The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-12

John Williams, negro, of Leaven-
worth, was shot and fatally wound
ed by Curiey Owsley, a Creek Indian
woman. The shooting was the re-
suit of quarrel over the election. q
Fatally Burned BY Coal Oil. -
Mrs. Maud Dreasher, who lives ten
miles southeast of Emporia. was IA
tally burned. She was killing mites
in a chicken house with a lighted
swab saturated with coal OIL, when
five-gallon can of ceal oil caught
fire and exploded. Her husband
was badly burned about the hands
in trying to put out the fire.
Kansan Commands the Kansas. -
In response to letter received
from Gov. Hoch relative to the date
and place for the presentation OF
the silver service by the state OF
Kansas to the new battleship Kan
sas, Senator Long announces that
the vessel will be turned over to the
government by the contractor on
April /, and Immediately commits.
stoned with its complement OF
officers. The naval officers have
found 1t impossible for the battle
ship to be taken to Galveston to re-
ceive the silver service, as was the
desire of Gov. Hoch. Arrangements
have been agreed upon to have 1t
sent to League Island, near Phila-
delpha, some time between June l
and 20 to receive the silver gift
Captain e. Vreeland, Kansan, and
recently an aide to the secretary OF
the navy. has been ordered to as
sumo command of the Kansas in
the Camden. N. j., shipyards.
Nineteen New Towns. = The new
1907 official railroad map of Kansas
as prepared by the state board Oh
railroad commissioners will show
nineteen new towns in the state and
only two stations now shown will
disappear. The proof for the new
map has been made up and forward
ed to New York for printing. The
new stations on Union Pacific lines
are Riggs, in Trego county Balta
and Homer, in Russell county;
Marydell, in Saline county; Vros-
seau, Cloud county; Sand Springs,
Dickinson county; Gatesville, Clay
county; Midland and Bismarck
Grove, in Douglas county, and Fruit
land, in Leavenworth county On
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail-
way the new towns are Downing, in
Morris county; Carmen. in Coffey
county; Lorton, Nard and Petrolia,
in Allen county On the Kansas
City, Mexico & Orient railway, Clon-
nell and Chute appear just west of
Wichita, and South Chelsea and
Cassaday in Butler county north OF
Eldorado. The two towns to be
omitted from the map are Warner in
Thomas county and Brittsviile in
Cloud county both on the Union
Pacific. The map will show two
new proposed railroads. The Gar
den City. Gulf & Northern. running
from Plains, in Meade county, to
Haigler. Neb.. through Garden City,
Scott City. Winona. Godland and st.
Francis, and also branch from
Garden City to Ness City. The
Cherryvale. Oklahoma & Texas be-
gins at Cherryvale, touches indie
pendence and passes into the terri
tory just south of Caney. In the
map issued by the board last year
sixty stations were wiped off the
map because of rural routes caus-
ing the discontinuance of that num-
Der of postofiices Part of these
points where rostoffices were locat-
ed were abandoned by the railroads
as soon as the government abandon
ed It's Offices.
A $4,000 Fire at OsWeao. = A
SIS 1000 fire at Oswego burned w. A.
Kirkendahrs restaurant, R, w.
Wright's drug store. l. H. Cottey's
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the new Grand theater, just finished
and damaged the Oswego hotel sam
pie room. The fire started in Kirk
endahl's restaurant.
Green Bugs in ccwley. - Fear of
damage by green bugs to the wheat
fields of this part of the state seems
to be growing. A representative of
New York commission firms has
been making an investigation of the
fields of this part OF the state and
has found that nearly every field
has been affected. He thinks that
the damage as yet Is clisnt, but
fears for the future He found bugs
in practically every field. There is
a possibility of parasite, a deadly
enemy of the gresn bug, putting a
stop to the work of the pest. A
representative Of Texas milling
company. who investigated In this
part of Kansas. said that the fields
looked exactly as did those of Texas
six weeks ago and the Texas fields
a. fot- q