The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-09-27

State Treasurer's Report. - The
monthly examination of the state
treasury shows $4G3,S2O.59 in state
depository banks, $47,574.45 in un-
cancelled warrants and $3,79756 in
cash. The general revenue fund has
$2G2, GSS.55 and the permanent school
fund $S3,274.GS.
Alum an AduIterant. Alum has
been declared an adulterant when
used in pickles, according to bulle-
Tin issued by the state board OF
health. Pickles are declared to be
made indigestible and therefore dele
tcrious. But since a big stock of
such goods is on hand, dealers will be
permitted to dispose Of 1t by Decem-
Der 81 of this year.
Dragged to Death by Auto.--By the
breaking of the guide rod in August
Wilshusen's automobile, at Stafford,
while running at great speed, the ma
chine turned over, caught the occu-
pants under it and dragged them
some distance. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilshu-
sen were badly bruised and their lit
tie daughter Mamie, years old, was
so badly injured that she died.
Woman browns in WeIl.-Mrs,
]. N. Reeves, wife of farmer who
lives five miles southwest of Norton,
walked out of her house and failed
TO return. A niece went to look for
her and found her body floating in a
well in the yard. No one knows
whether the drowning was an acct
dent or suicide, though the general
belief seems to be that it was the
former.
An Angry Wichita Woman.-Mrs
Anna Young, of Wichita, who was ar
rested for running an alleged Joint,
attempted to horsewhip an Eagle
reporter, she installing him for
a secret service man in the en-
ploy of the reform administration.
She broke her whip over the report
ers shoulders before he told her o.
her mistake. She vowed she will
horsewNip Mayor Graham on sight.
Paid $73 For Every Acre.-Farm-
ers in Nemaha county are aclnowl-
edging in warmer terms every day
the superior money-making powers
Of F. d. Coburn's favorite crop. III
f1lfa. Ray TimberlaNe, of Centralia,
had rs acres in alfalfa, from which he
seed for SO a bushel In addition TO
this his hay from the same 20 acres
netted him SIS per acre, which
brought his total receipts from this
piece of land up to S73 an acre this
season.
Swedish Home at Clay Center. -
At the Swedish Methodist conference
held in Burlington, Ia, the Emanuel
home, a hcme for the care of aged
Swedish Methodists, was located ut
Clay Center The territory EN-
braced in this conference includes
Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska
and Oklahoma, in which territory
great many Swedes live. A home
costing much money and capable OF
accommodating many old folks will
be built.
Booth Is Convicted. - The jury In
the murder case of ex-City Marshal
Charles Garner and r. D. Booth, at
Galena, returned verdict for acquit-
tai for the former and found the lat
ter guilty of murder in the second
degree. The charge against Garner
and Booth was robbery and murder
of a secondhand dealer named l.. G.
Prick in that city on the night OF
May G. Prick was lured to an isolat-
ed section of the city and robbed OF
$780,. In resisting he was shot in the
neck and died a few days afterwards.
In his dying declaration Frlck impli-
Gated Garner. Garner was arrested
on the charge about three weeks at
ter the expiration of his term as mar
shall,
Clay center's Strange CAGE A
most remarkable case is that Of Miss
Elizabeth Klein, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Klein, who lives six miles
east of Clay Center, from whose ap-
pendix there was recently removed
an orange seed which had sprouted
and which had one root two inches
and six roots one-fourth of an inch
long.
Convicted Murderer Dies. - Rela-
tives at ottawa have received word
of the death at the home of his faith
err, in Indiana, of Otto Inrlan, who
was convicted of the murder of Eliza
Jackson, in this county, and SEN
fenced to hang. Gov. Hoch pardon
ed Inman six months ago upon hear
ing that he was fatally stricken with
paralysis. The news of lnman's par
don caused some commotion in
Franklin county. Jackson was In
mans cousin and was shot as he lay
in bed. apparently for robbery and 70
prevent his carrying out q threat to
tell the authorities of the Indiana re-
form school, from which Inman was
paroled. that Inm6n was no tcomply-