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

blood poisoning superinduced by
wounds received in the civil war. He
was born in Ashley in 1927 and came
to Manhattan in 1856. He served in
the First and Second Kansas volun-
teers as surgeon and besides serving
through the border wars he was also
under General Grant and organized
Jefferson barracks under his inStruc-
tions. At one time he was surgeon
general of Kansas, served on the ma
! tional board of pension examiners and
for many years vas company surgeon
for the Union Pacific railroad.
! MANUAL TRAINING 1t is believed
that the new department of manual
training will be established in many
of the public schools of the state next
year, and there will be "A large demand
for teachers. The state board of edu-
cation has arranged to examine appli-
cants for certificates to teach manual
training August "a and 25. The eXam-
nations will be in Emporia, Manhat-
tan, Topeka, Lawrence, Pittsburg and
Kansas City.
DEATH OF PIONEER. Mrs. Anna
Sharp, aged rs years, wife of the late
James Sharp one of the original pio-
died on the same farm which her hus-
band filed claim on forty-four years
ago. She had resided on the home
stead continuously for almost half II
Century. Before and during the war
she saw much of the early Kansas
struggle. Her husband died eleven
years ago.
AN ERROR IN THE LAW. Through
an error the law authorizing county
superintendent to issue temporary
certificates was repealed by the legis-
lature at the recent session. AS re-
suit teachers WHO plan to not attend
the county normal institutes this sum
mer will be compelled to take the reg
ular examination for certificate or
quit teaching.
HEARTRENDING ACCIDENT. - A. }.
LenneclS, prosperous farmer who lives
fifteen miles west of Emporia, was
driving posts with an AK when his lit
tie 5-year-old girl, who vas playing
near, got within reach of the AK with
NJ ho f,,t I'm In,
ing the AK for blow it struck the
child and completely severed one side
of her face.
A DAM GIVES WAY.-At Valley Falls
the II foot dam across the Delaware
river which affords water power for an
elevator, Il mill, the electric light plant
and the Santa Fee pumping plant, has
given way on account of high water.
No serious damage was caused by the
break rs it can be repaired quickly
when the high water goes down.
ANOTHER DEFECTIVE LAw-On ac-
count of Il defect in the appropriation
bill no funds will be available to run
the public school at Lansing for the
next two years. This school is main
tanned at state expense and is attended
mostly by children of employees at the
penitentiary.
MURDoCK's SECRETARY. Victor Muir
dock, congrcssman-elect, rendered to
David d. Leahy the position of private
secretary and Mr.. Leahy accepted it.
Mr. Leahy will probably do the Wash
ington correspondence for an Iowa
paper during the congressional ses-
sions.
THE DEXTER WELI.-A dispatch
from Winfield states that the Dexter
gas well was tested and found to have
II flow of 7,25O,OOO cubic feet. This
well is $50 feet deep and has the great
est flow of any well in the state for the
depth.
CAPTAIN IN 21sT KANsAs.-Charles
Stacllhouse, once postmaster at Usage
City, and during the war with Spain
captain in the 2lst Kansas, died of
heart disease recently at Moberly, Mo-,
where he had been engaged in mining
OLEo DEALERS INCREASED. Since
the passage of the Grout anti-oleo bin
by congress the number of retail oleo
dealers in Kansas has increased.
Under the old law there never were
more than 275 retail oleo dealers in the
state. At the present time there are
about 800.
Town IN A LAKE. Excepting a half
mile on the north, Neodesha was sur
rounded by water. Fall river and
Verdigris river were both away ont of
their banks, nearly surrounding the
townsitc.
KANSAS LIQUoR DEAIEEs.-The rec.
ores in the internal revenue collectors
office show that there are about 1900
retail liquor dealers in the state-96
to each county. OF course, they are
mt eounllv distributad Some Of the