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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-26

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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-26
First pub isl.ed Ia The Chanute Times
April 26, 1907
Notice to Contractors.

NOLlCo TO COnITdCLOrSs
The Tioga Township road Commit
tee will receive sealed bids at the
office of w, VI. Gray. secretary, until
lie % tn day OF May, 1907, for the
construction of a county road, com
menclng at Village Creek bridge or
section line that leads north from
Chanute, in thorough, complete
workmanlike manner, 5000 feet more
or less.
Contractors to furnish all material
ine to perform all labor in the con-
'truction of said road in accordance
with the plans and specific itions now
IN file IN the office of the secretary.
All bids must be accompanied by
certified check of five per cent Of tht
amount bid. Said road commission
reserves the right to reject any ano
Ill bids. ]. E. PLUMMER, Pres.
W. NJ. GRAY, Sec.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-26
EheC0rrect Time

Is sometimes q & matter nf great
Importance. A watch that doesn't
tell the correct time Il JUST IS bad ss
no watch at all. Ifyour wptch shows
40 incliuation to be ecceptrfcor nm
steady 10 its habits, bring IL 20 ne and
we will put IL In shape at q very rea-
s0nable cost.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-26
Bargains i'm Harness
New and Second
at the Spot Cash Har-
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20 s. Grant.
RELIABLE JEWELRY

Our superior array OF Jewelrv an
Watches makes selection easy. Every
thing is in perfect taste, and every
hing may be perfectly relied upon.
We sell nothing we don't know all
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know about everything you ask to see.
CONKLIN. the Jeweler.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-04-26
Locals.

Prot. Hoskius was N Lawrence, las'
week.
Miss Florence Blessing Sundayed al
home.
Miss limo Rawlings Is still quite
sick.
Mrs. Cyrus Ruff is visiting In Ok
iahoma.
Mr.. Kirkpatrick OF South Central
Is sick
S. netting good to eat always on
tap at the Oxford.
Roy VanOrman spent Sunday
among home folks.
Frank Cain came down from Topeka
Saturday to see his wife.
liz you want bowl Of genuine chill
call at the New Oxford.
j.. j. Hurt and Rev. Pulliam were
at Independence Tuesday.
1. f. Romberger is erecting the
soldiers uOnuIIlcuU du III
Senator f. M, Robertson was in
Cbanute the first of the week.
\ Miss Lotus Tanner visited home
folks at Erie, Sunday.
Pure partridge cochin eggs for sale
Mrs. W. T. Brown.
Mrs. H. r. Thompson is visiting
her Iareuts at Garleld.
Mr.. AMI Mrs. Tom Cronin spent
Sunda, a Chanute.
Vincent Stone has returned from
his California trip wearing crutch'
Miss Emma Brown of Kansas City
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Carrie
Brooks.
Mrs. Ella Morris of Thayer visited
her daugher Mrs. B. L. Lefertiller.
this week.
John Roe and Y ung son went
down to Erie, last Saturday to see
grandpa.
The motto of the Oxford Is not how
little but how much can be given f0l
the money.
Mrs w. c. Tomlinson went down t.
carlton, Tuesday, to visit her par
/ is.
H.L. Tippie and Miss Nell Harmon
Of Rose were married in lola, lasl
Sunday.
Mrs T. NJ. Dawdy has recently re
turned from visit with her daughter
In Baldwin.
Mrs. Alice Wicker of Cherryvale,
Sundayed with her daughter. Mrs
Art bur Cooper,
andrs. Joe Geist and Mrs. l.. A.
Sall of Thayer attended the 5. s.
convention, last week.
Mr.. I'd Mrs. DR.. C. E. Gragg went
dIwn 10 Parsons today to attend the
10. O. F. anniversary.
Editor Hudson of the Fredo lia d ,ilv
was doing the newspaper Offices of
Chanute, Tuesday.
Miss Nettie Dew, y his been absent
from the post Office for some time OF
aocouat of sickness.
Another big gas well has been
brought in on the A. NJ. Anderson
farm west Of Chsnute.
Mr.. J.C. o. Morse Of Wichita has
been appointed receiver OF the Uncle
sam Co. He is under bond Of $4,000
The good roads commission Of this
locality will proceed, soon, to extend
gravellng on the road'north of town
and then on the east.
Mr.. John Pratt has received orders
to prepare specifications and advertise
for bids for several more buildings Tor
che Gu anute cement plant.
We pride ourselves on having the
best line Of farming tools ever brought
to Chanute and at the right prices
Heminger & Montague, 3Ol-3O3 E.
Main.
Lloyd Gray, though working in
dependence. spends mis- Sundays 10
Clanute. 1t must be that he thinks
great deal of hisold boarding place,
here.
Musi O zee Red is now working out
Mine, "a the streets. Red has been
IA hard luck ever since he struck the
s ate. Later-He skipped.
Mrs. Bangert and three daughters,
Mrs. Greve, Mrs, Howard and Mrs.
Brinkmyer went to Wichita, Monday,
to attend the funeral OF W. F. Ban
CERT.
j. B. Hilford, district manager here
of the Standard OIL Co. has been
transferred to Caney district. Cha
mute will be sorry TO lose Mr.. Hilford
and family.
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Furs, Furs

