The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-09-12
DR. G. II. Hoxie, of Lawrence, t.kes
DR. Williston's place at Kansas univer-

The war college at Leavenworth
opened with 100 lieutenant a. Students
enrolled.
The new federal building at Kansas
City. Kas., was torally opened on Sep
TENDER 1.
Five new buildings of the insane
ASYLUM at Parsons will be completed
by January !.
Four hundred tents are provided for
the G. A. II. reunion at Wichita, of
September 1927.
Frank Mixer, of Goodland, Rock
Island brakeman, was struck by a
bridge and killed.
Meriden is to have 100 hushel
elevator A mill for coarse grinding
will probably be attached.
Winfield is going after oil a. the
bond route to the tune of $50 II the
people do the voting that way.
1t is announced that the Santa Fe
will establish shops for more thu a
900 miles of road at Amarillo
Baxter Springs had 96 pas niger
trains every day to handle the uuion
crowds; II cardel trains and spe-
cials.
Near Ottawa horse in 2. urc
! backed up TO Il wire fence and 1T "a
flash of lightning had bo.h hind legs
/ broken.
The Dickinson conn nigh school
opened with an cnrolu, l of 40, the
( largest enrolment for the irst day for
! ten years.
The attendance of the reunion of the
! Southwestern Veterans association at
Dodge City was the greatest in the
| history of the association.
| ST. Francis hospital at Wichita IS
! having another addition built which,
with laundry machinery to be placed
in it. will cost about s., 900.
! The Salina House. near the Union
Pacific depot at Salina is burned.
About 30 guests escaped leaving their
clothing and valuables to burn,
The IIecliaman family of Harvey
county held reunion and had five
generations repre- scented The great
great grandfather is 90 years old.
Fred l.. Benedict died of typhoid
fever at Chanute. lie was - years old
and was well-lnown in the gram trade,
operating with his father, Charles l..
Benedict.
Henry Pagler, of Pottawatomie
county, has threshed two acres of
ported last year. 1t went so bushels
! to the acre.
/ idcnt of the state board of health,
went to Topeka to attend the funeral
| of DR.. VIM. b. Swan and to elect II
new secretary. DR.. Charles Lowry, of
! Topeka was chosen.
/ Il. c. Jones. IA retired attorney of
/ Chanute. who had lived there 32 years,
died in Michigan, where he was stay
ing with his son for his health lie
was one of the founders of Tioga,
which became Il part of Chanute.
The biggest barn in Wilson county
was completed few days ago. 1t is
6ix10S feet, and twenty-five feet in
height, and belongs to S. NJ. Singleton,
farmer who lives near Benedict.
Seventy-seven thousand shingles Were
REQUIRED for the roof The cattle room
will accommodate 100 at a feeding
The owner of an eighty lying Just
north of the Lanyon Zinc company's
shelters in lola. has sued the company
for damages to the amount of S39,6S2.
| The land used to be in clover and
yielded fine crop. Now the gas and
smoke from the roasting llilns of the
smelter sweep over it and all vegeta-
tion is ruined.
Irene Langley, IL years old, saved
her brothers life by jumping into the
Kansas river at Topeka and pulling
him out by the back of his shirt as he
was going down the third time. The
heroine tainted as soon as she knew her
brother was safe.
The Seneca Courier tells of a young
man of Seneca, IS years old, being
called to visit his father at SanduslSy,
| Ohio. The father and son have never
seen each other, and the father was
dying. lie is said to be "A millionaire
and the boy is his only heir.
Mrs. Martha Sloat, one of the Oldest
residents of Derby, dropped dead rs
she was returning to her home from
church Sunday evening.
Judge Camp, clerk of Logan county,
was the prime mover in starting Sec
rotary of Agriculture Wilson on the
road to national fame. This was in
| 1865 when Wilson was IA candidate for