The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-09-23
overdose Of AconIte.-ChaIles A.

| Overdose of Aconlte.--Challe A.
Vinton is dead at his home near
Maize, from an overdose OF aeon
lite, taken by mistake. Mr.. Vinton's
physician had given him two kinds
of medicine with instructions to take
three drops of one and teasp5onful
of the other. BY mistake he took
teaspoonful of the one of which he
should have taken three drops.
Though he discovered his mistake
almost Immediately, he was so far
from the doctors Office that he was
beyond relief by the time he was TAX
en- there. He was 62 years old and
had been a rural mail carrier for two
years.
Beats X. C. Firm-A verdict for $S4
was given l.. M. Newberry, of Nor
way, Kas., who was sued in the dis
trict court by Gilmore & Cooper,
of Kansas City, on note for $1,000,
given by Newbury some years ago for
the purchase of feeders. The firm
afterward sold the cattle for Newbury
and he came out in debt to them on
the deal. He refused to pay the note,
claiming that his interests had not
been properly cared for.
Kidnapped His Son.-Edgar Sipes,
of Nashville, Ind, kidnapped his own
2-year-old-boy from it's mother. Mrs.
Sipes left her husband about five
months ago and came to Topeka to
| live with her parents, bringing the
boy along, Sipes followed her and
while the mother was chatting with
a neighbor across the back fence, he
made away with the child. The au
| him.
Military SchooI.-St Johns mill.
tary school opened at Salina with the
best attendance it ever had. There
were nearly 100 cadets present. The
new dormitory is being occupied for
| the first time. ST. Johns cadets won
the competitive drill at the worlds
fair June II in competition with
schools all over the country.
Miami County OiI.-Two good wells
were brought in about two miles
| north of Miami. The Hoisington Oil
and Gas people shot one on the Ian
agan lease, and the Osawatomie Oil
and Gas company shot one on the
Beebe lease. The oil raised fifty feet
in the latter we'll within ten minutes
of the time it was shot.
English Blue Grass.-W. E. Russell,
Butler county farmer, raised some
English blue grass which he retailed
at $1.25 per bushel. He had in ten
acres and threshed out $50 bushels
The English blue grass grows rapid
ly and rank and as forage crop is
considered by some second only to
alfalfa
Empora's New Church.-The cor
nerstone of the new $4,000 Christian
church was laid Sept II. The Rev.
Mr.. Sharpe, member of the faculty
of the Missouri state university, made
the dedicatory address. This is the
fourth new church for Emporia in the
past year.
Indian School CroWded.-The en-
rollment at Haskell Indian Industrial
institute is now S52, the largest in
the history of the school, and many
applications for admission have been
denied, because the school is crowd
ed to the limit.
Pyramids Meet.-The Ancient Or
Il Nf ;lr ol> he or1r .Nf
the biennial national meeting at
Wichita on Sept. Is. Several changes
in rules and manner of levying assess
ments were made.
Good Wages.-School teachers are
getting better wages in Harvey coun
ty this year than usual. The men
get s5S and the women $44, an in
crease of about $40 per month for
each class.
To Presidential CIass.-The postot,
fees at Bucklin, bingham and Nor.
tonville will be advanced to the pres
idential class on October 1. They
will each receive a salary of $1,100.
Appointed cIerk.-Miss Ray w.
Mooredhead, of Kingman, Kansas has
been appointed clerk in the agricul-
tural department.
Embezzler caueht-Albert R.Graves
who was charged with embezzling S3,-
227 of Ramus Ditrickson's estate,
pleaded guilty and was sentenced by
Judge Stuart to the penitentiary for
one year. Graves was appointed guar
dian for Ditrickson several years ago,
and has never accounted for the
money.
Has Misrepresentation Gilbert. a
life prisoner in the Kansas peniten-
tiary, mysteriously disappeared and
no trace of his escape can be found.
He was sentenced at Salina for the
murder of his wife and four children.1
Said to be DefauIter.-E. A. Fish
baugh, a leading merchant of Bel
mont. has been found a defaulter by
a United States postoffice inspector
IN the amount of 5000, No report has