The highest price paid for furs Of all
kinds. will he found at No. 5l7 N,
Highland or in room over Citizens
State bank. H. FREwERT.
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a sediment or set
tlingin dicatesan
unhealthy con
dition of the kid.
neys; if it stains
your linen it is
evidence of kid
ney trouble; too
frequent desire
to pass it or pain
in the back is
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-02

wiped out of existence, not trace re-
manning of either Hmepiece or bricks
Bank Notes Swept Away
From the desks of the paying teller
and receiving teller the conclusion
and consequent rush of air swept at
least SIC, 900 in bank notes The clerks
and officials there, as well as those in
the collateral department, forgot their
injuries, heroically, and went to work
at once to rescue the money and Sc
curities- 1t was reported that two
certified checksepne for $4,000 and
the other for stir1 larger sum-were
missing 1t was not known whether
they were destroyed. blown out of the
building, or stolen in the excitement
So terrific was <he force OF the ex-
plosion that the dead cashiers watch,
a heavy, gold hunting-case timepiece.
was bent from its fat shape into the
form of horseshoe A fiat. mashed
piece of gold found upon the floor
near where the bomb was thrown was
identified as a ring he had worn
Whole Buiidina Shaken
An high up as the fifth floor of the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-02
BOY WAS SOMEWHAT MIXED.
Had Wrong idea of the Sound to Be
Removed.

Deacon Allen Sheldon, who recently
passed away, was universally respect
ed by all who knew him, and his
stories were listened to with much de-
light, says a writer in the Boston
Herald. He used to tell the following
with a great deal of interest:
When very small boy he asked his
father to let him go with him to the
town meeting. He went, with the
promise that when he returned he
would tell the folks what happened
In those days the church was sup
ported by tax on every property
holder. Whatever of interest came up
for the church had to be voted on at
the town meeting.
The pastor being feeble and his
voice not strong, an article in the
town warrant called for the removal
of the sounding board from over the
pastors head, since it acted as an ex-
tinguisher, and not as originally
planned. When Allen returned he
told his mother about the sounding
board, and said:
MIR. F'lagg got up and said, in his
squeaky voice: Mr.. Moderator,
make a motion that we remove the
sound from under the board"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-02

In real or supposed imitation of col
iege youths, still more youthful stu
dents in high schools and preparatory
schools have adopted strange head
gears. Instead of the modest boyish
cap and the neat soft or stiff felt hat
for dress up some fantastic boys
have topped themselves with SLOUGH
hats, variously distorted in the shape
of the brims, and even decorated with
markings and devices. The principal
of one high school has asked the boys
to cast off the crazy head-coverings.
The matter of decency and simplicity
of dress is really important. The boy
who deliberately wears something
that draws attention to himself may
be pardoned by oneone with humor
enough to understand boyish folly.
Nevertheless. the habit of unobtrus-
i've dress is a good one to cultivate
early.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-02
Bomb Thrower an Iowa Man.

