The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-11-01

investigation of the liquor situation
in Topeka, and in q public report Is
sued declare that the joints have Deen
driven from the city Then they
"view with regret" that the liquor
sales at drug stores are on the IN
crease. The Christian Endeavor So
ciety of the city has indossed John
Schenck, a democrat county attorney.
for reelection.
Finds Boys Body-The body OF
James Hinshaw was found at the nv
er dam at Clay Center on Oct. 2lst,
by his father Young Hinshaw, while
in a boat went over the dam on Fri
day morning, Oct. A. He caught
log, but lost. his hold and was
drowned in big eddy below the dam.
The search for his body had been
kept up from that day to the time it
was discovered.
Woman Fatally Injured. - Mrs.
Henry Williams, the wife of well
known farmer living northwest of Ar
kansas City was fatally injured in Il
runaway accident. She was driving
Il team in pumpkin patch on the
place when the horses became I'M
manageable and she was thrown from
the wagon and injured internally, be-
sides sustaining severe bruises eX'
ternally. She is sixty-seven years o.
age.
Honor Civil War Veterans. - A
monument, the finest in the southern
part of the state, has been unveiled
and dedicated at Mercer cemetery,
Arkansas City. in honor of the veter-
ans Of the civil war At the cere-
monies attending the dedication,
speeches were made by Ex-Governor
w. Z. Stanley OF Wichita, Department
Commander Campbell Of the Kansas
G. A. r., and Representative w. L.
Cunningham of Ar!tansas City.
Stove Fell on Him.-Thomas Crick,
a retired business man of Atchison,
rs years old, who lived alone, was
found dead. His body was in the
front room q his home with a stove
lying on hiE head He had been suf-
fering with ,idney trouble and it is
supposed th It he fell in faint and
pulled the toYe over on him. His
watch and ,oney was found on his
person His body was found by rela'
tive who cane to look after him.
Fort Rler's Proeress.-A site has
been selec' d at Fort Riley for the
army balloon plant. An allotment OF
$4,000 was made by the war depart
ment a short time ego for the estab-
lishment OF this plant Work will be-
gin soon. The first balloon school of
the army was located at Fort Riley in
1898 and 1884. A site was also Sc
lected for p wireless telegraph sta
tion that viii be established at Fort
Riley in the spring to work with sta
lions that will be installed at Fort
Omaha and Fort LeaverwortE
Candidates Are Many.-Kansas Re
publcans are now talking of eight
men as candidates for governor next
year. They are: Grant Hornaday. Of
Fort Scott; w. r. Stubs, of Law
renee; Joseph Dolley, of Maple Hill;
A. c. Stitch, of Independence; w. H.
Haskell, of Smith county; c. l..
Davidson. of wichita; J. T. Bradley,
of Sedan; F. S. Jackson. of Eureka.
There are probably half dozen more
whose home newspapers or admirers
have given them a boost-but the lift
didn't go far enough to make state
talk of it.
Mo. Pac. Makes Money. Accord
ing to the annual report of the Mis-
souri, Pacific made to the state board
of railway commissioners the gross
earnings of the road last year were
S23,11G,3GG.35, and operating ex-
penses $16,447,96129 The income
from other sources amounted to
$4,000, 445.05 The passenger earn
ings per train mile were s7S7.G1, and
the freight earnings per mile were
s1.94710.
School Land Sharks Hit.-Judge ].
c. Ruppenthal. of the Cove county
district. has rendered decision in a
school land case which is the hard
est blow the school land spectators
have received for years. In the case
of the State against G. X. Spencer,
which has just been decided in Cove
county Judge Ruppenthaul gave the
state judgment against Spencer for
S1,230.5G. holding that a Spectator
can not dodge liability under his orig
inal certificate by buying out a new
purchaser of school land. Assistant
Attorney General John Dawson rep
resented the state in this case and
won every point for which he con-
tended.
Diphtheria in Canton. - There are
three cases of diphtherla in Canton
and one death has resulted from the
disease. The schools were closed and