The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-05-30
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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the state superintendent of schools
Anthony was as happy as boy with
his first pants over the completion of
the first mile of track in Kansas of the
Orient railroad.
erected So, 900 monument to the SOL
diers buried there, which is to be dedi-
Gated on Memorial day.
John Thorp, tenant farmer near
Portland, Sumner county, was found
dead in an elevator at Portland, with
a bullet hole in his head.
Congressman Charles Curtis is ex-
pected to attend the state convention
of his party at Wichita and to deliver
memorial address at Topeka.
G. w. Goodlander, of Fort Scott, has
been stricken with apoplexy and the
chances of his recovery are slight. Mr..
Goodlander is the heaviest capitalist in
that city.
C. G. Rodgers, of Douglas county,
walked on the track ahead of the linn
tied at Topeka; did not hear the train
and received injuries which were
thought to be fatal.
The G.. A. E. State encampment
elected II. C. LOOMS of Winfield as de-
partment commander. The next en-
campment will be held at Mcpherson
and the reunion will be held at Wich-
tia.
About twenty-five book men, who
were in Topeka trying to get their
books adopted by the Kansas commits
sion, left there for Utah, where the
commission of that state begins its ses-
sion this week.
Allen Reed, aged co, Of Marshall
county, is dead. He was member of
the Kansas legislature when Pomeroy
was politically buried. Mr.. Reed made
three tours around the world during
his eventful life.
The Union Pacific Land Company is
reported as having raised the price of
its land along the Smoky and Saline
rivers, in Western Kansas, TO $40 an
acre. The demand for gold shale land
is said to be the cause.
The new telescope for the Kansas
Wesleyan university at Salina has been
received and is being placed in readi-
ness for use. The object lens is twelve
and one-fourth inches in diameter; said
to be the largest one in the state.
Stephen Thomas, a farmer living
near Lawrence, was killed in runa-
way. He was sitting in his buggy
talking to a friend when pigeon
which was under the horse suddenly
flew with a whirr. Mr.. Thomas was
kicked over the heart.
C. A. Ousler, of Circleville, one of
the first to bring stock of merchandise
into Jackson county and for many
years the banker of his town, died the
other day. Old settlers of Jackson and
Nemaha counties mourn the loss of an
early and true friend.
Geo. w. Martin, secretary of the
Kansas Historical society, has turned
over to the College of Emporia 526 vol
umes relating to Kansas and Kansas
matters. He owns the largest collec-
ton of this class of books in existence
While checking off the books as he
packed them to send to Emporia he
found that there were 40 volumes miss
ing, and it will be some time before
his wrath subsidies.
Robert Stone, stonemason of Read
ing had been drinking heavily of late,
and then shot himself with shotgun.
The wound was considered fatal.
Emporia business men have raised
enough money to begin the work of
prospecting for oil and gas. The drill
is to be sunk eight miles southeast of
town.
James S. Clark, of Downs, was shot
in his own door as he opened it, with
pail in hand to go for water. The
charge of bucl1shot riddled the back of
his head.
Jas. F. Legate has suffered stroke
of paralysis He has served in II ses-
sions of the Kansas legislature as
member of the senate or the house.
The millers of Southern Kansas met
in Wichita, May 21. There was joint
meeting between the millers and the
grain dealers, who asked the millers to 1
buy exclusively of them. Both COM
binations were anxious to make friends
of the Farmers Cooperative associa-
tons. The sentiment among the mil
1ers was to buy where they could get
the lowest prices. 1
Mike Shooter, cowboy from the
Moseley ranch in the territory, was
killed at Arkansas City by his horse
throwing him his head striking "a tele-