The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-04-13
KANSAS COMMENT

Howard, OF LaCySHe, was III Iuo oiS
trict court acquitted of the charge OF
murder In the first degree. Howard
shot his brother-in-law, George Hud-
son. to death in the streets OF that
town last August. :.
To Inspect Soldiers Home. - Col.
w. e. Elwell, inspector general for all
the National Soldiers homes, arrived
at Leavenworth and will spend sew
eral days making a thorough inspec-
ton of the records. accounts and con-
ditions at the military home located
here.
Young Woman Hangs Herself. -
Miss Anna Rubner, whose mother
committed suicide by drowning her
self in the citern at her home at
Netawaka about two weeks ago, hang
ed herself in the corn crib at the
home of her uncle, George G. Clark,
three and one-half miles south OF Wet
more.
Triple Tie Meeting.-The fifth bien-
NAL session of the supreme council OF
the Triple Tie Benefit Association
will meet at Clay Center May 8, y,
10, II and IL. The head office is In
Clay Center, which place has been its
headquarters since June, 1896. 1t has
local councils in Oklahoma as well as
Kansas. It's present membership is
over 5000
- Slayer of Stewart Unknown.-The
decision of the coroners jury in the
inquest into the cause of the death
of Fred Stewart, member OF the
Twentieth Kansas, whose body was
found in pasture just south of Fall
River, was that he came to his death
by being shot in the head with re-
volver in the hands of some unknown
person. No money was found on his
person.
Not Enough johnson. - Ole jan
son, for whom the town OF Olsburg
was named, has asked the district
court of Pottawatomie county to
change his name to Ole Johnson His
name when he came to America was
Johnson but when he took out his
naturalization papers the clerk I'M
derstood him to say Janson, and Jan
son has been his legal name, if not
his actual name, ever since he be-
came citizen.
Mrs. Colt From Kansas. - Kansas
scores again: One of the wives OF
Thomas Kiley, the Brooklyn banker
now facing the charge of bigamy, was
a Kansas girl. Her maiden name was
Flora Brown and she lived in Marshall
county with her parents for some
years. Later she married j. B. Colt,
an Oberlin banker She was divorced
from him and went to New York,
where Kiley wooed and won her, al
though he had and still has anothe"
living wife.
Clever SwiadIe Is Chareed.-D. T.
Palmer was arrested on a state war
rant charging him with working a
swindling game in connection with
the life insurance business. 1t is
charged that he would represent him
self to be the agent Of big insur-
ance company, would write a man,
get his rote. cash it at the bank and
then never deliver a policy. He is
accused of working the game in Ora
ham county, Dodge City and Esk-
ridge.
Lutheran Home at Topeka. - The
Lutheran children's home is to be
located in Topeka. This has been
formally decided upon by the board
of directors of the Evangelical Luth-
eran Children's Home Association 1t
was thought to he settled that the
home would be at Alma or McFar-
land. but the directors changed their
plans and a site will be selected in
Topeka. An eastern man has offer
ed to furnish the money to buy and
equip the building, allow the associa-
ton to use it two years free of charge
with the privilege of purchasing it at
the expiration of the time.
Bowman's Shortage $4,000. - The
defalcations of c. w. Bowman, for
merly county clerk of Phillips coun-
ty, will amount to more than 100000,
according to the report made to the
county commissioners of that county
by the expert accountant who has
been going over the books The faith
er of the defaulting officer paid $6.479
to the county several months ago and
the money yet unaccounted for is
shown by the report to be $24,S5412.
About $500 was taken from the funds
belonging to the school districts, and
the remainder was embezzled from
other funds. The largest single
amount is $10,711.07. which was taken
from the county taxes. Bowman's
books showed that the county had on
deposit $4,000 in the fiscal agency
in New York. but the report of the
accountant shows that there is only
$4,000 due the county from the
agency.
Kansas Collecting Interest. - John