The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-05-21
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in the Carl Hale trial at Atchison re-
turned a jury of not guilty, after hav-
ing been out two hours Carl Hale is
the 17,year-old boy who was charged
with the murder of Mrs Jerome Hoov-
er, on March 3.
Commandant Keer's Successor.-It
has been announced at Fort Riley
that Brigadier General Winfield Sed-
gerely will succeed General John B.
Keer as commandant of the fort on
the latter's retirement May 20. Gen
eral Sedgerely is now in command OF
the department of the Dakotas at st.
Paul.
Kansas NEEDLES Elect Offcers.-The
forty-second annual meeting of the
Kansas Medical society was held at
Emporia. The meeting was the best
history of the society. The total num-
Der of doctors registered was 214.
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: President, DR..
o. ]. Furst of Peabody; vice presi-
dents, DR.. T. F. Fonsannon of EN-
poria, DR.. Walthall of Parsons, DR.. j.
P. Kastor of Topeka; secretary, DR..
! c. S. Huffman of Columbus treasurer,
| DR.. L. H. Mum of Topeka. DR.. c. c.
Goddard of Leavenworth, DR.. L. l..
Uhls Of Osawatomie and DR.. ]. e. Saw
tell Of Kansas City were elected dele
gates to the meeting of the American
Medical association to be held in At
lantic City in June. Topeka was chos-
en- as the next meeting place.
Knights Tempar Elect Officers
At the annual meeting of the knights
Templar of the state in independence
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Sir Marvin l..
TRULY Independence, r. e. Grand
Commander; Sir Joseph e. Bell, Con-
cordia, V. E. Department Grand Com
mander; Sir William F. March, Law
renee, e. Grand Generalissimo Sir
John Kinkel, Hutchinson, e. Grand
Chaplain General; Sir Alex A. Sharp,
Larned, E. Grand Senior Warden; Sir
Rev. Chas. H. Rogers. Hutchinson, E.
Grand Prelate; Sir William L. Max
well, Paola, E. Grand Junior Warden;
Sir John Mccullough, Galena, E.
Grand Treasurer; Sir Thomas j. An
derson, Topeka, e. Grand Recorder;
Sir Frederick Starnes, Wichita, Grand
Standard Bearer; Sir August O. Well
man, Topeka, E. Grand Sword Bearer;
Sir VIM. H. Martin, Parsons, e. Grand
Warden; Sir j. d. Mclean, yelling
ton, E. Grand Captain of the Guards.
David B. Fuller, Eureka, goes now to
rank of Past Grand Commander
Hutchinson gets next years con-
clave.
Pabst Extract Can't Be SoId.-At-
torney General Fred S. Jackson has
the Pabst' Brewing company on its
knees. 1t is begging that the attor-
ney general forget that part OF
recent opinion in which he held that
Pabst extract, two per cent and other
malt drinks could not be sold in Kan
sas without violating the liquor laws
of the state This opinion was rend-
cred upon the request of a prominent
wholesale drug house of the state,
which wanted the facts. The Pabst
company states in its letter to the at
torney general that its extract has
been sold upon the market as a medi-
cine for years and that it has been
so advertised in all of the lead
ing magazines of the country. This
array of facts did not disturb Mr..
Jackson in the least. He replied that
the opinion was written, that it was
written after a careful investigation
into the subject and that he proposed
to stand by it. This settles It so far
as the PabSt extract is concerned.
be the basis for prosecution started
by the office of the attorney general.
Kansas Donates to Minnesota
The University of Kansas is to lose
another professor before long. Prof.
A. ]. Boynton, assistant professor in
economics, has been appointed head
of the department of economics at the
University of Minnesota and will soon
resign at X. U. to accept the new po-
sition. Increased salary is given as
one of the reasons for making the
change.
Farmers Will Hold Wheat.-The
mills and farmers of central Kansas
are preparing to store wheat next
year. They have for several years
seen wheat lower in the fall than in
the spring and the fashion of selling
wheat directly from the threshing ma
chine has grown until early winter
sees the crop we'll out of the wheat
belt. This years experience has been
a lesson and the mills are building
steel and concrete warehouses to hold
$4,000 to 100000 bushels in prepare.
ton for a storage campaign. The far
mers, too, are building granaries and
barns and next season will see more