The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-13
pioneer kansan Paralyzed.-Oscar

He was one of the originators OF NC
Pherson county.
Broke Neck at ingman.-William
Mcclure, carpenter, while working
in the store of the Jet Mercantile
Company, was killed by an accidental
fall on a stairway. He fell four feet
breaking his neck.
Wheat Is Good.-The wheat raisers
in the vicinity of Glasco have finish
ed harvesting a big wheat crop. L.
Noel. president of the Glasco First
National Bank, and who for the last
% years has bought grain and oper'
ated an elevator here, says the crop
of wheat this year is good, and bet
ter than the average.
Zinc Ore Drops to $45. - The an
nouncement that one OF the leading
smelling concerns was out of the
market gave other zinc ore buyers
an opportunity to cut the price. The
basis price for GO per cent ore was
fixed at $45, representing a reduction
of 81 under last weeks price. None
of the high grade ores were sold.
She Drank Carbolic Acid. -
Millie Light, 20 years old, took her
life at Wichita, on the Fourth OF
July by drinking an ounce of carbolic
acid. She swallowed the drug from
bottle and then made an effort to
destroy evidence of suicide by break
ing the bottle. Mrs. Light came to
Wichita from Hutchinson two days
ago. Her mother lives in Salina.
Cooked Alive in Boiler. - James
Wingate was scalded to death at In
! dependence Kan. He was working
inside of a big boiler and another
workman. not knowing that Mr.. Win
gate was in the boilers turned the
steam pressure of several boilers in
to the boiler Wingate was in. He
was killed almost instantly and his
body was cooked until the flesh broke
in many places.
Accident at Usage City. - A. w.
Logan, travelling representative OF
the Abilene Milling Company, of
Quenemo, by the premature explosion
of a giant firecracker, sustained Sc
we're burns on each hand. The flesh
on one arm below the elbow was
burned to a crisp. The sparks set
fire to the clothing of his baby
daughter and her entire right side
was painfully injured.
Juror Was Prejudiced. - M. B.
Nicholson, of Council Grove, submit
ted to the supreme court a case in
| which he asks the court to sustain
the verdict of the lower court, not
withstanding the filing of affidavits to
prove that one of the jurors was pre-
iudiced. The case is against G. A.
Gregory of Morris county, charged
with selling liquor contrary to law.
One of the jurors is said to have re-
marked that he would prosecute a
prohibitory law violator to the full
est extent of the law. This remark,
made before he went on the jury,
is used by the attorneys for the de-
PENDANT as a basis for their appeal.
Oil Business in Kansas. - There
were 73 wells drilled in the northern
division of the field during June. Of
these As were successful producers
and Is gassers and 10 busters. The
new production was 1,091 barrels, the
same amount credited the previous
month. June completed IL fewer wells
than May, 10 fewer producing wells
and fewer gassers and 2 more fail
ures. Montgomery county continues
to lead. Wayside is edging in a lit
tie. The demand for fuel oil is in
creasing. Conditions generally are
better in Kansas than they have been.
Many of the early stock-jobbing COM
panies are disappearing, however,
and the sheriff is the chief man at
the obsequies. Gradually the over
doomed concerns are being cleaned
out. and there is little question men
who are buying in the properties will
make money out of them. The small
refineries over the state are working
regularly now, and are taking more
or less of the production in their re
/ spective districts.
Storm Stops Street Cars. - A
heavy rain preceded by high wind
fell at Topeka. The rain lasted for
only about thirty minutes, but the
streets were running full of water
at the end of that time. Small build
ings and barns we're damaged by the
wind and street car traffic was stow
ped during the storm.
Electrical Storms at Frankfort. -
In the last two days this section has
been visited by fine rain storms. Dur
ing one of them four horses belong
ing to Bell Moshier, northwest of
town, were killed by lightning, while
standing near a barb wire fence.
They were the only horses Moshier
had and were valued at 5000.
Railroad Official Hurt.-John Had
ley. division engineer of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad. was thrown off
and in front of handcar at indie
oandapoa apd hodIv initrod Tho cor