The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-05-22

roar like an exploding boiler, the big
stone burr of a corn grinder in fac
tory mill at Salina broke. Pieces of
the stone weighing thirty pounds
crashed through window two hun
dred feet away,
Can't Accept Mrs. PIumb's Gift
About year ago Mrs. Preston Is.
Plumb, widow of the late Senator
Plumb, donated $4,000 to the Emporia
school board to establish free library
in the Maynard school building, and it
was accepted by the board. Tho
board has asked to return the dona-
ton, as Attorney General Jackson had
advised them that they could not legal
ly accent the donation.
kansans Plan Ratifcation.-No mat
ter who is nominated by the Chicago
convention for president, the Repub
licans of Kansas have already planned
far big ratification meeting at EN-
poria June %. Upon the urgent re-
quest of Senators Curtis and Long
and Congressman Miller of Kansas,
Senator Dolliver of Iowa has con-
scented to attend the Emporia meeting
and deliver the chief ratification
speech.
No Effort to Comply With Law
Governor Hoch is beginning to get
results from the letters he sent out
to county attorneys including about
the enforcement of the fire escape
law and the replies indicate that there
is going to be a brisk business in fro
escapes and rope in Kansas withil'
the next few weeks. The Indications
are that there has never been any at
tempt made to conform with this law
which was passed in 1908. County
attorneys geenrally admit that there
has been negligence in their respect
i've counties They state that the Law
is not being enforced and that it has
never been generally obeyed. How
ever, they state that immediate steps
will be taken to see that it is obeyed.
All public buildings are required to
be furnished with adequate fire es-
capes and the law provides that in
hotels of a certain height each room
shall be provided with rope long
enough to reach OF the ground from
the windows. If the county attorneys
are vigorous in this matter the price
of rope may so up few notches.
To Buy for State IHstitutions.-The
contracts for all of the supplies for
all of the state charitable institutions
by the State Board of Control June
16, II and IS. The value Of these
contracts runs in the thousands OF
dollars. The contracts are for food
stuffs, wearing apparel, furniture,
uueensware, hardware and everything
that is needed for any of the state in
situations. Dried peaches will form
an important part of the diet of state
patients this fall. Eighteen thousand
50-pound boxes will be bought. The
Topeka state hospital will get 5000 of
these boxes. Prunes, which have
heretofore been Il staple in the insti-
tuition, have fallen from grace. The
board will buy only about $50 boxes
this year. Nearly 10000 pounds OF
rice will be purchased and about half
that many raisins. Sugar is big
item. The state hospital at Topeka
will get 10000 pounds, the Osawa-
tonne asylum will get $4,000 pounds.
Parsons hospital will get 10000 pounds
and the other institutions run on
down the scale. There will be 1880
plugs of chewing tobacco used at the
institutions during the next six months
and over $50 pounds of "Old Style
will go up in smoke. The amount Of
meats used or to be contracted for is
not fixed. The board simply contracts
with company to furnish meat to
the different institutions as 1t is need
ed.
Smashes $50 Cases of Beer.-Sheriff
Van Hook destroyed three hundred
stored in the Mitchell county court
house at Beloit for two years. The
persons who had the beer when the
raid was made claimed that 1t was
not their property and the case has
figured in nearly every term of the
court since, the parties finally landing
in Jail and the beer in the dump yard
The sheriff and hit assistants say that
judging from its appearance and the
effluvia arising therefrom that age
had improved its quality. From hence
forth Beloit may be placed on the dry
lisi.
Breaks Jail Under Storms Cover
During a heavy wind and rain storm
Clyde Reed. who was confined in jail
at Platte City. near Leavenworth,
awaiting trial for the sensational rob.
berry of the bank at Camden Point,
Mo-, made his escape through a win
dow. Reed possessed a key to his
shackles. These he unlocked and
locked them on the sheriff's horse to
prevent pursuit. The bank of Cam
den was robbed December % last and
81, 200 secured.
City Councilman KILLED.. L. Met