The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-05-15

Lightning Kills Five Horses.-A
farmer named Smith, living in Saline
county, hac five horses killed during
an electrical storm. Another horse in
the bunch had both it's eyes burned
out, but apparently was otherwise un
injured.
Tucker Case viii Cost $7,0o0.-The
Tucker trial cost about $1,000. This
includes the court costs, fees of wit
nesses, the cost of three grand 1uries'
the serving of subpoenas and the sala'
ries of government employees who Obs
tanned the evidence.
Woodmen to Meet in SaIina.-Mod-
ern Woodmen of America state camp
in session at Winfield. elected VIII
liam H. Glenn of Greeley county. state
consul and C. F. Lauderbach OF Fort
Scott state clerk. Salina was selected
by a vote of 161 to GO as the place
for holding the next state camp IN
1911.
To Decide on Sunday BASEBALL
The supreme court will have chance
to decide whether baseball playing on
Sunday in Kansas is an offense IN
the eyes of the law. Ernest Prather
was convicted of playing ball on sun
day in Olathe by the Johnson county
district court and has appealed to the
Kansas supreme court.
MANY convlcts From Oklahoma
A batch of SO prisoners was brought
to the Kansas penitentiary from Ok
Iahoma the other day. Nearly all OF
them were young, one-third under IL
wears old. With the new arrivals the
number of convicts confined is 1,2Il'
the largest in the history of the peni-
Tertiary. OF these 821 are from Kan
sas and $50 from Oklahoma.
Jail and Fine for Lid-Lifterss-E. E.
Shoaf. L. E. Barber and j. A. Jefrles
of Topeka we're sentenced by Judge
llama of the Shawnee county district
court for selling liquor in violation OF
the prohibitory law. Shoafs fine Is
$500 and 27O days in jail. and Barber
and Jeffries were both fined $500 each
and $50 days in jail. There we're "
counts against the three.
To Enforce Fire Escape Law
Governor Hoch has mailed a letter OF
inquiry to every county attorney IN
Kansas to determining whether the law
of 1908. compelling the erection of fire
escapes on all public buildings ana
hotels is being obeyed. He asks that
thew at once reply to him, and II the
law is neglected. whether steps VIII
he taken at once to compel comptl'
ance.
The Rock island Is Sued.-A suit
for the recovery of $t2,222,S2 damages
has been flied in the Office Of the dis
trict clerk at Wellington. Mrs lola
sburlow is the plaintiff and the Rock
Island Railway Company are defend
ants. Mr. Shurlow, it will be remem'
bered, was recently killed in a rail-
road accident in Colorado.
coneordia to Save Money.-The city
has entered into a contract with the
Concordia Electric Light Company to
do its pumping by electricity and will
therefore find 1t necessary to spend
$4,000 less for waterworks improve
ments than was expected at the recent
election, when $4,000 water improve
ment bonds were voted.
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! and senators, and female suffrage. II
commends Attorney General Jackson
and C. w. Trickett.
Sees Brewery Wreck Ahead.-Attor-
ney General Jackson sees a big wreck
ahead for any brewery company that
may plan to establish drug stores in
Kansas. A rumor to this effect has
been current for some time. "The
brewery companies are enjoined from
owning anything in Kansas. or selling
liquor here" he said recently. That
would settle all their ambitions in a
! mighty Sig hurry" y