The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-05-05
KANSAS COMMENT

Ottawa to Get Casa contract was
closed by the Rantoul Gas and Oil
Company, one of the local organiza-
tons doing business in the Rantoul
field to pipe Rantoul for gas The town
is underlaid with a fine quality of
brick shale and it is believed several
factories may be started there this
spring.
Register 1000 Degrees Of Heat. -
The chemistry department of the
University Of Kansas has recently re-
ceived a new instrument for measur-
ing temperature from $50 degrees,
centigrade, to over 1000 degrees. This
apparatus is to be used in measuring
temperature in the assaying and me-
tallurgy laboratories.
No Successor to Mudge.-J. w.
Kendrick, third vice-president of the
Santa Fee, said that the successor to
General Manager Nudge had not yet
been decided upon and that it was
matter that would be settled at Chi
cago. Railroad men, generally, be-
lieve that the place will go to j. E.
Hurley, now the general superintend-
ent.
Sells Pardon Hearing May 1.-Gov-
ernor Hoch has set May / as the time
for hearing arguments on the applica-
ton of Willie Sells for a pardon. Sells
has been in prison since 1856. He was
convicted on circumstancial evidence
of killing his father, mother, sister
and brother. He has made several
unsuccessful attempts to secure a
pardon. He is hang man.
Indians For Assembly. - The COM
ing Winfield Chautauqua assembly
promises to be the most successful
in the history of the association,
which now extends over nineteen
years. Among other attractions the
Chilocco Indians have been secured
with their Worlds Fair band, their
Worlds Fair display and real In
dian village. Miss Ida NJ Tarbell has
been asked to become a guest of the
association of women and may ac-
cept.
PaoIa is to Celebrate.-The Fourth
of July will be celebrated at Paola this
year with a racing tournament, provid-
ing the necessary funds can be rails
ed. There will also be other features.
At a meeting of the Fair Association
it was decided to hold the races July
3 and 4. Committees were appoint
ed and are now at work. A large
amount has already been subscribed
These races will not interfere with
the usual fall races at the time of the
county fair, September %, 2G, q and /,
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! Man With Ideas Wanted.-A much |
talked of project is an electro road to
run from Atchison to Highland max
ing big loop and taking in Horton,
Hiawatha and Severance and other
nearby towns. Highland has no rail
road connections at all and there is
no direct line from Horton to Hiawa-
tina, though both are good towns with
in a short distance of each other in |
the same county 1t is understood |
that if some capable man can be Sc
cured to work out the idea the money |
for the road will be forthcoming.
Hospital For Emporia. - Plans are
all perfected for a hospital at EN-
poria and all the funds raised except |
few dollars. The institution is TO |
be under the control of the Sisters +
of the Sacred Heart, superior of |
which will arrive next week to as
sumo active charge of the work. About
$4,000 has been subscribed by citi-
zens of this and neighboring towns
toward the project. The Catholic
church owns building which was
once used by them for hospital. This
will be enlarged
Gets Conditional Pardon. - Govern !
or Hoch has granted a conditional
pardon to Mary Marshall, sent up |
from Shawnee county in 1900 for
term of thirteen years for holding up |
and robbing a man of a gold watch. |
Mrs. George w. Veale, wife of the |
well known Kansas politician, agrees
to give the woman permanent en-
ployment, and to vouch for her be-
havior
X. U. Regents Meet.-The board of |
regents of the University of Kansas |
began their session. All were pres
ent save Regent Crowell, who was de-
tanned by business at Scott City and |
could not get here in time. Regents
Potter White and Mitchell were |
sworn in, and general discussion of |
business followed. Today's meeting |
is devoted to the medical school situa-
ton. The distribution of funds and |
the matter of salaries for the coming |
two years will be considered at this
meeting, together with the letting of
the contract for the completion of the
law building, the consideration of pre-
liminary plans for the gymnasium,
faculty changes and additions and 9th