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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11

The neophyte again opened the book.
And these are the jokes he read there:
Say, pop" said Dickie; here's an
other
Pop put his paper down YEARLY
We'll %
"If the end of the world should come
and man was up in an airship, where
would he land?"
(Combina ton of Nos. l. 6 and -
Maude-There's only one reason why
her teeth didn't chatter when she saw
the burglars.
Mabel-What was that?
Maude-She had them out on the bu-
reau.
Combination of Nos. and So
O'Beetle-There's always good in all
things.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11

What's that, Gee whiz, We had a show
\ out home last month that every breaches
/ in town said il was a sin to go 10. An -
I only cost a quarter. Toledo Blade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11
AT THE COX OFFICE.

''Haow much fer ticket to your show?'-
1.-TWO dollars for the best seats
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11
FIXING THE PRICE.

Two miserable looking hoboes called on
the dean of medical college and proposed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-11
THE POLICE PROBLEM.

THE POLICE PROBLEM
Excited Citizen-I want detective!
nspector-Wnat do you want de-
tective for?
Excited Citizen-Well, there's a fiqht
qcing on in front of my house, and |
want him to find policeman!
Cuts
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
Ask Uniform Surety Bonds.

Wichita.-The county treasurers OF
Kansas will ask the legislature to
pass law giving a uniform system
of surety bonds that are required by
law to guarantee the safe conduct Of
the county treasurer's business. This
was decided at their meeting here.
At present the bond is not fixed by
law, but by the county commission
ers. The treasurers believe the state
should fix the amount and the county
commissioners should pay the fee to
the surety company. The next place
of meeting is Garden City, Kan. Of
ficers elected for the ensuing year:
President, John Ryan, of Columbus,
Cherokee county; vice president, o.
w. Jones, Wichita, Sedgwick county;
secretary, NJ. ]. Williams, of indie
pendence, Montgomery county; treas
urer, l.. l.. Marshall of Stockton,
Rocks county.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
SHIP KANSAS HAY
TO THE PHILIPPINES
KANSAS FARMERS WILL RECEIVE
THE REVENUE.
SunfIoWer State Product Can Be Laid
Down in Manila for Less Than
That from the Pacific
Coast.

Topeka.-In awarding contracts for
hay for the army in the Philippine is
lands the war department at Washing
ton has finally recognized the claim OF
Kansas contractors representing Kan
sas grown hay, that if he government
would call for delivery of it's Philip
nine hay supplies at Missouri river
points and transport the same itself,
taking advantage of the land grant
freight rates to which the government
is entitled on some transcontinental
lines, Kansas hay could be laid down
in Manila cheaper than Eastern Wash
ington and Pacific coast hay, which
the government has heretofore pur-
chased for use in the Philippines and
called for delivery at Manila. Repre-
sentative Anthony took the matter up
congress a year ago and called atten-
ton to the fact that the government
could save many thousands of dollars
by calling for the delivery of forage
supplies along the line of land grant
railroads and taking advantage OF the
lower freight rates to which the gov
eminent is entitled instead of calling
for delivery at Manila and compelling
the bidder to pay full freight rates.
This practically made it impossible
for Kansas farmers to participate in
this business. In the awarding of for
age contracts, w. E. Thomas secured
the contract for two thousand tons of
Kansas upland prairie hay for deliv-
cry at Kansas City under the new rul-
ing. The government will get this
hay laid down in the Philippines much
cheaper than under the former con-
tract and Kansas farmers will receive
the revenue instead of Pacific coast
hay growers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20

Topeka.-,It is doubtful if there is
a man in Kansas who enjoys the fall
ing rain more than F. d. Coburn, sec
rotary of the state board of agricul-
ture. Mr. Coburn was sitting by a
window in his office recently, glancing
out now and then at the rain.
"To the crop-killers," he observed,
"who have been relying on chinch
bugs and dry weather to bull the mar
ket by destroying the four-anda-half
million acres of growing winter wheat
in Kansas, and incidentally the oats,
rye, barley and corn, these days and
nights of rain deal cruel, crushing
blow. Nothing else knocks the Kan
sas calamity peddler the chinch-bug
and dry weather so squarely between
the eyes as the general, all-day rains
such as have been saturating the sub
soil for two or three days past and
such as as are still being forecasteu
This is the time for Kansas to laugh"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
WHAT PUzzLES THE SENATOR
Statesman Wants to Know N'' Cats
Disseminated Against Cross
Eyed Brother.

