The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-10-18

eighth annual session OF the Church
of Christ of the state of Kansas mas
closed its convention at Wichita. TO
peka was selected as the next pace
of meeting of the delegates. Nearly
a thousand delegates attended the
convention.
Missouri Less Scholarly? - The
Kansas state board of medical regis
tration in session at Topeka adopted
resolutions severing all further re-
ciprocal relations with the registra-
tion board of the state of Missouri.
Missouri doctor must get Kansas
certificate before he can practice IN
this state DR.. G. f. Johnson, cna!r-
man of the Kansas board, says that
the standard of scholarship generally
is not SO high in Missouri as required
in Kansas, and assigns that as the
reason for the separation.
Pullman Company Reporto. - The
Pullman company has filed its report
of earnings in Kansas with the state
board of railroad commissioners.
The company filed the report under
the common carrier law, but took oc-
casion to scratch out the words com
mon carrier" in the blank form ana
substitute Corporation" 1t gave it's
earnings in Kansas for the year as
$23,243, with gross operating ex-
pcnses $29G,943.
New Gym at x. u. - The new
gymnasium was opened at the Uni
versity of Kansas October LIST. This
is magnificent structure from the
architectural standpoint and has been
pronounced by experts in position to
know, one of the best in the United
States fer its purpose. While not as
large as the gymnasium at Chicago
University and Yale, more students
can be given gymnastic instruction at
one time. The building is arranged
so that two floors may be used. The
upper floor is 70 by 12S feet and will
be used for all athletic exhibitions,
and when occasion demands. for
auditorium purposes. This large room
is fitted up for BASKET ball. voley ball
and hand ball. In the gallery sur
rounding the room has been erected
an 1S-lap running track embodying AL
the latest principles. @. II. Kilpat-
rick who holds the world record for
the half mile, pronounces it the best
track he ever saw as to construction.
Here the track team will be given
winter instruction. The principal
gymnastic equipment is on the first
floor. Aside from rooms especially
fitted I'D for training TIE different
athletic teams, boxing, fencing,
wrestling, hand ball, etc, there are
two rooms each SO by 70 feet, equip
ped with all the latest apparatus for
general and special gynnastic work.
One of these rooms will be used by
the men and the other by the women
students of the University On this
floor are found the Offices of the di-
rectors of the gymnasium, trophy
room. rooms for visiting athletic
teams and faculty rooms. The base
mcnt floor contains the larger locker
room fitted up with 1000 Churchill
Spalding lockers for men and SEQ for
women. These lockers each ave
combination safety locf. Sixteen
shower baths for men and fourteen
for women are also located in the
basement A magnificent swimming
pool, 20 by 80 by feet, lined with
enamcled Tiffany brick, occupies
room set apart especially for the pr
pose. All water used in tho baths
and swimming pool is filtered. Hot
and cold water il supplied all the
year. No fee is charged the student
for use Of locker or for Gymnastic il
structiCn.
Woman Dies From Fright. Mrs,
Marie Pinkleton dropped dead Of
fright at her home in Lcayenworth
while a physician and dentist we're
preparing 10 put her under the ilGu-
ence of an nnesthetic, preparatory TO
pulllnS lCOlh. one Edu no Ssiip
toms of heart disease ana physicians
attribute her death to excessive
fear.
Mystery CT RAIDER Solved. - The
long lost Jerry Raider hes been found
It will be rerer2he-ed that Raider
mysterlously disappeared from his
home in Leayenworth several years
ago. All kinds Of stories have been
printed concerning him and on a
number Of occasions he was reported
killed. Mrs. RAIDER went to Nebraska
not long ago to look at the body Of &
man killed by train. but II was not
her husband. A few days ago RAIDER
went to Leavenworth and called or.
his family. He said he was living in
Kansas City and was ready TO take
his family there. Mrs. RAIDER and
children were oveyjoyed at his re-
turn. They are now preparing to 60
to kansas City TO live.
cored by @nsry euIl.-John Peter