The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-06-07

teen of the Parsons druggists who
have been on trial at, Oswego has
been disposed of. Eleven of Them
Confessed judgment and were taxed
up with the costs in their eases and
by attorney fees Four of, them went
on trial. three of them being found
guilty and one was acquitted. The
two remaining cases We're transfer
red to the June term Of court.
Several to Receive Raise. = With
the publication of the session laws
the superintendent of the Topeka,
Osawatomie and Parsons asylums
will draw $4,000 per year instead of
1900: the secretary of the state
historical society gets similar
raise, the assistant newspaper clerk
in the same Office is raised from 5000
to 5000, the stenographeR from 1920
to $500, and the assistant librarian
from $500 to $1,000.
Centurian the Orator. - On the
Tooth anniversary of his birth DR..
Williamson F. Boyakin, protege of
General Andrew Jackson, lawyer. sol
der editor and divine. who knew
personally every president from lief
ferson. in whose administration he
was born, to Grant on whose staff he
served in the civil war, delivered the
memorial address at Marysvile. His
brain is clear and his voice as strong
as that of man half his age. and in
speech far above the average in
thought and forcefulHess he urged
the duty OF patriotism on the citizens
of the republic he bas seen grow
from small beginnings TO full stature
as a world power, and which he help
ed preserve. DR.. Boyakin came to
Kansas at the close of the war, and
in 1869 settled in Marshall county,
where he has since resided. and
where he held Office for thirty years,
until 1904 when he refused to again
be candidate. He is remarkably
well preserved and is still one of the
able writer's and speakers of the
state.
Rescues Hody From Dissectors. II
Missing from home three months,
the body of Jay G, Farr, a young
man twenty-three years Old, was
found by his father in the Kansas
University medical morgue. where
it had lain in cold storage for nearly
all of that period The body had
been embalmed and was in d perfect
state OF preservation, The father
took it home for burial Three
months ago Jay Farr left home. He
liked TO wander about and frequent |
ly went off on excursions. to work or
to travel. Nothing alarming was
thought OF his absence from his
home at Milan, Sumner county. until |
ten or twelve weeks had passed |
with no word from him. He usually |
wrote home at intervals when away !
Alarmed by his long silence, his |
IatHeT SET ont 10 stdINH iul hihi'
Learning that young man had been |
killed by train on the Rock Island |
at Perth, about ten miles away. early !
III March. be inquired there, think |
ing it might have been his son. He
was shown the watch and other pos
sessions Of the unfortunate victim |
and identified them at once. The au- !
thorities said search had been made |
for relatives or friends and no one
found. Then. as is provided by law
for such cases. the remains were
sent to the University Medical
School at Lawrence to he used in
the medical classes.
In a Hurry to Leave - Samuel l..
Bonar, sent TO the state penitentiary
for life from Washington county on
the charge of murder, has made APP
plication for pardon, after serving
less than two and one-half years.
Hlnton's Sentence COMMITTED. -
Gov Hoch has committed the sen
tence of Il life prisoner, Joseph b.
Hinton. of Phillipsburg. to ten years
solid" time and the prisoner will be
liberated April %, 1911. Hinton was
sentenced TO hang for the murder of
his sweetheart, Maggie Shurtz. in
1901. The charge was first degree
tioisington to West Point. = Ed
ward G. Hoisington, of Newton, has
been notified by the war department
of his appointment to a csdetship in
the United States military academy
at West Point. He has passed the
entrance examination and is ordered
to report at the academy June 10.
has been attending Kan
sas university at Lawrence the past
winter. He is the son of Colonel p.
NJ. Hoisington. Second infantry. X.
n. G.
Heavy Sentences For Jointists. =