The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-27
KANSAS COMMENT

business in their own building with
capital stock of $4,000
Masonic Bodies Buy Building. -
The combined Masonic bodies OF Sc
dalia purchased for $4,000 the church
building formerly occupied by the
Cumberland Presbyterians of the
United States of America
Rate Gases Are Postponed. - BY
agreement between the railroad at
torneys and Carr wv. Taylor, attorney
for the board of railroad commission
ers, the hearing of the cattle freight
rate and implement rate cases mas
been postponed from July "a and ~
to September.
Both Feet Cut off.-Joseph Lynch
was run down by a freight train at
the foot of Minnesota avenue in Kan
sas City, Kan, and both his legs were
crushed at the ankle. An ambulance
from police headquarters took Lynch
to st. Margarets hospital. One foot
was completely cut off by the car
wheels and the other was removed
by the surgeons at the hospital.
Lynch is "a years old. He is employ
ed in his fathers feed store at the
entrance to the James street bridge.
Two Drowned at LeaVenworth. -
Carl Hubert, aged 9 years, while play
ing with a dog in the Missouri river
Slipped into deep water and was
drowned. Francis Pike rushed into
the water and pulled the boy out and
was carrying him ashore. when Annie
Hubert, aged IL, sister of the boy,
ran forward and tore the body of her
brother from Pike, and she and the
brother then slipped into deep hole
and were drowned before assistance
could reach them.
After Slaughter Houses.-Dr. S. J..
Crumbne, secretary of the State
Board of Health. has started war
on the slaughter houses, big and lit
tie. all over the state. He is issuing
orders to the commissioners of every
county to investigate the conditions
in their respective counties and If
they find them unsanitary to order
the owner to clean up. Then if the
places are not in proper shape with
in five days the commissioners are
instructed to arrest the owners.
Boy Drowned at Topeka.-The first
drowning of the season in Topeka
took place when Jacob Williamson,
the siXteen-year-old son of Samuel
Williamson. was drowned at Cages
lake west of town. He and his broth
er were swimming in the lake with
Sam Markowitz when the boy disap-
peared from sight This is the last
that was seen of Williamson until Will
liam Eaton. who is in charge of the
park, brought his lifeless body to the
surface. some ten minutes later.
Cut to Pieces by the cars-Henry
A. Frewert. a Kansas City Southern
switchman, was run over and instant
ly killed at Pittsburg while at work
in the Northeast yards. While FIRE.
vert was setting a switch string of
cars backed down upon him, and be-
fore he could get out of the way he
was struck. He fell directly across
the track and was literally cut to
pieces The body was taken to his
former home at Chanute for burial.
Cruelty to Animals. = After having
been on the road for nearly thirty
hours without food or water, 100 cars
of cattle were allowed to stand on
the siding in the North Topeka yards
by the officials of the Rock Island
road from o'clock in the morning
until nearly noon, when they were
forced to send them on to Kansas
City, by Kilmaurs King, one of the
officers of the Foster Humane So
ciety of Topeka.
Need Hundreds of Teachers.-I. L.
Dayhoff state superintendent of pub
lie instruction, has compiled the re-
ports from the various counties show
ing the shortage of school teachers
for the state. The seventeen com
ties which report shortages of teach
ers will require between $50 and go
teachers before they can open their
schools this fall. This is an extraor-
dinarily large number of teachers to
be needed so late in the year. There
is also an unusually email number of
surplus teachers in the counties in
which there have heretofore been a
number of teachers to spare.
Kansas Flour For Holland. j. r.
Koontz, general freight agent of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe4pailway.
announces that an Arkansas City.
Kas.. order for flour just received
from Amsterdam, Holland, will re-
quire thirty-five of their largest cas-
for transportation to the ports. The
order requires two shipments, the
first going in July via Galveston, ard
to contain 1923, 900 pounds. The Sec
ond shiDment will be in August via
Newport News and will be of
1,0S9,O00 pounds.
Moved to Wichita.-S A. Stepleton,
an engine inspector for the Missouri
Pacific has been ordered to transfer
his headquarters from FL Dorado TO