The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-02-09

the council, they considering 1t best
to thoroughly investigate the propo-
sition before taking action.
High School Building Completed
The new $4,000 Holton high school
will be turned over to the board OF
education this in the near future. 1t
Is one of the handsomest school build
ings in the state. The Holton high
school lately has been accredited at
the Kansas university, the Chicago
university, Wellesley and other first
grade educational institutions.
Explosion Killed Fireman.-Engine
No. 473 of a through freight of the
Santa Fe blew up two miles west OF
Bellefont, Kan, killing ]. M. Shell
don, the fireman. George Plumb, the
engineer, escaped unhurt. Plumb, the
engineer permitted the water in the
boiler to get too low. No one else
was injured. Sheldon, the dead fire.
man, lived at Oklahoma City.
Escaped Convict Caught. - w. B.
Haskell, warden of the Kansas peni-
tertiary, las received word from the
chief of police at Fort Scott that Jas.
Meese, supposed to be an escaped
convict, was under arrest there.
Meese escaped while working outside
as a trusty in August, 1908. He had
! nearly two years more to serve on
two and half year term for lar
ceny Captain Hiatt will go to Fort
Scott to identify Meese and bring him
back
Old Bill of Lading Swindle.-A man
using The name of Gus Witt. of Hud-
son. Kan, beat the Helm Grain Com
pany out of $3.50 on fraudulent bill
of lading for a car of wheat, on which
the company advanced him check
for $2,100, which he deposited with
the Bankers Trust Company and
drew a check for $3.50 on the account
before the fraud was discovered. Gus
Witt, who was impersonated, Is
wealthy merchant and grain dealer
living at Hudson, Kan.
Afraid He Will Be KiIIed.-Char-
les Irvan, 80 years of age, of Altoo-
ma, Pa, was taken from Santa Fe
train at Hutchinson and is being
held in the county Jail awaiting word
from his friends in the East. He ap-
pears to be demented, fearing that
someone is trying to kill him. He
tried to leave the train before it ar
rived here, but the trainmen persuad-
ed him to stay on board. He had
ticket from a point in Mexico to
Pittsburg, Pa.
Factory Building SettIes.-At Leav-
enworth when the steel beams and |
masonry to support the sprinkling |
tank were placed at the top of the |
southeast corner of the new Aber
nathy factory building several days |
ago the building started to settle |
rapidly at that corner and has con-
tinued to crack so badly that men are
now at work placing wider and |
heavier foundation footings and rein
forcing with steel beams and braces.
The total weight of the tank and mas
onry will be moro than 100 tons.
Natural Gas by July 1.-Wichita is
to have natural gas by the first of
July, if the plans of the company |
which now has franchise to furnish
gas to the citizens of Wichita are
carried out. ]. O. Davidson has re- !
ceived letter from tie officers OF |
the company, of which he is a mem
her SAYING that the distributing of |
the pipe to carry the gas to this city |
would begin by the first Of April, and |
that if enough men could be secured |
not over ninety days would elapse
before the pipes could be laid and
the gas would be coming into WITCH
tia.
Shipping Rabbits.-Hinkson & Co..
at Kingman, are shipping an average
of 1900 jackrabbits daily, to the Kan
sas City market. They wrap them
in paper. feathers and all, packing
forty in a barrel and ship them in
this manner. A jack will weigh on an
average about six and half pounds,
so each barrel will weigh $50 pounds
or more, or an average daily Ship
ment of more than 10000 pounds. AL
lowing half for loss in dressing them
this would mean that fully 5000
pounds of jack rabbit goes out of
Kingman daily to Kansas City, where
it is repacked and then shipped to
New York in the form of potted ham.
potted chicken, tamales.
Gas for Central Kansas.-At the an
nual meeting of the Abilene National
Bank directors, G. H. Pattison, pro-
moter of the gas propositions for
central Kansas informed those at the
meeting that the towns Of the Kaw
and Smoky Hill vall.es will get nat
ural gas in a short time. 1t will take
a little time to complete the work,
but the outlook is good for the pip
ing of the valley in the near future.
There is no difficulty in the matter
excent the getting at It. The project