A senator came into the cloakroom
in a rather pensive mood and stood
silent for some minutes-thoughtful
smoking. 1t was supposed that some
problem of legislation lay heavy on
his mind until he broke the silence,
without even a prelude:
II have been bothered with rats and
it makes me nervous because | have
been reading so much about the bu-
bonic plague. We had six cats in the
house, but suddenly five left, leaving
lonesome Tabby. tried ball of yarn
on him. Every -. he jumped after
that ball he struck wide of the mark.
Then l caught him, looked closer at
him and, behold, the cat was cross
eyed!
What puzzles me now is to decide
whether or not there is an aristocracy
of cat life into which a crooked-eyed
cat cannot come. He was evidently an
outcast and a pariah with his kind,
for he carefully kept his corner all the
time the other cats we're around. Now,
the rats left with the cats, and what
| want to know is whether there is
not some feeling of caste among rats
as well as cats in refusing to even as
sociate with a cross-eyed cat. No bu-
bonic plague, gentlemen, with cross
eyed cats available. It's in the old
Hindu Hoodoo book "-Nationa Maya.
zine.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
O'NeiI May Not Hang.

Leavenworth.-The refusal of Attor-
ney General Wickersham to grant
Congressman SCOTS request that he,
Wickersham, recommend to President
Taft that the sentence of Charles
O'Neil, now awaiting execution at
Leavenworth, be committed from
death to life Imprisonment has not al
tered the prevailing belief that O'Neil
will never mount the scaffold. De
spite of Mr.. Wickersham action, it is
believed President Taft will issue an
order committing the soldier-murder'
ers sentence.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
Mystery Surrounds Murder at Winfield


The body of the man who was found
dead near this city Saturday morning,
May 2, remains unidentified at the I'M
dertaker's establishment. Mrs. ]. NJ.
Bashford, of Hinton, Okla, whose son
wrote her six weeks ago that he was
coming home from Sonora, Mexico,
where he had been engaged in the
mining business, and since when she
has heard nothing from him, was here,
accompanied by her daughter and SON
in-law. Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ. Miller, but
she stated positively that it was not
the body of her son, and left much
relieved, though still feeling a great
dial of anxiety as to his welfare and
whereabouts. 1t is now pretty gener-
ally believed that the dead mans
name was not Bill Bashford at. all,
but that the name was pencled in his
hat band by his murderers in order to
deceive those who might try to estab-
lish his identity.
The man was about five feet seven
and half inches high, light complex
toned, light brown hair, slightly dis
posed to curl, and would weight about
one hundred and thirty-five pounds.
He was probably twenty-five or TWEEN
ty-three years of age. He was well
dressed.
Coroner Marsh impaneled a jury to
investigate the case which, amer view
ing the body at the undertaker's estab-
of the coroner. People generally are
beginning to believe that the murder
is to remain as deep mystery as that
of Mrs. Margaret Shotwell, who was
murdered in her home here some
months ago, the mystery of which
has never been solved.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
Too Lavish.

Mrs. Dobbs was trying to find out
the likes and dislikes of her new
boarder, and, all she learned increased
her satisfaction.
do you want pie for breakfasts"
she asked.
mo, 1 thank you," said the new
boarder, with a smile. pie for break
fast seems a little too much"
e That's just the way l look at it,
said Mrs. Dobbs, heartily. 81 say pie
for dinner is a necessity, and pie for
supper gives a kind O. finishing touch
to the day; but pie for breakfast is
what | call putting on irs."-Youth's
Companion.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
APPEALED ON HIS RECORD
Happenings Of the Past That Con-
WINGED. Squire of the Honesty
of the Plaintiff.

