The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-27
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SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

In the district court at Arkansas CITY
the Jury in the case of Evelyn Payne
against the city of Arkansas City re-
turned a verdict in favor of the plain
tiff and fixed the amount of damages
that the city should pay at $4,000.
Honors Two acquisitions. - Gov.
Hoch has honored two acquisitions,
drawn on him by the governors OF
Michigan and Arkansas. The gov
time and the Michigan officials want
turn of Charles Snyder, who IS
wanted in Jackson county Mich, for
burglary. Snyder is now in the fed
eral penitentiary at Leavenworth,
serving time for robbing a postoffice,
but he will be released in a short
time and the Micrigan officials want
to be prepared for him. The other
requisition is for Moses Stitt, who is
wanted in Conway county, Ark, for
obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. Stitt is under arrest in Kan
sas City, Kan.
Reforms For Reformatory.-A new
era of administration of the affairs
of the state reformatory at Hutchin-
son viii be inaugurated by Gov
Hoch. He proposes the following re-
forms, according to his statement
given out recently: The abolition OF
the dark cell, special attention to re-
ligion, expenditure of money for in
dustrial education. enlargement and
betterment of grade school work., eS-
tabishment of Fairgrounds, with
game grounds and courts. E. e. Mar
shall recently resigned as superln-
tendent of the institution. A new
superintendent will be appointed
soon and Gov. Hoch is casting about
for a man who will carry out his
special ideas.
Five Dollars For Ear of Corn. -
Several weeks ago while Frank
Perry was husking corn near Nc
Louth, in Jefferson county. he found
an ear of corn of exc Sbtional length
He laid it aside and took it to town
with him. A local real estate man
offered him so cents, the cashier OF
the Bank of Jarbalo raised the bid
to 81. while c. II. Sleeper bid $1.1O
and got the ear. He kept it on eXhl'
bition in the bank for several days,
then sent it to Kansas City, where
a sale was negotiated by member
,iuei fir NJ hn sold
it on the floor of the Board of Trade
building, and sent local grain deal
er here a SIS bill to turn over to Mr..
Sleeper in payment The ear meas
ured exactly II inches in length
when it was brought in and was filled
perfectly the entire length of the
cob.
Not a Deposit Withdrawn.-Secre-
tary of State Denton, who is also
cashier of the Attica Exchange bank
recently published a card in the In
dependent telling ali those patrons
who did not have confidence in him
or the bank and who did not feel
that their money was absolutely safe
to come in on a certain day and with
draw their deposits in hard cash.
At closing time that day not one de-
positor had demanded his or her
cash and the deposits for the day
greatly exceeded the disbursements.
This action was taken by Mr. Den
ton on account of false rumors which
had been set afloat by certain fifteen
cent depositors who at times like
thit delight in making fifteen thou
sand dollar talk The action certain
iy had a quieting effect on these
cheap financiers. Harper county is
especially blessed in her banks. They
all made a splendid showing in their
recently published statements and
the citizens of Attica are proud and
Justly so Of the exceptionally fine
showing made by their home bank
Died From Blood Poison. - Dexter
D. Colley, a pioneer Kansan, died at
Salina at the age of "a years. About
six weeks ago he was scratched on
one of his legs by pet dog ana
blood poisoning resulted, causing his
death.
Glass Plants to Start. The an
nouncement has been made that the
Coffeyville window Glass plant
would start to make glass on the
morning of December 2S. This
means that 275 idle ron viii 20 to
work at good wages. The Sunilower
is expected to start about the first of
the year. This plant is the same
size as the Coffeyville plant. The
Kansas has already started and is
working about IS men.
Foruer Is Pardoned.-J. f. MARCEL,
whose remarkable forgeries and jug
Cling of the funds Of the Bank of
Highland astonished Kansas only a
few years ago. will walk out Of the
state penitentiary at Lansing a free
man on February 25. 1908. after hav-
ing served a minimum sentence OF
FIVE years. with time OF for good be-
havior. Gov. Hoch granted the com