The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-10-17
KANSAS COMMENT.


commissioners of Butler county, took
the train at Douglass for Ell Dorado.
He was taken suddenly i'll and was re-
moved from the train and died in a
few minutes. Heart disease was the
cause
WELLINGTON SALT.-The contractors
for drilling for salt at Wellington
looked over the leased ground, pros
pecting to choose the place to begin
work at orce 10 build bridge for their
derrick. Their machinery has been
shipped from Chicago and they are
preparing to go down 1000 feet.
CoLoRED FRATERNAL INSURANCE.
Some of the colored people of the west
have organized new fraternal insur-
ance order for the members of their
race. 1t is known as the knights and
Ladies' of Protection. Its national
headquarters will be in Topeka. COL
James Beck, of Lawrence, is president
Two ELECTRICAL COMPANIES Ire
Council Grove Electric Light e Power
Company, of Council Grove, capital
$4,000, is chartered. The company
proposes to build and operate an cleo
trio light, power and heating plant
The Kansas and Oklahoma Electric
company, of Sabetha, capital, $4,000,
is also chartered.
LONG TROLLEY ROUTE. The Wichita
Chamber of Commerce is negotiating
with C. M. Ceyes, a promoter, for an
electric line between Mcpherson and
Arkansas City. The capitalists back
of the scheme are New York men who
are anxious to build line in the west
and sent him out here to look over the
ground and report
SEARCH WARRANTS GOOD ONCE
District Judge James Lawrence, in the
case of one Charles Schmidt, of Win
field, whose premises the city authori-
ties have repeatedly searched for
liquors, has held that search and
seizure warrant can only be used once.
A new one must be issued each time
the premises are searched.
$500 FOR SIX WoRDs.-H. c. Nc
Creary, of Gardner, uttered six words
q short time ago for which he is asked
to fork over $500. They were: 81 be-
lieve Hartshorn stole my harness. "
L. L. Hartshorn claims that in making
that statement McCreary slandered
him and brought him into public scan
dial and disgrace. He has filed suit in
the district court against McCreary fol
$500 damages for defamation of char
acter.
BLEW OUT THE GAS Henry Ioltz-
man, q farm hand from Pleasanton,
Kas., aged % years, blew out the gas
and was found in an unconscious con-
dition in his room in a Kansas City
hotel. He was revived with difficulty.
For two nights the young farmer had
blown out the gas, but an open win
dow had saved him. Monday night he
was assigned to a room where the ven
tilation was not so good, and came near
losing his life by asphyxiation.
SOME BLOOD SPILLED.-Two lawyers,
w. L. Cunningham and Norman Bar
ker, came to blows in justice Dunn's
court room, at Arkansas City, before
court was in session, in an argument
over the divorce case of Attorney c. Il.
Atkinson. The former referred to
Barker as a jaclSass and there was
some blood spilled before they were
separated. Barker is the same attor-
ney who engaged in fistic encounter
on the floor of a political convention
with Len Harmed six weeks ago.
SECOND APPLE CRoP.-Rev. N. L.
Harmon gave a reporter for the Wich-
tia Eagle half dozen second crop
apples that are curiosity. They arc
in every respect the same as any other
Maiden Blush apples, but smaller.
Mr.. Harmon planted the apple trees
himself and has watched them grow
into producers. The second crop grew
only upon one limb.
CITY HALL RUINED.-The janitor of
the Abilene city hall forgot to turn off
the water and the hall and contents
were ruined.
WAS ON THE OREeoN-H. c. Van
Buslxirk, who has been appointed
round house foreman for the Santa Fe
at Caldwell, was second engineer on
board the battleship Oregon, at the
time she made her memorable voyage
around the Horn. 1t suggests again
that the Kansas man is ubiquitous as
we'll as possessed of a wide range of
ability.
REFINERY AT CHASUTE.-The oil
business OF Kansas is reaching such
proportions as may lead to establishing
refinery at Chanute.
ELECTRIC LIGHT BoSDs.-The En-
poria City council has sold the $4,000