The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-06-20
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Rain stopped the harves: in Sumner
and Cowley counties and in northern
Oklahoma.
Several hundred feet of Santa Fe
track was washed out between Florence
and Marion.
The capacity of the Clay Center
pressed brick plant has been increased
to 10000 brick per day.
John Doyle, IL years old, attempted
to jump on the pilot of an engine and
fell ander the wheels.
The Santa Fe is about to build spur
to Fort Leavenworth for transmitting
army supplies to the post.
-Four men of Arkansas City are float
ing down the river in a boat and they
plan to fish and hunt for two weeks.
The Santa Fe shopmen of the Topeka
shons have subscribed over $4,000 for
the new railroad Y. NJ. G. A. building.
Salt water was found in well near
Holton after going down los feet. A
company is being organized to develop
it.
The formal opening of the town of
Waldron, Harper county, occurs this
week when the Orient crosses the Choc
taw.
An EslSridge merchant says he knows
of farmer who brought eggs to town
to sell which had failed to hatch in an
incubator.
The new G. A. r. commander, ii. c.
LOOMS, is trying to make up big
delegation to the national encampment
at Washington.
The Neosho river was 25 feet higher
than normal flooding the bottoms
Easements of stores in Burlington
were flooded.
Water reached the pump houses at
Independence and put out the fires
under the boilers, leaving the city
without water service.
II. A. McConaughey, living north of
Concordia, lost by lightning five horses,
GOO bushels of corn, 400 bushels of oats
and 20 tons of alfalfa.
The Fredonia Citizen tells of a cy-
clone that destroyed two barns tore up
fifty young apple trees, broke porch,
IL. |, 1nt
and killed cow.
Mrs. l. " B. Kennedy, of Fort Scott,
while telling her husband that she was
feeling better than for a year, fell over
into his arms and died in less than
minute. Heart trouble was the cause.
Harrison Hannahs, who has just died
in Denver, was an old settler of Tope-
ka. In 1865 he sold his property for
81 900 and gave Washburn college half
of it, He has not seen the college since
that year.
Red ants are said to be eating up al
falfa and corn in Mitchell county.
People sink empty fruit jars in the
ground and the ants get in them in
large numbers, and cannot crawl out.
Then they are drowned.
Near Hays City the Capucian fathers
are building monastery. They had
100 barrels of lime stored in building.
The rain came through and Stacked
the lime and set the building on fire
and burned up big lot of property.
Arrangements for the revival of the
state fair at Topeka are being carried
forward with success. Stock and cat
tie men throughout the state are being
interested in the fair project and stock
in the company is being sold to them.
The food did not reach lola at its
greatest volume until June O. Much
growing grain was destroyed. The
city waterworks plant was surrounded.
The Neosho river was from five to
seven miles wide at Chetopa on June 7.
The lowland crops are destroyed and
%lOO;VOo 10 uiiC Ii ulC pldSCu Ou tuc lOSS
of wheat alone.
A sale of unclaimed freight at the
Santa Fe freight house at Topeka,
lasted week or more. There were
IS carloads of it gathered up at stations
along the line.
Edward L. Glasgow, formerly cap
tain in the Twentieth Kansas, recently
appointed first lieutenant in the ar
tillery corps, has again been ordered
to take an examination for further
promotion.
DR.. c. E. Mum. pioneer physician
of Topeka, is dead. DR.. Mum was
bact,riologist of the state board of
heath, lecturer on hygiene and sani-
taton at the state university and lee
tufer on bacteriology at the Kansas
Medical college. He was recognized
authority in his line.
The city meat inspector of Topeka
says that Topeka used $4,000 pounds
less meat during May than during the
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