The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-02-03

| White, who VIII receive $oV per hioh'i'
by Representative Curtis; Danlei
Smith, SAC. by Representative Calder
head: Thomas N. Hicks. $50, by Rep
resentativc Scott; Benjamin II. Scrlv-
ems, $50, by Representative Murdock'
James Slater, S24, by Representative
Scott; S. T. Grove, $50, by Represen'
/ tative Bowersock:
Youngest Married kansans. - Ava
Russell aged II, and Miss Maude era
ham, aged 16. we're married at the
home of the bride in Mineral, Chero-
| kee county. The groom is not the
Youngest man ever granted a license
in Kansas, nor the bride the young
est woman ever granted a license Dut
the combined ages of the two is less
than that of any couple recorded in
the state.
Fire With Kerosene.-At Overbrook
W. l.. Ralph an employee of the Harms
jewelry store. had narrow escape
from instant death. In attempting 10
light a fire with kerosene, the can eN-
ploded His face. hands and lower
limbs are mass of burns. All ms
clothing was burned. He is not eX-
pected to recover.
Driving Out Gamblers.-Thea gamb-
ling resorts Of Pittsburg were closed
by orders of Mayor Price, and the
gamblers are leaving the city IN
droves for other parts. 1t is the pur-
pose of the mayor and city council to
keep up this wave of moral reform I'M
til gambling in Pittsburg is entirely
stamped ont
Child Burned to Death.-At indie
pendence the 1O-year-old daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. John Anderson, colored,
was burned to death at the cement
works. They lived in tent, when
caught fire from an overheated stove.
The parents were badly burned trying
to rescue the child.
Hope For Hurd.-At Topeka there
is some improvement in the condition
of A. a. Hurd general attorney for th9
Santa Fe, who is suffering from pned-
monia. His physicians state there
some chance for recovery, but that the
patient is in a very critical condi-
ton.
To Represent Paramount. - G.. A.
Cole, '05, will represent Paramount
college in the state oratorical contest
to be held in Wichita, March 3. His
subject was THE Plight of the Last
Despotism. Mr.. Cole won in the
preliminary contest held last night
Marriage Fee Fixed. - In order to
protect the bashful bridegroom from
excessive marriage fees, Senator
Noft2ger introduced a bill fixing the
fee for performing the marriage cere-
mony at ST. 1t is made n crime to
charge more than that amount.
Oil Field Shuts Down.-A meeting
OF operators in the new Rantoul oil
field held at Ottawa has decided TO
shut off prospecting until the Stand
ard Oil Company will furnish connec-
tons with its pipe line and the price
will justify.
Aged kansans Wed. - At Arkansas
City at the home of son of the bride
Neal A. Brown and Mrs. Belle Harris
were married. The groom ISIS years
old and has family of grown child
rem. while his bride is CT and also has
a family
Pipe Line Proposition.--The trouble
between Arkansas City and the Nor
ton-Levering company is at an end
for the present, and the company is
making peace with the city. The pipe
line is tied up and under guard.
City Engineer Arrested-City Engi-
neer John Phean was arrested at
Independence at the instance of Mrs.
John Flack, charging him with assault
ing her 9-year-old girl and threaten
ing to kill her.
Won't Let Greeks Work.-Ft. Scott
is liable to have a race war on hand.
During the time that preparations to
lay pipe lines from the gas fields
were being made a large number of
Greeks were brought there from st.
Louis and Kansas City to work in the
bitches. The gas companies CONSOLE
dated and there is plenty of local
laborers to do the work. The Greeks
are still there and insist on being
put to work under their contract. The
local laboring men have called a
meeting and will try to prevent the
foreigners from working. Some of
the more radical talk of violence il
the Greeks are not sent away. .
His Money Found.-A search of the
premises of Charles Tuxharn. who
killed two of his children and burned
his home and barn in Mcpherson
county, disclosed a small cave in
which 81, 900 in gold coin and more
than $4,000 in bills. besides many
valuables we're found. 1t is now be-