The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-01-08

e. A. s. Blake, the contractor con-
victed of attempting to bride pros
pective Ruef juror at San Francisco,
has been sentenced to four years i'm
prisonment.
Unable to endure the thought of
spending their declining years without
the presence of their 1S-year-old
daughter, Prof. ]. P. Gordy, of New
York university, and his wife COM
mitted suicide a few hours after the
death of the girl.
Wilbur Wright, the American aero
naut, beat all previous. aeroplane rec
ords at Lemans, France, remaining in
the air for two hours and nine min
utes.
Lillian Russell, the actress, Is pre-
pairing to publish the love letters
which she has received during her
long stage career There will be two
volumes Of the missives.
In Kansas City there was one dr.
vorce granted for every 81 marriages
during 1908.
At the close of 1908 Kansas City had
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boulevards.
Morris & Co., the meat packers,
have inaugurated the proft-sharing
plan with their employees at all their
packing plants p
The United States supply ship Gel
tic, which was to have met the return
ing battleship fleet. has sailed from
New York direct to Messina, Italy,
where the supplies will be turned
over to the earthquake sufferers.
Samuel Cleveland, boy six years
old, died while on the operating table
at Lawrence, Kan, while two physi-
clans were preparing to perform an
operation for appendicitis. The boy
was given chloroform and died before
the operation began
The immensely of the disaster in
Southern Italy continues to grow as
further details are received. 1t is now
estimated that 10000 persons lost
their lives at Messina and Reggie
alone. A score of other towns were
devastated and thousands Of victims
in these places must be added to the
death list.
Five bandits held the citizens of
Wellston,' Ok, at bay while they dyna-
mited the bank and escaped with
$4,000 About 200 shots were ex-
changed but no one was hurt.
Refugees from the earthquake are
arriving at Naples by the shipload,
and present sickening sight. Most
of them are in a deplorable mental
condition through fright.
Following the receipt Of threaten
ing letter demanding money by Anto-
MO Armenia, prosperous Italian of
Kansas City, bomb was exploded
under a window ledge of his home,
damaging the building, but causing no
injury to the occupants.
The concrete and iron fuel oil tank
of the Electric and Gas company at
Enid, Ok, exploded the other day,
dangerously burning two workmen.
The ground for miles around was
shaken by the explosion.
Seven hundred dollars a month ali
mony has been allowed Mrs. Mary
Bogardus Tower, an ex-telephone girl,
in a final decree of separation from
her husband, A. E. Tower, a wealthy
iron master of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Representatives from Great Bend,
Hutchinson, Arkansas City, McPher-
son, Salina, Strong City and Newton
met recently at Newton and organized
the Kansas State Baseball league.
Twelve men are known to be dead
and probably 23 others were entombed
in the Lick Branch colliery in South
ern West Virginia, as the result of
an explosion.
The Kansas fish and game warden
has imported 100 Hungarian pleas
ants for stocking the state. The birds
are now being distributed through the
various counties.
The three provinces of Italy, COM
prising the department of Calabria,
have been devastated by a violent
earthquake. In Messina hundreds of
houses have fallen and many persons
were killed. A tidal wave which fol.
lowed wrecked many vessels and did
much damage along the coast.
Kansas City is to have new anti.
trust vaudeville theater.
st. Joseph, Mo-, is to- have a boat
line. Capt. John Mulkey has been
sent to st. Louis to buy boat which
will be started in the spring.
Personal.