The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-08-21

the dead the total number who suffered
from the bullets of Gilbert Twigg is
thirty five; eight dead, three fatally in
iured, twenty-four more or less in
jured. 1t is possible that the exact
number of persons who received
wounds will never be known. 1t was
found that number of persons had re-
ceived very slight wounds, such as
small scratches where bullets just
touched them. There was quite a
number of these.
MATERIAL. TOO HIGH.-The Topeka
Masons have abandoned the PROPOSE
ton of building Il temple at the corner
of Eighth and Quincy streets The
price of material is high and it found
it would cost a good deal over the $70,-
900 estimate. The Scottish Rite Ma
sons have bought the building which
they occupy at present and are recon
structing the interior
KANSAS GIRL, OF COURSE. Miss
Georgia Cubine, Kansas girl, has
broken the swimming record for women
on the Pacific coast. At Santa Catalina
island she swan q mile in the Pacific
in thirty minutes. That lowered the
record for women by eight minutes.
Miss Cubine lives at Coffeyville.
PAVING TRUST. Topeka paw
ing trust has about driven to the wall
the independent paving concerns
Ramsey & Ramsey are the leading in
dependent contractors and recently
they secured contracts to pave several
Topeka streets. Now they find that
they cannot buy paving brick
TEXAS FEvER.-The disease has de-
veloped at Carbonate. About the
time Of the Kaw river flood a long
trainload of Texas cattle was side
tracked and remained for several hours
in Carbonate, and it is the general
opinion there that the ticks were left
by that train.
HARD LUCK SToHY.-J. b. Case, OF
Abilene has 1, 200 acres of land in the
valley. The flood destroyed 400 acres
of corn, 400 of wheat, 300 of alfalfa,
of alfalfa and some other crops. One
sO-acre piece of corn escaped the food
but big hailstorm came along and
wiped it out.
CLOSE CALL.-Lce Murphy, Of
Shawnee, o. T., and four others were
sleeping in a barn one and half miles
south of Hunpcwell. lightning struck
the barn and burned it down. 1t set
fire to pile of straw seven or eight
feet from where they were sleeping.
TESTING ENGINES. of the Rock
Island "battleship" engines was sent
out of Herington drawing 100 loaded
freight cars. Sixteen of the cars were
set out between that place and Wichita
there being still 81 ears in the train
at the time of its arrival in Wichita.
OLD SETTLERS Picnic. Hon. Frank
Nelson, former state superintendent,
addressed the crowd at the 32nd an
nual picnic of the Harvey county Old
Settlers association in Riverside park,
Halstead. Five thousand people were
in attendance.
To JUDGE HORSES. S. X. Douglas,
of Kansas City, has been selected to
indge the horses at the Wichita fair by
the Southern Kansas Fair and Carni-
val association. The cash premiums
announced amount TO nearly $4,000.
BILL WAS CUT DowN.-The Rocl, Is
land sent in bill of S574 Sc for hand
ling the militia sent to Cheyenne coun-
ty. Adj. Gen. Kelsey cut it down to
S195. So, or one cent mile, which the
road declined 20 receive.
KILLED BY BASE BALL.-William
Higgins, 20 years old, was killed in
base ball game at Fontana. While
running between bases he was struck
on the temple by ball.
NATIVE KANsANs' DAY.-September
30 1904, has been set aside by the st.
Louis fair management as Native Kan
sans day.
DEPENDS ON WOMEN. Director of
Horticulture Schell will depend upon
the women of the state to fix him up
an exhibit of jelly for the Kansas de-
partment at the worlds fair Mrs.
Dassler, of Leavenworth, has agreed
to get the women interested.
FIREMEN's ToURNAMENT.-It is to be
held this year at Salina on September
to 10. Salina bid $500 for the tourna-
ment, Beloit 700, Junction City, 600,
Clay Center and Ottawa, 500 each. In
addition Salina offers championship
banner.
TEAMS AND MEN BUsY.-Because of
the big wheat crop and the general
rush of farm work it has been impos-
sible to secure men TO work on tile new
building at the western branch of the