The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS
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( Woman Dies from Poisoning.-M
Enice Shoemaker, aged SO years, died
at Wichita from the effect of poison
taken by mistake, She felt indis-
posed and went to the cupboard to get
some ginger. She got paris green and
took a dose of that. The poison had
been put in the cupboard by mistake.
Her husband is an employee of the
Rock Island railroad.
Prefers Ranch to Office.-Represen
declined the office of state tax COM
missioner. He said he could not neg
lect his ranch. The governor proposes
to appoint big land owner of West
ern Kansas to the vacancy. 81 will
have western Kansas land holder"
said he, "if l have to give the place
to Republican. l had hoped a Demo
cratic land owner could be found to
take the job" Ravenscraft is DEM
ocrat.
Last of the Wilson's Disbarred.-
Clement L. Wilson, a Thomas county
attorney, and brother of A. p. Tone
Wilson, the Shawnee county attorney
who was disbarred a short time ago,
has been disbarred by the supreme
court and under the decision of the
court he can no longer practice in the
state. The charge is that he received
$13.12 to which he was not entitled.
The papers in the case show that he
sold some real estate as an agent for
the owners and took a fee from both
the seller and the purchaser of 1886
which he claimed was to pay taxes
on the property. The taxes were
never paid and the property was sold
to satisfy the taxes. Action was
brought against Wilson on the ground
that he had not acted in good faith.
Another charge made against him was
that he had retained 500 in the same
transaction which did not belong to
him. Wilson was disbarred in the
lower court and appealed to the SUI
preme court where the decision of the
lower court was sustained.
Indictments by Federal Grand Jury
The U. S. federal court grand jury
in session at Wichita, returned five in.
dictments. The jurors we're discharg-
ed. Mrs. A. H. Miller of 252S East
Second street, Wichita, was indicted
on a charge of using the mails wrong
fully Mrs. Miller was arraigned be-
fore Judge Pollock after the indict-
ment had been returned. She pleaded
not guilty and was released on $1,000
bond. The case will be tried at the
September term of court. Robert l..
Pollard, a trainman of Wichita, was
indicted on the charge of having de-
frauded Henry T. Sherman of $94.
Pollard was Sherman's guardian. Pol
lard pleaded not guilty. His bond was
fixed at $500 and the case was con-
tinued until the September term.
bill was returned against John VAIL
of Mitchell, for using three two-cent
cancelled postage stamps on letter.
Judge Pollock was lenient toward
VAIL as he has family dependent
on him. He pleaded guilty and was
fined 500. He paid the fine. j. w.
Softer was indicted on the charge of
having violated the anti-pass law In
that he used pass for transportation
on the Santa Fe railroad from We'll
llngton to Belva, Okla, with the
agreed intention of going to work
for the Santa Fe, when in fact he was
not in the employ of the company.
John Marshall, assistant attorney gen.
eral of Topeka, who represented Sal
ter, made motion that the case be
continued on $500 bond, which was
done. Jesse Henry, 10 years old, was
indicted on the charge of robbing a
post office at Lamont, Okla. He plead
ed guilty. Judge Pollock paroled Hen
ry on $500 bond conditioned on good
behavior.
Pledges $3,625 In Thirty Minutes
The new $4,000 Methodist church
was dedicated at Greensburg, Bishop
]. L. Nuelson and District Superintend-
ent w. ]. Martindale officiating. The
balance of the debt due, S3,625, was
pledged in just thirty minutes. This
puts the church free of debt.
Memorial for "oId-Timers."-The
"56ers" of Lawrence want the privi-
lege of building memorial hall on
the university campus. A resolution
giving them the privilege of doing so
was passed by the legislature. The
state is not asked to spend cent
either for the erection of the building
or it's maintenance. All the Lawrence
oldtimers want is for the state to fur
nish the site.
Eighth IncendIary Fire.-The Carey
livery stables in Wichita. owned by
c. L. Tippler, together with seventeen
horses, were burned. Carriages, hacks
and many private rigs were in the
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