The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-03
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SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

VIII Teach in Philippines. - Inree
| Kansans have passed the civil SER
| vice examination to teach school in
the Philippines. They are r. S. NC
| Cormick, superintendent of schools in
| Dickinson county, Albert Spillman oil
Salina and Walter Coison of McPher'
| son.
| Confederate Veterans to Meet. -
| Notice has been issued to the officers
| of the confederate veterans of Okla
bona and Indian Territory and the
| various camps in the state of meet
| ing to be held at Shawnee, April l4th,
to discuss the question of confed-
crate home.
State G. A. r. Meeting.-The date
of the annual state G. A. r. encamp-
| ment, which is to be held in Kansas
City, Kan, has been set for May 49,
| 90 and 81. A number of candidates
| for the office of department COM
| mander are already being talked or
among them being w. A. Morgan OF
Cottonwood Falls and D.. B. F. Boyle
of Atchison.
To Succeed T. W. Roach.-Profes-
sor A. H. Smith, president of the
| Montana Wesleyan University, was
| elected president of the Kansas Yves
leyan University to succeed T. w.
Roach, who rendered his resignation
to the Northwest Kansas NJ. e. con
ference. Professor Smith will as
sumo charge Immediately at the
close of the present school year.
Bad Fire at Wichita. Fire orig
| mating in the Miltner Elevator Com
pany's building at Wichita threaten
ed the entire wholesale district north
of Douglas avenue. In the face of
high wind the flames spread to the
adjoining lumber yards OF the west
ern Planning Mil and consumed about
half the contents. The east side OF
one block was devastated. Loss,
100000.
Five Companies Are Admitted. -
Five new insurance companies have
been admitted to transact business in
Kansas by State Superintendent CT
Insurance Charles Barnes. They are:
The Old Colony Fire Insurance Com
pany of Boston; the Fraternal Bank
ers of America of Decatur Ill.,; The
Supreme Conclave Improved Order of
Heptosphos of Baltimore; the st.
Louis National Life Insurance Com
pany of ST. Louis, and the Lafayette
Life Insurance Company of Lafayette,
Ind.
Says Collins Is Guiltle ss.-Louis I.
w. Archer, a negro who recently was
released from the penitentiary after
serving sentence for assault with
deadly weapon, has written book on
the famous John Collins murder trial.
in which he alleges that an offer was
made to him. together with two 9th
err negroes, to kill Collins father. He
asserts that John Collins, who is now
serving a life sentence for the MUIR
der of his father, is guiltless. Archer
says that he would have appeared at
the trial and made public what he
knows if he had not been confined IN
the penitentiary. The Collins MUIR
der trial was one of the most sensa-
tional ever held in Kansas. j. S. Col
Inns of Topeka, a wealthy real estate
man was murdered in his home on
May 10, 1898, supposedly by robbers.
His son. John Collins, then student
at the Kansas university, was arrest
ed charged with the murder and was
convicted upon the testimony of two
negroes The state charged that Col
Inns had murdered his father to gain
an inheritance that he might marry
wealthy young woman. Collins al
ways stoutly maintained his inno-
cence, and it was shown at the trial
that he and his father were on the
most friendly terms. An effort Will
be made to secure u pardon for Gel
Inns.
Robbers Demolished the Bank.-An
attempt was made to rob the state
Bank of carlton, near Coffeyviile. No
money was secured. The safe was
located IN the front OF the puiuihS
and the charge of nitro-glycerne
! used by the robbers was so heavy
that it blew the entire front of the
building into the street. Frightened,
the robbers fled.
Boy Dies From Lock Jaw. - Henry
Yates died in Burlington of lockjaw,
after an illness of only sc hours.
Henry caught his hand in washing
machine and cut off a finger and
seemed to be getting along nicely
when tetanus set in and death &C.
| Cured.
Barber County Man Insane. - Will
Clark. the young man who was ar
rested for carrying concealed weap-
ons when he was trying to get into
the jail to see ]. C. Clark, the slayer
of Sheriff McCracken, was arrested at
South Haven on a charge Of insanity.
The man is wanted in Barber county.
He was just recently let out of an in
sane asylum He has been taken to
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