The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-07
KANSAS COMMENT.

of it.
WICnITAs DIKEcToRY.-The new
one shows 9,2sO people live in the city.
This is an increase of over 1000 since
the last directory was made.
FIVE 100 DEGREE DAYs,-This threat
ems the corn in Dickinson county,
which varies in growth from IS inches
to six feet, because of replanting.
A WoMAN's WARD. appropria-
ton made last winter for Il woman's
. ward at the state penitentiary is to be
expended for that purpose this season.
A LADIES BANDA Ladies' Cornet
band has been organized at Elmdale'
The members are taking lessons and
expect to make engagements for fall
events.
KILLED VALUABLE Administrations
Woodcocls has confessed to killing a
number of valuable animals south OF
Topeka. His crimes were committed
last winter.
AFTER HARPER COUNTY LAND.-A
party of Central Illinois capitalists
went to Harper county last week to
lool, at 10, 900 acre ranch and other
properties to buy them.
DRY AND HoT.-The word comes
from Pratt that on account of a pro-
tracted drouth and unusual heat the
corn crop is ruined. The wheat aver
ages about 90 bushels to the acre.
WRECK AT JUNCTION. Sixteen per-
sons were injured, two fatally, in a
wreck of Santa Fe eastbound IL lain No.
Q and Missouri Pacific northbound
train at the junction west of Hutchin-
son.
FIGHT New RATEs.-Thc Lyon Coun-
ty Cattlemen's association are securing
some co operation with other cattlemen
of that part of the state to fight the new
cattle rate, which is announced to take
effect on September 1.
WEBB IS PROMOTED. Paul e. Webb,
of Stafford, Kansas, has received no.
tice from the department at Washing
ton that he had been promoted to the
position of special agent in the rural
free delivery service.
WOLF SCALPs.-In Lane county the
commissioners have abolished the
bounty hitherto paid for wolf scalps
The wolves were increasing, under the
bounty system, as the hunters pre-.
served the females TO let them breed
Furthermore it was found that scalps
had been cleverly manufactured out of
other parts of the hide, and that scalps
were being brought from other coun-
ties.
A NOTED EARLY SETTLER. Mrs.
Cynthia Merritt Roscoe, wife of Nelson
]. Roscoe, one of the first settlers of
Kansas, died at her home in Paola.
Mrs Roscoe was cousin of General
Wesley Merritt She came from New
York to Osawatomie in 1854. She was
closely identified with Captain John
Brown, of Osawatomie, and in the IA
nous battle at that place the Roscoe
home was the only one not burned.
OPERATORS AND MINERS. sub
committee of the conference at Pitts
burg, of the coal miners and operators
reached an agreement upon the scale
for the Cherokee district, which in
cludes Crawford and Cherokee coun-
ties in Kansas and Vernon and Bates
counties in Missouri. Seventy-two
cents per ton will be paid in this dis
trict for a year and the Illinois day
scale of wages. An increase of 1219
cents will be paid for entry yardage
and dead work.
MANUAL. TRAINING.-The new state
manual training school at Pittsburg
will open on September 8. On Sep
TENDER and there will be eXamina'
lions for admission. The school is a
n branch of the state normal college at
Emporia and will be under the direc'
ton of Prof. r. 5. Duss, for some time
superintendent of the Pittsbnrg city
schools. An annual appropriation OF
1000 has been made for the support
of the school by the legislature. 1t is
the only school of the kind west of the
Mississippi.
SEVEN SPECIAL TRAINS. w. j.
Black, general passenger and ticket
AGENT of the Santa Fe, announced thai
the Santa Fe would run seven special
trains TO California on account OF the
national encampment of the G. A. R.
stopoyers will be allowed at points
west of Denver. Passengers not wish
ing to make and stops may take the
California limited.
FOUND DEAD.-Wm. Mulberry, q
wealthy farmer living south of Had
dam. was found dead in his feed YARD
with gunshot wounds in his head.
THE FOURTH REGIMENT. THE com
missioned officers of the Fourth rcgl
,,, Kansas National guard, will holC