The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-12-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS
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on himself and was so badly scalded
that he died few hours later.
Drink Alone on Trans.-All of the
principal railroads of Kansas, in obe-
dience to the instructions of the state
railroad board, have ordered their
conductors to prevent the indiscrim-
mate drinking of liquor by passengers
on trains. After this If a passenger
wants to take drink of his own IL
quor he must retire to the toilet room.
He will not be permitted to drink in
the presence Of other passengers or
to offer them a drink in public. Con-
ductors are also warned to have spit
toons in the cars kept clean and rot
to permit porters to sweep cars while
passengers are in them.
Test Heavy Guns at Fort Riley
The exhaustive tests with high explo-
sive material fired from heavy guns
will not be made at FIT. Riley until next
summer or early fall. One battery of
field howitzers, both Of Al callber.
will be delivered from the arsenal
where they are being manufactured,
by June 30. Six batteries of siX-inch
howitzers will be delivered early in
the fall. After these guns have been
delivered tests will be made at Fort
Riley The large redoubt will prob
ably be constructed early in the sum-
mer. 1t will be an immense affair
and of the kind used in permanent
Notifications.
Let the People Vote On ia meet
ing of the executive committee of the
Kansas Bankers Association was held
in Topeka to discuss proposed legisla-
ton in regard to insurance of bank
deposits While most Of them are OPP
posed to such legislation, they believe
it is coming and the only thing to do
is to pull as many stickers out of the
measure as possible and let it pass.
The proposition to have the legisla-
ture submit the question to a vote of
the people at the next general election
met with some favor. No attempt
was made at the meeting to bind the
bankers of the state TO any particu-
lar line of action.
Can't Blame Wichita.-The Wichita
postoffice won't take any of the re-
sponsibility for the $17,000,000 DIFF
ference in the postal receipts and eX-
penditures of Uncle Sans govern
ment. The postmaster general re-
Gently stated that the cost OF the
service in the United States had ex-
ceeded the receipts by that amount
for the past fiscal year. But If all
the postoffices in the country were
like the one at Wichits the ledger
would be smiling. Last month Wich-
itas postoffice sent rs cents out OF
every dollar of it's receipts to Wash
ington. But 20 per cent of the amount
taken in at that office Is necessary
to pay salaries and running expenses.
Plan Two New Districts.-State
Senator Glenn of Greeley has pre-
pared bill for general reapportion-
ment of the state into senatorial and
representative districts. His plan
gives western Kansas two new sena-
tors and five representatives at the
expense of eastern Kansas. He wants
six senatorial districts created out OF
the four present districts In the west
ern part of the state. The five coun-
ties out west that have no represen-
tative are each to get one and in or
der to equalize things Marshall, But
Ter, Franklin, Brown, Usage, Jeffer-
son and Leavenworth are to lose one
member each. Senator Glenn also
proposes to give Montgomery and Al
len county an addition member each.
Hero Of the Bag Bag Dead.-Edward
White, a soldier in Company B, Tween
tieth Kansas volunteers, who served
in the Philippines, died at his home
in Kansas City, Kan. He was % years
old. White and w. B. Trembly, as
members of the famous Twentieth
Kansas volunteers, swan the Bag Bag
river In the face of fire from the
Filipinos and we're awarded medals
by congress.
-Four Election contests.-Two more
legislative contests nave been filed
with the secretary of state. This
makes a total of four that will have
to be decided by the legislature after
II convenes. Three of them will be
for seats in the house and one of
them for a seat in the senate. The
two contests just filed are by W. w.
Caldwell and H. L. Finley. Caldwell
will contest the election of William
Moore as senator from the Cloud coun-
ty district. Caldwell was counted out
by twenty-five votes. The contest
filed by H. L. Finley is against Josiah
Crosby in the Cheyenne county repre-
sentative district. Finley, the Re-
publican lost by less than ten votes.
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