Miss Lydia Conley, a Wyandotte
girl is the only Indian woman lawyer
in the world. At Kansas City, anent
recent Indian case that she conducted,
she told an interesting legal story.
so put my man on the stand"
she said. That, II your case is just
one, is always the thing to do. You
know the story of the Kansas land
claimant?
We'll, out here, many years ago, a
man brought suit before the squire to
recovec some land that had been out
rageonsly filched from him. His case
was a good one, but the other side had
doctored its witnesses-had even doc
tored the plaintiffs witnesses, too
and-up to the time when he took the
stand himself not a jot or title OF
testimony in his favor had been re-
corded.
He, as soon as he was sworn,
turned to the justice and said:
esquire, | brought this suit, and yet
the evidence excepting my own, is all
6oAhSb WV, uOh oCSuSN MY
one of lying, squire, but these wit
nesses are the most mistaken lot of
fellows l ever saw. You know me,
squire. Two years ago you sold me
boss for sound that was as blind as
bat | made the deal and stuck to it,
and this is the first time | have men,
toned 1t. When you used to buy my
grain, squire, you stood on the scales
when the empty wagon was weighed,
but | never said word. Now, do you
think / am the kind of man to kick
up a rumpus and sue a fellow unless
he has done me real wrong? Why,
squire, If you'll recall that sheep spec
ulation you and me-
But at this point the squire, very
red in the face, hastily decided the
case in the plaintiff favor"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
Studying chinch Bug Disease.

Topeka.-The state university has
issued the following notice:
"To Kansas farmers: The profess
sors of the University of Kansas who
have the chinch bug investigation in
hand are very DESTROYS of obtaining
the names and addresses of farmers
on whose places outbreaks of the white
fungus disease Of chinch bugs occur
spontaneously. Farmers who have
not infected their fields with the fun
gus-disease sent out by the university
are requested to watch their fields, es-
pecially after a period of rainy or
damp weather If whitened bodies of
chinch bugs are found, especially un-
der sticks, clods, deal leaves, etc. a
postal should be sent to the Univer-
sity at Lawrence, stating the name Of
the farmer and his postoffice. Those
in charge of the investigation are
anxious to visit farms on which the
chinch bug disease arises sponatne-
ously, in order to study the local con-
ditions"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
Drove Stage in Early Days.

Horton.-W. w. Letson, one of the
pioneers of this section of Kansas,
died at the home of his son, Will Let
son, in Dewey, ok. He was "A years
of age and was a stage coach driver in
the early days out of Atchison. In
the sixties he opened a store at Ora
NADIA. fifteen miles west of here. In
the seventies he opened another sIm Z
in Netawaka, a town on the Central
branch. When Horton was started In
1887 he moved here. and had been
identified with the town ever since.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
Fort Riley Officers Detailed.

Junction City-A detail of officers,
both commissioned and no-commis-
stoned, has been asked to accompany
batteries A and b of the Missouri ma
tional guard on their ten-day march
this summer by the adjutant general
of the Missouri national guard. The
adjutant general also has requested
that First Lieutenant Pelham D.
Glassford of the Second field artillery,
who is now stationed at West Point
academy as an instructor in drawing,
be detailed to accompany Battery A
of the Missouri national guard.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
State sportsmen Have a Kick.

Hutchinson.-The Kansas State
SportsmeD's association at It's meet
ing here, condemned the policy Of
State Fish Warden Dyche and author
lied the secretary to demand that it be
changed The introduction of German
carp into the ponds and streams and
the failure of the administration to
keep up the fish hatchery and collect
money due from county clerks were
the basis for the charges.
the legislature
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
BANK GUARANTY CASE.
Supreme Court of Kansas Will Hear
II In June.

IL IN
Topeka.-The Kansas supreme
court rendered a decision in the bank
guaranty case brought by Attorney
General Fred Jackson against State
Bank Commissioner j. N. Dolley and
State Treasurer Mark Tulley, but the
effect of the decision is only to retain
jurisdiction in the guaranty case. The
court decided none of the law points
involved in the case
Final judgment in the case will be
rendered, probably, in July. The final
hearing will be held in June. The
court took up the original suit brought
by Attorney General Jackson to COM
pei the bank commissioner and treas
urer to allow national banks to par
ticipate in the guaranty fund. The
national banks did not want to partici-
pate and were fighting the guaranty
law at the time. The suit was friend
ly one and one idea was to get the
Kansas supreme court to take jurisdic-
ton in the litigation before case was
brought in some other court.
The court refused to dismiss the
case as asked for by the 2S9 national
banks made parties to the action. 1t
announced that it would retain juris-
diction in the case and that all mat
ters relating to it would be presented
to the court by May Is. The final ar
guments will be made in June and
following that the court will finally
determine the constitutionality of the
guaranty law insofar as the Kansas
supreme court is concerned.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
Knights of Columbus Elect officers.