Robert Steele, who undoubtedly is
the bomb thrower who wrecked the
Fourth Street National bank in Phila-
delphia, left Garner, Ia, six years ago
with his wife and two children, going
to Chicago where he secured employ
ment From there he went east and
while he did not correspond with per-
sons in Garner it was learned there
that he had located in Philadelphia.
While in Garner he ran harvesting
machine shop in which he was not
overly successful in securing work.
He was of a morose. respondent, retir-
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building desk in an of1fce directly
over the bank was completely upset
and the employees panic-stricken- A
medley of bells sounded all through
the building as telephone bells in each
office began to tinkle under the vibra-
lion of the building and chimes sound
ID on every side. The news stand in
front of the bank was mixed up as
badly as though it had been turned
upside down. Papers, books and mag
azines were scattered everywhere
1t was an hour before anything like
order was restored. Some of the bank
officials and clerks actually did not
know they were injured until friends
or strangers pointed out their wounds
The banks telephone system was
thrown out of order by the explosion
and the attaches ran all aver the
neighborhood, bloody and disarrayed,
seeking phones over which they could
let their families know that they were
safe
Eugene McIlhone, secretary to the
second vice president, who was caught
almost in the center of tae explosions
radius, recovered consciousness before
aid reached him, and then walked
about for five minutes, dazed and help
less, before ne discovered UnaI the IN
dex finger of his right hand had been
blown completely off.
Crowds numbering thousands gath
cred in Fourth street, in front of the
building; in Harmony street, to the
south of it, and in Orianna street, up
on which the rear windows face.
Along both these latter streets ghast-
ly relics abounded. In Orianna street
were fragments of glass and wood to
which particles of flesh adhered Har-
mony street was Uttered from curb to
curb with glass and wood, with here
and there bit of brass from the
grillwork Some of the ultra-morbid
took away in their pockets some bits
of the debris as souvenirs.
All afternoon and evening the Bull
list building was visited by the
crowds. At night the police were still
in charge of the bank. The officials
were there, too, going over accounts
to see that the money and securities
were intact. Outside of the two certi-
fed checks reported missing. it was
said, unoficially, that everything had
been found.
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the nitroglycerinss force was hurled
Eat upon the Moor, many beneath
crashing. cutting showers of heavy
glass from the skylfghts and parti-
lions, some beneath the desks at
which they had been sitting second
before.
Not only from the banks quarters,
but from ali over the building came
cries OF terror and shouts of warning.
Men and women raced out through
both of the big doorways into Fourth
street, some fleeing for blocks in their
fright. Pedestrians stopped in amaze
ment as they heard the great boom"
and saw rugitives with bloody faces
and hands pouring from the building
In the terrific explosion both Nc
Lear and she bomb-thrower were in
stantiy killed A negro messenger
named Wi.iam Crump, who was try
ing to eject the Stranger, had both his
eyes blown out and was fatally in
jured- A dozen or more employees and
patrons were severely hurt and the
entire 6rst 2oor of the bank was
wrecked.
The cashiers body was torn limb
from limb. Both legs were blown off.
one arm was blown from it's shoulder;
OF the hoInb-thrower so little was
left that a waste hkssket contained all
that was later taken to the morgue.
He was literally shattered to atoms.
The only thing that remained intact
about his body or his clothing was a
little brass name plate attached to a
bunch of keys, which was found near
a strip of blue cloth that had been
part of his trousers. The words r..
Steele, Garner, a." were Inscribed
upon the plate. Through this clew it
was discovered that the man was Rob-
ert Steele, who had left the Iowa town
six years ago for the east, and had
presumably been living with a wife
and three children somewhere in this
city then. His identity would probably
never have been known for the little
brass plate
President Rushton, whom the
stranger had left only half a minute
before throwing the bomb, escaped
SESSIONS injuries, but had several small
cuts on his face and hands. First Vice
President Edward F. Shanbacker,
though only few feet away, was I'M
scathed. Second Vice President B. M.
FAIRIES, whose desk is mere step
frcw the cashiers, probably escaped
death only through having been i'll
and having stayed at home
The explosions force swept through
every department of the bank and
wrought havoc as it went. In the col
lateral department, not far away from
where the bomb was thrown, 100000
worth of valuable securities were
blown from the desks and trays and
were scattered in a twisted. torn mass.
Just outside the waiting room,
which is in the same section Of the
bank, a massive brick fireplace, sur
mounted by a large marble clock, was
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-02
Incomnetcnt Wixes.
H. S. GIvLER. Pub


There is no greater injustice that
can be inflicted upon girl than for
mother to allow a daughter to enter
womanhood or wifehood without
practical knowledge of a household
and it's requirements. 1t matters not
how easy her life may be made for
her, how everything may be provided
for her by generous parents when she
begins her new career, nor how many
servants she may have at her call,
woman is cruelty Handicapped who
comes to her own home without an
intelligent conception of it's manage
ment. 1t is a popular thing in certain
smart SETS to scott at the utility OF
housekeeping, but nothing more sure
ly stamps the intellectual caliber of a
girl than an indulgence in such feath-
er-brained commonplaces. The girl
who believes she becomes fashionable
by being untrue to the best instincts
of her sex is the girl who some day
wakes up to wonder why other wo-
men are so happily married, and she
still retains her single blessedness.
Wealth does not lessen the necessity
of a knowledge of home-making and
housekeeping on the part of the girl,
says New York Weekly. The largest
retinue of servants requires head,
and an intelligent one, just as the
largest business requires master;
and servants, whether in home or in
an office, are quick to discover inca
pacity and take advantage of it. The
woman who comes closest to the solu-
ton of the servant-girl problem is the
woman whom her servants know is
as capable of doing their work as they
are themselves. Servants of any kind
work best and only under direction,
and proper direction requires knowl-
edge. No study is more vital to
girl than this. Many a girl after mar
riage has wished that she knew more
about cooking. The strongest love Of
q husband for a wife is not a safe
guard for the discomfort which is sure
TO enter a home where the wife be-
If the husband be the master of his
business, he expects his wife to be
the mistress of her home. Writers
and public speakers have done much
harm in referring to cooking as
homely art; on the contrary, no prac-
teal art exists which is more grace
full. A woman who fills her home in
true applause, worthy at all of the
having, than the woman endowed
with any other quality.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-02

