The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-06-05

rivers ut Manhattan became alarming,
About and below Manhattan .here is
IL large area of low farm land and the
greater portion was submerged, devas-
tatinr hundreds of acres of growing
crops A large number of dead hogs
and other dead animals floated down
the rivers. Eight feet of water covered
the Blue Valley railroad for several
miles north of Manhattan, and just
east of town the main line of the Union
Pacific was under several feet of water
for Il distance of about six miles.
HIS LAST RUN.-"Dad' White, con-
ductor on the Ellinwood branch of the
Santa Fe, asked and received permits
sion to make the trip from Ellinwood
| to Florence and return for the purpose
of completing so years of service i'll the
railroad business. A. II. White is 7G
years of age, and six months ago was
obliged by failing health to lay off
from his run. He is mentally as COM
petent as he was fifty years ago. SUI
periutcndent Fox and Trainmaster Nc
| Clure ccompanicd the old conductor
on his last run.
Coz. HARRISON REPEATS. -Colonel L.
w. Harrison, of Topeka, has made Il
decd to Washburn college of an i'm
proved farm of 100 acres in Central
Kansas, valued at ST, 900. for the pur-
! pose of aiding in esta blshing Il theo-
logical department and making Wash
burn veritable university. Last year
he donated his law library of 1000 vol
umcs, valued at $1,000, to Washburn
college for the purpose of aiding in es-
tablishing law department.
COOPERATIVE SuIPPING.-The Kan
sas Cooperative Shipping association
was organized by farmers from Ncbras-
ia, Kansas and Oklahoma. The Off
GERS of the new company are: james
Butler, Topeka, president; j. c. Going,
Topeka, vice president; II. II. Shull,
secretary and treasurer; $. H. Allen,
OSkdloOSd, ATTORNEY.
PROMPT RELIEF. AT Eureka the
subscription fund for the relief Of the
sufferers soon reached nearly $500.
The Odd Fellows, Masons, Woodmcn
and Knights of pythias have each SUD
scribed 500. Fire Chief Evans called
a special meeting of the Eureka Volun-
teer Fire department. which subscribed
$500
MAPLE HILL HAS FACTORY A
manufacturing company there has in
corporated capitalized at $4,000 and
proposes to build metal water tanks
and mail boxes.
He Is S6.-Uncle Joe Cheney has the
finest and largest garden in Lincoln
self. He is sc years old.
Thirty YEARS OF HEALTH. After
such an experience Dr.. Muir, of Har-
per, did not know what to make
of Il two days illness.
THEY Do SAY!--That the richest man
in Wellington took home Il crate of
straw ber~ies from Wichita in order TO
save Il few pennies
Snow SLIDES MORE Fatal There
are more lives lost in Colorado from
snow slides than there are lost in Kan
sas by tornadoes
RAILROAD IMPROVEMENTS Sallna is |
to have new Union Pacific freight |
warehouse, railroad yards and round |
house.
GAINED III SIX YEARS. The less than |
300, 900 farmers of Kansas are worth |
$500, 0o0 900 more than they were in
1897.
RELAXING TRACKS. -Thc Santa Fc |
is putting down new s5.pound steel
rails between Newton and Hutchinson.
New BANK AT LINCOLN The Farm
ers' National bank has opened there
with capital of $4,000
WHEAT FLAT.-Cowley county farm
listed corn is washed out.
LIGHTNING STEUCK r. r. SHOPS
During sharp thunder storm at To-
pclia lightning struck the flag pole on
the south end of the Santa lNe carpenter
shop, splintering the pole and knock
ing it down. All the fuses on electri-
cal appliances in the building were
burned out, and Robt. Wells, II clerk
in the Office near the base of the pole,
was knocked down but not injured.
Ell DORADO WIYD.-A terrific wind
and rainstorm struck that town. 1t
came from the southwest, unroofing
several houses and barns.
WHISKY DID Ir.---IIenry Mullen got
drunk and stole "a team of mules.
Judge Foust, of lola, gave him Il year
in the pen. In Wichita Mullen has a
wife and three little boys who will
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