The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-24

fight at Augusta by George Todd,
died Arthur Higgins, brother OF
Fred Higgins. who was killed in the
fight, committed suicide at Helena,
Ark, as a result of his brother being
killed.
Her Burns Prove Fatal. - Mrs.
James Chitwood of Hutchinson, 6O
years old, is dead as the result OF
severe burns received. She was
burning vermin on the inside of
poultry house when her clothing
caught fire. Neighbors extinguished
the flames, but only after her en-
| tire body excepting her face and
chest had been burned.
Child Is Fatally Burned. While
| reaching into a bonfire to secure
picture book little Lulu Paul, OF
Wichita. I Years old, was fatally
burned The wind blew the child's
dress into the flames and she ran
screaming to her home. The parents
were away. Neighbors attracted by
her agonized screams gathered and
quickly pulled the burning clothes
| from the childs body
Wichita Gets Next Convention. -
At the annual state convention OF
| the knights of Columbus at Leaven-
worth the following officers We're
| elected: ]. w. Gibbons, Topeka,
state deputy; William d. O'Neil,
independence. secretary; Rev. w. L..
Rice Florence, chaplain; w. p. Fed
er, Great Bend, treasurer; wv. IA.
| Ryan, Girard. advocate; J. j. Hurley,
Leavenworth, warden. Wichita was
selected as the next meeting place. 6
Jumped Into the River. AT Atch-
| ison Miles Gilliland, age 10 years.
| under sentence to the state reforma-
tory, jumped off the Atchison bridge
| and into the Missouri river and was
| fished out by Sheriff Smith. The
| sheriff and prisoner were at the de-
pot awaiting a train for Hutchinson
when Gilliland broke and ran. He
| was almost across the bridge when
the Waterman at the Missouri end
| came out to head him off, and he
| jumped into the water.
Cutters Flowed Whisky. - Under
orders of Judge Flannelly, Sheriff
| and
many kegs of beer and thirty kegs of
whisky on the street at lndepend-
ence. The liquor was allowed to run
| down Main street into the Sewer. The
liquor came from Coffeyvile. One
of the jointists lost $500 worth. The
total value was $4,000, Negroes
would steal drinks when the sheriff
was not looking. The smell of red
rye perfumed the entire city, An
immense crowd was present. The
! time consumed in the destruction
was five hours. The sheriff had
| twenty assistants.
Recommended Discharge of IA
digest of the recommendations of the
state prison board for last month has
been received by Gov. Hoch. For
final discharge these are recon-
mended John Coop. William Black
burn, Freeman Seares, II. A. New
Ion, Charles f. Smith, John Spark
man and Thomas White, Jr. These
are asked to be released on parole:
William Lee. NJ. G. Waite, John N.
Powellson, Nathan Petty. Frank
Clark, L. H. Daniel. John Milne, Lee
Lane, Eli S. Sirois. Bert Johnson,
George Anderson, J. S. Hale, Waldo
Drisko, Joseph Condor and Frank
Turner The governor will receive
the papers for signature soon.
100 Horses Burn to Death.-Light-
ming struck the Piper-Irwin horse
market at Fort Scott and the build
ings were destroyed by fire, togeth
er with 100 head of horses and a
large amount of hay. feed and equip
| ment The loss is estimated at
$4,000.
Skull Dug Up.-While taking sand
from the river bank near Abilene
workmen unearthed mans skull
that had evidently been in the sand
long time. 1t was of man about
so years old Some think it may be
that of Thomas williams, whose
body was never found
Maidstone Adhered Three Hours
Joy Kent, the 15-year-old son of D.
w. Kent. of Hutchinson, was at
tackled by dog that was affected
with the rabies. and was quite Sc
verely bitten He was Immediately
taken to Jake Grimes residence and
maidstone applied. The stone ad-
hered to the wound for three and a
half hours, but when 1t finally re-
fused to stick the poison had been
entirely removed and the boy was
all right again. The dog was kill
ed.
Body Found in River. The body
OF James LOCKER. who was drowned
in the Smoky Hill river three weeks