The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-05-07

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While eating supper in the kitchen
the mattress was ransacked, the rob
bers securing three hundred dollars
Want Bakers to Close, Too.-Wich
tia grocers have decided to bring suit
against the bakers who keep their
places of business open on Sunday
and who, it is alleged, sell groceries
as we'll as bread. The grocers have
been compelled to close. The grocers'
association has referred the matter
to the attorney general, and he de-
cided that the bakers were violating
the law and could be punished.
After Unsanitary Notes.-The state
board of health has begun its cam
paign against hotels and boarding
houses of the state which do not
maintain proper fire escapes or keep
their places clean. Upon complaint
of Inspector John Kleinhans, the pro-
prietor of the Harrison hotel at Clay
Center was arrested and fined 500.
The charge against him was that he
maintained an unsanitary hotel. He
paid the fine and agreed to clean up.
The inspectors are quietly at work
and the only safe thing for the hotel
men to do is to run clean places.
Lawrence Now Has a Cinch.-If
Lawrence does not have street car
system the city will be a $4,000 guar
antee better off than now. The $4,000
forfeit has been posted. The contract
for the power and for the transfer of
the electric line has been signed. The
Dayton company gave $4,000 guar
antee as evidence of good faith. They
also put up a $4,000 bond with the
Power company that they would keep
their contract with them. The capt.
talization of the Lawrence Railway
and Light company will be 100000.
Albert Emanuel has gone to Chicago
to place orders for material.
Arrested, She Kills Self.-Mrs
Helen Yarbrough, of Springfield, Mo-,
who is charged with completely in the
Ok, several weeks ago, committed sui
eide at the Manhattan hotel in Wich-
tia by taking strychnine. A warrant
had been served on her by a detec-
tive and she was about to be taken
to Jail by the officers when she asked
permission to step into another
room. She remained there long
enough to arouse the suspicious of the
officers, and when they went after her
they found that she was in convul-
sions. She was taken to the hospital,
and after suffering three hours, died
She was traced to the city by Pink
erton detective. Bullette was
wealthy Indian and it is said Mrs.
Yarbrough killed him because he re-
fused to marry her.
Destroying Old Uniforms.-Thea adj
jutant general of the Kansas National
Guard has just destroyed three wagon
loads of old uniforms. This cast off
clothing used to be sold at auction.
But the government stopped that for
the reason that so many people would
wear army uniforms that it would be
impossible almost to pick up army de-
serters. In order to make it easy to
catch deterters the war department
has ordered all condemned uniforms
destroyed. A few years ago "Ginral"
Artz, who looked after the Kansas
guard under the Lewelling administra-
ton, purchased a carload of cast off
uniforms and shipped them to North
Arkansas, where he was mining. He
sold the uniforms to the people there.
Nearly every man in that part of Ar
kansas wore a blue uniform. This
led to the saying that the people of
Arkansas didn't know the war was
over.
Killed While Out neutrality-suspicious.,
the 14-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rodda Broadbent, who live six miles
southwest of Beloit was the victim
of an accident that cost him hia life.
He had started out hunting with a
shotgun and in trying to get through
a hedge fence, pulled the gun after
him which was accidentally discharg-
ed in some manner. The charge
struck him in the groin, cutting an
artery and practically paralyzing his
right leg and thigh. Some time after
the accident he was found by his par
ents, but owing to the great loss of
blood sustained in severing an artery
he was dead when discovered.
Sugar Beet Acreage Grows.-Rs
ports from the Northwest indicate
that the acreage of sugar beets is in
creasing so rapidly in Cheyenne couA-
ty that a sugar company will soon be
justified in establishing a sugar mill
there. Beets in that section are rails.
ed without water. So far there is
only one sugar mill in the state. That
is at Garden City. Two others are
planned for the Arkansas valley. The
Northwest Kansas farmers are now
milling for a mill