The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-28

| uoI SCitSutS Vi tlle call anu UOJ seal
Ing wax We're thrown into her face
and eyes and she may lose her eye
sight.
Ate Ice Cream and Died-The s.
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
| Margaret of Holton, died suddenly
after eating two dishes of ice cream.
The child was i'll only twenty min
utes. Investigation showed that there
was no poison in the ice cream, and
the physicians are at loss to know
| the cause of death
Shoots Wife for Burelar.-AIistak-
ing his wife, who had got up to close
window, for a burglar, George Par
ker OF Harper shot her dead. The bull.
let severed the jugular vein. Mrs.
Farker, hearing rain, had gotten I'D
10 close the window. Her husband
awakened by the noise of the falling
window, called, and getting no an.
swer, fired.
Killed by AcetyIene Explosion
Oharles Williams, of Wichita, was
Killed by the explosion of an acety-
lene gas machine which he was re-
charging. He lighted a match while
working with the plant. The explo.
Sion was terrific, partially wrecking
the house and stratling the entire
neighborhood. Williamss skull was
broken wide open.
Whltlow Held on Perjury Charge
Samuel F. Whitlow of lola, was held
for trial in the district court on the
charge of perjury in connection with
testimony he gave at the two coron-
er's inquests inquiring into the death
OF May Sapp last September. His
case VIII be called at the September
term of court He save bond in the
sum of $500 for his appearance at
that time.
Kansas Boy Arrested in Germany
An Illustration of the strict method
pursued by the German government
was given few weeks ago when
Adolph Fahnauer, Leavenworth boy
who went to visit relatives in a small
town near Berlin, was arrested the
moment he alighted from the train.
He is charged with being a native OF
Germany, and with having left tina.
country without serving the prescrib-
ed three years in the army.
He Wants $4,000 Damages. R.
Roberts, of Altamont, has brought
suit against the Missouri Pacific rail
way for $4,000 personal damages
sustained while travelling on the Mis-
souri, Pacific in Wilson county. The
alleged injury was received at La
Fountaine, where Roberts says he was
thrown to the depot platform. Rob
erts was candidate for congressman
on the prohibition ticket two years |
ago and this year ran for state sena-
tor on the same ticket.
Draws on Banks for $4fo,5S4.-State
Auditor Nation has made an estimate !
of the amount of money needed for
state expenses for the coming month |
and drafts were mailed out to the !
banks for collection. The total draw |
is S4l0,5S4, which is 45 per cent OF |
the total amount belonging to the
state on hand in the different coun,
ties The total amount on hand is
SS33,693. There has not been draw"
since April II, when the total was
S2S5.164. The fees from the different
departments which have been turned .
into the general fund since that time
have been sufficient to meet all ex-
penses. The insurance department
turned in a total of $230,065 and the
fees from all other departments for
the year amounted to $203,O24.
Otto StalIard Granted ParoIe.-Otto
Stallard, the Sedan, Kansas, banker
has been paroled. 1t was decided to
publish the fact of his application for
one month in Chautauqua county. Not
a single protest was sent in. Stallard
used the banks funds to speculate
After his defalcation was discovered
he managed to pay back considerable
of the shortage and stated that he
Intended to pay it all back and only
wanted few years to do it in.
One Vote Makes Them Candidates.
The clerk of Atchison county re-
Gently wrote a letter TO Attorney
General Jackson asking IL the law re-
CURED the names of persons who re-
ceiped only one vote in the recent
primary election TO be printed on the
official pallot. Mr.. Jacksons reply
10 the letter was received by the clerk
a few days ago. The attorney general /
said that the law makes no provi-
sions that would keep the names of
such candidates off the official bal
lot. 1T may be joke, as the NOM
nation of many candidates is wrote
Mr.. Jackson, but the people have
spoken and their voice is Supreme {
md must be respected"
Girl Drowned While Wading.-Edith
Elder. the 15-year-old daughter of Mr..
md Mrs. John Elder Of Lincolnville, {
vas drowned in Spring river while $
Il.