The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-10
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SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

from the railway bridge over the Ar
kansas river at Arkansas City and
was drowned. Sage was catching drift
to save the bridge. His home is in
| Blackwell, Okla.
Convict Leaps From Train.-Frank
| Stevens, a federal convict under sen
| tence of three years. Imprisonment
| for postoffice robbery in North Da
kota, destined to the United States
| prison at Leavenworth, leaped from
| rapidly moving train near Alma, Ia.
and escaped. He was recaptured la
ter and was delivered to the prison.
"Vnegar" Must Be Pure Article
The new ruling of the Kansas state
board of health that all vinegar, label
ed just vinegar" must be the pure
cider product, and all adulterated or
| colored vinegar must be so designated,
went into effect July /. A heavy pen
| atty under the food and drugs act is
| provided.
Traction Engine Blows Up.-Ry the
| explosion of the engine of a treshing
outfit belonging to Jesse Davis of
| Dalton an hour after it had been fired
| up for work on the farm of Nathan
Lawler, mile and half south of
Belle PLANE, Davis was fatally hurt
and five others painfully but not dan
gerously injured.
Killed by Fire Waeon.-As the re.
suit of collision at Arkansas City Of
Fire Chief SCOTS wagon with a car
riage containing Fred Bower, local
merchant, and his family, Mrs. Bow
err is dead Bowers buggy was
smashed and the fire chiefs horse
plunged into it. Mrs. Bower was ill.,
jured internally, and died twenty min
utes after the collision.
Kansas G. A. r. Reunion Dates
Revised dates for the following Grand
Army reunions have been given out
at department headquarters as fol
lows: Douglas, July 20 to "a; Pitts
burg, July q to August l; El Dorado,
July rs to 81 Havensville, July 20 TO
81; Dodge City, August 10 to Is:
Cherryvale, August II to %; Winfield,
August "a to %; Arkansas City, Sep
TENDER to H. Sedan, September -
to IS.
Found Dead in Public Highway
The dead body of Fred Neiman, a
farmer, II miles southwest of Garnet,
was found by the roadside in front of
a neighbours home. He had shot him
self with shotgun and a note was
found on his person telling his inten'
ton to commit suicide. He leaves Il
wife and one child. Around his farm
near there where he died his neigh
bors think he became respondent ovef
some recent land deals.
Strike Ended After Four Years
peka for four years has been called
Off Word has been received that the
boilermakers' strike. which was called
at the same time as the machinists'
strike, four years ago, about the first |
of May, has been abandoned by the
boilermakers. This means that the
boilermakers who are out and who
desire are no longer prevented by the
union from working for the Santa Fe !
company.
Went to Sleep on Track.-Reynold |
n. DOMAIN, foreman of the bridge |
and buildings department on the I'm
ion Pacific, and nephew of Division
Engineer c. G. Austin, was killed |
about three miles west of Manhattan
He was working with his men when
he went to flag passenger train No
104. He had been feeling badly all
morning, having been up the night be.
fore on duty, and had remarked that !
he would come on the train to Man
haitian, when he would get treatment.
While waiting on a curve for the train,
he sat down on the track and went to
s:1ep. The train struck him, killing
HIN instantly, and his body was
picked up fifty feet from the track.
Struck by Stray BuIlet.-John Wal
lace, well known young man living
in Key West township, near Burling
ton, was struck by a stray rife bull
let while at work at binder. The
bullet shattered the upper jaw bone, |
knocked out an upper tooth and
broke some lower ones. The bullet |
was evidently fired from a 5000 high |
power rife. There is no clue as to
who fired it. Several people in that
vicinity have had narrow escapes |
from serious injury by stray bullets |
but no one has ever been caught.
Child Burned to Death.-The little
2-year-old son of Ernest Hedrick of |
Clements was burned so seriously |
that he died. A 5-year-old brother |
and baby were playing in the yard
and the older one set fire to some
hay. In his pay Clifford, the younger,
got too near the fire and his clothing |
was ignited. Mrs. Hedrick heard his
screams and rushed out, but the little
fellow was a mass of flames before |
she could reach him and as she had
nothing to fight them with. she caught |
him in her arms and smothered them |
out with her own clothing. She was