The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-11-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS
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X. U. Student nJured.-Charles
Morris of Lawrence, was kicked in
the face by a horse and sixteen
stitches were required to sew up the
wound. The young mans cheek was
laid bare by the kick. Morris is at.
tending school at the university.
Acquitted of Forgery Charge.-O
B. Elliott was acquitted of the charge
Of forgery in the district court at
Concordia. He was accused of realiz-
ing on forged note at the Drovers
State bank at Miltonville, and after a
years hiding came back and was ar
rested.
Wine In Sewer.-Fifteen barrels OF
wine, confiscated about six weeks ago
from Franz Epp, who resided north
Of Burton, and who is now serving
Jail sentence for selling intoxicat'
ing liquors, were dumped into the
sewer at Newton by Sheriff Blanpied
The occasion attracted quite crowd
to the Jail.
Viper In Topeka CelIar.-A viper
supposed to be found only in the
Orient, five feet in length and two
and a half inches in thickness, was
found in a cellar of Thomas Ebey in
Topeka. A man from the city wat
erworks wens down in the cellar to
read the meter. The snake jumped
at him and chased him out of the
cellar. An armed posse was formed
which ended the existence Of the rep
tile. Just how the snake found his
way into the cellar is not known.
Will Always Meet in Wichita.-At
the second annual convention Of the
Central Kansas Harness Manufactur-
ers and Dealers Association at WITCH
tia 1t was decided to hold all the
future meetings of the association in
that city. The officers elected for
the ensuing year are: President, G.
e. Carey, Stafford; secretary, W. B.
Riggle, Larned treasurer, H. ]. Drant,
Kinsley; vice presidents, R. o.
Wright, Mcpherson; Charles Wallace,
Newton; ]. w. Gibson, Wichita; j.
Wheeler, Lakin.
kansan Honored Abroad.-Word
has been received In Lawrence that
w. Harvey Brown of Rhodesia, South
Africa, had been elected to the leg.
islative council of that country, one
of the highest political honors open
to citizen over there. Rhodesia
has commercial charter, and is gov.
erned through 1t and by six represen'
tatives elected by the people. Mr..
Brown had the honor bestowed upon
him Of being one Of the six. w. Har.
very Brown Is a Lawrence boy, and
has relatives all around there.
Building a $4,000 Barn.. c. Rob
inson is erecting a new $4,000 barn
on his farm at Whitewater Falls. II
covers a very large area. The floor
is of cement. Barn room will shell
ter about forty horses. Also an Of
flee room which will have a cement
case for all the cups and premiumi
won by the famous Robinson Percher
ons. A long driveway through the
barn has medals a short distance
apart set in the cement floor. Thia
will be the largest horse barn in
Kansas.
Will Go Into Court-An agreement
has been made between Adiutant
General Hughes and the railroads
which carried the Kansas troops to
and from Fort Riley for the recent
maneuvers to settle a disagreement
owe the amount due the roads in
court. The railroads concerned, the
Missouri. Kansas and Texas, the
Santa Fe and the Missouri Pacific
claim the 2-cent fare is made to ap-
ply by the ruling of the railroad board
putting the 2-cent fare into operation
without discrimination.
Must Aid the lnspector.-A great
many dealers do not know 1t, but
luVlC 10 NhC new pun U
food and drug law which requires
dealers to assist the state inspector
in making an inspection of their
stores whenever requested to do so.
The lack of this knowledge is respon-
sible for the arrest of ]. J. Hend-
ricks. a druggist at Dunlap. in Morris
county. This is the first arrest made
by the department under this provis-
ion of the new law. The state In
spector went into the store to pur-
chase samples Of certain drugs whose
purity he suspected. He offered to
pay for them at the regular prices,
but the dealer refused and finally
threw all Of the drugs out the back
door thereby preventing the inspector
from making his inspection. He also