The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-17
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SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

Boy Killed While Hunting.-Char
les Oatman, about 16 years of age
was shot and instantly killed near
Seneca while out hunting with his
father. The entire charge from a
shotgun pierced his heart
Killing Was Justified. - Frank VI
rich, of Leavenworth, was justifiable
in his action in shooting his step
father, julius Ehman, on the twenty
eighth day of December last, &C
cording to the verdict of the coron'
er's jury in the second inquest.
Kansas Has Biggest Bible Class
Kansas, the state of big things, now
comes forward and claims to have
the biggest Bible class in the world
The class is located at Parsons, has
membership of SOL and is taught by
the Rev. ]. M. Kersey, of the Chris
tian church of that city.
Flour For Manila. - A Junction
City milling firm has received con-
tract from the quartermaster at Kan
sas City for the immediate shipment
of 250,O0 pounds of their -four to
the Philippine Islands. This is the
first shipment of Kansas flour that
has ever been sent to the islands by
the government. The contract will
fill ten ordinary cars.
Emmett Dalton to Keep His Arm.
Emmett Dalton, who was paroled
from the penitentiary, where he was
serving a life sentence for partici-
pating in the robbery of Coffeyville
banks with the Dalton gang, under
went second operation for his In
iured arm at Bethena hospital, in
Topeka. The doctors think that the
arm can now be saved and that dan
ger of amputation is past.
For Selling Whisky. - L. ]. Haw-
kins, of Chanute, was fined $1,000
and given a Jail sentence of $50 days
by Judge C. S. Nation upon the
charge of violating the state prohi-
bitory law. Only three of the four
cases against him were tried. Haw-
kins will appeal to the supreme
court.
Baby Born In a PulIman.-A little
girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs. ]. d.
Harvey in the Pullman car of the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe pas
senger train No. s as the train was
pulling into Topeka. The parents of
thel little girl are prosperous resi-
dents of Chicago and were en- route
from San Francisco to that city.
They named the child Santa Fe.'
Seven Thousand Tons of Sugar. -
Something of the sweetening influ-
ence of the Arkansas valley in Kan
sas Is shown by the total output of
sugar by the Garden City factory this
season. Since the beginning of the
campaign in September the factory
has produced $4,000 bags of sugar.
Each bag contains a hundred weight
of sugar, making a total of 14,S00,OOO
pounds of sweetness, or in large de-
nominations 7,400 tons.
To Reclaim Kansas Land. - Con-
gresham Madison has got the recla-
nation service interested in another
proposed irrigation project for
Southwestern Kansas. There is a
great natural basin near the Finney-
Haskell county line just south OF Ar
kansas river, which at a compari-
lively small cost, can be transferred
into lake to iriigate thousands OF
acres of fertile land east OF the basin.
Madison has called the attention of
the reclamation officers to 1t and
they have promised to send an ex-
pert out to make a technical investi-
CATION. If the expert finds it feasa-
BILE scheme the government will like
ly take hold of the matter.
Murder Cases on Docket. - Chero-
kee county district court is in ses-
sion at Columbus. There are three
murder cases on the docket, the most
important of which is the case of the
state against Oscar Hudson, charged
with the murder of Charles Zegra
while he, Hudson, was city marshal
of Mineral last July
Edwards For Wichita Postoffice.-
CONGRESSMAN Victor Mur1ock has
recommended the appointment of w.
c. Edwards as postmaster Of Wich-
tia, the position held by Col. Mar
dock. Mr.. Edwards is formerly of
Larned, at one time was a candidate
for congress in the Seventh district.
He is now a director of the Kansas
City. Mexico & Orient Railway.
Donates Mule to Wesleyan.-Chas.
Tanner, of Salina, has given to the
Kansas Wesleyan University. located
in Salina, the best mule in his barn,
valued at probably 5000. The animal
will be sold at public auction on the
street on January 25th. and as the
-,grftad opaAn1 tho