The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-08-20
Domestic Items.

Domestic Items.
Twenty-one counties in South Caro-
lima voted on the question of return
ing to the dispensary system of hand
I ling the liquor question and all voted
for prohibition except six. Prohibition
was previously in force in the balance
Of the state.
The extreme heat of the last few
days which has in several places
reached higher than any previous rec
ord has seriously affected the corn
crop in practically the whole country
from Central Nebraska south to Cen
trail Texas and from the west line of
Missouri to the mountains including
Arkansas.
While driving to church at Frishy
station, Mo-, five children of A. H..
Hyde were killed by a st Louis and
San Francisco train, which struck the
wagon on a crossing one mile from
the Hyde home.
A disastrous rain which fell in tor
rents for three hours at Yuma, Ariz.,
caused great damage.
The coroner's jury which investi-
gated the head-on collision at Hustled,
Col. when ten people were killed and
40 injured finds that the wreck was
due to criminal negligence on the part
of the train crew.
In an address before the Farmers
Union of Shawnee, Ok, B. F. Yoakum
of the Rock Island Railroad told his
auditors that the grain and cotton
fields of the Mississippi valley and
the west are stronger military defenses
than battleships.
The rear end of a large drygoods
store at Trenton, Mo-, collapsed caus-
ing loss of $4,000.
Eta Bullock aged 10 years aad two
small children were consumed in a
farm house near La Crosse, Kan,
which burned as the result of the older
girls attempt to fill a gasoline stove.
The parents were away.
Application for a charter for an in
surance company that will accept risks
only on total abstainers was filed with
secretary of state at Atlanta, Ga.
A charter has been issued for an
electric road from Kansas City to st.
Joseph, Mo-, with a branch from St.
Joseph 10 Tiffany Springs.
What is said to be a record for
cross-country distance flights for an
aeroplane in this country was made by
C. Foster Willard in the Golden Flyer
at Mineola, L. l., where he covered IL
miles in 1917 minutes.
An Oklahoma man who took u car.
load of melons to Topeka and was
arrested for selling withou: license
has sued three Topeka commission
firms for $4,000 damages. The suit
alleges conspiracy.
The new Missouri law regarding
firearms, provides that dealers may
display heir stock in show cases, but
they must be so placed as NOS to be
visible from the street. 1t also N likes
carrying a revolver a felony punish
able by two years in the penitentiary
or a fine of from 500 to $1,000. Only
officers empowered TO serve processes
of a court are exempt from its pro-
visions.
Two trains on the Denver & Rio
Grande, one drawn by two engines,
came together, heal on Just east of
Hustled, Col. Ten persons were killed
and 40 injured The, three engines
we're thrown into the dhtch a mass Of
wreckage and a number Of the coaches
demolished.
Tho official weather observer at
Topeka, Kas., reports a temperature
Of 1902, which is the highest since
1901.
The government thermometer at
Bacone university. Muskogee. Ok, re-
corded Ill degrees, the highest mark
ever recorded there.
Resolutions passed by the National
Irrigation congress at Spokane COM
mended the work Of Pinchot in the
forestry business.
Wholesale liquor dealers announce
their intention OF contesting the new
Missouri law which imposes a gradu-
l.ed merchants tax.