The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-10
II ANS AS ITEM s
SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS


Frank Peabody, prominent young
man of Muscotah. Atchison county
fell from scaffold and sustained in
iuIies which proved fatal. 2
Car Ride For Four Cents. - Street
car rides may now be had in Corey
vile for four cents per ride. The
Union Traction Company has placed
coupon books on sale at "a cents and
they contain coupons for II rides
The cheapest fares in the United
States are three cents per ride. b
For the Asking. - The University
of Kansas has for distribution sew
eral hundred souvenir pamphlets con-
tanning a large number of pictures
of the University campus, equipment
and buildings. These pamphlets Will
be mailed without charge to any
citizen of the state requesting the
same. b
He Promised Them Work. IS. H.
Haywood, of Wichita, was arrested
in Topeka and is being held on
charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses. Haywood is accused
of working a labor bureau game and
enticing over 500 away from the
pockets of unsuspecting men, desir-
ing employment. B
Charges Murder of His Son. - Not
satisfied with the verdict of coron-
er's jury, which declared his sons
death to have been an accident, Peter
Giaretta went to Wichita from his
home six miles northwest of Garden
Plain, and filed complaint in the juv-
emile court charging Fred Pottsberg,
a 10-year-old boy, with Intentionally
shooting and killing his son.
Boston" Corbett Found - Dos
ton" Corbett, the soldier who shot
John Wilkes Booth the assassination
of President Lincoln, has been found
in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga,
after being lost to the world for
years. Many years ago Corbett
escaped from the state insane asylum
at Topeka, and from that day his
whereabouts have been unknown. 5
Bit OF Policeman's Ear. - In at
tempting to stop disturbance on the
part of three soldiers at Junction
City. Policeman Folck was assaulted
by the soldiers and in the fight one
of the soldiers bit off the policeman's
ear, when the latter pulled his PTS
toll and commenced firing. One sol
der was hit in the abdomen by two
bullets and is in serious condition
at the hospital at Fort Riley. An
other of the soldiers was shot in the
finger. 3
From Farm and Village. - Over
fifty per cent of the students in the
University of Kansas come from the
farm or from homes in the smaller
towns of the state. The continual
prosperity that has blessed the state
has brought within the reach of all
the citizens the magnificent equip
ment of this great institution. The
intense earnestness that character
ICES the work of the students of the
| University is due to this substantial
element in the student body. D
Orient Loses $4,000 Bonds.-The
Kansas City, Mexico G. Orient Rail
way Company failed to secure the
$4,000 in bonds offered by Sedg-
wick county and Wichita if it should
finish its track to the Red river by
January /. The county commission
ers told the railroad officials the
track between Dill City and the Red
river must be finished before mid
night Dec. g. and as that YVES i'm
possible, Edward Dickinson. manager
of the road. ordered the work stop
ped. Only six mics was unfinished
when the men stopped WORT.
| His Skull Smashed. In a free
fight INDUCED in by a dozen men at
Solomon City Christmas day, Ash
ton Gould. proprietor of the Monte
yuma hotel, was beaten so severely
that he may die. 2
Boy Killed by Playmate. - While
| playing in the barn on his fathers
farm with two neighbor boys the H.
| year-old son of Peter Ikretta, farm
er living four miles southwest of
Garden Plain, was accidentally shot.
The shot which killed him was from
a 22-caliber rife, in the hands of the
| 1O-year-old Cottsberg boy whose
family lives near the Ikretta family.2
Millers Will Fieht.-Attorney Gen
eral Jackson states that the negotia-
lions for settlement of the millers'
antitrust case out of court have fall
len through. and that the prosecution
of the alleged combine would con-
tinue. The millers." said MIR. Jack
son. do not realize that they are up
against pretty serious proposition
and were not willing to make the
necessary concessions to secure
settlement of their case" .
Found Dead in Box Car. - Walter
| CriorSon q teamster about 40