The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-03-08
BRIEF ITEMS GATHERED FROM AROUND the suAFLoWER STATE


Costly Birds. = The 1000 Chinese
pheasants turned loose in Kansas
last year cost $4,000, or So a bird 6
smothered Under the Hay.-P. C.
Upham, living three miles west of
Junction City, was killed by a load
of hay tipping over and burying
him. He was smothered to death.
Head Was Crushed In.-The body
of child was found in boxcar
filled with ore at the Prime West
ern Smelter Company at Gas City.
The head of the child was crushed
in as with some sharp instrument.
The body was nude and there was
nothing to identify it.
Newton Hal Natural Gas. -
Natural gas from the Southeast
| Kansas field has reached Newton.
There was grand illumination on
Main street witnessed by hundreds.
The houses of the city are piped
for gas which will be turned into
| the mains next week.
Ottawa's First White Man Dead
DR.. A. ]. Glover, who died the other
| day at Ottawa, was sc years old,
| physician of many years practice,
| though of late retired He spent
most of his life in Ottawa, and is
| said to have been the first white
man on the site of the present city
of Ottawa.
Sale of Purebred Aberdeens. - A
sale of pure bred Aberdeen Angus
cattle was held at the state agricul-
tural college, at Manhattan. Thirty
| four head were sold. The highest
price paid for bulls was $107.50; for
cows, 500. The cattle were pur-
chased mostly by stockmen from
various parts of Kansas.
His Own Executioner. - Ralph
Tomlinson, farmer about so years
old, committed suicide by hanging
himself in the barn at his home, six
miles southwest of Paola. He was
at one time confined in the state
hospital for the insane, at Osawato-
mic. He left widow and two
young sons.
Union Painter kiIIed.-C. C. Win
chester, carrying painters union
card with dues paid to April l, from
union 211 of Coffeyville, Kan, was
run over by south-bound Missouri,
Kansas & Texas passenger train at
Mound Valley, receiving injuries
from which he died two hours la
ter.
His Health Restored. 1t Is an
nounced that w. L. Thomas. who
was financially and mentally ruined
| in the Devlin failure, will shortly
return to Leavenworth in good men
tai and physical health. He has
spent over year in a ST. Louis
sanitarium. Mr.. Thomas was form
erly a partner with c. J. Devlin OF
Topeka.
S. w. Kansas Stockmen Organize.
The Southwestern Kansas Live
Stock Association, covering the old
Seventh Congressional District, and
some adjoining counties. was or
ganized at Hutchinson. Officers
| elected were: a. l.. Sponsler,
Hutchinson, president; R. o. Ed
| ward Castleton. vica-president; L.
S. Kent, Hutchinson, secretary and
| treasurer. Annual sales of breed
ing stock and annual meetings were
provided for.
Left the Gas Turned On. c.
Callahan, of Coffeyville, was found
dead in bed in the Elmo hotel at
Emporia. He was discovered by the
| clerk, whom he had requested to
call him to catch train. The room
was filed with gas. Callahan evil
| IDENTIFY had turned the gas only part
| way off when he retired and death
was due to asphyxiation. He leaves
widow and three children at COT
feyville. He was railroad man.
Largest Broom Corn Center. -
The statement has been made so
many times within the past few
| months that Wichita had become
/ the greatest broom center in the
world. that a good many persons
: have doubtless come to believe that
this is true, as it undoubtedly Is, but
mere statement is weak in COM
parison with the facts in the case
as set forth by the head of one of
| the largest houses dealing in this
staple in that city. He said that
there had been one million dollars
worth of broomcorn handled
through that city since the L+r'1-
ming of the season last fall.
Marshall County Hens. = The
hens of Marshall county laid $780,
900 worth of the eggs laid in Kan
sas during the year 1896. which are