The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-02

Rain at Dodge city.-A good rain
fell at Dodge City which reached to
the Colorado line. The report Is that
over an inch and a half of rain fell.
Head Severed From Body. = The
body of John Stark, Jr., OF Gas CITY
was found on the Missouri Pacific
track between Gas City and La Harpe
with the head severed from the
body.
Marquette Wants No Aid. - Word
has been received by chairman OF
the special committee appointed to
solicit funds for the tornado suffer-
ers, that no more financial RELIEF is
needed by the people of Marquette
Kan.
Oil Well DrIler carbohydrates
Williams, an oil well driller, was
stabbed in the abdomen and in the
face with a pocket knife by a man
named Jackson while engaged in
quarrel in the oil field south of lnde-
pendence. Williams was brought TO
independence. At a late hour Sher-
if Pruit had not returned with jack
son.
Lawrence Anniversary. - May Il
was the forty-ninth anniversary OF
the destruction of Lawrence by Sher-
if Jones and band of men, under
the CURSE of a United States mar
shal's posse. At that time the old
Free State hotel was destroyed, print
ing offices wrecked and other ven
geance wrecked upon the town for
the free-state views of its people.
Wind Injuries Wheat.-At Atchison
the Washer Grain Company received
statements from half dozen or more
points along the Missouri Pacific in
north central Kansas, showing that
the condition of this years wheat
crop is about rs per cent of full
crop High winds and unfavoraDle
weather in the past week or ten days
have cut down the prospects al
though the damage is not general.
There are localities where full crop
is still looked for.
Board Lacks Authorty.-The Pull
man Company has refused to make
answer to a complaint before the
state board of railroad commission
ers regarding excessive sleeping car
charges. The company contends that
the board lacks authority to regulate
its rates. Its contention is based on
the fact that the clause in the old
railroad law giving the board control
over the Pullman Company is not
covered in the title to the act.
Baby Saves Mothers Life. - A
baby's cry saved the life of Mrs. Min
ME Schnert at Ottawa. Mrs. Sch
merit started a fire in the kitchen
stove to get breakfast. Her baby be-
gan crying and, while she was in the
bed room trying to quiet it charge
of dynamite exploded tearing the
stove and kitchen to pieces. The
dynamite was in one of the sticks
of wood. How it came there the au-
thorities cannot explain. Mrs. Sch
merit says she has no enemies.
Wheat Has Suffered. - Reports in
various papers in the wheat belt
show that the growing wheat crop
has been injured some by wind and
drouth. The drouth has been brok-
en-, but the rains could not repair all
the damage done. Still, Kansas
looks good for an S0,000,000 bushel
wheat crop again. One farmer in
Harvey county has reported that
black rust has struck his wheat. This
is the only report of that kind so
far received. Black rust is death to
wheat,
Senator Wassener lll.-At Atch-
ison Senator Bale P. Waggener is
laid up at his home with neuritis, or
rheumatism of the nerves. His right
side is affected to such an extent that
it is impossible to raise his arm above
his waist, and it is supposed to be
C1uS6u lTOu ONtlWOlh. no lOhto 10 ~
can be confined to his right side and
kept above his waist it is not consid-
cred serious. AS soon as he is able
to do so he will likely take a trip
to some summer resort and rest up
for the summer.
Membership Increases. - Accord
ing to the annual report of Adjutant
General Bedell, the membership OF
the Kansas G. A. r. now aggregates
II .9O4, an increase of 140 for the year.
This is a remarkable showing, in view
of the fact that for the past four or
five years the membership has been
falling off. The increase is due to the
hustling qualities of Department Com
mander Harris. During the year he
has visited over fifty counties in the
state and has stirred up much inter-
! est among the old soldiers.
Condition Unchanged.-In an inter
view Superintendent Gates, of the
Prairie Oil and Gas Company, stat
ed that, Notwithstanding the recent
publications concerning enlargement
of the company's facilities, conditions