The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-02-21
HANS AS ITEMS
Z SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS


in Washington ceding to the state OF
Kansas one acre of ground in the
Fort Riley military reservation on
which is located the ruins of the hrsV
Kansas territorial capital.
New Bark Commissioners. - Bank
Commissioner Royce has appoihteu
the following new bank examiners
for Kansas: F. w. Kotsch, Troy
town; ]. M. Reynolds, Norwich; w.
P Hazen, Arkansas City. Their sal
aries are $500 year each.
Supreme Court UphoIds Law. = In
the case of w. M. Patterson against
the Missouri Pacific the supreme
court reversed the decision OF the
lower court and sustained the Kansas
freight demurrage law of 19O5. ms
imposes a penalty of 81 per day on
each car for delay in furnishing
freight cars ordered.
Given Till April First. - The state
board of railroad commissioners nave
issued their order requiring the rail-
roads of the state to put into effect,
not later than April l, the new
schedule of freight rates which has
heretofore been made public NO
changes were made in the scneoule
as originally printed.
Voting Machine Contract Illegal
That the voting machine contract III
Sedgwick county is illegal and I'M
lawful is the opinion Of County Az
torney Ayres. This opinion was CIV
en- to the board of commissioners anu
the board was advised to back up.
County Attorney Ayres advised tne
board to take immediate action 10
rescind the voting machine contract.
The board was advised to make
haste to do away with the $4o,ooo
deal because it was unlawful from
start to finish.
Baileys Secretary Murdered. -
Herbert Jordan, aged sc years, who
was private secretary to Ex-Governor
Railey when the latter was in con-
gress. was mysteriously assassinated
on Main street in Seneca. One shot
was fired. Jordan fell and died al
most Immediately. The street was
almost deserted and no one was near
by though persons at distance saw
Jordan fall and another man run
around a corner and disappear. Inc
killing seems to have been premedl-
tated. Jordan had no enemies ana II
is not known that any one couiu
profit by his death. Jordan was a
brother of w. H. Jordan, publisher OF
the Seneca Tribune. The dead man
has served on several committee
clerkships in the Kansas legislature
His body was taken to the family
home in Illinois for burial.
Must Get Statistics. - DR.. Crum-
bine. secretary of the state board Oh
health has sent letters to the county
clerks of the state calling upon them
to notify the county assessors thaC II
is part of the business for which they
oro Maid to collect the vital statlstics
concerning deaths, marriages, etc"
inst as much as it is to collect infor-
nation about the amount or prop
ertv. The state law authorized coun-
tv commissioners to withhold the pay
of all county assessors who fail 10
get the vital statistics. Nevertheless
there are some county commission
ers which have taken the RESPONSE
bility of relieving their assessors OF
this work and have made no diner
ence in the pay. 1t is FOR the purpose
M driving all counties into line ana
getting correct and detailed Informal
tion about deaths, births, marriages.
divorce etc, that DR.. Crumbine Is
calling upon the county clerks for CO.
operation.
Want Telegraph Stations Open. -
The state Anti-Horse Thief Assocla-
ton has been asked to assist the ga
line county association in preventing
the Missouri Pacific railroad from
keeping it's telegraph stations closed
at Falun and Smolen in that county.
The matter will probably be carried
I'M TO the state board of railroad coih'
missioners. This was done by reso'
luton. at meeting Of the county
association at Salina. The officers
of the townships of Smolen and
Falun are also preparing to fight the
payment of the railroad bonds II the
stations remain closed.
New Paraffine Plant at Erie. - A
large parafine plant, the only insu'
tuition of its kind between Ohio and
I the Pacific coast, has been put IN
operation at Erie by the Great west
ern Oil Refining Company of tha'
place. The plant has been installed
at a cost of 100000 and is regarded
as an important addition to the oil
refining works of the Great West
crn. It includes refrigerating ma
chinery. wax presses and all Of the
latest equipment for parafne manu-
facture.
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