The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-12-27

Frank, the 19year-old son or Cor-
nelius Huse, living seventeen miles
southwest of Kingman. was shot ana
instantly killed by the accidental dis
charge of a shotgun in his own
hands. He was hauling fodder, ana
in climbing down from the load, lhe
hammer of the gun caught and the
gun discharged. The charge entereo
his chest and ranged downward.
Resigns His Position j c. Ken
dali, state dairy commissioner, re-
signed his office to become director
of the department of dairy hus-
bandry at the Kansas State Agr1cul-
tural College at Manhattan, in the
place of Professor o. Err, who went
to the Ohio State Agricultural COL
lege. D. NJ. Wilson, who was Erf's
assistant at Manhattan, was elected
dairy commissioner in Kendalls.
place. The latter has only served
since the beginning of the summer
kansans in Evans FIeet.-kansas
is represented in Admiral Evans
feet, which left Hampton Roads LOT
the cruise around the Horn to san
Francisco by Capt Vreeland, of the
battleship Kansas, whose nome is IN
Burlingame. and David M. Addison
paymaster on the Virginia, and by !.
H. Blair, a sailor on the supply snip
Panther. Both of the latter claim
CsoIi,o tboir homo
Walton Gets Kansas Appointment.
p. G. Walton, president OF the
First National Bank of Anthony
Kan. has been appointed national
bank examiner by Comptroller of the
Currency Ridgely. He will fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation OF
Elmer E. Ames. of Norton, Kan. he
will begin January 2, still retaining
the presidency of the bank at An
thony. Mr.. Ridgely has assigned
him to the Kansas field. This gives
Kansas three examiners, Bradley and
Rurrow being the other two,
They Ask Big Damages.-For the
loss of life the widow and daught-
ers of Clifford Edison, of Liberal, ask
$4,000 and for the loss of both
limbs Albert Mcdowell of the same
place asks $4,000, in petitions filed
against the Rock Island railroad be-
fore United States Commissioner ).
F. Shearman at Wichita. Edison was
killed while coupling an engine and
caboose in yards at Liberal, March
&c, 1907. The plaintiffs allege that
the accident was due to a negligent
engineer and faulty equipment. Nc
Dowell was a common laborer en-
ployed in shoveing cinders when an
engine backed onto him, severing
both limbs above the knee,
Up to the Depositors.-"The banks
are now all right says John u
Royce, state bank commissioner. TO
have no further trouble now rests en-
tirely with the depositor. The pro-
lection of the business man, the
manufacturer and the employer Ii>s
with the deposition. | think that the
banks right now are ready to pay
out the regular demands of business
in full, and think they would imme-
diately do so. if they felt that they
could open up and go on doing busl-
ness under just the same conditions
and same demands as when they
left off a few weeks ago. The de-
posits have decreased in the state
since the trouble. and materially.
Much money has been withdrawn.
That will show in the report of the
official call, which will be given out
in about two weeks. Now it is up
to the depositor. The banks are all
right and can go right along doing
business in the same old way, unless
everybody rushes to the banks i1me-
diately upon the withdrawal of re-
strictions regarding the amount OF
payments and demands deposits"
$500 Reward For Murderers.-Gov.
Hoch has offered a reward of $5OO
for the capture and conviction OF the
person or persons who robbed and
murdered Lewis and Fannie Stern
berg in Kansas City, Kan, recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sternberg were muir
dered in a little grocery store belong
ing to them. Sternberg had with
drawn his deposit from the bank and
is supposed to have had about $500
in cash in the store at the time Of
the murder.
Hutchinson Gets Next Meeting. -
The meeting of the county clerks and
the county commissioners adjourned
at Salina after selecting Hutchinson
as the place for the meeting next
year. J. L. Logsden. of Howard, was
elected president of the clerks asso-
citation, ]. p. Burns of Salina, vice
president; Frank Soper Of Beloit,
treasurer. and Miss Jessie Campbell
of Hiawatha, the only woman clerk
in the state, secretary. w B. Lewis
of Ottawa, was reelected president
Of the commissioners association;
r. A. Beggs OF Cherokee, vice-presi-
dent and w. II. Braden of Crawford