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

BY November 1.-Workmen at To.
peka broke ground for the new state
printing building which is to cost
$4,000. The building will be ready
for occupancy November /.
Old Couple Marries.-Captain viii.
liam jenkins, II years old. of Atlanta,
was married at Winfield to Mrs Mary
Cochran, 60 years old of Burden.
Both are prominently connected.
Ottawa Gas Franchise.-A contract
was approved by the city council last
night by which financiers of Mercer,
Pa, propose to furnish to the local
artificial gas company natural gas for
distribution from the Rantoul fields
east of town.
Click Heads mmission.-Govern-
or Hoch appointed the state grain in
spection commission as follows: Ex-
Governor G. w. Click, Atchison; Re-
preventative John T. White, Ada;
Mont Cory, Harper. The duty of the
commission is to establish grades of
grain. Governor Click is a Demo
crat.
Clerks Help Accountant. = C. NJ.
Morris. the expert accountant who is
examining the state treasury, now
has three clerks assisting him. The
work is behind locked doors, and the
nature of it is not known. Mr.. Nor
ris and Governor Hoch have frequent
interviews, but neither will talk about
the progress of the examination.
Matter Under Amusement. - The
proceedings by John Jobling, owner
of the Looms hotel at Geuda Springs,
brought to permanently enjoin j. l..
futile, owner of the springs there,
from compelling him to pay 81 a day
for each guests use of water was
heard at Winfield before Judge
Swartz. The court took the matter
under advisement.
For ommander-in-chief.- Captain
p. H. Coney, department commander
of the Kansas G. A. R., is in receipt
of letters from comrades in various
states urging him to run for command
er-in-chief of the order The captain
says he is not candidate. but his
friends declare that if the honor
should be thrust upon him he would
feel it his duty to accept.
Fourth of July Rates. The rail
roads have agreed upon the rates for
the Fourth of July. The round trip
rate will be one fare plus fifty cents,
except in cases where one and third
fare will be cheaper. There will be
no restrictions as to distance. This
is q new feature. 1t has usually been
restricted to 200 miles. Tickets will
be good returning on the 9Th.
Aged Man Seeks Divorce. - At |
Leavenworth Rembold kim, sc years
old, filed suit for a divorce from OF |
tilea Kihm, 81 years old. They were
married more than forty-five years
ago and now the husband alleges
cruelty and incompatibility of temper |
and says his wife's relatives interfere |
with them They have property |
worth $4,000, which the husband Of
fers to divide.
Railroad Shops at Parsons.-Mayor |
Gabriel has received a telegram from
President Finney of the Missouri,
& Texas railway, saying that
he company accepts the proposition
made by the city of Parsons for the
of new railway shops.
The new shops are to cost $1,G50,000 |
and the site selected by the company
thirty acres and is in the |
residence part of the city.
Sunday Law at Salina. - At Salina
IN decision by Police Judge Blum
Ion the Sunday ordinance was practi-
cally knocked out. A barber had been
arrested charged with keeping open |
Sunday. The BARRIERS attorney was |
present ready to fight the ordinance,
when City Attorney Levitt dismissed |
The case without arguing it. The |
to keep the lid on in Sa- |
ina has now reached the place where |
It devolves upon the county attorney |
as the city ordinances are not suffi-
cient.
Cannot Stop Pipe Lines.-The SUI
preme court has denied the petition |
for a rehearing of the case of the |
state VS.. the Kansas Natural Gas Com
pany, and that of the state VS.. SMELL |
ing. These were the two cases which |
involved the right of the Kansas Nat
lral Gas Company to lay its pipe lines |
in the highways.
Having Good Crops. - Crop pros
poets in central Kansas are better |
now than they have been at any time |
in the past four years. The first few |
days of June, previously the. culmina- |
ton of the flood period, have been |
passed in safety, and all over Lyon, |
Coffey, Greenwood, Chase and Morris |
the farmers are preparing |
to harvest one of the bumper crops |
in history.
. Haven Store Robbed.-The general |