The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-03-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS
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by police officers when trying to es-
cape when caught in the act of drill
Ing into the safe of the Galena Citizens
bank. He will recover.
Three Pardons Granted.-Governor
Haskell has granted pardons to Joe
Beckner, convicted of larceny In King
fisher county, on October 1 of last
year, and sentenced to one years i'm
prisonment; Ernest P. Eslick, Cana
dian county, forgery, one year, and
Frank Collins, Nowata county, larceny,
one year.
Commission Government valid.-The
state supreme court has decided that
commission form Of government for
cities In Kansas is valid The test
was made in a suit from Wichita ask
ing that the supreme court order the
officers of the city of Wichita to recog-
niZe a regularly nominated ticket for
city officers on the old plan.
4. Train Hits Street car.-In blind
ing snow storm, Wichita and West
ern passenger train crashed into a
street car at Wichita containing six
passengers. The motorman, Frank
Clark, was injured internally. ard G.
H. Reeber, passenger, sustained frac-
lures of two ribs. Others on the car
were not seriously injured.
Three Men Were Injured.-In pre-
mature explosion in the Frazier rock
quarry near Ell Dorado, H. Croonk, the
foreman, a negro and Mexican en-
ployed in the quarry were seriously
injured. Croonk's eyes were blown
out and part of his face blown away
It is not believed he will live. The
negro is also believed to be injured
fatally. The Mexican's injuries are
not serious.
Was He Thrown from Train?-E. p.
Ray, a wealthy Winfield produce
dealer, was thrown bodily from pas
senger train No. 3, one mile west OF
Florence. His face and hands were
completely skinned and part of the
flesh removed by the ballast. Other
produce dealers are said to have ben
on the train and it is declared to be
evident that murder was intended
The Santa Fe crew will be asked to
explain why the car door was not
locked between stations, as Ray will
put in a big claim for damages.
He Was Hunting Quail. R. Nor
ton, a farmer living near Coldwater,
was arrested by D. S. Curtis, deputy
state game warden, for she oting quails
out of season, and paid fine and
costs amounting to $3.50 and has
promised to leave quail alone in the
future during the closed season. MI
merous violations of the game laws
have been reported from that section
of the state and more arrests will
probably follow, as Mr.. Curtis and
his deputies are known to be in pos
session of considerable information
regarding the game law violators.
Woodmen Circle Elect Officers
The third biennial convention of the
Woodmen circle closed a successful
session in Wichita. The next conven-
ton will be held in Topeka on the sec
ond Tuesday in March, 1911. The TO-
lowing grand officers were elected
and installed: Grand guardian, Lizzie
Clark of Atchison; grand advisor, Jes-
sic Beard of Topeka; grand clerk,
Grace Kennedy of Kansas City; grand
banker, Amelia wright of Atchison;
grand chaplain, Emma Reed of La
harpe; grand attendant, Mary Nc
CURE of lola; grand inner sentinel, Ell
la Warhurst, of Newton; grand outer
sentinel, Mary Ralston of Kansas
City; grand managers, lola E. Low
dermilk of lola, Lulu Hart of Galena
and Emma Garner of Wichita; dele
gate to supreme convention at Detroit
In June, Emma Garner of Wichita; al
ornate. Jessie Beard of Topeka.
Reelected for Third Time.-N. H.
Wolf of Topeka, well known in fra
ternal circles, was elected to the posi-
lion of head clerk of the Woodmen of
the World, at the meeting held at
Leavenworth. This is the third time
he has been elected to this office.
The meeting was one OF the most
harmonious ever held.
Oldest Sunday School Scholar
Samuel Freeman, aged so years, died
nj Abilene He was the Oldest SUNDAY
school scholar in the state, and hid
been an attendant at the Sunday school
for eighty-five years. Up to a few
weeks ago he rode horseback four
miles to Sunday school every Sua'
day forming.
Kansas Wine Makers ou.t.-The
drastic prohibition law passed by the
recent legislature has stopped an in
dustry which has been carried on in
Doniphan county for S5 years at the
little town of Doniphan. Bremen
Bros. have manufactured thousands OF
barrels of wine and applejack there.
Nicholas Bremen has taken the re-