The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-08-03


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capacity shall be $4,000 volumes ant
ready for use in eighty days.
Claim They are obeying the Law
DR.. S. ]. Crumbine secretary OF thu
state board of health at Topeka, has
received assurances from all of the
packers and food manufacturers tha
they are complying with the new
rules issued by the department.
Goat Meat Sold For Mutton. - The
investigation of the packing house In
Wellington has been taken up by the
county commissioners OF Sumner
county. F. E. Knowles, one of the
proprietors of the packing house, was
before the board and admitted that
such personalities as 'freezeene" and
| ''preservaline" are occasionally used
in the sausage and meat. He said
that the use of these personalities
did not injure the meat. Jake Moeser
and William Bell, butchers employed
by the company, told of having kill
ed goats which were sold for mutton
and lamb.
Shot Wrong Man.-As the Missouri
Pacific Flyer No. 2 pulled into Linds-
borg two harvest hands from Knox
Vile, Tenn, were walking along the
track The conductor pulled revol-
yer and shot presumably to brighten
the bum but in the darkness he struck
Ed Beam, one of the men going by.
The bullet struck him on the left side
of his head and passed around under
the scalp to his left temple and when
found was flattened. The people of
Lindsborg raised $37 for the injured
man who left with his partner, Mr..
Griffin, for their home in Tennessee.
Beam will very likely sue the COM
pany for damages.
Found Dead on His Wagon.-With
the lines still gripped in his hands,
Thomas Freeman, of Wichita, lay
dead on a wagon load of sand and his
team kept to the street until stopped
by a pedestrian who saw the driver
was corpse. With other sand haul
ers Mr.. Freeman drove into the sand
pits. After loading his wagon he took
his place in the line of wagons as
they drove from the pit. He was the
second in the line. When he turned
into the street from the pit she lay
back on the load of sand dead and the
team Travelled five blocks unguided.
Freeman was 46 years of age. Death
was without apparent specific cause.
Jointsts Are Sentenced. = For the
first time in the history of the fight
against joints in Cowley county
three men charged with violations of
the liquor law pleaded guilty at Ar
kansas City when they were sure that
such a plea would mean a Jail SEN
tence. The men are Frank Speers,
Corey Leedon and Henry Mann,
whose places of business at Geuda
Springs, Kan, were raided and the
fixtures, together with all the wet
goods, seized. The men entered their
pleas and were sentenced to thirty
days in the county Jail. They were
also fined $500 each and the costs of
the prosecution. In addition to this
they were put under peace bonds of
1000.
MuIvane Man Suicides.-James M.
Kuhn, who lived on a farm five miles
county, took his life by shooting him
self through the head with a shotgun.
The only reason given for his act is
the fact that his father Captain E. j.
Kuhn, an old Mexican war veteran,
who had made his home with his son
since the death of his aged wife sew
eral months ago, had become imbued
with the idea that he was no longer
wanted at his sons home, and had
made arrangements to leave for the
old soldiers home In spite of the
protests of his son and family the old
gentleman packed his belongings and.
started for Mulvane. Evidently this
was more than Mr. Kuhn could bear,
and going into the orchard on the
farm ended his life.
Two Engineers Injured. - The
Santa Fe limited No. 3 ran into a
freight engine in the yards at Hutch
inson and Engineer James Chalfant.
of the freight engine, was seriously
bruised about the face and head. He
will recover. Engineer Lou Wait
house, of the limited was also slight
ly injured. None of the passengers
was hurt.
Big Increase in Taxes.-Kansas has
made a remarkable increase in the
value of taxable property within the
past year, according TO the reports of
county assessors to the state board
of equalization. A year ago the total
taxable property of the state was
1881 ,976,SS7 as returned by the as
SCISSORS to the county clerks and by
the latter to the board. The increase
has been $1,000 sos and the total