The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-04-04
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST,".

News is received of the death in the
Philippines of Ray Howard, who en-
listed from Sedgwiclk county.
The cheese factory which burned Mt
Potter is to be rebuilt. Local subscrip-
tions will make up the required
81, 900.
Nearly every night and sometimes in
the daytime burglaries are committed
in Kansas towns, as we'll as else where
in the west.
The Kingman Leader-Courier tells
of concert given in a salt mine there
1000 feet underground, by the Boston
Ideal opera company.
Ex-Judge Nandivert, formerly of
Kinsley, was run over by a heavy dray
in New York City not long since and
was seriously injured.
The state dental board is gathering
evidence against persons who are doing
dental work without lawful authority
and will secure their arrest.
The Rock Island will probably short
en- its line to the southwest from Omaha
by building a new line from Lexington,
Kansas to Fairbury, Nebraska.
Roebuclk's large grocery store at Ar
kansas City caught fire and the stock
was destroyed either by fire or water
Men who had rooms over the store es-
capped.
More than 100 Bcloit people have
within few years removed to Topeka.
Many of these have made the change
to accommodate their business engage
ments or their political appointments.
Parties who sold the land to the
Bourbon county socialist colony, and
are members of the colony, have
brought suit for the purchase money
due and asked for the appointment OF
receiver.
Mrs. Jap Humid and her two children
left Nickerson, Kas., for a new home
prepared for them in Oklahoma. The
first news received of them after their
arrival told of the death of all three in
a prairie fire.
John Anderson, of Salina, has pur-
chased the telephone exchange at Linds-
borg, including the copper wire toll
line system to Hoisington. Mr.. Ander-
son is also the owner of the exchange
at Marquette.
The Mulvane ranch, near Rossville,
has lost by fire a large barn, corn crib,
1000 bushels of corn, together with
the contents of the barn. The fire was
caused by hot box on a fodder shred
ding machine.
The Central Normal college of Great
Bend has been purchased, through
Bishop Hennessy, for the Catholic
church. 1t is understood to be the in
tention to establish parochial school
and hospital in the building.
Mrs. j. w. Millspaugh died recently
near Winfield leaving her husband
with whom she has lived more than GO
years. The story of her life is suffi-
GENTLY expressed by this sentence in
the Courier: "There is not a road in
Vernon township that she has not trav-
eled over at night on her way to bring
healing and help to some afflicted
neighbor.
In crap shooting game at White
party getting it was arrested for steal
ing. The defense put up that the
money was taken in an unlawful game
and the county attorney dismissed the
case and announced the determination
of arresting che entire party under the
Cubbison anti-gambling law. Before
he had drawn up his papers the parties
skipped.
Ex-Mayor Finlay Ross has given to
the Wichita hospital an x-ray machine
of the latest pattern, for the use of any
practicing physician in the city.
Attorneys for the Santa Fe have at
tackled the validity of city ordinance
of Emporia limiting trains to a speed
of six miles an hour within the city
limits.
The drillers in new well at Chanute
were unable to control the flow of oil
which went up 100 feet into the air.
This comes from the oil sand and the
company intends to drill deeper.
DIR. Fl. NJ. Carr, of Parsons, and Will
liam Cochran, of Sslina, were both re-
Gently married in Havana, Cuba, to
Spanish ladies. Carr had been doing
newspaper work there for years.
Miss Lillian A. Wilson, a former
hair dresser of Emporia, from which
place she moved to California, and
lately died at Los Angeles, willed her
fortune to Preston b. Plumb Grand
Army Post of Emporia. Her husband
vvas "a rnennber of that most and for