The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-07-26
KANSAS
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


building and stock, is a total loss from
fire
The broom corn crop is short in IL
linois and also in Kansas, where great
quantity is usually produced.
ball game at Fort Scott between a
local team and team from Nevada,
Mo-, ended with general fight
VIM. Archer, of Ellinwood, was one
of the many losers by fire in the wheat
fields. He lost threshing outfit.
One recent mail brought to the col
lector of internal revenue at Lcaven-
worth POS applications for liqnor deal
crs' stamps.
Kansas City Grain merchants agree
in the statement that the Kansas
wheat crop never was SO large nor the
grain so good.
The Chautauqua assemblies in Kan
sas have not been so successful as
usual this summer; probably on &C
count of the heat.
The returns of county clerks show
that the personal property assessment
of the state is $50, 959, 73G, as against
$50, 62s, 24O, in 1900.
The district court of Lyon county
has suit brought by the Santa Fe TO
restrain the Orient road from crossing
its tracks in its yards
Misses Blanche Casey and Mary Bel
lew, of Wichita, left home in the morn
ing, registered at Ell Reno and reached
home the same night.
The Cudahy packing house employed
large number of men of the burned
Dold plant at Wichita, including sew
eral of their travelling men.
second edition of Secretary Co.
burns biennial report is ready for dis
tribution. This edition is of 1900 vol
umes; the first edition was of $4,000,
and it was exhausted within 30 days.
Copies of the new state school laws
have been sent from the office of the
state superintendent to each of the
10000 school officers in the state. There
was about nine tons of these books
sent out
A prairie fire north of Larned de-
stroyed 40, 600 bushels of wheat in the
stack. Frank Junod, while fighting
fire, inhaled flames and was reported
dying. Several buildings were burned
and many tons of prairie hay.
Captain Hawkins served in Cuba
and then went to the Philippines He
remains there and has bought two
farms and stocked them with 1000 |
sheep. He also has tobacco planta-
ton.
The State Board of Charities and |
Corrections will go to Parsons next |
week to make arrangements for secur-
ing site for the new insane asylum |
which will be built at that place. The
site selected by the people at Parsons
is held at SOS, 900, but if this is taken
by the board the price will have to be
considerably reduced The last legis-
lature appropriated 100000 to pay for
the purchase of site and the con-
struetion of necessary buildings. The
board will probably expend the full
amount on buildings and ask the next
legislature to make further appropria-
ton to provide for the furnishings.
The asylum will be on the cottage plan.
No large buildings will be erected but
the different wards will be housed in
buildings of comparatively
small SIZE
The interior department mas ordered
the boarding school at Great Nemaha
reservation in Kansas to be abandoned
as the Indians have outgrown the con-
ditions under which the school was
necessary.
Henry Hardin, Bell telephone line
man, was climbing pole at Colony
carrying wires when lightning struck
and he was instantly killed.
The rain at Winfield was deluge.
At 10 p. M, the telephone exchange
could not send out messenger as it
would be dangerous for him to go out.
Claude Hamilton, of Topeka, sue
ceeds Mr., Tracey in Attorney General
Godard's Office when Tracey takes his
place as U. s. district attorney.
A hundred acre wheat field in Riley
county was destroyed by spontaneous
combustion. The crop was valued at
81 600.
DR.. Barth, Of Wichita, has been made
the head of the meat inspection at
Topeka with six people in his force.
The government has also made him
chief of the quarantine division, with
headquarters at Topeka.
The Missouri Pacific depot at Hois-
ington is burned, the fire starting from
sparks from au engine. Everything
in the depot was saved.