The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-09-06

tempted to cross the track. One o
the horses struck him. Both o
Gardeners legs were broken and he
was injured internally.
Skull Fractured; Boy Dies. - Her
bert Meibach died at his home II
Powhattan, as result of being
thrown from a horse. The boy
struck his head, causing fracture Ct
the frontal bone and back portion ol
the skull. An operation was per
formed, but he died in "a hours. He
was 1G years old and graduate OF
the '07 high school class of Powhat
tan.
Roped In 81 Seconds. - The bic
steer roping contests for prizes
|aggregating $3.50 took place at King.
man recently. The four ropers max.
ing the best time were Bright Drake
Errick, o. T., time 81 seconds; War.
rem Papan. Kaw City, o. T.. 40 sec
onds; C. II. Johnson, Cedarvale,
kas., 80 1-2 seconds; w. S. Bunnell,
Cedarvale. Kas., I minute Sam
Hayes, of Reno county, won the first
prize of SIS for broncho riding.
Burton Buys saIlna Paper. -
Former United States Senator Jo-
seph r. Burton, of Abilene, and l..
c. Housed and j. H. Yetter, the lat
ter two connected with the business
Office of the Topeka Capital have
purchased the Salina, Kas., Union.
The paper will be made daily and
Burton will take editorial charge
September 80. Mr.. Burton will con
tinue to reside in Abilene and to
conduct the Home Rule there.
Trouble for Kansas Cows. The
poor Kansas bessie COW is going 10
| get hers" from the Kansas State
| Board of Health. The health de
partment has located a decision from
New Hampshire, where the supreme
court held that if the milk did not
measure up 1926 butter fat that milk
is adulterated. 1t is up to the COW
to reach 1926 in the way Of butter
fat or she will be promptly branded
"adulterated." Worse than that. she
will have to bear the label: my
product can only be sold for skim
milk"
Jury Appeals fer Convict.-The en-
tire jury that convicted Thomas Mar
but in Cherokee county last year nf
the murder of his step child and sent
him to the state penitentiary for
life, have presented an appeal TO
Gov. Hoch to pardon Marbut because
they now feel uncertain of his guilt,
inasmuch as all of the evidence was
circumstantial. The assistant county
attorney who prosecuted the case
joins with the jury in the appeal. A
number of Cherokee county people
appeared before the governor in be-
half of the pardon,
And Her Name Was Maud. =
John PortCS son of James Porter
living near Beloit, was the victim OF
an accident that. come near ending
seriously for him. He had entered
into a stall with a 2-year-old mule,
when the animal let fly with its hind
feet, catching the hapless young man
under the chin and putting him out
In the first round for the count of
ten. and then some. The mule wasn't
satisfied when it had its victim
down, and had not friendly hands
drawn John from out OF the stall he
would probably have been killed. AS
it was. he was in an unconscious
condition and remained that way
while DR.. e. Il. Brewer treated his
decorations and it was not until the
next morning that he regained coil
seriousness.
Clay Co. Farmer Commits Suicide.
Malcolm McNeal, a farmer whose
home was in the southern part Of
Clay county killed himself with a
shotgun. He had been in poor
health.
Husband Shoots ana kllS'-ChaI-
ley Owens, a cement welk builder. of
Hutchinson. shot and killed Tex
Mullins a Santa Fe brakeman. inNNe
Santa Fe yards. Alleged attent- TINS
paid by Mullins to Mrs. Owens is re
sponsible for the shooting.
Wind Destroys the Teri. - DIR
ing the progress of : "evival in
tent in Englevsl--- located fourteen
miles north Of Pittshurg. wind
storm struck the tent and injured
five people. One person. Mrs. Nc
Calater, is thought TO be fatally in
jured. She was struck on the head
by falling tent pole. Two children
were struck on the head by failing
tent poles and were badly injured
and a boy named Brynn Smith was
rendered unconscious for several
hours. A sen of DR.. finder the
Camp physician. suffered a fractured
leg. The tent was torn TO shreds by
the wind.
Cattle Fever in Kansas. - Texas