The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-04-03


Knights of Columbus are to hold a
state convention in Wichita, Tuesday.
May 18th. Forty lodges will be rep
resented and it is expected that there
will be several hundred visitors to
the convention.
Fun Over by Street Car Charles
Heimple, young ball player trying
out with the Jobbers, at Wichita, this
season, was run over by street car
on South Main street and seriously
injured One arm was amputated at
the hospital. Internal wounds are so
severe that grave doubts are held for
his recovery.
Winds Up Affairs. The Whine
Land and Credit Bank Company. with
their general Offices at Wichita, one
of the largest institutions of that sec
ton, with Offices throughout Kansas
and Oklahoma went into voluntary
liquidation. The directors announce
that the stockholders viii secure ev-
cry dollar held in the concern. 1t is
understood that the National Bank
NJ Commerce will assume all the LA
bilities.
Mrs. KistIer to Rscover.-Mrs. U.
S. Kistler. Of Bavaria, who was Sc
verely burned last August is now on
a rapid road to recovery. Mrs. Kist-
Ter was injured August 10Th by the
explosion of coal oil in a can. Over
1000 separate skin gratis were made
upon Mrs. Kistler, in hope that her
life might be saved without the ampu-
tation of her arm. Her husband and
friends and neighbors furnished the
cuticle necessary for these opera
tions, but the work was useless. The
arm had to be amputated and she is
now rapidly recovering.
A Blow TO LeavenWorth Joints. -
Seventeen of the leading property
owners at Leavenwurth have been
notifid by the sheriff to remove Joint
keepers" from their buildings. The
notices were sent over by Attorney
General F. S. Jackson and state that
unless the property owners get rid of
the iointkeepers they will be prose
cuted criminally and that steps will
be taken to place the buildings in the
control of the courts. 1t is said that
the Attorney General is Planning to
have receivers placed in charge OF
the building in a method similar to
that followed in the brewery prop
erty cases. The notices caused con-
siderable of stir in liberal circles
What Kansas Produced.-The total
value of the products of the indus
trial concerns in Kansas during 1907,
according to a report made recently
by Labor Commissioner Johnson, was
$241 ,943, 553, or net gain over 1906
of 1874 per cent. The total number of
establishments from which these fig
ures were made up was 1,7G9. 1t was
made by mail and was limited to a
general class of manufacturing and
industrial concerns using machinery,
and whore the total value of the pro-
ducts exceeded $500. Custom millin-
cry. tailoring, dressmaking, carpen-
tering. general construction, grist and
sawmills and such classes of indus
tries were eliminated. The inquiry
contained, however, the coal mining
industry. whose total investments are
close to 100000, with an average
number of wage-earners of 9,492, to-
tai wages of over s7000000, and to-
| t,l Af than SN OO0 O((l
The investigation covered eighty
seven lines. The total capital invest
ed was $119,000,000, or an increase of
10 per cent over 1906. The wage
earners numbered $1,000, and the to-
tai amount of wages $S3,OOOOO0, an
increase of CO per cent over 1906.
The total cost of materials and sup
plies was S1S1, CO0,GOO an increase of
&c per cent.
Convicted of Murder az 16. - Ar
chic Wayne, 16 years old, charged
with killing Magnus Christensen on
the Sherman ranch, near Ellsworth,
last fail. has been convicted of MUIR
der in the juvenile court in ELS
worth and JuuSS CHdoe SeulShSSu
him to the state reformatory until he
Is 81 Years cid. The boys mother,
who lives at San Jose, Cal, has been
with him several weeks and although
only So years old, she appears to be
n woman of rs. The boy is run
away and his parents are said to be
wealthy. The evidence on which the
hoy was convicted was all circuD'
stantial.
Killed Man By Mistake. - John
Weaver was shot and almost in
stantly Killed by Marvin Barrickman
at the latter's home in Humboldt.
Weaver was mistaken for burglar
Prohibitionists TO Meet in Peabody.
The state convention OF the Prohi-
bitlon party will be held in Pea
body on April goth. A lecture viii be
given the evening of the goth by a
speaker from Chicago. One hundred
and fiftv delegates are expected