The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-09-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
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wellington Man Seriously Injured
"A singular accident ACQUIRED at the
Santa Fe roundhouse at Wellington
Joe Seconia, young machinist, was
working with the air compressor
when the air was suddenly released
throwing an iron bar against the
mans abdomen and inflicting probab
1y fatal internal injuries. Seconia
was taken to the Topeka hospital
Horse Scared to Death.-A big gray
work horse belonging to Jim Higgins
Lebo liveryman, was scared to
death. Mr.. Higgins had taken some
Oil out to the big power blowing out
fit and the team was standing near
the engine when it was first started.
1t is large gasoline traction engine
and its first exhaust is very loud. II
scared the hourse and caused it to
jump. 1t lunged forward and fell
dead.
Shot Boy for Stealing Melons,
Ernest Grams, young Wichita boy,
lies at his home in a precarious con-
a water melon patch in company with
two other boys. j. A. Brown, a far
mer. caught the boys in his melon
patch and fired the two barrels of d
shotgun at them. The attending ply
stefan found over 100 small shot scat
tered from the hips to ankles of both
legs of the Grams boy.
Fist Fight Over Article in Paper
David Mulvane, chairman of the re-
publican state committee, and NJ. F.
Amarine, editor of the Council Grove
Guard, had spirited fist fight in the
lobby of the Copeland hotel in To-
peka. Before friends could separate
the combatants each had landed tell
ing blows on his opponent, which
caused blood to flow. The dispute
arose over an article Amarine publish
ed during the campaign.
Hoch Grants Two More. Pardons.-
Governor Hoch, upon the recommend
alton of the prison board, has par
doned Clarence Abrams from the pen
itentiary He was sent up in March,
1899, from Leavenworth county on
the charge of stealing a set of har
ness Jack Hudson was also pardon
ed by the governor. He was con-
victed of grand larceny in Cherokee
county year ago He is very sick,
suffering from locomotor ataxia.
Some Penitentiary Statistics.-One
hundred and seventy-five Kansans
went to the penitentiary in the year
ending July /, and it cost the state
just $4,359.1S to put them there. The
greatest number of prisoners sent to
the penitentiary from any one county
was from Cherokee-19 men. 1t cost
the state $52O.21 to transport them
There were fifty-four counties from
which none were sent to the peniten-
itary during the year.
Delegates to Lincoln Celebration
Governor Hoch has named five Kan
sas men as delegates to the Tooth
anniversary of Abraham Lincoln |
which will be celebrated February IL
at the dedication of the Lincoln Ma
tional Park at Hogenville, Kentucky.
These men will also act as a Kansas |
committee to assist in the raising or
n fund of $250,000 for the preserva-
tion of the Lincoln farm in Kentucky
the birthplace of Lincoln. Half of
this amount has already been raised
by the Lincoln Farm association. The
members of the Kansas committee
are: George w. Click, Atchison; w.
II. Kemper, Topeka; R. n. Allen, Cha
mute; w. A. Johnston, Topeka; d.
w. Finney, Neosho Falls. An address
will be delivered at this celebration
by President Roosevelt and it will be
attended by such men as Secretary
Taft, Governor Johnson, Samuel Com
pers and Henry Watterson. Governor
Folk is president Of the Lincoln Farm
Apportionment Is Made.-The Aug
nst apportionment of the state school
fund has been made by the commits
sion. There are 5OS,S7O children and
The state apportionment is 40 cents
each. The total sum to be distribut-
ed is $249,346.3O. Among the large
are Crawford, receiving
s7,9OS; Shawnee. SS,177; Sedgwick,
1888; Leavenworth, $5,940.
Medals Awaiting Spanish Vets. -
The veteran members of the famous
Twentieth Kansas do not apparently
that awaiting their de-
nand are the pretty little bornze med
ais awarded the members of the
Kansas infantry under the
let of June 90, 1906. These medals
ire in the hands of the quartermaster
General but he will not send them to
he organization. Instead they must
le ordered by the individual soldiers
{ is necessary to address a letter
o the quartermaster general request {
ng blanks which must be filled out
nd returned before a medal is for {
rarded by return mail. Several of
he veteran members VINO reside in I