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The Chanute times., 1912-05-31
KANSAS TOPICS
X. OF P.'s ELECT OFFICERS.
"Insuraents" of Grand Lodge Win
Heated Election Contest at
Hutchinson.

Hutchinson, Kan.-After a spirited
contest between the insurgents" and
"standpatters" Of the Knights OF Py-
thias grand lodge, the insurgents
led by Harry Mcmillan, of Minneapo-
lis, won. Mcmillan defeated Charies
Little of Topeka for grand chancef
lor by a vote of 206 to 141.
The other grand lodge officers elect
ed are:
Grand vice chancellor-Otto Foelt-
zer of Hutchinson.
Grand prelate-E. T. Ireland, OF COL
feyville.
Grand keeper of records and seals
N. L. Holiwell of Kansas City.
Grand master of exchequer-F. A.
Wilcox of Abilene.
Grand master at arms-Fred kast-
ner of Kansas City.
Grand inner guard-Frank r. Strop-
wig of Holton.
Grand outer guard-Chris Diehne OF
Leavenworth.
The Pythian Sister Grand Temple
elected the following:
Most excellent chief-Mrs. Kate
Webster of Bronson.
Grand senior-Mrs. Maud V. 10y ol
Chapman.
Grand junior-Mrs. Eta Downuma
Of Leavenworth.
Grand manager-Mrs. Belle Alex ol
| Ottawa.
Grand mistress of finance-Mrs
Ruth Morris of Kinsley.
Grand Keeper Of records and CORE
spondence-Mrs. Allie Hills OF Gar
rett.
Grand Protecotr-Mrs. Olive Ram
sey of Hutchinson.
Grand outer guard-Mrs. Maym'
McCune of Wichita.
The grand lodge adjourned to NEE
next year at Emporia.
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Action for $4,000.

Parsons, Kan.-A second libel suit
for $4,000 against Paul H. Kimball, an
attorney of this city, was filed in the
district court here by w. 7. Watson
former assistant state bank commits
sloner of Kansas. The suit is the out
come of an affidavit filed by Kimball
in the supreme court at Topeka, seve-
raj days ago, alleging that Abner Da-
Wis of Oklahoma City, charged Watson,
several court officials of this county
and two prominent Kansas attorneys
with bribery in the case of the defunct
Mechanics State bank of this city.
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Fatally burned BY eIazine oII.

Haven, Kan.-Mrs. George Ventram,
who lived near here, was burned to
death in the presence of four of her
eight young children. She was heat
ing oil to apply to floor when the
kettle boiled over and the hot oil
spread the flames from the stove. ig-
hitting her clothing. She ran into the
yard and the children poured water
over her but to no avail. She died
at midnight. All her clothing was
burned. only the wristbands OF her
dress escaping.
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Rusenbark,s SLAYER Sentenced.

Kinsley, Kan-At an adjourned
term of the district court, held at this
place, Judge Albert S. Foulks denied
the motion for a new trial in the case
of the State vs.Floyd and Charles AL
exander, found guilty of manslaughter
for the murder of Editor H. c. Busen-
bark of Belpre at the last regular term
of the court. Charles Alexander was
sentenced to serve two years in the
penitentiary and Floyd Alexander was
given an indeterminate sentence III
the state reformatory.
The Chanute times., 1912-05-31
Union Depot for Wichita.

Wichita, Kan.-An agreement was
reached here between the city admins
tration and Santa Fe officials of the
Wichita Union Terminal Association,
whereby work is to begin at once on
the elevation of tracks and the build
ing of a Union station. The city and
S. c.. w. Kouns, general manager OF
the Santa Fe and head of the terminal
association, fell out over plans for
elevation. After three months of ne
gotiation a contract was signed. The
Union Terminal Company agrees 10
begin work at once ON S2,2OO'OOO
worth of improvements.
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answered the last taps. Memorial Day
should be sacredly kept and should
most properly recall the stirring
events of the Civil war. what mean
ye by these stones?" the descendants
of Joshua asked, as they saw the me-
mortal pile by the River Jordan. So
the youth of today inquire Of the 81
lent sentinels raised to commemorate
the soldier of 81.
am reminded of an example Of pa
triotism not usually known. Colonel
Shaw, whose monument of bronze
stands upon Boston Common, is not
alone in deserving such a memorial.
Up among the Berkshire Hills there is
a modest shaft that marks the grave
of another gallant leader OF negro
troops. / refer to Colonel Chauncey
Bassett, Of the Bassett Grand Army
post of Michigan, the grandfather of
my children and the father of that
elect lady, my wife. How Colonel
Bassett inspired his men is illustrated
by the heroism of negro lad who
was the color-bearer. AS Colonel Bas'
sett handed the flag to the lad, he gave
this charge: my boy, bring back the
colors or tell to God the reason why"
All through the fierce fight they watch
ed that standard. Once 1t was seen to
fall-the lads arm had been shot. But
grasping the staff with his left hand,
the flag moved forward again, waving
over the dusky troops. Once more it
swayed and dropped. But after the
battle they found the little fellow
PROSTATE upon the flag wet with his
blood. He could never bring the col
ors back He had told to God the
reason why.
But I recall a memorial which comes
close to every veteran in the land. II
is the name endeared to you by a
thousand recollections and sends the
warm blood throbbing through your
veins. It is the dear name Of
comrade, comradeI
Your companions In arms! They
have fallen. but your thoughts bring
the old familiar forms and scenes
back again You sleep in the same
tent and perchance share the same
blanket or you watch by the camp
fire warming and sheltering your com
rade from the cold and the storm as
he has done for you. You divide your
scanty rations or you dispense the
lucky catch Uf poultry or bacon; you
cheer him on the hot and dusty march;
he stretches his hand or musket to
you In the struggle through the dan
Sarous swamp: he fights by your side
The Chanute times., 1912-05-31
Fancy Hogs For Kansas.

