The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-05-17
1t Happened p X A n S A S
OUR WEEKLY GIsT OF CONDENSED ITEMS

Vera Burkridge. prominent in color
ed circles throughout Kansas, was
shot and fatally wounded by her
| former husband at Wichita. After
the shooting Burkridge, who is a
| negro preacher, ran away and shot
himself in the left side. He will re-
cover. The woman died in the hos
| pital.
| Escaped Prisoners Recaptured. -
| Tom Bradley and Frank Smith. ne
| gro prisoners who escaped from
For Riley by oyerpowering their
| guards near the post where they had
| been at work on road and bnding
| him. were retaken as they were al
tempting to get off the reservation
| by crossing Republican river
| bridge.
Will Close Up Three Companies
The trustees of the Devlin estate are
preparing to close up the affairs OF
| three Devlin companies within forty
days The three concerns are the
| Devlin-Miller Coal Company, tue
| Crawford County Coal Company ana
| the Mount Carmel Mercantile Com
pany. All assets of these concerns
are to be sold May 10.
Derelict in Duty, Get No Pay
When Judge George j. Barker oe'
gan his term as mayor of Lawrence
he Immediately made requests of all
city officials for reports in writing OF
| the business in their charge. me
mayor will make the leading theme
of his administration the insistence
| that city officials do the duties re-
quired of them If they expect TO
draw their pay.
Burton's Lecture Dates Arranged.
IL r Burton has arranged to NIL
the following lecture tour: Topeka
MAY 10: st. Joseph, May IA; Lincoln,
Neb May 10; Leavenworth, May 10;
| Lawrence. May 20; Emporia, May
81; wichita, May %; Parsons, May
81: Cbanute, May rs: lola, May ";
| Pittsburg. May 80; Joplin, June );
Springfield. June a; Sedalia, June o. 6
Victory For the "Drys."-The An
| heuser Busch Brewing Company, one
of the eleven concerns against which
| Attorney General Fred Jackson
brought proceedings, has filed its an
| swer in the supreme court, frankly
admitting that a suit of custer may
be entered against it forbidding 1t TO
transact business of any sort or CHAR
actep within the borders of the state
of Kansas. and expressed its willing
ness to withdraw.
| Four Suicides in a Week.-Wlthh
week Pittsburg was the scene OF
four suicides, as follows: April "
Mrs. Daisy Richardson. drank car
boic acid May G-Mrs. Ida NJ. King
Jumped into cistern: May Miss
IONA Stanley. drank carbolic acid;
May 7-despondent because of the
death of her father and sister in less
than year. Miss Stanley. aged 81
wears. drank carbolic acid and died
from the effects about three hours
afterwards.
viii Make Flour in Russia.-Isaac
A. Welk. miller at Haven, VIII
| leave soon for Southern Russia,
where he will erect a -four mill and
equip 1t with American machinery.
He will build 1t himself. Mr.. Welk
| is a Russian by birth, but has lived
in America for years and has made
money in the milling business. He
sees a far better opportunity, how
ever to operate a mill in Russia,
with up-to-date American equip
ment.
| Receivers VIII Rent it.-Ten thou
sand dollars worth OF property be-
| longing to the Val Blatz and Pabst
Brewery Companies WAS taken pos
session of by Receivers Carver and
Whitcomb when they visited WITCH
tia They put signs on the building
and placed it in the hands of local
real estate firm for rental purposes.
They found no liquor or bar nix
lures.
Chicago Banker for Federal Prison.
Another banker has joined the
force at the United States penitenti-
AIRY at Leayenworth. He is Charles
II. Thornton, former note teller of
the Hamilton National Bank of Chi
cago. who embezzled funds of the in
stitution amounting to $9,125. He
will serve five years.
| Fatally Injured in a Runaway. -
Mrs. William Linn, aged so, was IA
tally injured ina runaway. Mr.. and
Mrs. Linn had been to Emporia to
see the circus and were returning 10
their home, two miles west of town
when the accident occurred. Mr.
Linn was rendered unconscious, but
The is out of danger t,tt
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