counts on $50 bushels OF
pears, three tons of grapes, a great
many peaches and at least 800 bushels
Of apples.
The Vandergrift farm seven miles up
The Little Arkansas from Wichita, had
30 aares in alfalfa. Four crops were
:ut and after selling the seed. Mr.. Van
aergrift found that his alfalfa had
brought him $50 an acre.
Anna Harnet, of Horton, sued Daniel
W. Weigman, jointist, for $1,000
damages. She bases her suit on the
ground that the jointist sold her hus-
1and liquor after warnings not to do
so, causing him to lose profitable place
and reducing her to want.
Arrangements are completed for the
purchase of half section of land adj
Joining the State Soldiers home at
ut Dodge City, for pasture purposes.
Its cost is 81 200. There are now $50
inmates of the home and the number is
steadily increasing.
There have been six damage suits
brought against the Atchison brewery.
They are all similar The last one is
brought by widow whose husband
was killed in drunken row, the drunk
enness caused by beer bought at the
brewery.
There was a whisky picnic and poker
game combined at Blaine, Pottawat-
omie county, and at the finale two men
had been burned to death in their beds,
one lying at the point of death and
another insane.
Thomas f. Ryan, of Topeka, son of
Thomas Ryan, assistant secretary of
the interior department, has been APP
pointed lieutenant of cavalry. He
has been in the volunteer service three
years, in the commissary department.
He will be assigned to the Eleventh
cavalry.
The Kansas penitentiary has not in
creased in population in the the past
ten years, although the population of
Kansas has increased. There are IS
Kansas counties that have no convicts
in the penitentiary.