Newton, Kan.-George NJ. Hammond,
a Harvey county stock farmer, shipped
Tattarax Duroc-Jersey pig to the
University of Missouri the other day
The sale was made by wire, and the
price paid for the hog was $175. Har-
vey county farmers are giving more
than ordinary attention to raising pure
bred stock. and the records show that
there are more BREEDERS of Percheron
horses in this county than any other
county in Kansas.
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eu;+ over and AIonu Arkansas.

Dodge City, Kan.-The recent Kan
sas supreme court decision declaring
the Arkansas river to be navigable
river, resulted in law suit here re-
Gently by H. B. Bell against Steve
Burgess. Bell owned, or thought ho
owned, strip of land adjoining the
Arkansas river at this place. Burgess
took the decision of the supreme court
as authority for filing upon this same
tract of land as a homesteader. He was
put off the land several times and was
finally arrested for trespassing, and
the question will now be fought out
in the courts.
The Chanute times., 1912-05-31
Boy Gets 5000 Position.

Lawrence, Kan.-Harry q. RIGGS
a Kansas boy and a graduate OF the
University of Kansas, has been ap-
pointed dean of the civil engineering
department of the University of Mich
igan. His salary and perquisites, 1t
is stated, will amount to $4,000 year,
because in Michigan, cities and towns
pay for the engineering advice re-
ceived from university instructors. A
different policy prevails in Kansas
where it is estimated the state re-
ceives $4,000 year in expert serV-
ices from the university.
The Chanute times., 1912-05-31
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
The SUNFLOWER STATE
THE IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF
A WEEK.
Prepared for Our Busy Readers Who
Want the Whole News In
Little Space.
ARRANGE FIREMEN's TOURNEY.
List of Prizes Made Dut For the State
Meet at Clay Center.

Clay Center, Kan.-The executive
committee of the state firemen's as
sociation held a meeting in Clay Cen
ter to determine upon the date Tor
holding the firemen's tournament this
year, and also to make arrangements
for the prizes. Some time ago Clay
Center was selected as the place for
holding the next tournament. 1t has
finally been decided to hold the tour
nament this year on August n, 2S and
20, about q month earlier than the
event has been held each year in the
past. This was done in order to avoid
county fairs. Cash prizes to the value
of S1,15O will be given, in addition to
the belts, trumpets and other prizes.
This is the largest amount of money
ever put up at firemen's tournament.
The contests, with prizes, are to be
as follows:
Dry hose test-First, trumpet and
s65; second, $4O third, $25; fourth
SIS.
Hook and ladder-First, s55; sec
ond, $50; third, 500; fourth, $40.
Coupling contest-First, $35; sec
ond $40; third, $40; fourth, So.
Speed race-First, $45; second, $9O;
third, $15; fourth, $40.
Championship race-First, belt and
500; second, $55; third, $S5; fourth
SIS.
Novelty race-First, $50; second
$50; third, $40; fourth, $40.
Combination hook and ladder
First, banner and sS5; second $45;
third, $25; fourth, SIS.
Ladder contest-First, SIS; second
$40; third, s..
Wet hose conteat-First, $65; sec
ond, $40; third, $25' fourth, SIS.
Relay race-First, $685. second, S2o;
third, $40.
Best appearing team-S2O.
The Eureka Fire Hose company
gives trumpet to the company max
ing the largest number of points.
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Corner Stone for Court House Laid

