The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-11-11

Prints for Identification.-Will Nc
Claughry, record clerk of the federal
penitentiary, has just completed TAX
ing finger print records of all the pris
oners confined in the big prison. The
task has taken several weeks, but the
records compiled are most valuable
The finger print method of identifi'
cation is being used in all the fore
most prisons over the country now and
many police departments are keeping
the finger prints of all criminals who
pass through their hands. The records
are made by having the prisoner lay
his finger tips on a piece of glass
linked with printers ink. He then
pressed them on record sheet, in des-
ignated spaces, and the sheet is filed
by peculiar system and held for flu
| ture reference.
PlainviIIe Prospers.-This town gets
two free rural routes on and after
December l. One of them is 81 miles
long, has 107 houses, and contains a
population of 42S. The other is 20
miles long, with 112 houses and AS
population. The acreage of wheat
sown on Paradise Flats, of which
Plainville is the center, is large and
nearly up to the acreage sown two
years ago. The crop Is growing fine.
and the season is unusually favorable
for 1t. Some fields are already being
pastured. The corn crop has COM
menced to move. The yield is larger
than for several years.
Flaw in Ballots.-It was discovered
that the ballots for Bourbon county
had been printed wrong. The square
was printed after the words mo Nom
inatiOn" as provided in the old law.
The mistake was not discovered until
after the ballots had been delivered to
the county clerk. They will be re-
printed but cannot be delivered to the
county clerk five days before cleo
ton day as the law provides.
Given Satisfaction.-Dr. Dinsmore,
of Troy, has held the position of cor
oner in Doniphan county for rs
years and has been nominated for
another term. He has given satisfac-
ton to the living and the dead have
made no kick.
Ware to Resign.-The report that
Eugene Ware, pension commissioner,
=. gfo tnI ~,
James l.. Davenport is named as his
successor after Roosevelts election.
Davenport is first deputy commission
err.
Candidate Suicides.-C. G. Rhodes,
a candidate for justice of the peace
in Emporia township, committed sui
eide by drinking carbolic acid. Des-
pondency over business reverSes and
his i'll health caused him to end his
life.
Horses Burned-Henry Harrington's |
barn at Junction City was burned to
the ground. There were twenty-five
head of horses in the barn when the |
fire broke out and all but four of +!
these were burned.
Feared Insanity-M. B. Shields, SIS |
years old, bOokkeeper in the j. B. |
Lynn's dry goods store at Winfield for
% years, fearing he was becoming in
sane shot out his brains.
Kicked by CoIt.-N. G. Marsh we'll !
known horseman at Cedarvale, was |
kicked in the solar plexus by colt.
from the effects of which he died.
Native Of IreIand-Thomas Buckley,
a native of Ireland and a pioneer res
ident of Leavenworth, is dead. He
leaves a son and two daughters.
Big nvestment.-Pension Commits
sioner Ware has purchased the John
Knox property north of Potwin, for
81 900, as an investment.
Fatal Accdent.-Charles Mcmillan,
a prominent citizen OF Mcmillan, was
fatally wounded by the discharge of
a pistol.
Must be vaccinated.-The board of
health has ordered that all the pupils
Of the Branner school at Topeka be
He Moved On.-Fritz Durein, To
peka jointist, called at the county Jail
10 chat with some friends. He paus-
ed in front of the cell occupied by
Blanche Boise. the home defender,
and gazed at her. She asked him to
move on. He declined. She grabbed
up handful of red pepper and threw
t in his eyes. He then moved for
1octor's Office.
Dispute Over Account.-Dr. H. R.
Smith, one of the Oldest physicians in
Washington, Kansas, was fatally shot
by Milt Conner, a young farmer. They
disputed over an account.
Requires Requisition.-Lillie Cald-
we'll, colored woman arrested at To-
,eka some time ago on the charge Of
'obbing Charles Beigley, street car
conductor of $50, jumped her bond,
mt she has been located at Enid She