The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-01-27

| Ware, the Kansas poet, LOOK Jne 10
of pension commissioner he hs
painted on the wall above his desk, /
big red letters, 1.-The Lord hates
liar AS soon as he resigned an
went back to Kansas painters cam
into the office and painted out tina
Istaring sentiment Ware heard of II
and wrote back: &C. understand the
have painted out that text, The Lor
hates a liar that / had put on tn
wall. I want you to know that 20,
can't override that decision, even
you do take it off the wall. -
Wire Fence 'Phone.-Fred and Abb
Stoner can claim the distinction o
putting up the first wire fence 'phon'
line in Morton county. The boys nov
have about fifteen miles of fence lin'
that works Just as well as the mali
line to Syracuse. The boys are to b.
congratulated on their success and i
will not be long now until they will
be able to talk over miles and miles
of the same kind of line. Mr.
| Stoner talked over his phone line
from his ranch and over the main line
to his son in Syracuse and states thai
| the service is first class.
Infants Body Found.-The body Of
6-months-old infant was found in
the street at Coffeyville, dead but still
warm. The body had been cut in two
by the runner of passing sleigh. II
had been wrapped in an undershirt
and an old pair of trousers. The
CHASTITY find was reported to the po
lice and the body removed to an UNI
dertakers. No clue to the perpetra'
tors of the crime has yet been de-
veloped.
On Forgery Charge.-Bert Morgan,
son of farmer living near Beulah,
six miles north of Pittsburg, was ar
rested on the charge of forging the
name of A. ]. Gehritt, farmer in the
same neighborhood, to check for
$3.50, made payable to H. G. Robb.
At his arraignment he waived prelim-
mary examination. He refused to
give a $1,000 bond and was commit
ted to Jail to await his trial in district
court.
BeIoit Divorce Suit.-A divorce suit
involving sensational charges has
been commenced at Beloit. The suit
is filed by the wife of John Craig
Graham. The defendant is the pro-
prietor of the Graham Clothing Com
pany of this city, and is one of the
prominent business men of this part
of the state. Both parties are very
prominent in social circles.
Double Tragedy.-At Wilson, Kan,
City Marshal Tillman shot and kill.
ed Sam Hutchinson, the postmaster
and editor Of paper there, and then
committed suicide. Several days ago
Tillman whipped Hutchinson's boy
and the latter scored the marshal in
his paper. Today they met and quar-
relied. Hutchinson was the editor of
the Wilson Echo.
Minute Resolution. - 1t took only
one minute for the district Judge and
county officials down in Miami county
to adopt this resolution after they
had been asked to examine the county
jail: "On account of persons con-
fined in said Jail afflicted with dis
ease called smallpox, we think it best
to stay away,
Mine Accident. An explosion OF
gas took place in the Schwab mine
south of Cherokee, killing John Gay
and dangerously burning Within I'M
hof. Gay and Imhof were shot firers
and were the only persons in the
mine when the explosion occurred.
Murderer Surrenders. - The active
search that has been made for Evan
Evans, who shot Sherman Kelly at
Burlingame, resulted in the surrend-
er of Evans to Marshal E. P. Lynch
at his mothers home about two miles
southwest of town.
Bio Rabbit Slaughter. - There was
a rabbit drive near Lancaster, Atch'
ison county, in which thirty-two men
participated. They killed 1888 rabbits
which were sold in Atchison today.
The rabbits filled large wagon.
Mad Mans Act.-Word has just
reached Marysville of the suicide OF
Gust Nelson, prosperous Swede
farmer living near Axtell, by cutting
his throat from ear to ear with a
razor. He had been in his usual
spirits and no cause is known for his
rash act. In the afternoon, without
any sign of anything wrong, he pick
ed I'D an axe and killed a couple OF
horses. He then went to the house
and drew a razor across his throat.
He lived for several minutes after he
committed the act. He leaves a wife
and large family. Nelson was a man
about forty years of age and was well
fixed financially and no cause is as
signed for taking his own life unless
he was temporarily insane.
Want Bill Changed. - Two years
ago the legislature passed a law re