The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-08-12

er, farmer who was buried at Hor
tor, was amply able to have bath tut
in his own home, but he built pont
on his place and every afternoon
bathed in it. It was in this pond thai
he met his death. He was missed
and after the water had been drained
from the pond his body was found In
the bottom of 1t. Death is thought
to have ben accidental. Trageser
was 81 years old. He came here q
poor man and died wealthy. For many
years he was postmaster at Kenne'
kuk.
Returned Home.-All the marksmen
who participated in the northern di,
vision carbine and pistol shoot, ex-
cepting those who won places on the
carbine and pistol teams, have left the
camp at the Fort Riley target range
for their respective stations. The sew
enteen officers and enlisted men on
the northern division carbine team,
and the eighteen on the pistol team
will remain in camp until after the
army competition, which commences
August IL.
Won't Have carnivaI-Clyde will
| have no watermelon carnival this
year. The last flood destroyed good
portion of the melon crop. But this
is the secondary reason for calling
off the celebration. The chief reason
Is that the carnivals in recent years
have brought in an undesirable crowd
taking the pleasure away from the
event. The town concluded that 1t
would be better off without the car
nival.
New Oil Basin-The drillers on
the Paulsen Bros. farm have struck
oil sand and oil at depth of $40 1T.
This is new territory and located
about ten miles northwest of Nc
Cune and eight and half miles
southeast of st. Paul, Kans. and is in
the Neosho river bottoms. This prob
ably will open up one of the largest
oil basins in the state. AS far as
can be learned there are about thirty
to forty square miles in this basin.
Coal oil Exploded At Kansas
City, Kansas, Johanna Meddan, ~
years of age, was burned from head to
foot, by the explosion of coal oil with
which she was building a fire in the
cook stove. A light summer dress
which she wore was burned. A blanket
was thrown about the woman eXtin-
gushing the flames. The injuries are
not necessarily fatal.
Cummings Paroled. John Cum
ming. convicted at Wellington of the
killing of Anna Dishman, a thirteen
year-old servant girl, has been par
oiled by Governor Bailey and is back
in Sumner county. His wife, who
was alleged to have been more gull
ty than he, died few months ago in
the asylum for the insane.
To Save Nephew.-At Topeka John
jenkins, Santa Fe fireman, and his
12-year-old nephew, George Johnson,
were drowned in Soldier Creek. They
were fishing. The boy went in wad-
ing and stepped in deep hole HIS
uncle saw that he was drowning and
Jumped in to rescue him. Both
went down.
A Paying Line Efforts are being
made to induce the constructors OF
the Topeka oncil Grove electric line
to build the line to Harrington and Alb
ilene. The business at this end would
be remunerative because of the large
amount of traffic between towns.
The Church Seized-The Christian
church building at Chanute was seized
by Sheriff l. F. Yockey and will be
sold at public auction, August 29, I'M
less the church society in the mean
time pays a judgment of $4,000 in
favor of D. M. Harris.
Fiaht Harvest Hands.-At Hutchin-
son three men held up and robbed
quartet of harvest hands in a box
car on the Atchison Topeka & Santa
Fe and in fight that followed all
of them were wounded. The robbers
escaped.
Good observation-disclosures farm lands
in Rice county are selling at $50 an
acre. And even at that price 1t is
better investment than money at
Z per cent.
Anniversary Charlottesville sew
enteenth anniversary of Kensington
will be celebrated August 16 and II.
1t is not the intention of the people
to bore the visitors with speeches,bu
they will ententain them with a var
led number of amusements and sports
The town has progressed, and this an
niversary will be larger and better
than any of her predecessors.
Discovered Coal-The prospect drill
of coal company on the Rhodes land
near Mound City struck coal near the
400 foot level No information is Civ
en- as to the thickness of the vein.
Small Packing Plant.-At juno
ton City F. D. Coryell and Hale Pow
ers are just completing the erection
of small packing plant, and will have
it in operation some time in August.
The plant has track facilities with two
-o;Iroodc opd ito stock wards are