The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review Of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
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to be known as a Woodman logroll-
ing which will be an inter-county af-
fair in conjunction with Wabaunsee
county. The date will be Septem-
Der 1918,
Varnish Barrel Explodes.-Aloysius
Thiel, 8 years old, was almost in
stantly killed at Leavenworth by the
explosion of an old varnish barrel to
which he applied a match. His head
was crushed and his body badly burn
ed in the fire which followed the ex-
plosion. The force of the explosion
was felt for several blocks.
Brakeman Shot by Trsmps.-When
Elmer Hevely of Argentine, Santa Fe
brakeman, attempted to put two
tramps off of his train because they
were stealing a ride near Lebo, he
was shot and seiously wounded He
was taken TO the Santa Fee hospital
in Topeka and is in critical con-
dition. The tramps have not been
caught.
A Cyclone in Pratt. - A cyclone
struck near Coats in that county,
blowing down barns and trees. 1t
raised and struck again three miles
east of Pratt and took everything
in its path. Large barns We're COM
pletely blown away and trees four
teen to sixteen inches thick were
blown down. A stretch about three
hundred yards wide and eight miles
long was devastated.
Carried War Messages.-AIrs. EN-
lily Haines Harrison, aged 81 years,
who was an early settler in Saline
county, died at the Bickerdyke some
in Ellsworth. She was nurse dur
ing the Civil war and frequently car
ried dispatches for the Union army.
| She settled in the late Cos on farm
near Culver, but was driven from it
during the Indian raid in which tho
settlers were driven from their
homes.
Examine McCormick.-The supreme
days on the application Of Attorney
General Jackson to secure evidence
| to be used in the custer suit against
| the alleged harvester trust brought
under the state antitrust laws. At
| torney General Jackson desires to Sc
secure testimony of Cyrus McCor-
mick, head of the International Har-
| vester company. So far he has been
unable but expects to succeed before
the extension of time has expired.
Mrs. c. A. Stannard Dead. Mrs.
Clarah Stannard, wife of State Sena-
tor c. A. Stannard, died at the Stan
nard home Sunny Slope, three miles
northwest of Emporia. Mrs. Stan
nard had been i'll for two weeks with
typhoid fever. She was born in Corn
wall, England, August 81, 1865, and
came TO America with her parents
when a child. She was married TO
Mr. Stannard November -, 1889. il
Dickinson county, Kansas. Besides
her husband she leaves two daugh.
ters, Faye, Is years old, and Nay, y.
A son, James, died last October. The
funeral was held Sunday.
Company Gets Reduction. - Tho
state tax commission authorized a re-
duction from S3022S1 TO $241,S25 in
the assessed valuation OF the Kansas
end of the LeavenwOrth bridge across
| The Missouri river, which bridge is
leased by the Great Western railway.
The bridge is owned by the Leaven-
worth Terminal & Bridge company, n
local organization. and il is claimed
that the property does not pay large
revenue. The company was able. Ia
make such strong showing that the
tax commission decided that the local
assessors had fixed the value q little
too high. Last year the property was
assessed eat $4,000.
Trail Of chinaman.-The six China
men found sealed in q hoX car by q
brakeman at Herington, Kan. were
taken to Topeka by Sheriff Favor OF
Dickinson county for trial before Unit
ed States Commissioner Williams
Louis Adams will take the ChinameT
TO San Francisco in case = deporta
ton order is issued II is charged
the men were sealed in car anC
sent over the border from Mexico.
Drowned in Smoky River.-WilliaN
A. Hinze. aged 81 years. Of Milwaukee
was drowned at Eenterprise while
bathing in the Smoky river He was
an insurance man and was here witt
three other men appraising.
Has Built a Dyke.-The Bowersocl
Mill and Power company of Lawrence
is taking precautionary measures Il
prevent as far as possible loss by higl
water 1t has built n concrete DYKE
extending from the bridge pier oil
the south end of the Kaw river bridge
to the northwest corner OF the mil
building. This dyke is seven feet higI
and one foot in thickness and jus
tops the high water mark OF the foo'
Of last spring. An eighteen inch al
ditional height also has been Givei
TO the round-head at the north enc
of the food sates.
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