The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-06-26

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Arkansas City Milling company are
totally destroyed by fire and one en-
ploye, Tom Yount, was so badly burned
that he died in an hour The fire was
caused by the spontaneous combustion
of bin of flour. Major c. FL. Seaver-
ing, president of the milling company,
was severely but not dangerously
burned. The plant was valued at
500, 900 and the loss is complete.
LIKE SAM WooD CAsE.-It seems pos
sible that Chauncey Dewey and his
cowboys may never be tried. The
people of Cheyenne county are divided
and every man is a partisan of one or
the other side, so that an impartial
jury cannot be had in the county. The
state cannot take change of venue.
Everybody will remember that the
slayer of Sam Wood went free under
the same circumstances,
Blue HAS New CnANNEL.-The new
channel made by the Big Blue river at
Blue Rapids leaves the rapids and dam
to one side. "If," says the Marysville
News, this channel cannot be con-
trolled and the river turned back into
it's old course, the splendid water power
which has been the pride OF Blue
Rapids and the motive power for near
ly all the mills and factories, is thing
of the past"
LARGE Contest SETTLED. The liti-
CATION which has been pending for the
past two years in the state and federal
| courts between Il. L. Watkins Il Sons,
stocllmen of Council Grove, and the
Drumm-Flato Commission company, OF
Kansas City, Mo-, has been compro-
missed to the satisfaction of all con-
cerned. These cases involved cattle
interests in Kansas and Colorado APP
proximating 81, 100000.
ANTHONY SALT WoRKs.-The Orient
salt plant at Anthony has been shut
down for several weeks for repairs and
improvements All the salt on hand
in the enormous storage rooms has been
sold and orders are now coming in at
such rate that the plant will be taxed
to its greatest capacity to keep up with
them.
RELIEF FROM GOVERNMENT CLERKS.
-Kansans employed in the depart
ments at Washington raised upon first
effort 1897 for relief in Kansas. OF
this Pension Commissioner Ware con-
tributed $500.
For G. A. Accommodated
Stewart has sent out circular letters
from general headquarters asking that
contributions be sent to comrades in
Kansas who have suffered from the
floods.
NEW RIFLEs.-The war department
has notified Adjutant General Kelsey
that as soon as they can DO manufac-
tured the Kansas National Guard will
be supplied with new Krag- Jorgensen
rifles.
CRAwFoRD's FLOOD DEMENT'S.
NJ. Crawford has raised for the benefit
of the flood sufferers 81, 900. IS with the
benefit performances he has given on
the Crawford circuit of theaters.
A SINGLE CONTRIBUTION. The Rev.
Charles M. Sheldon received ST 1000
from H. NJ. Weston of Roxbury, Mass
This was secured through Mr.. Sheldon's
appeal in the Christian Herald.
WANTED TO HELP.-A game of ball
was played at Fort Scott for the bene-
fit of the flood sufferers. There was a
creature on two legs who wanted TO
get in on his season ticket.
HARVEST HAS BEGUN.-In Sumner
county May wheat has been cut and
worl, has commenced on the hard
wheat and the promise is for an excep-
tionally good yield.
KANSAS THREE TIMES LARGER--Ser-
via, where the king and queen were
killed the other day, has 10,05o square
miles. Kansas has sl,70o square
miles.
SOME FLOUR SAVED In cleaning up
the flooded mills of North Topeka it
was found that the sacked -four was
not a dead loss. On the inside of each
sack a coating of paste formed which
kept the rest of the flour Cry. The
crust of paste is about an inch thick.
WILL BREAK RECORDS. - Wheat in
Smith county is in the finest possible
condition. Secretary of State Boyle,
VINO has been there and saw it, says:
There's not bad acre of wheat from
Smith county to the Colorado line in
the northern tier of counties
KANSAS G. A. R.-Kansas will soon
receive SCI, 24l.s2 as her share of the
81, OOO, 900 allotted the various states
under the dick bill passed at the last
session of congress. This is the bin
that makes the national guard re-