The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-10-04
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I SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

Jackson it was decided to file a petit
ton in the United States supreme
court for rehearing on the Kansas
Colorado water suit. The only point
desired by the state of Kansas is
that it shall be clearly defined that
if damages accrue to Kansas inter
ests. redress can be had.
Will Open Deadhead Cars-W. H.
Rossington, representing the Pullman
Car Company, appeared before Frank
j. Ryan, member of the state board
of railroad commissioners, and stat
ed that the Pullman company will
open all of its "deadhead" cars in
crossing Kansas and give them over
to the use of the travelling public
when the rest of the train is crowd
ed
Only One Youngster at Work. -
Wichita has been given a clean bill
of health with regard to child labor
The department of labor has been in
vestigating conditions there and but
two instances were found, and these
Secretary Johnson declared to be
merely Suspicious" Upon complete
examination he decided that one
child was under IA, while the other
was over that age, upon affidavits fur
nished by its parents.
Leavenworth Has Many Bankers
There are now fourteen bankers in
the United States penitentiary at
Leavenworth and two or three more
are on the way. Most of those in the
institution are doing clerical work,
giving Warden McClaughry an unex-
celled Office force. The fourteen men
now in the prison are: Charles q.
King, president of the defunct First
National Bank of Scotland, S. D.,
serving a sentence of five years;
Frank G. Bigelow, president First
National Bank, Milwaukee, Wis 80,
years old, sentenced for ten years
from June 10, 1905, good time" term
expires February 10, 1912; Henry G.
Coll, cashier First National Bank,
Milwaukee, SO years old, sentenced
for ten years, from May 5. 1906,
good time" term expires on January
5, 1918; Justus l.. Broderick, presi-
dent First National Bank, Eikhart,
Ind, 81 years old, ten years, from
April 81, 1904, good time" term ex'
pires December 81, 1910; Wilson L.
Collins, cashier First National Bank,
Elkhart, Ind, As years old, six years,
from April "a, 1904, good time" term
expires September ID, 1908; Walter
Brown, director First National Bank,
Elkhart, Ind, 43 years old, eight
years from April 81, 1904, good
time term expires March 3, 1910;
John P. Cooper, president First Ma
tional Bank, McGregor, Texas, Il
years old, five years from March 3,
1904. good time" term expires No
vember 8, 1907; Gustave A. CONF
man, president Vigo County (Ind.)
National Bank, so years old, eight
years from January 20, 1906, good
time" expires on December II, 1911;
Alfred C. Parker, cashier First Ma
tlogal Bank, Bedford, Ind, SO years
old, five years from May 2S, 1904,
good time" term expires January
2S, 1908 Cyrus c. Parker, cashier
First National Bank, Seymour, InI.,
Al years old, six years from May IS,
! 1904, good time" term expires De-
tober %, 1908; John fl. Wood, cashier
First National Bank. Matthews, Ind,
"A years old, six years from January
o. 1905, good time" term expires
June 8, 1909; Robert B. Taylor, bank
forger, St Louis. 80 years old. five
years from August 70, 1904, good
time" term expires April -. 1908;
Herman Haas, Chicago transferred
from Joliet; Francis B. Wright,
Kane county Illinois.
Farmer Dies Riding in Buggy. -
George B. Gloon. a widely known
business man of Franklin county and
for several years merchant at Le-
loup, died in a buggy while driving
along the street at Ottawa. A man
seeing Mr.. Gloon apparently helpless
in his buggy while his horse was Just
starting to run caught the animal.
Death had occurred several minutes
before.
Husband Worth $4,000. - Suit
for $4,000 damages against ]. E.
Tandy, of Wichita, has been institut
ed in the district court by Mrs. Eva
Winegarner, who alleges that her
husband lost his life through the
negligence of Mr.. Tandy. Walter
Winegarner was killed while at.
tempting to remove a live electric
light wire from the roof of barn
which Tandy was moving, Being I'M
familiar with electricity it is said
that Winegarner, who had been told
to go up on the barn and remove the
wire. grasped it and two other wires
together, completing a circuit and
causing 1900 volts to pass through
his body.
Wichita Wins Penant. - The base