The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-20

He had fallen asleep while sitting OIL
the incoming train and one side o
his head was crushed in, killing hin
almost instantly He was a membe
of bridge gang. He leaves wifi;
and two children.
"Made Good" In New York. -
Miss Alice Robe, of Lawrence, whf
is on the New York World, is writ
ing feature stuff about the Thaw case
for that paper and column after
column of illustrated stories on the
case and its many points are being
written by her as assigned feature. ar
ticles. Miss Robe has made good
on the World and is one of the trust
ed members of the staff Of that pa
per.
More Inspectors. - The local force
of the United States bureau of animal
industry is to be increased at the
Wichita packing houses as a result OF
the recent act of congress providing
for additional packing house and
stock yards inspectors. The new en-
ployes will probably begin work Mon
day. At present there are four in
spectors, three taggers and one stock
examiner. The new men are to in
spect the product after it is cured,
Result of Reading Dime Novels. -
Earl Robinson, 14-year-old boy who
was arrested in Pittsburg while try
ing to dispose of team and wagon
which he had stolen from a farmer
for whom he was working near Cot
feyville, owes his downfall to dime
novels. His pockets were full of
cheap sensational dime novels and it
seems that yelow-back literature
was his constant companion. Robin
son stole the handsome matched team
of Abner Green.
Indians Give Roy Slower Sword
When Roy Slower, of Iola graduates
from the naval academy at Annapolis
he will be given a handsome sword
by the Ponca Indians in token of
their esteem for him and it will
doubtless be highly priced for him.
Roy Leroi Slower was the second
white child born at the Ponca Indian
! agency and he was named after two
prominent men in that country, an
Indian named Roy and United
States marshal named Leroi. 1t is
| believed that he is the first native
| born Oklahoman to graduate from
| Annapolis.
Busy State of Kansas. - W. L. A.
Johnson, secretary of the State So
ciety of Labor and Industry, has col
| lected statistics showing the advance
ment Kansas has made in industrial
lines since 1900. The report shows
that the greatest amount of money in
vested in the packing business and
that there are now twenty-five pack
ing houses in the state as compared
with fourteen in 1900 The capital in
vested in the business is $25,0O0,000
as compared with $16,000,000 in 1900.
The value of the products of all of
the plants for the year 1905 was $780,
100000, an increase of 100000, 900 in
five years. This industry gives en-
ployment to 1892 men. Milling is
second in Importance among Kansas
industries. There are 354 mills in
the state, a decrease of three since
1900. The capital invested has in
creased from $S,OO0,000 to $13,00OO0O
since 1900 The industry gives en-
ployment to 1881 men. The follow
ing industries rank in the order
named in the state: Railroad car
shops, zinc, smelling, butter and |
cheese making, printing and publish
ing, foundry and machine shops, |
brick and tile making, bakeries, soap |
and candle making and salt manu-
featuring. The thirteen leading in
dustries of the state comprise GS.S |
per cent of the industries of the
state, and the 35,410 employees draw
S1S,7S5, 900 a year in wages. The
value of the products of all the fac
tories of the state is $1970O0,000 a
year as compared with S145,000 in
1900.
Is Held For Killing Thug. -
George Dennis, the police officer
who shot Ben Tines, a negro, at the
Santa Fe depot in Wichita a week
ago, was bound over to the October
term of the district court. He gave
bond in the sum of $4,000. Tines
died at the hospital the day after the
shooting. Dennis was arrested on a
warrant sworn out by Olga Morgan,
a sister of Ben Tines.
Neosho Survey to Begin. = Con-
gresham Scott has received word
from the department at Washington
that corps of engineers is being got
ten together to take up the work of
making a preliminary survey of the
Neosho river and that they will like
ly begin their work about the mid
die of July. Mr.. Scott has worked on
this idea for some time and secured
the appropriation of, $4,000 for the
expense of the survey. The engi-
ueers will make a survey of the
NaoChn from tho tot