The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-07-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The wife and two daughters of .
prominent business man of Wichita were
recently arrested in dry goods estab-
lishment for shoplifting. They were
found to have some stolen articles on
their persons.
LAST winter j. S. Frazer and W. b.
Gibson took lot of Texas cattle to
Chautauqua County, which engendered
bitter feeling against them. Some
weeks ago Gibson was found dead in bed
near Sedan. and his death was great
mystery. Some time ago Texas fever
broke out among the cattle and the bad
feeling was revived. The other day
Frazer was found dead in a creek near
Sedan having been waylaid and stabbed
to death. He was one of the most
prominent cattiemen in the county.
As w. H. Hammel, real estate dealer
of Hutchinson, was lighting gasoline
stove the other morning. the lock on
the tank gave way and the tank fell
over with an explosion that saturated
the clothing of Mr.. and Mrs. Hammel
and they were instantly on fire. Mrs
Hammel was burned from head to feet
and died at one o'clock and Mr.. Hammel
died at three o'clock. They left two
children-one a boy fourteen years old
and the other babe.
c. w. KRAUsE, member of troop NJ,
Fifth cavalry, was drowned the other
night in the large fish pond just south
of the post at Fort Leavenworth. He
was bathing with other comrades, but
was not missed until the latter had par
TALLY dressed themselves and found tn
clothing of Krause and he nowhere to
be seen. He was evidently taken with
cramps and drawn to the bottom. He
was twenty years of age and had served
but three months. His parents reside in
Michigan.
IT is said that Atchison's lady enumer-
ator secured more names than any of
her co-laborers.
IT stated that thirty-six thousand
dollars will be spent this year in inn
proving the grounds and erecting cot
tages on the State G. A. R. reunion
ground at Ellsworth.
THE census supervisor gives out the
of Kansas City (Kan.) to be
in round numbers 10000: Topeka, 1000.
Leavenworth will show population of
about 10000.
A HUTCHINSON paper remarks that it
is not the unknown dead but the un-
counted living for whom the Nation
weeps to-day. The census enumerator
will not appreciate this joke.
E. E. MARSHALL who was fined and inn
prisoned at Lawrence for selling original
packages, and sued out writ of habeas
corpus before Judge Foster of the
United States Court at Topeka, was
released by the latter court.
THE other night Nathaniel Smith
drank poisonous liniment in a private
asylum in Atchison, where he was con-
fined, and died next day.
Two farmers in Comanche County,
Paul Morgan and Thomas O'Neal. got
into shooting scrape the other day and
the former was killed almost instantly
and the latter fatally wounded. The
trouble originated over the settlement
Of business matter.
UNDER the recent adjustment of the
salaries of Presidential post-offices in
fifteen towns showed an in
crease and thirty-nine decrease.
PROF. Snow, of the State University,
IN his weather report, records the past
month as the hottest June on his twenty
three years record, except June, 1881,
which surpassed it by only O.23 degree
If mean temperature. The rainfall was
deficient. being less than half the aver
Ige amount and the smallest June pre-
;ipitation on his record since June,
LS72
A BURGLAR entered the residence of
Mr.. Cannon, a Topeka plasterer, the other
hight while he was absent, and no one
n the house except his wife and child. |
Mrs. Cannon heard the intruder and |
eizing shot gun awaited his appear
nee. Soon the form of large man
larkened her door when she fired and |
le beat hasty retreat He was tracked |
ONE distance by blood but not over
aiken.
ISAAC RorHENBERG, of Rothenberg &
'chloss, the largest jobbers of cigars
nd tobaccos in Kansas, was found dead
n bed at Leavenworth, the other morn
ng.
LA GRANGE. the alleged theatrical
nan. who is in Jail at Hutchinson for
'igamy, has been identified as having
erved two years in the Arkansas peni-
entiary for the same offense.
A WICHITA man is engaged in the
york of collecting statistics concerning
ilk worms and silk culture in Kansas,
which has never before been attempted.
WHEAT of this seasons crop was mar
,eted at Leavenworth about two weeks
go.
THE Republican Resubmission State
'entral Committee met at Wichita on
he Sd and called State convention to
re held at Wichita September 9. the
asis of representation to be one dele
ate for every 400 votes cast for Eugene
Ware for Presidential Elector.
FIRE lately destroyed Ex-Governor
old store at Emporia, causing
loss of $1,000.
THE other afternoon George Austin,
ged twenty years, committed suicide
t Strong City. No cause could be given
or the act except that of temporary in