The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-10-02
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review of the Happenings of Week Condensed Into
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Pacific, fell beneath the cars while
switching at Lawrenceburg, for miles
east of Concordia, and was terribly
mutilated, his head, one arm, and one
leg being cut off.
To Pave Caney's Streets.-lt's ali
settled now, and Caney will soon be
walking on streets paved with Caney
made brick The council has let the
contract. The total amount OF the
contract is $33,394 The work is to
be completed within ninety days from
the time work begins.
Cottage for cripples at Orphans
Home.-The special cottage for Grip
pied children at the State Soldiers
| Orphans home at Atchison will be
novel structure. 1t will have no stair
ways 1t will be one of the first
structures of its kind in the west and
will be the first in Kansas. Insteuu
of stairways there will be gentle in
clines both inside and out. 1t will be
so arranged that the crippled child
rem, those who can get around at all,
will be able to move around over the
building without trouble. There will
be no stairs to climb. The quarters
for the children will be ON the ground
floor and the attendants and officers
will be on the second floor. This
building viii cost $4,000. The legis-
lature appropriated this amount for
it last winter. The Board of Control
will let the contract for this building
| October s. The brick for the build
ing VIII be furnished from the state
penitentiary. All other material must
be furnished Ivy the contractor.
County Board Must Decide.-The
Barber county contest board must get
to work at once and decide who was
nominated for repres entative In that
county in the primary. William Ges-
ner was nominated on the face of the
returns by two votes. Samuel Grif'
fin was his opponent and Griffin
claims that some votes that should
have been counted for him were
thrown out on account of technical
rulings by the judges. If these votes
had been counted, Griffin says that
he would have been nominated. Grif
fin filed contest with the board in
Barber county but the board refused
to hear the case until the secretary OF
state had issued certificates of nom
nation. Then Griffin brought the
case to the supreme court for settle
ment He asked for a per-emptory
writ of mandamus 10 compel the con
test board to act. The case was ar
gued in the supreme court and the
decicion was handed down. The per-
emptory write was issued.
Topeka Wins w. A. Pennant.-
Sept. % marked the close of the
Western Association baseball season
of 1908. For the second time Topeka
came under the wire at the finish
a pennant winner. At the close OF
the fourth year of the Western AS
sociations existence the unusual
record is presented of two teams hav-
ing alternated during that period in
winning the pennant. In 1905, the
year that Shively's Missouri Valley
League blossomed out as the West
ern Association. Wichita won the rag
with percentage of 525. The follow
ing year, with Cooley at the head of
the team, Topeka won with a per
centage of 594. Last year Wichita
made runaway race of it. closing
. n I, ri IF
won out of 140 and a percentage of
TAP. Last year Topeka was a bad
fourth. The following is the order III
which the teams finished the 1908
season, with their per cent: Topeka,
GAL; Wichita. G2l; Oklahoma City,
$50; Joplin, SIS; Hutchinson, 497;
Webb City, 4S9; Springfield, 1863;
Enid, 2S7.
Street Railway for Manhattan-The
Manhattan city council has granted n
franchise 20 w. r. West and son, Jo-
seph T. West, of Kansas City for an
electric railway system to be built in
that city. Construction is to begin in
thirty days and one line from depots
TO the agricultural college, a distance
of two miles. is to be completed within
six months.
Prize for an Essay.-Here is
chance for some Kansas boy or girl |
to make $3.50 If they are Industrious |
and want to do little extra work in |
to their school studies. Ezra |
Meeker one of the first men that ever |
travelled over the Oregon trail, has |
given $25 to E. T. Fairchild, state SUI
perintendent of public instruction. |
This money is to be equally divided |
and will go for two prizes for the best
essays written by Kansas school |
on the Oregon trail. Mr..
Fairchild has just issued a circular let
ter to all the county superintendent
of Kansas. telling them about the
prize essay contest and asking them
to notify the teachers and the pupils
of each school so that all can COM
pete.
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