The Globe-republican., 1892-03-17
STATE NEWS.

Waterville is again troubled with q
grain car famine.
Kansas City.-A frightful explosion
of powder occurred at the powder mag
azine north of the city, in which two
persons were badly injured.
Under the state law in Kansas an IN
dertaker is allowed $50 by the county
for giving veteran soldier who dies
without money and relatives, decent
burial.
According to bulletin No. 165, just
issued by the census bureau, there are
3,715 places in the United States which
have population of 1000 or more. OF
these Kansas has 101, and stands ahead
of thirty-three other states.
The only woman who ever made an
argument before the supreme court of
of Atchison county, Mrs. Sarah Wilkins,
who lives in Mt. Pleasant township,
seven miles below Atchison.
At Topeka the proposed Quincy street
board for consideration, and received
new start. This enterprise has lain dor
mant long time because first plans and
specifications called for more expensive
bridge than the amount voted by the
county would pay for. A New York
engineer was employed to prepare new
plans These are now at hand, and it
is said that even better and stronger
bridge can be made for the S65, 1000,
than the old plans called for. The
county board is satisfied With the new
plans and has adopted them. All bids
for the construction of the bridge re-
ceived under the old plans and specifica-
tons were declared rejected, and County
Clerk Brown ordered to advertise for
new bids under the new plans.
Topeka Journal: John c. Harris,
better known as Harris the printer"
who has been running small job print
ing establishment, has mysteriOusly
disappeared. Harris was considerably
involved in debt and had been acting
very strangely for some time. He told
his wife that he was going to Kansas
City and would be back the next day.
Instead of coming back, the next she
heard from him was when she received a
long letter mailed at the union depot at
Kansas City. The letter was full OF ex
pressions of affection and stated that his
health had broken down and he was no
longer able to support her. There was
only one way left; he would commit
suicide, and she would get his $4,000
insurance. Harris published the West
ern Wigwam, the organ of the Red Men.
He had been married about five months.
His wife was formerly Miss Nettie
SOule
From Kingman: Quite panic was
created among the pupils in several
rooms at the High school building in
this city. Just as the pupils of the
eighth grade were taking their seats
(the balance Of the room were already
seated it was discovered that some mis-
creant had poured a handful of cayenne
pepper on the stove. which was filling
the room with smoke that was SO
powerful that many of the pupils were
nearly suffocated. AS soon as it was
discovered what was the matter the
teacher had the door opened, and got
the boys and girls out as quickly as
possible The fumes of the smoke pen
etrated several other rooms, some up
stairs. almost strangling the occupants.
They were emptied as soon as possible.
The affected rooms were opened up and
in the course of half an hour order was
restored and the machinery of the school
was going as usual.
Washington, d. C. The judiciary COM
mittee of the house has favorably report
ed the bill of Representative Funston to
create third division of the district of
Kansas for judicial purposes. The
measure combines johnson, Miami,
Bourbon. Crawford. Cherokee, Neosho,
Allen, Anderson, Coffey. Woodson, Will
son, Montgomery. Chautauqua, Elk and
Greenwood counties in the third divi-
sion. and provides that court shall be
held at Fort Scott on the first Monday
of May and November each year. The
remaining counties heretofore embraced
in the first division shall constitute the
first division of Kansas; that all civil
suits which shall be brought against
persons who reside in the third division
shall be brought therein, but if the de-
PENDANTS reside in different divisions
suits may be brought in either. All
crimes committed within the limits of
the QAppelle Indian agency in the In
dian territory will be prosecuted and
tried in the new division.
Clifton.-A most remarkable marriage
took place at Greenleaf, the bride, Mrs.
Woody, age IS, the groom, Mr.. Foss,
age 80, both Of this place. and will make
their home here. Last year when it was
known that Mr.. Foss was paying his at
tentions to Mrs. Woody. he was taken
to Oklahoma by his daughter and her
husband, J. A. Kern, but the old gentle
man returned short time ago for the
purpose of getting his sweetheart. 1t
ia nOSSihly the most romarEa hle caso IF