The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-10-22
Most Important Happenings Of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered from all
Parts of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben
eft of Our Readers.
Domestic Items.

back. taxes aggregating $SO,OOO,OOO
should be collected.
The federal grand jury at Leaven-
worth returned II indictments most
OF them against parties charged with
misuse of the mails.
Iowa postmasters at their meeting
adopted resolutions favoring postal
savings bank system.
The recount of ballots at San Fran
cisco sustained the claims of Francis
]. Heney to the Democratic nomina-
ton for district attorney.
No statement of any kind has yet
been made by the Oklahoma state
banking board as to the condition of
the Oklahoma City bank which closed
its doors September 2S owing deposi
tors about 100000.
Another wind and rain storm passed
over Georgia and Tennessee doing
considerable damage.
The Santa Fe Railroad Company has
ordered $300O,O00 worth of new equip
ment among which is 81 engines and
146 new cars.
Responsibility for the wreck miles
north of Topeka, Kan, when 16 men
were killed was fixed by the coroners
Jury upon the conductor and engineer
of the work train.
Several hundred workingmen at a
mass meeting, decided that negroes
in San Angelo, Tex, must CO." Only
those who own property will be allow
ed to remain. it is asserted.
A fraud order has been issued
against the Braun Health institute"
at Bloomington, III.
Elevator men in Kansas are COM
planning to the state railroad board of
q grain car shortage.
The sword presented to Blackhawk
the war chief of the Sacs and Foxes by
President Andrew Jackson has been
recovered after having been lost 80
years and will be presented to the
Iowa Historical society,".
The freight steamer George Stone
was wrecked at Point Pelee, Ont, up
per Lake Erie and six men were
drowned.
A northbound Missouri Pacific
freight train crashed into a south
bound NJ X. & T. passenger train at
moody Station three miles south of
Leroy, Kan, one passenger was kill
ed and large number injured.
Frost in North Carolina has done
considerable damage to the cotton
crop and other vegetation.
Secretary Knox of the state depart
ment has requested that Mr.. Crane the
newly appointed minister to China
should resign. Mr.. Crane on the eve
of his departure for his new post gave
an interview to reporter which the
state department considered grave
tndescretion.
Government crop estimates place
this years yield of cotton in Oklahoma
at $4,000 bales with value of $40,-
900, 900.
Detroit won the fourth game of the
worlds championship series by a
score of 5 to o. This gives Pittsburg
two games and Detroit two.
The census bureau authorizes esti-
mate that fully rs per cent of the ap-
plicants for the 5000 temporary pusi-
tons in that department will pass the
examination because of the simple Id
ture Of the tests.
Socialists at Los Angeles, Cal, or
ganized a meeting while President
Taft was there which denounced the
president and nearly caused a riot.
After the meeting was dispersed by
the police they formed a parade which
was also broken up.
With imposing ceremonies a monu-
ment was unveiled at Point Pleasant,
w. Va, to commemorate the battle
with the Indians at that point October
10, 1774.
The Kansas supreme court has held
that property in which ''joint" has
been operated can be held by the state
for the fines and costs il the con-
victed jointist does not pay.
Thirty-four persons mostly women
were injured In two street car acct
dents at st. Louis.
The Oklahoma state banking board
has decided to llquidate the AFFAIRS Of
the Columbia Bank & Trust company
and a new bank to be known as the
Central State bank will be organized
TO take II place.
Two men were killed and three ser
fously injured by the explosion of
gun during military tests at Fort
Riley.
Earl Bullock an 1S-year-old boy OF
Lawrence, Kan, was arrested at
Eudora on a minor charge Of theft and
was taken by the officer into the
Eudora bank. While there he drew
two revolyers and covered the officer
and bank cashier who he locked in
the vault. He then took $1,000 and
ded. Later at Lawrence an officer
attempted TO arrest him and was fatal
ly shot by the young despeIldo who
then escaped.