The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review Of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
Paragraph for Busy Readers

The executive committee or the
State Poultry Association met at To
peka and decided to hold the next
show and meeting at Newton. New
ton entered the only bid for the meet
ing and show. They will be held
there during the first week in Janu-
airy.
Must Label vinegar.-All vinegar
jugs must be labeled after this. Mr..
Crumbine, secretary of health and en-
forcer of the pure food law of Kansas
has issued the decree. There are
all kinds of vinegar" said he, "but
we only recognize one brand of vine
gar as legal. That is vinegar, cider
vinegar, apple vinegar If a mer-
chant sells cider vinegar he need not
label the jug, but if he sells any
other kind he must"
States Expenses Less This Year.
The cost of running the state govern
ment for the fiscal year just begun
will be less than that for the year
just ended by something like a quar-
ter of a million dollars. 1t is i'm
possible to give the exact figures for
the year ending June so, 1908, for the
reason that the expenses have not
all been footed up. The appropria
lions for the year just ended amount
ed to $3,437, 1O6.37 while the appro-
priations for the fiscal year just be
gun amount to $2,97S,130.00.
Kills Friend Over Debit. S. Tay.
lor was shot and almost instantly
killed at Parsons by George Karnes.
Both men were employed as machin-
lists in the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
shops. The alteration which led 10
the killing resulted from a discus
sion of a debt of $4S.40 which Taylor
is said to have owed Karnes. Taylor
was shot five times with a 3S-caliber
revolver. The shooting lasted sew
eral minutes, the murderer pursuing
his victim as long as he was able to
run. Karnes gave himself up to the
officers as soon as the affair was
over.
College Student Killed by Train
A young fellow by the name of Nc.
Cole was run over by freight train
a few miles west of Page and injured
so badly that he died during the day.
He and chum were apparently walk
ing from Page to Winona when the
west bound local overlook them on
an upgrade and both attempted to
board the train with the result that
McCole slipped under the wheels. II
is said that McCole and his chum
were college students and were on
their way to Colorado Springs to see
the west before the opening of school
next year.
A Big Time Is PIanned.-The South
western Veterans association will
hold its fifteenth annual reunion in
the City park at Dodge City on Aug
ust II, u, 10, IA. The association
invites all old soldiers of the war
of '61-65, Union and Confederate, and
of the Spanish-American war and
Philippine instruction to be present
with their families and friends.
Among the distinguished speakers
will be Hon. Robert W. Bonynge of
Colorado, United States Senators
Warner of Missouri, Thomas
p. Gore of Oklahoma and Chester /.
Long of Kansas; Governor George
Curry of New Mexico, Governor Z.
w. Hoch of Kansas, Congressman w.
w. Calderhead, Charles f. Scott, j.
NJ. Miller, p. p. Campbell, D. R. An
thony, Victor Murdoch and w. A.
Reeder; Supreme Court Justices A.
w. Benson, C. b. Graves and Henry
F. Mason; Department Commander
w. A. Morgan and Department Presi-
dent Of the w. r. C. Mrs. Anna Hea-
cock. Tents, fuel, light, straw and
water will be furnished free on the
grounds.
COUNT Find His Leg.-Earle Mil
er, a young farmer in Saline county
was murderously assaulted by a rob-
Der in attempting to rob the fam
~ VI a iui sc Gum VI llOhSg lCCtHlly
received for wheat sold. Although
Miller was almost choked to death by
his assailant, he fought him off and
he robber escaped. Miller's father
has a wooden leg and was unable
o go to the rescue of his son, owing
o the darkness, and his leg had been
When he recovered it,
he robber was gone.
Auditor Accused Of Murder.-F. A.
Japperton, a train auditor living at
Parsons and running between there
md Deuison, Tex, on the NJ. X. & T.,
las been arrested on the charge of
murder in the first degree. He is
'harged with throwing VIII Winfrey
rom his train while 1t was running
fifty miles an hour. Capperton says
hat Winfrey got off the train at his
'wn request and was killed by an
'ther train. He says that Winfrey
vas killed near Blue Jacket, Ok, and
lad been drinking and sat down on
he track and another train ran Over
lin.
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