Lawrence.-The Knights of Column
bus Of Kansas held their annual state
meeting here and elected officers as
follows: Deputy, Charles F. Nc
Carthy, Kansas City; secretary, T. ].
Sweeney, Lawrence; treasurer, J.
Gels, Salina; advocate, Jamse A.
Brady. Cherryvale; warden, ]. o. Hur-
ley. Leavenworth. The following
were elected delegates to he national
conventions: ]. w. Gibbons, Topeka;
c. F. Mccarthy, Kansas City; George
Borden Kircher, Emporia; w. j. Mi
riarty, St. Marys. Horton was chosen
as the place for the next years meet
ing.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
A Carnegie Pensioner.

Lawrence.-Dr. Ephriam Miller,
head of the department Of mathe-
MATES in the University of Kansas
faculty since 1874. will retire to ac-
cept a pension under the Carnegie
foundation, beginning September l.
He will receive an annual allowance
of $1,650 from the Carnegie fund.
Professor Miller is authority on as
Economical questions and upon mathe-
mates as well. The Carnegie allow
ance provides that in the case of
death of the grantee one-half of the
annuity shall go to the widow until
her death.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
To Jail for Selling Liquor.

Topeka-Under sentence of the
federal court five men convicted of
selling liquor without federal Ii
cense will begin serving out their
time in the Bourbon county jail at
once. Their sentence is a fine of 800
and thirty days in jail each. These
are the first cases to be prosecuted
under the new ruling of Attorney Gen
eral Wickersham, that payment of the
government tax did not stop the pros
ecution of the government for having
violated the law by selling without
paying the tax.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
Commander Appoints Official Staff.

Hutchinson.-A resolution to con-
gress was adopted by the encampment
declaring in favor of a uniform pen
sion of 81 a day for every Union vet
eral of the war The following Off
cial staff was appointed by Depart.
ment Commander N. E. Harmon: AS
sistant adjutant general, X. NJ. Miller,
Topeka; assistant quartermaster gem
eral, w. L. Appling, Wichita; judge
advocate, 7. p. Anderson. Kansas
City; patriotic instructor, w. II. John
son ,Salina; inspector genral, C. A.
Meek, Wichita; chief of staff, E. b.
Jones, Holton.
Mrs. Sadie Staplin of Ellis was
elected department president of the
Womans Relief Corps of Kansas, af-
ter an interesting contest. Her on
ponent was Mrs. Lila Godfry of New
ton The other officers elected and
appointed follow:
Senior vice president, Mrs. NJ. Hoag-
land, Hutchinson; junior vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Lillian A. Hendricks,
Cherryvale: secretary, Catherine f.
Alden. Ellis treasurer, Florence
Bum, Lacrosse; chaplain, Eli A.
Scott, Marysville; counsellor, Anna
Apple, lola; inspector, Dora J. Rogers,
Emporia; /. and !. officers, Lydia
Shepherd, Wichita; press correspond
ent, Nora Mason, Clay Center; patrio-
tic inspector, Leah Scandrett, Rush
Center.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20

A clear brain and
Steady, dependable nerves
Can win wealth and fame
For their owner.
Clear medicines and a
Strong, healthy body
Depend largely on the
Right elements in
Regular food and drink.
Coffee contains caffeine
A poisonous drug.
Postum is rich in the
Gluten and phosphates that
Furnish the vital energy
That puts "ginger" and
''hustle"
Into body and brain.
There's a Reason"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20

The ballooning fatalities in Ger.
many should serve as a warning to
amateur aeronauts everywhere, at the
opening of the season for aerial
flights. The ascension with the Pom
mern, which ended In the Baltic sea,
was undertaken when high wind pre-
vailed, and when professional aero
nauts would have considered it rash
to start. The second fatality revealed
the dangers of descent when strong
winds are blowing.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20

Somewhat of sensation was
caused at Stamford, Conn. at an as
sembly dance given by Stamford's
exclusive social set, when a little pig
was led into the ballroom by two
Young men and turned loose. The pig
ran sqealing about. and some of the
ladies climbed on chairs, presumably
thinking of rats. When they discOv-
cred that it was just harmless little
pig they joined in the chase about
the ballroom floor.
The scared little rorker was finally
captured and taken out OF doors. The
prank vas enjoyed by everyone.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
Poisson Case is Continued.

