The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-06-26

wagon ROAD near NOVA Ill dllClhPI
ing to cross slough in wagon. The
bodies were recovered.
Dangerously Hurt in Auto Wreck
In an auto accident near Beloit the
machine went into the ditch over
turning and pinioning Frank White
underneath. Mr.. s. H. Dodge, who
was with him, escaped injury but was
unable to release his companion un.
til he went to town and secured aid.
! Mr.. White when taken out was I'M
conscious and while the physicians
do not think his back is broken, they
consider him very badly injured.
To Merge Kansas Lines.-Incorpo-
ration papers have been filed with
the secretary of state for the Home
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
which proposes to connect up all OF
the small independent telephone sy5-
TENS in the state with long distance
toll lines. The company is capital
ICED at $4,000 and it's incorporators
are all Kansas men. They are c. ].
Myers, Kansas City, Kan; w. F.
Hemphill, Topeka; w. E. Burns,
Hutchinson; c. L. Brown, Abilene,
and A. T. Rogers, Beloit.
Cut Threats OF His Own Children
The most shocking tragedy that has
occurred in Kansas in many years
happened near Peabody. Frank Good,
young farmer living seven miles
north of town, killed his three young
children and then committed suicide.
The instrument used to commit the
terrible deed was a pocket knife. His
father, mother-in-law and young wo-
man of the neighborhood slept on the
upper floor of the house, but knew
nothing of the tragedy until the
father arose at o'clock in the morn
ing and came down stairs. The bod
les were stiff and it is supposed they
had been dead for several hours. The
Merchants to Aid Farmers.-The
Emporia Business Mems Association
met and took steps to assist the
farmers of Lyon county in replanti
ing their corn crop which has been
seriously damaged by the floods and
incessant rains. The association ord
cred 100 bushels of ninety-day seed
corn, which will be distributed to the
farmers at actual cost. George Plumb,
one of the prominent farmers of Lyon
county, says that If ninety-day corn
is planted soon 1t will make an ex-
cellent crop. providing the conditions
Al h1c n.
els are exhausted enough more will
be obtained to meet the demands.
Indian Boy Standardization
Marshall, an Indian boy IL years old
and an inmate of Haskell Indian
school located at Lawrence, wa!
killed by 1920 volts of electricity
from a power wire which he graspeo
with his hand. Death was instan
taneous. He was still holding the
wire and lay across it when taken
up. The boy loosened the corner OF
heavy iron screen on window al
the small boys building, and went
out onto the tin roof OF corridor
leading from that building to the Law
atory No one was supposed ever tc
go there, and the naked power wire
hung within easy reach. He toof
hold of it with his right thumb and
forefnger, and death resulted at
once. The wire carried the full volt
age for the city power plant. The
boy came to Lawrence from the Pin9
Ridge agency, South Dakota. He haL
no relatives living, was practically
pauper and was considered only
about half witted. His body was
buried in the Haskell ceetery near
the institute buildings. This was the
third death from contact with a live
wire at Lawrence within forty-eight
hours, two men having been killed al
the Kansas university the day be
fore.
Many Rabbits Killed by 'tail.-It Is
said that the recent hail 81 rms have
played havoc with the rabbit crop
Many farmers around Hill City tell
that their fields in the hail district
are literally covered with the carcass
es of defunct jacks and cottontails,
| ana lHdL the HuIuutT VI hlllCu liluoh
reach into the thousands in each part
of the county which suffered from
the hail.
Fruit Crop Report.-Hereafter Kan
sas will have fruit crop reports the
same as the agricultural reports pre-
pared by F. D. Coburn, secretary of
the board of agriculture. Walter
Wellhouse, secretary of the state ag-
ricultural society, has sent out blanks
for the information about the Kan
sas fruits. He wants to know how
much the crop was damaged by fros ).
wet weather. insects or tree diseases
and what the prospects for a crop
really are. Mr.. Wellhouse has ar
ranged a long list of fruit growers
scattered throughout the state asd
the requests for information have
been sent to these men. Each oGe
will report the conditions in his own
section and the statistics will then be
compiled in the office at Topeka.