The Globe-republican., 1900-09-06
KANSAS ITEMS OF 1NrEREsr.

Roy Smith, of Dickinson county. was
killed by lightning August %. He
was p years old
c. w Morgan, of Kingman, was
driving a nail when the hammer slip
ped and the nail few into his eye
Delegate Flynn says the secretary of
the interior is thoroughly in sympathy
with the people of Indian Territory
A train load of fat steers has been
bought at the Kansas C:ty stock yards
to be shipped. alive, to the Klondil1e-
The First Presbyterian church of
Petcd. the carpet alone costing $1,000.
There are ,2o5 Kansas soldiers now
serving in the Philippines; with "a com
1nissioned officers in the volunteer SER
vice.
The colored people of two or more
counties will hold an emancipation
celebration at Valley Falls on Septem-
ber 22.
COw1ey county commissioners levied
a five mill tax for the purpose of re-
ducing the bonded Indebtedness of the
county.
Lieutenant Collin Ball, of the Twen-
tieth Kansas, had several uncles who
served with his father in the Confed-
crate army
There are SO many threshing outfits
reported burned, usually including loss
of wheat, that it is impossible to keep
tab them all
n paper mill at Independence is said
to be thing. 1t will cost S35,-
600 and will employ from so to rs men,
No bonus was given
A Presbyterian excursion from Olathe
to Leavenworth on August 30, over
the Santa Fe, large one. Ten
cars were engaged for it.
Burlington claims to have a citizen
who is a cousin of Minister Conger and
Yates Center is the home of a nephew
OF the minister to China.
VIM A. Jones, of Harper county,
died of heart disease August %, while
cutting corn. He was missed but his
body was not found until the next day.
It is said that a minister in Diclzin-
son county has told his congregation
that the vvomens high hats must come
off during service or that the sexes
must be separated to different sides of
the church.
The Frisco railroad has made ar
rangelnents to run a special train to
Wichita from Columbus, Kansas, on
September 5. the date of the annual
logrolling of the Woodmen of the
World in that city.
The Good Roads congress is to be
held in Topeka, September 25-2S. The
citizens of Shawnee county have raised
the funds necessary to build one and
One-haf miles of macadamized road, a
portion of which will be constructed
under the supervision of f. J. Harri-
son, road expert of the national de-
partment OF agriculture, during the
convention, thus affording an object
lesson. MI Harrison will explain the
details OF practical road building to
the delegates Kansas railroads have
made rate of one fare for the round
trip from all points in Kansas, good
for the week ending September -.
Nearly everybody is eligible to be-
come delegates
1t is said that s 900 people assent bIetl
at Wetmore, from Nenal,a. Brown and
Jackson counties, at the annual Modern
Woodrnen 1ogrol1ing August 23.
j. A. Dawe1y. of Mitchell county has
built baLu which will hold hundreds
of tons of hay, 30, 600 bushels of grain,
and 100 head of horses and cattle with
out crovding.
A son of SiIas Robinson of Usage
county. while trying to jump from. i
fence onto his horse, fell and a sun
flower stalk pierced his bowels, maxim g
a dangerous wound.
J. p. Williams, a veteran just re
turned from the Leavenworth Soldiers
home, died of heart disease near Win
field while seining. His body was
found IN water only waist deep
The new report Of the labor coreamis
sioner of the state contains chapters or
the following subjects: Wage Garner
statistics; labor organizations; the
packing industry: the creamery indus
try; lead and zinc industry; county
charities; industrial education; chatte
mortgages; factory inspection; strike.
and other labor troubles.
Central Kansas had a hail storm or
the night of August "a East bount
trains We're delayed An elevator wa:
blown down at Bavaria.
During the hot weather meetings o