The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-15

| line from Olathe to Kansas City.
Mrs. s. o. Wilmer, Of Coffeyville, is
a grandmother at the age of 80 years.
Hutchinson is offered an automobile
service to compete with its street rail-
way.
For once in its history the flowers in
the Kansas capitol grounds are look"
ing fine.
Chetopa will hold its tenth annual
reunion of soldiers and sailors Septem-
Der 1920.
The 22nd regiment, Kansas volun-
teers, will hold a reunion at Hiawatha
on August 81.
There were several cases Of prostra-
ton by heat in Topeka on August l,
but no deaths.
The merchants of Junction City have
all cut out the premium stamp from
their business.
Assessors returns give Geary county
10, 625 people; over half of them living
in Junction City.
Mrs. George Knots, Of Coffeyville,
is suffering from red pepper thrown
into her eyes by burglar.
Major Hood, of Emporia, has won
his suit, the one Martindale brought
against him charging fraud.
The 18th annual convention of the
Emporia District Epworth League was
held last week at Cottonwood Falls.
The new physical science building at
the state agricultural college at Man
haitian is completed. Its cost is $7o,-
900.
G. Rohrer has been elected as trustee
of the Dillon schools in Dickinson
county to serve the 31st year consecu-
lively.
The school boards of Geary county
are contracting to pay teachers higher
wages this year than have been paid
since 1889.
The old settlers of Reno county held
their annual picnic at Hutchinson on
the 9TH, upon the both anniversary OF
the creation of Reno county.
Grant county has a population of
about 500. There are many fine
ranches we'll stocked. Several $4,000
sales have been made this season.
Three passenger trains were tied up
at Dodge City with 500 people upon
them, to await the going down of high
waters in Purgatoire river at the bridge
near Las Animas.
Ed LOTT mill and elevator at Salina
is destroyed by fire. With it went
beer warehouse, destroying $1,000
worth of beer. The loss on the mill
was about S14, 0o0
Judge Hook, of Leavenworth, grant
ed an injunction enjoining G. w. Crane
and others from interfering with the
American Book company. The case is
to be heard in Wichita August Is.
Prof. and Mrs. D. A. Ellsworth of
the state normal at Emporia, are to
make 1000 mile voyage along the
coast of Labrador in the interest of the
department of geography of that
school.
A fire at Parsons started in grocery
store and destroyed IS, 200 stock. 1t
reached department store and did
much damage. The second story was
occupied by offices and lodges, all of
which sustained losses.
w. w. Woodruff, goat ranchman
of Texas, was with carload of goats
which were yarded at Arkansas City to
be fed. In the yard huge hornets
nest was disturbed and about 90 of the
goats died from being stung.
At Council Grove Jack the pepper"
had been around Robert Ashburn's
house and Mrs. Ashburn heard noise
and got up while her husband was
asleep, and while he was still half
awake he shot her in the head, but the
wound is not dangerous.
Chas. Lloyd Preston, two months old,
has made deposit of $40 in a Wichita
savings bank, with instructions for it
to remain there until he is 81 years old.
Two prisoners broke from the Leav-
enworth county Jail and secured a pis-
toll from farmer by telling him they
were officers i'll pursuit of escaped con-
victs. They tried to get another pistol
from Carl Deitsch and upon being re-
fused threatened to rob the house.
Deitsch's 13-year-old son then shot one
of them dead with a shotgun and the
other got away.
The weather over the state remained
around the 100 degree point, but hot
winds were not prevailing to the in
jury of the corn crop, up to August A..
Kansas has had fourteen United
States senator's in the Al years during