The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-09-20
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SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

Old Soldiers BODY Founo. - lhS
body of William Osborn, an old sol
der who disappeared from the Sol
diers' home. at Leavenworth, thirteen
months ago, was taken from the Mis-
souri, river, near Wolcott 1t is be-
lieved the body has been in the river
over a year.
Kansas Labor Report Issued. -
State Labor Commissioner w. l.. A.
Johnson has issued the twenty-sixth
annual report of the State Bureau OF
Labor and Industry. The report Is
for 1906 and covers the labor situa'
ton in Kansas for last year.
shows that there was total of forty
five strikes in the state last year ana
that for forty-one OF the strikes re-
ported the total days of duration was
1924. The number of days lost dur
ing the year on account of strikes
was 37O,477 and the total amount OF
wages lost was $932,S90.O9.
Big Mortgage Filed. - The largest
mortgage that was ever filed in Sedg-
wick county was filed recently by the
Frisco railway at the Court House
in Wichita. 1t covers the entire
system of the railway and will be re-
corded in every county through
which the road passes. The mort
gage is for $115,OOO,OOO. The regist-
er's fee for recording the instrument
is $43 The document consists OF 1913
typewriter pages containing over
$4,000 words. The mortgage Is made
in favor of the Bankers Trust Com
pany of New York and NJ A. McMD'
Ian.
Kansas Big Bill for Charity. 1t
cost the state over half a million dol
lars to care for its charity patients
during the six months between Janu-
airy / and June 30, this year. The ex-
act figures are $577,727.51 The ma
jor portion of it went for salaries and
maintenance. Of the total amount
expended the Osawatomie State Hos
pital secured the greater amount. 1t
is the largest charitable institution in
the state. The cost for salaries and
maintenance alone was $96,52O7O
The Topeka State Hospital comes
second. The total amount spent for
salaries and maintenance was $341,-
1871; for commissaries, $1O7, S36.2S;
for property and repairs, SIG, 411.f5.
OF the special appropriations made
by the last legislature $12,320.07 was
spent. OF the amount under the prop
erty statement $29,329.14 was spent
for repairs and improvements.
Kansas Has the Money.-Capt. w.
S. Albright, deputy bank examiner OF
the state bank commissioners office,
in speaking of the flourishing condi'
ton of the state of Kansas at the
present time, called to mind some in
stances that show that Kansas is
looked upon as one of the richest
states in the Union. About ten
years ago some of the banks in the
East Helu lHOlISd6CS Oh
farms and seemed to be afraid they
would not get the interest. Now
conditions are different. The Eastern
people are sending paper into Kan
sas and Offering as high as seven per
cent on it. They want Kansas money.
One bank that | recently visited was
sent a list of $450,O00 worth of paper,
The mail of the Kansas banks nova
DAYS is heavy with paper listed and
sent out here. But the Kansas bank
ers are conservative and won't in
vest unless they know what they are
putting their money into" The le-
gal reserve in the Kansas banks is
bigger than ever before. The news
papers often speak of Kansas need
ing money to move its crops; this can
not be true because the banks have
all the money they want. There are
$50 state banks in Kansas now"
Fall Was Fatal.-A. L. Keener, OF
Cottonwood Falls, who was fatally
injured by falling through bridge
over the Cottonwood river, while at
tempting to cross over with his
threshing machine several weeks
ago, has died from the effects of his
injuries.
House Mover Electrocuted. - Wal
ter Winegarner was killed almost in
stantly by coming in contact with
live electric wire while at work NOV
ing a house in Wichita. He was in
the employ of ]. E. Tandy. a house
mover. and was on top of the house
in order to raise some of the wires
so that the building might pass I'M
der them. 1t was while doing this
that he picked up an electric light
wire in one hand and another wire
IN the other. A short circuit was
formed and he fell as quickly as
though he had been shot. A fellow
workman grabbed him and prevented
him from falling to the ground, and
all that could be done to revive him
was done, but the shock had been too
strong and the efforts of the physi-