The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-28
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SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS


year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Al
len Grimes, who lives north OF Wood
ston, received frightful injuries by
falling backward into bucket OF not
water. The flesh from the middle OF
the back to the knees was nearly
cooked. Small hopes are entertained
for recovery
Oil Inspector Reports. - State Oil
Inspector l.. r. Hussey has filed MS
report for the month of January with
the state auditor. 1t shows that dur
ing the month 22,626 barrels of kero-
sene and 6,4G1 barrels of gasoline
were inspected by the department
The total amount of fees for the
month was $2,92O15. The check
turned over to the state treasurer
was for $2,271.92.
235 Men Laid Off.-A reduction of
two hundred and thirty-fve men on
the force of the Santa Fe shops at
Topeka was made recently. TINS
number includes men from every de-
partment and class and has been
made necessary, the officials say, on
account of the great decrease in traf-
fc on the system. Some of the men
who were laid off will probably be re-
instated within a short time. The re-
duction was made to reduce the eX-
penses of the shops.
Kansas Missionary Dead in India
News reached Newton of the death OF
Amos G. Horst of that city in Bengal,
India. Mr.. Horst, with his wife and
two-year-old son, went to India as
missionary in October, 1905. An cpl
demic of smallpox invaded the band
of workers to which they belonged
and four OF the missionaries, includ-
ing Mr.. Horst, died of the disease
The missionaries were compelled to
burn their houses aid much of their
bed clothing in order to destroy the
germs of the disease. Mrs. Horst and
her young child are left without a
home in a far away country and
among a strange people.
Girl Burned to Death.--'While Mrs.
Steve Hicks, living on the Heath
ranch northeast of burns, was out OF
the house after an armful of wood
little Grace. their 3-yearold child, is
supposed to have been playing
around the kitchen stove, as the
grate was open and some burned pa
per was on the floor, and in doing so
her clothing caught on fire, for upon
the return of the mother the child
was standing in. the middle of the
room with outstretched arms and en-
veloped in flames, Her clothing had
burned entirely off, burning the flesh
to a crisp from the knees up. After
three and a half hours of agony.
death ended her suffering.
Are Making Ready.-Nearly all of
the officers have had their primary
petitions printed and most of them
are sending out the blank petitions to
be circulated. The state officers are
planning to circulate their petitions
in at least 20 counties of the state in
stead OF ten counties. The primary
law provides that if the petitions are
circulated in ten counties the num-
Der of signers must be at least l per
cent of the total number of votes cast
for secretary of state in the last cleo
ton in the entire state. If the petit
tions arc circulated in 20 counties it
is necessary to secure l per cent OF
the total vote cast in those counties
alone. If the petitions were circuiat-
cd in ten counties it would be neces-
sary to secure 1876 signatures while
It is possible to get name on the
primary ballot by circulating the pc
titions in 90 counties and securing q
little more than COO names.
Ida Tarbell to Speak at K. U. -
Miss Ida Tarbell, one of the editors
of the American Magazine, has prom.
iscd to speak at the University of
Kansas, at Lawrence, in April Her
address probably Will be made in the
Robson gymnasium.
Sues For Big Damages. - William
Leeman of Leavenworth has filed
suit in the district court for $4,000
damages against J. E. Olvis for in.
iuries alleged to have been sustained
from being struck by Olvis' automO-
bile.
Big Mortgage Filed at Wichita.-A
100000 mortgage given by the
Kansas & Colorado Pacific Railway
Company to the Guarantee Trust
Company of New York, has been
filed in Sedgwick county. The Kan
sas & Colorado Pacific includes the
Fort Scott, Wichita & Western and
the Missouri Pacific in Kansas. The
mortgage runs 80 years and bears G
per cent, payable semi-annualiy. II
is dated February 1, 1908, and is
styled a "refunding mortgage 1t is
the largest mortgage ever. recorded in
this county. The filing fee was