Dodge City, Kan.-The cornerstone
for the new Ford county court house
was put into place with impressive Ma
sonic ceremonies. About three thou
sand people from all points OF Ford
county and Masons from all over this
section of the county witnessed the
cornerstone laying. VIM. E. Hutcm-
son, worshipful master of the Grand
Lodge, A. B. and A. NJ, of Kansas,
officiated at the ceremony and l.. A.
Madison of Dodge City, delivered the
Grafton. The new court house will be
a beautiful $4,000 structure of Bed
ford stone facing, three stories in
height.
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]. N. tCurley) Harrison, of Ottawa
is to serve as department commander
for the Kansas department, u. A. H.,
for the ensuing year. He was electeu
over his rival for the honor OF headinS
the department, Thomas H. Grisham'
of Cottonwood Falls, by large major
ity. Harrison received 240 votes out
of a total of 425.
C. A. Meek of Wichita, who was
chairman of the committee on arrange
ments for the convention, and VINO
was largely responsible for the sue
cess of the meeting, was elected junior
vice-commander by unanimous vote
of the convention and without opposl-
ton.
Other officers elected were Rev. 5.
s Martin. of Holton, department chap
lain, to succeed Rev. j. w. Crouch; Dr.
E.. D. f. Phillips of Dodge City, medi-
cal director; j. Nj. Tarbill OF Belolt,
senior vice-commander In the case
of the last officers named, also, there
was no contest, each receiving the
unanimous vote of their comrades.
Delegates at large to the national
encampment at Los Angeles were
elected as follows: George Staphin
of Ellis; James Smith, Clay Center; 5.
C. Annette, Wichita, and Levi Strunk
of Anthony The delegates are to ap'
point their alternates.
Mrs. Kate Kilmer, of Kansas CITY,
Kan, was elected president OF the
Women's Relief Corps, department OF
Kansas, for the coming year. The
election was secured on the first bal
lot, but the supporters of Mrs. Agnes
Michaelis of Nickerson, and Miss Mag
gle Drnblazer, Of Fredonia, caused
much agitation before the ballot was
taken. Mrs. Minnie Beach of this city,
was elected senior vice president, and
Mrs. Agnes Michaelis of Nickerson
Junior vice president. The annual re-
prt showed that over $4,000 had been
spent in the past year placing flags
in grade and high schools OF the
| state
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PAPER Carrier Robs Grocer.

wichita, Kan.-W. o. Holems, pa
per carrier, % years old, held up r. II.
Sallender, a young grocer, taking $40
in cash and s54 in checks and a sack
of tobacco as the grocer left the
store. He was masked with a black
silk handkerchief. Calender recog-
nized Holiness voice, Holmes having
been in the store many times deliver
ing papers. Holmes confessed to the
noIice and the money and checks were
found on him. Calender declined 70
prosecute.
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kiIIed Under Traction Engine.

Manhattan, KAN. NJ. Castello
was killed the other day when trac-
ton engine which he was driving
broke through the Hunter Island
bridge and went down into the mud
below with CASTILLO underneath, the
weight forcing him down in the mud
and water to a depth of four or i've
feet It took several hours to re-
eover the body, it being first necessary
40 raise the engine with block ana
tackle Charles Wells had just step
ned off the engine and gone ahead
noment before the accident occurred
The Chanute times., 1912-05-31
Farm Wagon Kills Child.

Protection, Kan.-W. I. Brewer, a
farmer, living near this place, accl-
dentally drove his wagon over his s.
year-old daughter after she had fall
en- from the wagon. The childs skull
was crushed, and she died instantly
Brewer was driving to his home, his
daughter in the seat beside him, He
suddenly noticed that the girl was
missing and drove back to find her
Her body law in the road. The father
is DrOstrated.
The Chanute times., 1912-05-31
HARRISON TO HEAD THE G. A. R.
Wins over Grlsham on First Ballot
independence Gets the Next
Encampment.

Wichita, Kan-Asking that the state
of Kansas make an appropriation to
build monument on the VicksburS
battlefield to commemorate the deeds
of the First Kansas infantry; protest.
ing against the proposed abandonment
of state pension agencies; demanding
that the G.. A. r. be not Incorporated;
and installing officers elected for the
coming year, the thirty-first annual en-
campment of the department of Kan
sas, Grand Army of the Republic, came
to an end.
independence, Kan. the only city
that made a bid for the next annual
encampment, carried off this honor.
The Chanute times., 1912-05-31

Parsons, Kan.-Over two-thirds Oh
the orchards in Labette county are De,
ing destroyed by an insect which is
Killing the fruit and shade trees, ac-
cording to a report made by Walter l.
Emery Of the state entomology COM
-,Ission who is in this county trying
=. -aIieva the condition. 1t is estimat-
sd that the damage done so far VIII
mount TO $4,000. The shade trees
.h-oughout the city Of Parsons are also
ha,nT kiIed by the insect which is
,ha forest tree caterpillar.
The Chanute times., 1912-05-31

salina. Kan.-Charles B. Sherlock
fifty years old, sentenced to twenty
wears in the state penitentiary for
criminal assault on a girl nine years
old. made preparations to commit sui
eide Sheriff Burke relieved the man
~ a razor and a box of concentrated
I've. which were concealed in his cloth-
ing sherlock was strapped to his cot
Titb his hands tied Mrs. Sherlock
notified the sheriff of her husband
intentions. Before his arrest Sher'
ioo,, was county game warden.
The Chanute times., 1912-05-31
nrons loo Feet; Unhurt.

