The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-24
Domestic Items.

An ice gorge in the river at Law
renee, Kan, has caused the water
plant to be idle and the electric plant
was so crippled as to only furnish
light part of the time.
Five robbers entered the Citizens
State Bank of Geronimo, Ok, secured
$4,000 in cash and escaped.
New York City has bonded debt
of $1,000 100000 according to report
Just issued by the comptroller.
Plans have matured to realize i'm
mediately on $15,OOO,O0O in bonds for
the construction of the new union pas
senger station at Kansas City.
An investigation of financial affairs
at Chicago revealed that a company
of which Mayor BUSHES private secre-
tary was president had sold coal to
the city at profit of 200 per cent and
also reaped a trust-like profit on oil
transactions.
The New Mexico Lumber company
has again been sued by the govern
ment for the possession of 1000
acres of valuable timber land which
the government claims was obtained
by fraud.
The railroad employees departing ii
of the American Federation of Labor
is meeting at st. Paul to consider
problems growing out of the switch
mems strike. The department repre-
sents 5OV,vU0 men.
Special trains will be run west of
Chicago to carry the immense ton
mage of express packages for the holt
days.
For the first time Latin will cease
to be a requirement Of the entrance
to Yale undergraduate department
when, after another year, the change
in the admission subjects at the
Sheffield Scientific school takes an
effect
Columbia university is planning the
establishment of 100000 school of
of farming. A committee of professors
which has been wrestling with the
preliminary problems presented by
the plan announces that the course of
study will occupy two years.
South Coffeyville, Ok, expects to get
big terra Gotta plant to cost 100000.
bill has been introduced in the
Illinois legislature appropriating $780,
600 for the relief of survivors of the
Cherry mine disaster.
Clyde Charles of Dalhart, Tex, has
confessed that he killed Charles E.
Neptune farmer and buried the body
on the farm near Larned, Kan.
Five men were injured at Topeka,
Kan, by the explosion of gas in
cistern that was being repaired The
gas was ignited by spark from a
pick used by one of the workmen.
Gov. Deneen in his message to the
special session of the Illinois legisla-
ture lays particular stress upon the
necessity for primary election law.
The taking of testimony in the suit
instituted by the safe of Missouri
against the proposed telephone merger
has been postponed until December %.
The December report of Bradstreet
company shows that the cost of living
has reached practically the highest
point ever attained.
The Kansas authorities have decid-
cd to place the prison made twine in
the hands Of dealers next year in place
of selling direct to the farmers as in
the past with the hope OF disposing OF
q large part of the output.
The National Good Roads associa-
ton opened its annual meeting at To
peka. Kan, with delegates present
from practically every state in the
Union.
The thirty-eighth annual meeting Of
the Illinois state grange was held at
Rockford, III.
Carthage. No. is practically with
out water works. The city refused
new charter to the old company and
started to build a municipal system.
The old company shut down and left
most Of the city without water Five
hundred special policemen are watch
ing 10 prevent fires.