The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-01-18


ing coal to- all points and there cam
not be a shortage unless there should
be a strike followed by severe wealth
err. Ian that event it is hard to say
what the result might be.
Organize a State Bank. - F. j. At
wood. president, and E. c. Whitcher,
cashier, of the First National bank,
of Concordia, together with Kackley
pantiec, have organized the State
Bank of Kackley, capital $4,000
Charge Was Not Sustained. -
Edward T. Martin. merchant of
Concordia, who was arrested some
time ago on charge of embezZie.
mont preferred by his brotnerin-
law, A. N. Gosselin, merchant Of
Aurora, was discharged in district
! court .f O.
Service is Accepted. - The execu-
tive council formally accepted tho
silver service for the battleship Kan
| sas and the voucher for $1,000 IN
payne for it was issued by State
Auditor Wells to Edward Vail. of
Wichita Mr.. Vail furnished the ser
vice and has installed it in the gov
errors Office according to his con-
tract The service will be kept on
exhibition at Topeka or Wichita I'M
| til time to take it to the battleship.
Covered Tracks With Pepper. =
Although search is being made
and the officers in surrounding towns
have been notified to look out for
Bloomfield and Mahurine, who
broke jail at Colorado, they have
not been heard from. Before they
escaped the men put cayenne pep
per in their cells and in their tracks
where they got out of jail, and as a
result bloodhounds could not trail
them Mahurine is an old-time pal
of Bloomfield's and they accidentally
got into jail together.
Kansas Fair Dates.-Week begin
ming July 30, Parsons; August G.,
Coffeyvilie, Howard, Anthony; Aug
INST 13, Chanute, Eureka, Harper;
August 20, Fredonia, Ell Dorado,
Kingman; August 81, lola, Wichita.
st. Johns; September 8, Ottawa, Nc
Pherson, Great Bend; September 10,
Topeka, Sterling; September IL,
Burlingame, Hutchinson, Jetmore;
September "a, Burlington, Newton,
Larned; October 1, Winfield; Oc-
tober 8, Blackwell, o. T. t 1
Atchlson Trust Co. Incorporated
The Atchison Savings and Trust
Company, capital 100000, has been
chartered. The stockholders are
officers of both the Exchange Nation
al and Atchison Savings banks.
Goaded to His Death. : George
Blanchard, who shot at w. D. Goad.
his father-in-law, because lie was
ordered away from the house where
his wife had fed from him, later
shot and killed himself in a field
near Goad's home. A few weeks
ago Blanchard applied to Goad for
admission to the Goad home for
himself, wife and two children. They
were taken in and later Blanchard
was ordered to leave. it is alleged on
account of failure to provide for his
his family. Afterward Blanchard
returned and urged his wife to leave
her fathers home and return to him.
She refused. Goad heard the argu-
ment and appeared at the door.
when Blanchard pulled out revolt
yer and fired at him. The bullet
missed him, but his face was cover
ed, with powder Blanchard left and
was not seen again until his body
was found in field about 500 feet
from the Goad home. ., o.,
Child Is cremated. : Mrs. John
Michand, living near Concordia, left
her two little children alone in the
house while she was absent for a
few moments and her, three-pear-old
daughter caught fire at the stove and
was burned to death.
Two Postmasters Named. - Con-
gresham Philip Campbell has APP
pointed two postmasters. They are
Ernest Hoefie.l postmaster at St