Menelik is a man of striking ap-
pearance. Capt Powell Cotton of the
British army found him sitting on
cushions on a dais, surrounded by
about 20 attendants. and he thus des-
cribes him: His is a very dark, but
not black face, marked by smallpox,
rather even but not very white teeth,
a short. grayish beard and whiskers.
a face that is full of strength and
shrewdness, quick in altering express
sion. and pleasant smile and hearty
laugh. His head was covered with
white muslin, drawn tight on the
skull. A fine rose-cGt diamond in the
left ear. a plain gypsy ring on the
right hand, white trousers, coat of
green and yellow striped silk, a black
satin cloak with gold braid and lined
with pink. was his costume"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-02

Philadelphia.-It was just 1I:4O
O'Clock, 20 minutes before closing time
at the Fourth National bank on the
morning of January 5, when a tall,
dark, unkempt stranger entered the
bank corridor from the north corridor
of the Bullitt building. Patrons of
the bank-not many in number, for
tunately-were passing in and out to
make deposits or drafts before noon
The clerks and tellers were busy to-
falling up their sheets for the day. The
officers We're hurrying to wind up their
business Scarcely anyone noticed
the newcomer.
He had on a dark blue suit of cloth
ing, those who. saw him remember,
ragged and shiny from age. He wore
black SLOUGH hat. He peered around,
hesitatingly, and then caught sight of
President Rushton standing near one
of the vaults. which were soon to be
closed He must have known Mr..
Rushton. for he did not ask anysne for
the president, but approached him and
spoke to him Immediately.
My name is G. E. Williams" he
said, land L live in the suburbs of
Philadelphia 1 want to know if you
can let me have a loan of $4,000
Mr.. Rushton saw that the man was
some sort of crank, and to get rid of
him, asked that he name his securi-
ties, which the president would ron
slider before making the locn. At the
same time, Mr. Rushton signaIled to
Crump. the Waterman, a splendidly
built big negro. who wore a gray uni
form and to the banks patrons, was
one of the most familiar figures about
the place.
AS the Waterman RESPONDED, Mr..
Rushton whispered: Get rid of this
fellow, won't you, Bob addressing
The colored man by the nickname
which the financial men of the dis
trict long ago applied to him. But the
intruder pressed up close to the presi-
dent again before Crump could reach
him.
Insurance Policy as Security.
MY secuTities-why, I've got a life
Insurance policy that runs out in i've
years" said the stranger His manner
was hesitating and he stammered
slightly iii show you some pictures
that are worth a lot of money, too"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1907-02-02

more than million homes. This
nnnzber rs Increasing eUe,y day.
Pevuua has beeome a AouseAold avo,1
all oUer the English speaking zOorlA.
1t is an old tried remedy for all ca
tarz.haL diseases Of the head, throat,
lungs, stomach, kidneys, BLADDER and
female organs.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907.
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HAVOC BY EXPLOSION.

The Fourth National is the
wealthiest rational bank in Phil
adelphia.
President Rushton is the head
of the Philadelphia Clearing
House association.
Steele, the bombthrower, is
known in Chicago as an anarchist.
When the demand for money
was refused Steele dropped the
bomb at the feet of himself and
the cashier.
Both the cashier and the bomb
thrower were blown to pieces and
scattered over the bank.
The interior of the bank was
wrecked and money and blood
blown even out the windows.
The police reserves and firemen
were called to prevent footing.
Panic reigned throughout the
eight-story structure and in the
vicinity of the bank.
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ing disposition, mixing little with peo-
pie generally.
He believed the world owed him
living and in numerous letters writ
ten while he was in Garner said that
the United States owed him a 1iveli-
lcod and that he was going to collect
it though he was having difficulty in
doing so. Because of this attitude he
was considered by many to be men
tally deranged but was never looked
upon as q dangerous or desperate
man.
After giving up his machine shop he
peddled patent medicines for time
Steel was 35 years old He has a
brother, Charles Steele, living at
Klemme, Ia
Steele's widow and family live at
1870 North Ashland avenue, Chicago.
His father, now dead. was an active
Socialist