The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-09-09
KANSAS COMMENT


county broom corn will make tor
to the acre.
Struck CoaI.-At Atchison coal was
struck at the shaft beyond doubt
The vein is a thitk one and the coal
first class.
Heart Failure.-Benjamin Atkinson
aged 62 years, dropped dead from
heart failure in his boarding house
in Wichita.
Entertain Druggists.-The National
Pharmaceutical Association is hold
ing the meeting in Leavenworth this
week.
Gov. Bailey's Gas.-Governor Bailey
shot good well at Wayside in Mont
gomery county recently. His company
has eighty acres in one lease and eigh-
ty in another. c. E. Foote of Topeka
is managing the property.
Shows New Road.-The railroad
board has just issued new railroad
map of Kansas. 1t contains one more
railroad than the old map does. 1t is
the Santa Fe branch from Caney to
Havana, about twenty-five miles.
Veterans Eat MeIons.-Three wagon
loads of watermelons were taken to
the Soldiers Home at Leavenworth for
the annual melon supper They were
large and well assorted, grown in
southern Missouri, and cost the gov
eminent seventeen cents apiece. They
were placed in ice boxes. Each veter-
an was given one-sixth of a melon.
New Bottle Factory.-The Coffey-
Vile Bottle Company started its fac
tory with full complement of men.
There had been some talk of the
factory starting an open shop, but the
matter was amicably adjusted by the
company and the representatives OF
the Bottle Blowers union. The fac
tory turns out prescription TASKS and
turns out several car loads week
New Electric Line.-Work on new
electric line between Galena and Bax-
ter Springs, Kansas, is to begin at
once. Construction under the direc-
ton of Mr.. Vandermyer, the chief en-
gineer, will begin at each end of the
line. 1t is reported the new road will
operate jointly with the southwest
Missouri Electric Railroad, making a
continuous route from Carthage, Mo-,
to Baxter Springs, Kansas.
Narrow Escape.-W. B. Hulen. who
lives near Carbondale, had narrow
escape from death while driving to
town with a load of hogs. When
crossing the Santa Fe tracks his wa
won was struck by the Colorado flyer,
passenger, No. 10, and made into
kindling wood. The strange part of
it was Hulen and his horses escaped
death and only one hog was killed
Marry German count.-Kansas will
soon score again. Miss Nellie Lytle,
a niece of Miss Mildred Chase, for
many years teacher of Peabody, Kan
sas, will marry a real live German
count in October. The engagement
has already been announced. Miss
Lyle is an Ohio girl, but she once
visited her aunt at Peabody and is
well remembered by the people there.
Her sister married another German
count some years ago.
To Pipe Gas.-The Kansas National
Gas company is said to be preparing
to pipe gas to Topeka, Kansas City
and Joplin. Fourteen cars of pipe
have been unloaded north of Humboldt
and forty or more cars near Piqua
are said to belong to that company.
The Kansas National continues to add
to its holdings, both by purchase and
by development. By its contract with
the Consolidated Oil and Gas Company
of independence it takes over and
pays for every gas well brought in
on that group of leases. One of it's
new wells on these leases flows %
million feet day.
Adventist Sanitarium.-The corner
stone of the new Adventist sanitari-
um, which is to follow similar insti-
tutions in the states, was laid in Wich-
ita in the presence of 5000 people.
Ex-Governor Stanley, ]. M. Knapp,
Mayor Mclean and various elders
from the church we're on the program.
The building is about half finished.
County Attorney Drowned.-At St.
Francis while swimming with a party
of friends County Attorney l. d.
Hotchkiss was drowned. He was a
strong swimmer and it is supposed
he was taken with cramps.
Train Wrecked.-At Humboldt San
ia Fe train No. 202, was wrecked half
a mile south Of town. The tender and
four cars of the ten car train we're
ditched. The track was torn up for
$50 yards and traffic was delayed IL
hours. The trucks of the baggage,
mail, smoker and chair cars were de-
molished. None of the passengers or
members of the train crew were in
jured.
Closed Its Session.-At Nortonville
on August 29th the 106th general con.
ference Of the Seventh Day Baptist
church closed its session.
Approved Proposition.-The dis
trict convention of the United Mine