The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-07-17

United States Irrigation Company has
appeared before the tax commission
and appealed from the assessment
placed upon irrigation bitches in
Kearny county. The company claims
that the bitches should not be assess
ed at all because they are only ,alu.
able to the land to which they carry
water.
Dependent Farmer Suicide
William l. Jones, aged SO years, COM
mitted suicide on his farm, near Re.
serve, by shooting himself thris!gh
the heart with a 22-caliber rife. For
several years he was afflicted with
the farm. For the past eight years
he was unable to lie down for sleep.
Dependency over his illness caused
him to take his life.
Crowded in End of Boat.-Claude
Harris, a barber, 81 years Old and
Miss Pearl Frazier of Atchison, IS
years old, were drowned in Brandy
lake, ten miles southeast of Hutchin-
son. Miss Frazier and Maud Sar-
geant were with Ed Foster, also of
Hut Crimson, in a boat. They crowded
too near one end and it capsized Fos-
ter took Miss Sergeant out of the
lake, and Harris, who was with his
wife in boat near by went to the
aid of Miss Frazier. In her stru2-
giles she pulled both under and the
others could do nothing to help them.
The bodies were taken out a. short
time after.
Sues Railroad for S5o,o0C.-Alrs
Mary West of Parsons, widow of WI.
liam West, the expires messenger who
was killed in the collision of the
Katy" flyer and freight train near
Muskogee, May 10, has brought suit
in the Muskogee district court for
$4,000 damages against the Missouri
Kansas & Texas Railway Company
for the death of her husband She al
leges negligence on the part of the
company and claims that at the time
of her husbands death he was earn
ing $1,000 year. She has three chill.
dren, the youngest a baby born since
the death of her husband. James
Lanahan, the engineer of the freight
train, was also killed and a number
injured. but this is the first suit for
damages growing out of the wreck.
May Parole a Banker.-The direc
tors and warden of the Kansas peni
Tertiary acting as parole board,
heard twelve applications for pardon
July 9th. The NEST important case
was that of Otto Stallard, formerly
an official of q bank in Sedan, Kan
Stallard took $4,000 of the banks
funds and left Sedan when it wal
discovered. He voluntarily returned
and turned over his property so that
all except $500 of the shortage wa!
paid. After confessing to his guilt
sentence was suspended four month,
so that Stallard could harvest a crop
on his farm. The minimum time of
an indeterminate sentence expired
this month and when Stallard appear
ed before the board his wife was pres
ent and pleaded for his release. Let
ters were presented from the county
attorney, the assistant attorney geIer-
al, C. d. Shukers, and many citi-
zens of Chatauque county, asking that
Stallard be paroled so that he could
come home and take care of his four
children. There were offers to assist
him in starting again in the banking
business. The board decided TO pub
fish the application of Stallard for
parole for one month, and if there are
no strong protests favorable action
probably will be taken at the August
meeting.
Charged With Assault on GIRL
]. C. Remington, of Harper, charged
with assaulting Lille Eastman, To-
year-old girl, employed in his hotel,
has had his preliminary trial and was
bound over to the district court. He
gave bonds. The petition for the non
which was circulated
suddenly disappeared when the grav',
ity of such action in the eyes Of the
law became known.
Soy DroWneC DIT wichita NSiu
Neil, nine vars old, was drowned in
the Arkansas river at Wichita. His
body was recovered. The boy. IN
with others, was swimming.
He was caught in a whirlpool ana |
drawn beneath the surface.
Drowned in Old Gumbo Pit.-Jos-
eph NJ. Garner, whose parents live at |
Port Lavaca, Texas, was drowned |
while swimming in old gumbo pit near |
the Rock Island tracks at yelling |
ton. He was seized with cramps and
went down, almost drowning one Of
his companions who went TO his as
sistance. The young man was an
by trade. but had come TO
to find work in the harvest
fields.
Texas Fever In kansas.-TeXas feT'
err has been reported from Elgin. in
county, to John Baker, san
itary livestock commissioner. Seven
had of cattle out of a herd of 80
have died Strict quarantine and dip /