The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-12-05

| kansas City, d1u damage 10 the ProPoi
ty amounting to $4,000 or more. The
chief damage was done to the library
by the water. Mr.. Love has an extern
sive and valuable library and the water
which was thrown into the house
caused the ruin of several of his best
books. The bindings, some OF which
were very valuable, were entirely
ruined.
YELLOW CORRESPONDENTS One OF
them, w. R. Draper by name, is in the
tolls for sending out an alleged libellous
report to the Philadelphia North Amer
lean dated at Wichita. The Eagle says:
draper has been sending similar stuff
from Wichita to newspapers and mag
azines for several years, deriving a
good income from it. Several repu-
table magazines have been as badly
talked In as the North American was. ="
FATHER AND Son LUGGEd.-Wm.
Zimmerman, a wealthy farmer OF
Douglas county, who was walking
home from Lawrence along the rail-
road track, with his son about Z o'clock
at night, was held up and slugged and
robbed. Both the men were attacked
and knocked down without warning
and about $75 taken from their pockets.
The son revived in about an hour and
summoned help to take his father home.
JACK TuB PEPPER SHoT.-Bob Bry-
ant, colored, was shot and instantly
killed by City Marshal bud Keifer OF
Council Grove, who was twentieth
Kansas soldier. He had put Bryant
under arrest who went along peaceably
until the prison door was reached,
when he whipped out II razor and made
desperate pass at his captor. Keller
was too quick for him, shooting him
dead in his tracks.
WANTS A NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Simmons, of the Hutchinson reforma-
tory, saws that institution needs wall.
He says: eve have in the institution
men who are of the right age to be
reckless and daring. 1t looks to them
like escape would be easy, and to pre-
vent escape requires constant care. 1t
requires more guards to get a certain
amount of work out of them than if
we had wall"
New KATY RoUNDHoUsE.-Plan and
specifications were received at Parsons
for the erection of new round house.
The old round house has become mad
equate and too small for the class of
engines now used on the Katy. The
new one will have thirty stalls built
for the large new type of engines
adopted by the road The old one will
be converted into q shop of some
kind
POULTRY SHIPMENTs.-Th Armour
poultry house at Clay Center, during
the Thanksgiving rush, shipped 1oo,-
900 chickens, turkeys and ducks from
there, most of the fowls going to Cali
fornia and Utah.
FIRST Snow Nov. 2s.-The rain which
fell all that day in a large part of Kan
sas turned into heavy storm of sleet
and snow. In some central counties
nearly two inches of snow fell.
BONDS FOR GAS PRosPECTING.-The
commercial club of Wichita is asking
the city council to call a special cleo
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pect for gas.
IMMIGRATION AGENT.-Gov. Stanley
has appointed c. z. Bolmar, of Topeka,
as q state immigration agent. The
job is an honorary one and has no pay
attached to it.
FORMERLY OF ERIE.-Five Erie lesi'
dents in the past were elected to office
at the last election in as many different
, states, viz: A county superin tendent
, in Oklahoma; a state senator in Idaho,
county treasurer in Montana, a coun-
: ty attorney in Oregon, and county
commissioner in Texas.
KICKED BY HoRsE.-Everett Shells,
5 of Medicine Lodge, aged 6 years, was
kicked in the back of his head by q
horse. His skull was fractured but
the doctors say his injury is not neces
sarily fatal
l GIRLS WITH NERvE.-Miss Pear
Fuller, a student at the state norma
D school, and Miss Mabel Friels, of Law
e renee, climbed TO the top of the new
: state normal library at Emporia, ant
S under the supervision of briclllayer
a laid the last brick on the highest point
of the building and standing on the
brick had their pictures taken, fift.
r feet from the ground.
e THE SECOND TIME.-The Galva post
office has been robbed again. The SAT-
: was blown open and SOB and a guam
tity of stamps taken.
6 FARMER LEAVES siOO,OOO.-J. w
N Osborn a T.von county farmer die