The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-23

Pinioned Under Engine. - At Che
topa while Art Finley was taking q
traction engine across Town creek
bridge it gave way. He was pinion
ed under the engine and killed.
Convcts at lansing.-J. G. Brown
chief clerk of the penitentiary, was
in Topeka to file his report for May
The report shows that there are 1,2OO
convicts in the institution. the larg
est number by thirty in the history
of the prison. The prison population
Mr. Brown says, is growing steadily
A third of the convicts are from Ok
lahoma.
Struck by an Engine.-A boy giving
his name as Brown was struck by an
engine in the Rock Island yards at
Caldwell and received injuries which
necessitated the amputation of one
arm and the probable loss of one foot.
Brown and another boy were walking
on the track, looking for chance to
steal a ride north, when the engine
backed into him.
Destroys La Harpe Liquor.-Sheriff
Richardson raided place in La Harpe
and found enough to convince him
that the prohibitory law was or had
been, violated in the building. He
found ten cases of beer, several empty
cases, between rs and 100 gallons of
whisky and a small gambling outfit.
All the stuff taken was destroyed on
the prairie east of town.
Ordinances Are Invalid. - The SUI
preme court decided the liquor ordi-
nances of Topeka were not valid. This
was the decision of the case of R.
Van Joyle, jointist, VS.. the city of
Topeka. Over $50 cases of jointists
appealed from the city to the district
court will be wiped from the docket
They are cases started during the
reign of F. NJ. Stahl as chief of po-
lice.
Killed His Wife. - William Myers,
son of Policeman Nick Myers, Of Fort
Scott. shot and instantly killed his
wife on the street He used the re-
volver belonging to his father, who
was asleep. Five shots were fired,
three taking effect. Jealousy was the
cause. After the shooting the young
man went to his fathers house and
gave himself up. His father took him
to the Jail and turned him over to the
sheriff
Book-keeper Wanted. - The State
Board of Control is looking around
'or book-keeper and for some funds
with which to pay him salary. The
legislature in creating the Board of
Control for the charitable institutions
JAILED to make any provision for a
1ook-keeper, apparently thinking the
BOARD could worry along with ST. |
100 secretary and a 5000 stenograph- |
sr. The members of the board think |
however that a book-keeper is neces- |
;ary.
Murder at Olathe. - Jesse Ransier |
If Excelsior Springs, Mo-, was MUIR
Tered in Olathe. He came from Kan
,as City on the Frisco train, and was |
ound two blocks west of the Frisco |
lepot on Keller street and only a
'ew feet south of Park street, the |
main street leading down town. He |
lad been hit on the back of the head
With brick and his throat was cut |
n three places. There was no indi
cations of a struggle and when found |
lad been dead several hours.
To Test Sidetrack Law.-The Har-
yrave Grain and Live Stock Associa- |
ion of Topeka has brought a case
against the Missouri Pacific road be-
ore the state board of railroad COM
the outcome of which will |
le to test the constitutionality of the |
state law compelling railroads to erect |
;idetracks to elevators off their right |
If way. The railroad refused to build |
such sidetracks in Rush county. If |
he commissioners decide in favor of |
he grain company, the road will take |
he case to the courts.
Can't Account for Bones.-None of |
he old settlers can explain how the |
skeletons of five persons came to be |
IN a grave within two feet of the sur
lace on the farm of Ed Idol, who |
ives northeast of Hiawatha. Idol |
was digging postholes and unearthed
The bones. The farm he occupies was
entered in 1855 and there are no rec
ords of burials there since that time.
Some think the skeletons those of
or freighters who Travelled
over the old Pixies trail long before
the country was settled, but why five
should be inferred together is yet to
be explained.
Shells Were Loaded. - A band of
cowboys and Indians was secured to
give a Wild West show and broncho
bushing exhibition at the band re-
union held in Inman. The cowboys
and Indians gave an exhibition of a
war dance on an elevated platform
and one of the Cherokee Indians used
a shotgun for shooting. In some way