The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-07-14

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Harvest Hand Drowned. - Albert
Knaublach, harvest hand, was
drowned IN the Smoky Hill at Dor
rance while bathing. The body was
carried down the stream by the swol-
len waters, and has not yet been dis
covered. Knaublach's home was in
Pueblo.
Killed by Lightning. = George w.
Stone, farmer who lived at Hart
ford, IA miles southeast Of Emporia,
was killed by lightning. Stone was
driven from the field where he had
been working by heavy rain storm.
AS he entered the barn to put his
team in, lightning struck the building.
The horses were not injured.
Lineman is lnjured.-E. E. Fitzger-
aid, Western Union lineman at Ere
donia, had several ribs and his leg
I broken while trying to get a handcar
off the track five miles south of there
today. Eastbound Frisco passenger
train No. 308 struck the car on re-
verse curve. Another car was taken
off just in time to keep from being
struck. Fitzgerald's recovery is
doubtful.
Picked up Giant Cracker-Charles
Weir, 8 years old, picked up a giant
firecracker, which appeared to have
gone out" at his home in Burden
recently. The cracker exploded and
blew two fingers off the boys hand
and rendered the thumb mass of
blackened flesh, which can hardly be
saved. The boy was brought to
Winfield hospital.
New Road Chartered. - The Great
Bend & Gulf railroad was granted a
charter 1t has a capital of $1,000, 900.
1t proposes to build line from Great
Bend to the south line of the state
now and later on extend to the Gulf.
Moses Bros. of Great Bend; j. T.
Pringle, of Burlingame and the Brin-
kermans, of Sterling and Great Bend,
are directors of the new road.
Pipe Line Runs for June. The
Prairie Oil Company's statement of
pipe line runs for the month of June
shows an increased daily average over
the statement issued two weeks ago
for the half month. Daily average
for the entire month was about $4,000
barrels, over 1900 of which went
each day into tankage. The Prairie
has now in tankage over 100000 bar
rels of Kansas and Indian Territory
OIL
Santa Fe Files Answer.-The Atch-
ison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad at
Sedan filed its answer in the suit
brought by the Kansas Oil Producers
association, charging the road with
conspiracy with the Standard Oil
Company to control freight rates on
oil. The road denies the contention
of the oil producers and sets up the
statute of limitation as a further de-
tense. Testimony in the case will be
heard early in August.
Baseball Fans ppointed.-Fully
5000 excursionists were disappointed
at Wichita Sunday when the rain
made it necessary to postpone the
double-header between Leavenworth
and Wichita. An excursion from Ok
lahoma over the Rock Island brought
almost 1000 visitors. Several at
tempts we're made to put the grounds
in shape but without success. 1t
would have been a record-breaking at
tendance.
Orders Sheriff to Act-At Arkansas
City w. D. Kraemer, county attorney,
has taken steps to get away from part
of the responsibility placed upon him
by the recent letter of Governor Hoch
addressed to all the county attorneys
of the state. He has addressed an
order to Sheriff Welfelt, saying that
if the sheriff knows of any violations
of the law in Cowley county he shall
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the county and the attorney will prose-
cute the cases.
Bought Government Land. - Ben
Ahlerich, wealthy farmer, has
brought punishment proceedings at
Winfield to attach $4,000 in a local
bank said to be the property of c. l..
and E. R. Tallmadge of the Tallmadge
Land company of Chicago and the
Pecos Valley. In his petition Ahlerich
claims that he bought two quarter Sec
lions of land in tine valley from the
Tallmadges, giving $4,000 in cash and
a note for $4,000. He claims it was
government land.
Wants the Costs Sustained. - City
Attorney John Marshall is having
trouble in getting papers served in in
junction suits against the joint keep
ers of Winfield. He lost one set of
Injunction suits this week tecause of
question Of jurisdiction and brought
a new batch of suits last night. The
sheriff refused to serve the papers
without the costs being guaranteed.
Marshall having brought the first