The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-07-03

sas. for the benefit of the North Tope-
lsa flood sufferers. IIolton has already
extended very valuable aid in the
shape of cash and several cars and
wagon loads of provisions. Probably
for her size the town has made the
most liberal individual subscription yet
received.
The FIGURES GIVEN. The vote upon
the election of a congressman from the
Seventh district to fill the vacancy &C.
casioncd by the election OF Representa-
tive Long to the United States senate
was: For Murdoch, (rep) 1864; 1of
Clyne, (dem), 6,s36; for Babb, pop),
2,0O3; for Roessler, (soc.), l,o7S
DISTRIBUTION OF SEEDS. THE COM
mssioners of Shawnee county estao-
lished stations along the Kaw river in
their jurisdiction for the distribution
of seed among the farmers in the flood
ed district. The commissioners have
about 500 bushels of seed corn but are
short on seed potatoes.
C.P. DEwEY's SON. -Chauncey Dew
ey, who is in the Shawnee county Jail
in connection with the crime of murder
of the Berrys, homesteaders within the
enclosure of the Dewey ranch, IS the
son of c. P. Dewey, president OF the
Kansas Union Telephone company,
long distance line.
FIRE AT CHAPLAIN Commercial
and Volllman hotels, Charles Deve's
bakery, Charles loves grocery and
market, the city building, the opera
house and James Odle's dwelling
burned from a lamp explosion in the
Vollxman hotel. Loss $4,000; insur-
ance So, 900.
GETS MORE PAY.-Professor e. c.
Franklin, of the University OF Kansas
left Lawrence to take a position in LIE.
land Stanford University of California.
Another good man gone because Kan
sas was not willing to put up enough
to keep him. Franklin is Doniphan
county boy.
WAS IN GOTH KANSAS. Wilson, who
is prisoner with his employer, Chaun-
cey Dewey, served in the Philippines
in the Twentieth Kansas. He is scr
geant major of the regiment TO which
the Osborne county militia belongs,
that guarded him at St. Francis.
NEIenBoRs MADE GooD.-F j. Davis
was suspended as postmaster of Larncd.
Inspector Slusser dropped into town
and found Davis about $70S short. Tho
business men raised the amount in
about thirty minutes and made good
the shortage.
BONDS THE CREAMERY.-For the pur-
pose of improving its plant and estab-
fishing about seventy new Swimming
stations, the Continental Creamery
company has issued 100000 in bonds
covered by deed of trust
MORE HARvEsTERs WANTED.-A. II.
Moffet, of Larned, has written to the
employment bureau that Pawnce coun-
ty will need 800 men from the outside
to harvest it's wheat crop. The former
estimate was 900 men.
REOPEN Iron WORKS The Galena
iron works, which have been shut down
since last fall, are to be put at work by
a newly organized stock company. 1t
is expected that zoo men will be at
work early in July.
Music SCHOOLS. The Winfield Cor
lege of Music and the musical depart
ment of Southwest Kansas college have
united under the management of the
latter and the leadership of Arch Ohm
stead.
BELLEvILLE BRANCH. After tie-ur
by washouts of "a days the Union Pa
cific branch from Junction City to
Bellevillc was opened on June %.
COMBINE AND Buy TnREsHER -Twen-
ty-five farmers living near Window in
Mcpherson county, will buy thresh-
ing outfit of their own.
KANsAN WINS MEDAL. -Franls NJ.
Rarig, until recently a student at the
Kansas Wesleyan university of Salina,
won first honors at the Chicago North
western university this year. He was
awarded the Kirk medal and a SlOc
cash prize for first honors in oratory.
Rarig's home is at Minneapolis, Kan
sas.
Boys TRUCKING FREIGHT.
boys, aged Is to Is, the sons of well
known families in Leavenworth, are
trucking freight with negroes at the
Santa he freight depot in Kansas City.
THUNDER STORMS Topeka, Parsons,
Caldwell, Empora, Reading and Fort
Scott and probably other localities,
were visited on June IS, all in the eve
ming or early night, with heavy thun-
der storms with considerable rainfall.
Al Topeka telephone and telegraph
service was affected by lightning. The