The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-26
X ANS AS ITEMS
SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

Postmasters' Association has been
changed to July 20 and 81, at Cha
nuate, Kan. The change was made
on account of foods and bad railroad
connections.
Baby browns in Stock Tank
The 14-months-old son of Mr.. and Mrs
A. Harold was drowned in a large
stock tank on the parents farm near
Hoxie. The child climbed upon the
side of the tank and, becoming unbal-
anced, fell into the water. He was
dead when taken from the water.
Calls for Bank Standardization
90. Royce, state bank commissioner,
has issued call for statements show
ing the condition of all state banks
in Kansas. The last previous call
was March 81. The call on ma
tional banks in Kansas was made a
month ago.
New Gym" for State Normal
The ground will be broken about
August 1 for the new $4,000 gymnas-
ium of the State Normal at Emporia.
The contract has not been let, but
the plans have been approved by the
board of regents. The building will
be POS feet long, &C and SS feet wide,
and four stories in height
Child Is Drowned in Tub.-While
the mother was hanging out the fam
lily washing, the child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. A. Lewis, seven miles west OIL
Temple, was drowned by falling into
a tub of water The mother hearn
no screams and did not know of the
accident till she returned to the
house. The child was dead when she
found it,
No Name Can Appear Twice.--Au-
torney General Fred S. Jackson has
handed down an opinion holding that
under the primary election law no
name can appear on the ballot more
than once. This opinion was ren.
dered in answer to an inquiry as to
whether or not a man could be
candidate for county or township
office and for precinct committeeman.
Under the new law a precinct COM
mitteeman is a public officer.
Killed by Lightning in Home.-Miss
Stella Dunton, a school teacher, aged
26, was killed by lightning in her
home five miles southwest of Leba-
non. Her mother, who was down.
stairs, was severely stunned. Miss
Dunton had Just received life GER
tifcate to teach and had been en-
gagged to conduct the Lincoln schools
of Concordia, Kas., as principal for
the coming year.
Eiahty-one New Doctors.-At the
recent examination held by the Kan.
sas medical board of registration and
examination in Kansas City, Kan, IS
per cent of the applicants for state
licenses were successful The men,
bers of the board are T. P. Hatfield,
president; r. A. Light Of Chanute,
secretary E. P. Packer, Usage City;
G.. L. Millington, Wellington; o. F..
Lewis, Girard; c. F. Raing, Con-
cordia; J. G. Johnson, Lakin. Eighty
one men passed the examination sue
cessfully.
Thread Trust Puts Down Price,
Because the thread trust was afraid
of Attorney General Fred Jackson
and his trust busting reputation the
State Board of Control bought thread
for the nine state charitable institu-
ions over ten cents a dozen spools
cheaper than it could six months ago.
At least this is the explanation made
to the board recently by several
representatives of wholesale houses.
They said that heretofore they had
been unable to make low bids be-
cause of the threat of the combine
that it would not furnish thread to
the wholesale houses. Six months
ago the board paid 81 cents a dozen
for thread 1t bought all it wanted
the other day at 40 cents.
She Commits suicide.-Mrs. w. H.
Miller, wife of a farmer living two
and a quarter miles south of Neal. 10
Greenwood county, committed suicide
by hanging. She left the house about
o'clock and when she did not re-
turn at 6 o'clock search was insti
tuted. Her body was found suspend.
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the barn. Worry caused by continued
i'll health is supposed to have prompt
ed the deed. Mrs. Miller was about
35 years old and leaves a husband
and one small child.
children's threats had been cut and
they had been stabbed in the heart,
and Mr. Goods body was cut in var
ious places. Circumstances indicated
that the children had died without a
struggle and probably never knew
what happened to them. Mr.. Goods
wife died May 20. and it is supposed
that grief over her loss and flnan-
cial troubles had unbalanced his
mind. He had been acting rather
strangely ever since her death and
had made several remarks which in
dicated a very Respondent frame of
mind. Tn children were Elsie, aged
9; Wesley, aged 4; and Ruth, aged
years.