The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-19

Summit township, near Concordia,
drank concentrated I've and died in
great agony.
Minister'S Good Record. - The
Rev. George Hageman, the pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at Wash
lngton, Kan. has just completed the
thirtieth year of his pastorate at
that place.
Fraternal Orders Did Well. = Ia
ken as whole. the fraternal orders
made good gain in Kansas in 1906,
both in membership and in assets.
Very few of them show a decrease
and most of them are able to show
good substantial gain. The Mod
ern Woodmen made the best show
ing. 1t wrote 1902 certificates,
lapsed 1924 and closed the year
with G4,7o1 members in the state. a
net gain of 5,568.
Battle ships Furniture Burned. =
One Of the large buildings of the
League Island navy yard contain
ing the sawmill, joiner shop and pat
tern shop, was almost entirely de-
stroyed by fire. Much Of the fur
niture intended for the battieship
Kansas was stored in the building
and was destroyed. The Kansas
was to have been placed in commits
sion within a. few days and 1t Is
thought that the loss Of the furni~
ture will delay the ceremony.
Officers Are Elected.-The follow
ing officers for the Northeast Kan-
sas Teachers Association were
elected at Holton: President, M. E..
Pearson. Kansas City; vice-presi-
dent, C. W.. Good, Hiawatha; treas
urer, w. S. Schneider, Holton;
secretary, Miss M. S. McCurdy,
Sensca; executive committee. G. W..
Kendrick, Leavenworth; N. T..
veatch, Atchison: George e. Rose,
Rosedale. The association decided
to hold its next convention at Leav-
enworth. The attendance reached
LOO
Sentence Reduced Four Months
Hugh Kirkman, ex-lieutenant Of the
Eighth infantry, serving a sentence
of two years in the United states
penitentiary at Leavenworth for
forgery and embezzlement, received
Communication of sentence at the
hands of President Roosevelt. four
months being cut off the original
sentence. This will give Kirkman
his freedom on June 81 instead of
October 20 as would have been the
case but for the action Of the presi-
dent. Hugh Kirkman is half
brother of ex-Captain George w.
Kirkman, now serving his second
term in the United States prison.
Wichita to Be Dry - When APP
preached on the omen saloon cues
ton Mayor-elect Graham, of Wich-
tia. said: Under the state law 1t
is the duty of the mayor and chief
of police to collect evidence and
turn It over TO the county attorney.
This I will do. shall urge the pas
sage of an ordinance to conform
with the state law. This will give
us an effective remedy. We expect
violations to cease Monday night,
and If they do not. we will proceed
against all vio1ators. There is no
disposition on my part to seize or
destroy any mans property. A rea-
sonable time will be given to re-
move stock and fixtures" 1t is de-
clared there that the jointists have
raised n considerable fund of money
to fight the closing proposition.
Woods Chief of Wichita Police. -
Bedford Woods, at present deputy
sheriff of Sedgwick county, has been
announced as chief of police by
Mayor-elect Graham.
Found Baby Boy. = baby boy
about week old was found by two
boys on the school grounds in the
west part of Oswego. The infant
was clad only in thin calico dress
and was lying in a basket in which
bed had been made of Independ-
encc. Kan newspapers, No clue
has been found as to its parents or
the persons who left 1t on the school
grounds.
The Ashbrooks Go Free. - Judge
Pollock. of the United States dis
trict court, dismissed the Ashbrook
land conspiracy cases for want Of
jurisdiction. The charge was that
l.. L., w. l.. and Harry Ashbrook, of
Nebraska, got fifteen men to go
from Manhattan. Kan. to Nebraska
and make claims in the Ashbrook
pasture. The grounds for dismissal
are found in the fact that the Of
Tense was not committed in Kan
sas.
Interests Fraternal Orders. = The
Vaneae sunrenne- court has handed