The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-06-08

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Page, a farm hand, was arrested a
Winfield, charged with beating ant
killing colt the property of his EN-
ployer.
Burglars Broke Into Postoffice. =
Burglars broke into the postoffice a
Pomona, Franklin county. They ig
nored the stamp supply, but tool
about So in cash.
Head of High SCHOOL,. P. Terrill
for two years principal of schools al
Solomon. was elected principal of the
Dickinson county high school, sue
ceeding H. S. Myers.
Abilene School Bonds illegal. =
Judge Moore of the district court de-
cided that the $4,000 school bond is
sue is illegal, through lack of for.
malities in the proceedings. A new
election will be called and the bonds
revoted.
lola Man Sells Patent-Samuel Nc
Knight, an lola inventor, has closed a
deal with company of crude oil
burner invention of his for the round
sum of $4,000. Besides this, Mr.. Nc
Knight retains an interest in the bust
| ness.
Parsons Man Gets Fortune. - The
will of the late H. G. Rouse. million
aire president of the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas Railway Company, which
was admitted to probate gives the
Rouse building in Cleveland, Ohio, to
Benjamin L. Rouse of this city,
Decapitated by Train.-Mrs. Will
liam Gaddis was killed by Frisco
freight train near Laneville, a station
nine miles east of Parsons. She was
crossing a trestle and would have
reached the end had she not fallen.
The engine passed over her, severing
her head and killing her instantly.
Pittsburg Continues to Grow. -
Pittsburg has a population of 1884,
according to the census Just complet-
ed. Pittsburg has made gain over
last year of 942 in population. And
this in spite of a coal strike which
naturally took many away from the
city, and prevented many others from
locating here who otherwise would
have been here.
Lay Cornerstone at SaIina. =
The cornerstone to the new cathed-
raj of the Episcopalan church here
was laid. The church is to cost $751;
600 when completed and will be a
handsome structure, one of the prin-
cipal buildings of the Episcopal de-
nomination in the West. The address
was made by Bishop Williams, of
Omaha, Neb., and the stone was laid
by Bishop Griswold, of Salina.
Immense Berry Crop. = Beginning
June l from 1000 to 1000 extra berry
pickers will be needed in the Wathe
ma district in Doniphan county The
territory Immediately surrounding the
little town is one vast berry bed, and
for nearly three months the berry
pickers will be busy. While the straw
berry crop will begin to ripen next
week it can be handled by the local
pickers for a time. Then outsiders
will be necessary and the growers are
already advertising for 1000 extra
pickers to take care of the immense
crop promised.
Many Counties Will Lose. - In the
district court at Holton Judge En-
right set an important precedent by
deciding the suit of John Raul against
Jackson county in favor of the plain
tiff. Jackson, like many other Kansas
counties, has been conducting a Wig
orous campaign to collect back taxes,
over a period of from one to
four years. Raul was behind in his
taxes over two years and after they
had been so collected sued to recov-
er on the ground that the county had
no right to collect taxes which had
been due for more than two years.
Judge Enright sustained this conten-
ton. If the supreme court does not
reverse Judge Enright's decision all
taxes which were collected in Kansas
after payment had been due for more
than two years will have to be refund
ed to the property owners. This will
mean loss to Jackson county alone
of $4,000.
Santa Fe Summer Schedue.-The
various division superintendent and
other higher officials of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company,
in session at Topeka, have practically
the summer time card,
which will go into effect June II. One
of the features will be the establish
ment of local passenger train be-.
tween Dodge City, Kan, and La Junta,
Col. There will be practically no
changes in the through overland
trains. The California Limited will
be run daily this summer, where last
season it was run as a semi-weekly
train.
More Trouble for Convict. - When
William Smith steps out of the fed
eral prison a free man he was imme-
diately rearrested on United States
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