The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-02-21
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


Casper Strohminger of Cawker City,
was found dead in his bed He had
shot himself. He was demented.
Contracts for the new insane asylum
at Parsons will be let in April. The
plans are completed and approved.
Benz Daniels, just confirmed as u.
s. Marshal of Arizona, used to live in
Ottawa where he has relatives.
The matter of getting Kansas man
appointed commissioner of pensions is
again being opened up in Washington.
The Grain Dealers association of
Kansas will meet at the Topeka city
building auditorium on March is and
and 10.
Work has commenced in Sumner
county on n contract for burning 5000
car loads of gumbo ballast for the Rock
Island tracks.
Farmers about Independence have
been hauling water in their threshing
outfit water tanks, from the city by
drants, paying the water company.
]. w. Gleed, of Kansas, was the first
speaker Mt the Lincoln Day banquet at
the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. He
was followed by Senator Chauncey
Depew.
A single man has bought farm near
Fairview, Brown county, paying ST.
600 for it. All the girls about Fairview
are naturally taking much interest in
him.
Colonel and Mrs. J. II. Upton, of
Downs, celebrated their golden we'd
ding on Lincoln Day. Col. Upton is
cousin of Sir Thomas Upton, the Scotch
yacht racer.
The state society of miners, in ses-
sion at Topeka, elected d. B. Cassie
man. of Midway, over Edward Keegan,
of Pittsburg, as state mine inspector by
vote of 70 to 81.
A Missouri Pacific train was saved
bv two little girls near Overlook. A
bridge had burned and the girls sig
nailed the train. Their names are Ida
and Sadie Workman.
General Metcalf will spend some OF
February in Topeka to learn about his
duties and will take charge of the pen
sion office on March l. This comes
from his home at Lawrence.
The Merchants Athletic association
of Lawrence, gave banquet in honor
of General Wilder S. Metcalf when he
returned from Washington with his
commission as pension agent.
The indications are that Topeka sa-
loon keepers will be taxed $50 month
by the new administration. Several
have been arrested and have paid fines
assessed by the police judge, without a
word of complaint.
o. B. Jennings of Armourdale who
owns farm near Mckinley, Okla, has
been missing since October. He made
a loan on his farm of $500 at that time
and started for home, since which time
he has not been heard of.
Judge Charley Lobdell's first case
after getting on the bench by appoint
ment, was a breach-of-promise suit,
which is arousing interest on account
of the sentimental developments in
volving lawyer at Larned.
Kansas has good supply of gumbo.
In the East gumbo is used for cover
ing for country roads, and the roads are
free from dust and slow to get out of
repair. When burnt gnmbo is used the
country roads are like paved streets.
The Kansas Lincoln day club cele-
brated in representative hall in the
state house in Topeka.
Many complaints are coming into the
Office of the Attorney General regard
ing the shipment of liquor into the
state on the G. o. d. plan by railroad
and express companies. Attorney Gen
eral GODDARD took this question up with
the companies some time ago and their
officers promised that the practice
would be stopped but it is still prac-
ticed. Mr. GODDARD will take steps to
compel its cessation at once.
Brown, the Missouri foot racer who
swindled Fort Scott betting men, is
now under arrest under the name of C..
o. Stansbury, at Denver, charged
with using the mails to defraud.
Conner Jones, young man II years
old, of Linn county, carried pistol
and holds up the school boys and 9TH
ers in very dangerous style. The
country school teacher called upon the
boys parents to help disarm him. He
is all the time shooting carelessly, and
will probably be sent to the reform
school.
Farmers of Labette county have
accepted SIS each from strangers for the
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