Emporia, Kan.-An almost miracu-
lous escape from instant death was
experienced by C. B. Bell when he
fell a distance of one hundred feet
from an exploded balloon. Bell, VINO
came here from Lincoln Center, had
filled the balloon beyond its capacity
with hot air. and when he had risen
about a hundred feet the big gas bag
burst, dropping him to the ground. He
was not seriously injured.
The Chanute times., 1912-05-31
s4,eS7 Damages for Husbands Death

Columbus. Kan.-Mrs. Grace Rambo
was given verdict for $4,667 against
the Empire District Electric company
As damages for the death Of her nus
band, Harry G. Rambo, manager oil
the Home Telephone. While doing re-
pair work on a pole on which both
phone and electric wires were strung
he was electrocuted by coming IN con-
tact with electric wires. Damages were
asked on the theory that the electric
company was negligent in the arrange
ment and maintenance OF its wires
The Chanute times., 1912-05-31
shoots Wife and Self.

Wamego, Kan.-Ed Bennett, a farm
er. shot his wife and himself on ac-
count of domestic trouble. Bennett Is
dead and Mrs. Bennett cannot live
He was 30 years old and she was 20.
The Chanute times., 1912-05-31

GOLDEN TEXT-"Take heed that you
do not your righteousness before men, to
be seen of them; else ye have no reward
with your Father which is In Heaven
Matt. 81
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1912-03-07
OLD TECHNICALLY WINS ANOTHER VICTORY.

ago Percy Suckey alias Frank Mccormick was muir
dered in peculiarly Ohio by GoodOve So lacking In
tenuation crime that the had trouble convlctng
Gooove The murerer took the matter to the
circu the verdict affirmed there and then an
peal supreme The ground of appeal was that
prove that the of the dead
Suckey question GoOove committed murder but
attorneys accused argued that while he convicted
killing individual known Sucke the state had failed prove
that the name of the deceased really Stuckey
The defense should be noted did attempt show the
srpen that the dead Scey merely
tended proving by that time during the trial
introduced evidence show that the of the dead
man Suckey outlined in the indictment At time had
questioned identity the dead although generally
had been both Suckey and Mccormick
the death and the guilt the murderer had been
concusvey and the only question raised in the supreme
was as to the deceased the defense pleaded that Good
convicted Of killing named Suckey but that the
real name the dead man. however Mccormick.
And what did the combined wisdom of the highest tribunal of
greatest do promptly turned the murderer free
remandng trial determined adhere ride
ulou d procedure the supreme absolutely the pis
his liberty although
least might have been granted in order that justice be
the prisoner released and the law which the life
being placed jeopardy than for the oene
in full enjoyment his liberty scandal the
ity and a monument to our judicial ineffciency.
In Of such that noted above should
wondmen that the percentage murders for each 1000 pop
ton greater here than other civilized country?
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THE WOMEN ON THEFARM

There recently met in Colorado interesting convention 1t
called the First International Congress of Farm Women In
suagete rally but quiet counseng together wives and
mothers enrich and umne rural life through the
timely vital purpose cannot be well deceived
We hear and speak deal about the farmer
the Saturday Evening Post We call him the foundation of all
ustr original wealth and the backbone the country
especially when wish him for buy another theshng
truth is with all his he fiddle his
any this country should get down
it's the farm women
indeed singular circumstance that amid all the preaching
intensive methods of cultivation and all the pleas for soil study and
improvement CompaatveySo little said of the purely domestic side
farm life Divers machine have been invented expedite the plant
and harvesting of and laid upon their adoption
the fields But how little hear of the importance devices
tighten the kitchen and household labor of the farm
life to be made duly attractive while the
and daughters of the farm be considered first of ALL
their opportunities enjoyment
enlarged the boys should be shown through institutions
that the farm holds splendid chance in
life girls interested other things humdrum
side of home existence.
Happily enough Georgia awakening the Importance this
truth The rural schools
domestic science and in districts there form
ed the girls associations that correspond the boys clubs
and provide kindred inspiration
that better crops win better homes equal
Iy true that better homes will mean better
If therefore the agricultural Georgia to progress
AMI prosper they should the side life of the given
pr inc emphasis
Every available should be provided houkeepers
that their daily tasks become interesting instead of bdenSome
for social pleasures and for should
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Successful
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