The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-05-08


of her grandfather A. J. Whales at
La Cygne.
Dies in a Doctors Chair.-Mrs. c. l..
Coveil, wife of the superintendent or
the city water and electric light plant
at Wellington, died very suddenly in a
doctors office. She had undergone a
slight operation for the relief of throat
trouble, and while sitting in a chair
was taken with a convulsion and died
almost instantly.
Prairie Company Files Statement
The Prairie Gas and Oil Company has
filed with Auditor Trap it's statement
of taxable property in the state, SHOW
ing total of $14,666,04S.53 1t is dis
tributed by counties as follows; Creek,
$1,51S,O33S7; Muskogee, S1O9,O37.2O;
Nowata, $226,3O734; Okmulgee, $780,
4O44O; Usage, $725,S15.91 Pawnee,
$96,4S1.74; Tulsa. $3,iSS, 1891; Wash
ington, $7,G93,549.65. The company a
few weeks ago forecasted its total at
about $S000,00O, but the full returns
brings it up to almost twice that
figure.
Report on County Jaiis.-Seventy-
six counties have reported TO Governor
Hoch regarding county quarterly jail
inspections by the district judge and
county attorney. OF that number, 70
counties have made at least one in
spection and As have no record OF in
designations. Three counties say they
have no jails, and the Ness county
Jail reported as unfit, unsanitary and
unsafe, and has insufficient fire pro-
lection" The governor says that Ii"
would probably send another letter
to the county clerks asking them to
send copies of the reports that have
been made so as to ascertain Just
what conditions the jails are now in. .
Few Die From Smallpox.-Despite
the fact that 697 cases of smallpox
were reported from the dieffrent coun-
ty health officers in Kansas to the
state board of health for last month,
as against 273 cases for the same Pc
riod in 1907, but two deaths are re-
corded. There were probably more
than 1000 cases of smallpox In the
state. A third or more OF the cases
are usually not reported. Not one
fourth as many cases of measles are
reported for March of this year as
against the same month last year In
March. 1907, total of 1856 cases
were recorded; this year but 3Sl.
h, oil
being recorded for March of last year.
and five this year. Scarlet fever got
a big lead again this year, 2O6 csaes
being recorded for March, with but 81
for March of 1907. Again the mortality
is low, six deaths this year, and three
last year. Diphthcria, one of the
dreaded diseases, is on the decrease,
81 cases being reported for March OF
this year, and 106 for the same period
last year. Last year there were IL
deaths, this year I. Almost double the
number of typhoid fever cases appear
So for March of this year. and 20 last
year. tuberculosis has also in
creased considerably, 119 cases In
March of this year, and 76 last year.
Here the mortality list shows very
strong. Seventy-two deaths were re-
ported for last March. and So for the
same time in 1907. Six contagious
and infectious diseases are reported
in Kansas, tuberculosis. typhoid fever,
diphtheria, scarlet fever, smallpox
and measles For March of this year
1,542 cases altogether were reported.
Out of this number but LOG deaths
were reported. and the deaths from
tuberculosis represent more than one
half of the per cent ON the mortality.
Kansas City, Kas., reported 20 cases
of tuberculosis and 10 deaths there
from. The Wyandotte county seat al
so led in smallpox, having AZ cases
and no deaths. Topeka led In scar
let fever with % cases and no deaths
Hiawatha Woman Burned to Death.
Mrs. w. c. Margrave, aged 81. wife
of the president of the w. A. Mar
grave company, went to the chicken
house on the ranch, ~ miles north
of Hiawatha, to look after some young
chickens which were in brooder. The
lamp of the brooder exploded and the
oil from. it and from the lantern she
was carrying flew over her cloths. She
was so badly burned that she died.
To Ventilate Kansas House.-The
state executive council has advertised
for bids directing the expenditure of
$500, directed by the legislature. to
change the heating and ventilating
systems of the house Of representa-
tirs and to redecorate and fresco the
served on city councils. 1t appears
jobs at the legislative sessions. The
holders of these places have been
facetiously known as "superintendents
of ventilation" On the payroll they
were assistant sergeants-at-arms.
Their work consisted of being on duty
with long hooked pole. to open and
lower windows at the beck and call