The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-03-06
KANSAS COMMENT.


just finished breakfast when he dropped
dead.
X. q. Boys Colt is expected that
800 students from the state university
alone will attend the state oratorical
contest to be held in Atchison on the
18th of March.
NEVER MISSED A DAY.-In the thirty.
nine years that G. r. X. Prentice has
been marshal OF Lawrence he has not
lost a day on account of sickness In
the ten years that Albert Nash has
served as driver for the Lawrence FIRE
department, he has never missed a
single Are.
CONFERENCES CONTINUE. -Confer-
ences between Santa Fe officials and
large delegation Of trainmen have been
going on for some time at Topeka, and
it seems TO be still uncertain what will
result. There exists personal esteem
between the parties and all negotia-
tions are friendly, yet the trainmen re-
fuse, SO far, to accept any compromise
of their request for an increase OF
wages
AFTER Forty YEARs.-The son OF j.
j. Hedricl1, of Hutchinson, works in
the postofflce department at Washing
ton. Recently in looking through
the museum of the dead letter office
young Eedriclx came upon photo
graph Of his father which had been
lost in the mails more than forty years
ago, The elder Hedrick was one OF
twenty brothers and half-brOthcrs who
enlisted on the Union side.
RFe1srERED SH0RrnoRSs.-Manh
tan is fast becoming n central point for
the sale of fancy and pure bred stock
c. P. Dewey has just completed large
sale. arena at the Manhattan livestocll-
sales yards and the first big sale was
the J. s. Mcintosh herd of registered
Shorthorns. Sixty-eight head OF the
Bluegrass herd were sold. The top
bull sold at $40, top COW at sos and
the herd averaged STA.
STUDENTS VINO ARE PooR.-The will
of Mis-. Jennie l. Ford was probated at
Emporia and it specified that Miss
Ford leaves the bulk of her fortune to
send energetic and deserving poor to
college. She left a large estate, part
of which was in Lyon county, and was
sold last week for $1,000, in settling
her estate. Miss Ford was an Emporia
school teacher until several years ago
when she moved to Laport, Pa, where
she died.
WAS AGENT THERE. W. Tedford,
assistant general freight agent OF the
Santa Fe, with headquarters at Chica-
20, has resigned his position and will
leave the service of the Santa Fe on
March 1. He will have charge OF the
traffic department of the Sharon Steel
Hoop company of Sharon, Pa. About
ten years ago Mr.. Tedford was the
aren't for tina Santa Fe at Hutchinson
where he still has many friends who
rejoice over his success.
INSURANCE TRUST james M. Chal-
lis, of Atchson, county attorney, has
commenced proceedings against the al
legged insurance trust He cited all the
local agents to appear in the district
court 10 give testimony regarding
combination which is said to exist for
the purpose of controlling rates. His
action is the result Of note from
Mayor Orr, calling his attention to
meeting of insurance men recently
held for the purpose, it is said, of regu-
lating and raising rates.
A NEW CHURcH.-The new Meth
odist church in Holton was dedicated
Sunday. The structure, which has
lust been completed, is one of the finest
in the state and was built at cost of
about sis, 500.
LARGE SALE OF CoRN.-Sid Lucas, a
Doniphan county farmer, sold $4,000
bushels of corn at one clip this week,
netting him $4,000.
HAS 10 JoINTs.-Although Salina has
sixteen Joints there is but one criminal
case on the calendar of the district
court of Saline county.
A STUDENT DRowNED.-B. p.
Schmidt, a freshman student OF the
Agricultural college was drowned
while skating on the Blue river. The
river wi not completely frozen over
and Schmidt went down in channel
The body was notrecovered. His home
is at Ininan, Mcpherson county.
FoB EEwroN PosroFFIcE.-Mr. Long
has introduced in the house a bill to
provide for the purchase of site for
the erection of public building there
on at Newton, Kansas, at cost not
exceeding 100000.
SAC AND Fox PAYMEhT.-The mem
"A A.. combined tribes of Kansas