Arkansas City.-When the case OF
the state VS. Lewis Potterton and AIRS.
Emma Allen on charge Of numbering
the wife of Potierton with arsenic. was
called for preliminary hearing, it was
continued until Thursday. May &c.
The woman in the case, Mrs. Allen,
was unable TO be present.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20

The rage for changing names some
times runs up against snag. Some
one succeeded In rechristening Tot
tenville, down on Staten Island, and
substituting the title of Bentley
Manor. Now the descendants of the
Huguenots who settled in that quarter
have risen IN protest and want the old
name back So do the Daughters Of
the American Revolution, whose pa
triotic spirit naturally revolts at the
fact, as alleged, that the new name is
that of a man who was Tory in the
Revolution. Sometimes the adoption
of a new name for town is marked
by more haste than discretion.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20

The young Lochinvar of the TWEEN.
tieth century has to be up-to-date, or
else no wedding bells for him. There
may be tracing and chasing on Canon.
bic Lee" or wherever he makes his
getaway with a willing and adoring
sweetheart, but 1t will not be after the
charger which has stood conveniently
near. The clippers hustle off in an
automobile, and the pursuers follow in
the fastest motor cars that can be
requisitioned. And then the hunt is
not always successful. A youthful
pair ran away in that fashion at San
Diego, Cal, and so far as heard from
have not been captured.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
Military Instructor Appointed.

Junction City.-Captain James c.
Rea of the Seventh cavalry, stationed
at Fort Riley, has been notified that
he has been appointed to instruct the
infantry militia officers at the camp
to be held at Nevada, Mo-, in July.
This camp will be similar to the one
that is to be held at Fort Riley next
month for the instruction of militia
officers of the cavalry and artillery
branches.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
New Work for Women.

Mrs. Frederick H. Snyder is the
only woman impresario on earth, she
says. She decided that grand opera
would be a good thing for st. Paul and
made her first venture so successful
that she has continued in the business
after the fashion of men engaged in
the same work
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
Judge Sankey Dead.

Wichita.-Judge Robert A. Sankey,
for many years a prominent member
of the Wichita bar and well known
throughout the state in legal and po-
litical circles, is dead at his home in
this city. Death was due to chronic
catarrh of the stomach and was un-
doubtedly fastened by an absolute
fast of ten days, which the judge re-
Gently terminated, having tried this
means of securing relief
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20

Friends OF the art league in Chi
cago are urging the park board to
abandon the word boulevard" and to
call the highways connecting the park
systems drives or roads" or park
ways" The people of Chicago are
rapidly becoming purists. 1t will be
remembered that Eugene Field prophe-
sled that If Chicago ever got inter-
ested in culture, Chicago would make
culture hum.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20

Topeka-Business is very slack in
the state grain departmnt just now,
according to the monthly report of the
state grain inspector filed with the
auditor recently. The department col
lected only 81, APO in fees for inspec-
ton during the past month. This is a
so per cent decrease over the previous
month and is the lightest in the his
tory of the department.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20

II you have bad memory, says one
of the good thing" pages, safeguard
II by jotting down in a notebook a
little memorandum Of the promises
you make. Just as a small reminder.
UNI! Very good. Believe, at the same
time. somebody could make quite a
bit of money by marketing a handy
forgotten.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
Hard to Choose,

Edward" said the teacher, you
have spelled the word rabbit with two
is. You must leave one of them out"
YES, ma'am," replied Edward;
(which one?"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
Kansas Normal Orator Wins.

Oshkosh.-T. f. Brown of Emporia.
Kan, won the national internormal Or
atorical contest here, his subject being
Americas Desert Dwellers."
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
a Surprisino Event,

Mr.. Brown crushing excitedly into
the room)-Marie, Marie, intelligence
has just reached me
Mrs. Brown Calmly interrupting
him)-Well, thank heaven, Henry
Life.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-05-20
KANSAS TOPICS


Canton.-The city council at re-
cent meeting called an election for
June to vote for $4,000 bonds to
build an electric light plant and water
works system for Canton.