The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-01-31


new court houses in Kansas, just
turned over by the contractors, and
being initiated by the county Off
cials, 1t is plain stone and brick
structure costing about $4,000.
Negro Veteran Gets Pension. -
John Brown of Topeka, major of the
Twenty-third Kansas, negro regi-
ment organized for the Spanish war,
was awarded a majors pension ana
$50 back pay. Major Brown con-
tracted rheumatism IN the service
and has practically lost the use Of
his right arm,
War on Five Cent Theaters. - The
city council of Lawrence has declar-
ed war on the nickel theaters, and at
a special meeting of that body enact
ed an ordinance calculated 10 put
crimps in the moving picture shows
and vaudeville houses that flourish
there. The bone of contention is. the
safety of the buildings occupied
Burned to Death. - The two room
house owned by l.. e. Davidson at
Beloit was destroyed by fire. One
child, six years old, was burned to
death and a four-months-old baby was
so badly burned that it can not live.
The mother was at a neighbours tele-
phoning for some groceries. The
origin of the fire is not known.
NitroeIycerin Can Exploded. - Nit
roglycerin in a can with which four
small boys at Caney were playing
exploded and all of them were in
jured, one probably fatally. Evan
Pasco's eyes were destroyed and the
tip of his nose was blown off and he
is not expected to live. Perry Brown,
Frank Hooker and Doyle Killian, who
were with him, were not dangerously
injured.
Fire at Manhattan.-Fire destroyed
the Star grocery store at Manhattan,
owned by John Purcell, at an early
hour in the morning recently. AL
most the entire stock of goods,
valued at about $4,000, was ruined
and the building was damaged to the
extent of about $4,000. Nearly all
the damage was covered by insur-
ance
Orphans Home Head Dead.-E. L.
Kills, superintendent of the Soldiers
Orphans Home for eight years, died
at Atchison recently after two years
sickness. He was 62 years of age
and leaves a widow and three child
rem. His oldest son is a Presby-
terrain missionary in Manila, P. |. Mr..
Hills came to the home from Sedg-
wick, where he was superintendent
of schools in 1899.
Fred Adams Was Not Burned. -
Fifteen years ago Fred Adams, a
stationary engineer, disappeared
from his home in Ellis, leaving q
wife and a 5-year-old daughter. He
left no word, sign or trace. Two
days after his disappearance a hay
stack on a farm near Ellis burned
and in the ashes the charred body of
man was found. 1t was identified
as that of Adams, buried as such in
the Adams cemetery lot and a grave
stone bearing his name set up above
the grave. A few days ago Fred
9dams walked into the railroad
roundhouse at Junction City, saluted
his friends of half a generation ago
and gave an account of himself. He
said that he ahd left home because
of domestic infelicity, that he had
gone to South Dakota and that he
was going back there without visiting
his former home in Ellis.
Child Is Fatally Characterization
Bronson, the 21s-year-oid son of w.
]. Bronson of Atchison, was fatally
burned as a result of his clothes be-
coming ignited from an open gas
stove. His father was badly burned
attempting to smother the flames.
Crushed to Death. - NJ. F. McCul-
louch was crushed to death in the
Parker elevator alone, and had a
few minutes before the accident
which coused his death started the
engine to elevate a quantity of wheat.
Il is supposed he had gone to the ele-
vator shaft to fix some part of the
machinery. as the wheat was not ele-
waiting well, and became entangled in
the machinery, which dragged him
into the shcft. When found he was |
In the elevator shaft and it required
the assistance of five men to get his |
mutilated body from the machinery, |
and in doing which they had to re-
move what few clothes remained up
on the body. His neck was broken in |
two places. one leg was cut of below
the knee, one arm broken in four
places and many Of the other bones
in his body were also broken.