The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1901-09-13
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

tories and shelters at lola call for S45,-
O00 each time.
The Conway Springs hotel which was
burned is to be replaced by new one
All difficulties between Cottonwood
Falls and Strong City over the route OF
the Orient road have been adjusted.
Mrs. Morton Albaugh was injured in
a runaway in Kingman. Mr.. Albaugh
had left after the cattlemen's picnic
Pittsburg claims to have had 10000
working men there on Labor day
There were 5000 miners in the parade.
The missionaries under the American
Sunday School association in the cen
trail west spend a week in conference at
Topeka.
Mrs. Sherman McKinnis, of Republic
county, has four pairs of twins. all
living, the eldest pair not yet eight
years old.
An excursion from Emporia to Fort
Riley took $500 people. There were
four sections of six cars each. No stops
were made.
The Katy officials have notified Par
sons that they will establish big car
shops there at once, with $50 men to
start with.
A party of so Nebraska farmers came
to look over Sumner county and attend
the wheat carnival, and with view OF
buying farms.
Lee Patrick, aged &c, was killed by
Ay wheel in an elevator at Frankfort
ON his first day of working on a con-
tract for a year
There is over 81 100000 invested in
the milling industry in Kansas, with a
total output of Ss,00o,o0o and total
expenditure of $40, 10000
Difficulty is experienced at Baxter
Springs in the selection of location
for the postoffice to take the place OF
the building recently burned.
A. NJ. Sugar, aged 90 years, whose
home is in Cherryvale, was stabbed
and killed by Riley Smallwood in a
saloon in Tacoma, Washington.
Henry F. Aultman, of Parsons is said
to have registed twice at Ell Reno and
and drew claim. His fling will be
cancelled and he will be arrested.
The Saline county commissioners
have accepted plans for new $4,000
county Jail and expect to let contracts
and begin work by September 10.
Nearly forty kinds of birds are
known to nest every year in Riverside
park, Wichita, and there are probably
$50 varieties seen there every summer.
Joseph T. Herbert, while blowing
near Homestead, Marion county. turned
up a Spanish blade SO inches long,
which bore the date of 1864. 1t was in
fairly good condition.
Isaac Sharp, lawyer who lived at
Council Grove a dozen years or more,
served in the legislature in 1868 and
was democratic candidate for governor
in 1870. died in Washington recently.
The Santa Fe gave Sam'l Proctor and
his wife each 81, 900. 1t will be remem-
bered that Mr.. Proctor lost an arm
while on a train from Edwards county
to attend the state reunion at Hutchin-
son.
At Council Grove there were de-
stroyed by fire 500 tons of coal in the
chutes, five coal cars, two cabooses, one
car of wheat and two cars of rails. The
chutes were outside of the fire depart
ment limits and no water was avail
able. The fire started in the coal.
Another large number of non-union
miners arrived at Pittsburg on Labor
day to work in the Big Four mines.
The companies posted notices offering
their old employees the same wages and
the same conditions which have been
in force heretofore.
Labor day, September 2, was mad
NtIpcnOly StU lOl plC dNoio VI NCb u eSeo
for work on the state house, but Gov
ernor Stanley decided to observe his
own proclamation asking everybody to
rest on that day and the opening of
bids was deferred.
At Peabody on a recent Sunday, a
collection was taken in the Methodist
church for missionary purposes and
s24O was raised in thirty minutes.
The recruiting station at Salina,
since it was established on May Is, has
examined 1877 applicants and enlisted
70 of them; 25 of these were enlisted
during August.
Pastures of Reno and Kingman coun-
ties recovered after the dry weather
but stock water is scarce and in some
places not to be had This causes re-
moval of herds.
A lot of people of Parsons got scared
and put in their winter hay at $40 and
and s13 a ton. Soon after loose hay
was worth 81 and baled hay IS there.