The Globe-republican., 1901-10-24
Kansas ITEMS or INTEREST.

The Presbyterian Synod in session at
Fort Scott, named HoIton the place
for its next meeting.
Delphos has a new SO. 900 school
house 1t is one-third larger than the
that was burned
The Odd Fellows grand lodge offers
reward of $500 for the arrest of the de-
faulting grand secretary, D. ". Kent
E. s. Holiday, a new member of
congress from Indiana, served in the
civil a member of a Kansas reg
innent-
Ewing Herbert7s aged mother was
thrown from the carriage while riding
with her son in Hiawatha, and severely
injured.
D. c. Hall, an Atchison county farmer,
has 1000 bushels of corn which has
been in his cribs two years Heis hold
it for 75c a busheL
Wellington officials will arrest par
ents of children who do not attend
school. 1t is a fneable offense. Abb
lene has taken the same course.
Charles Gathers. 1s-year-old office
boy employed by the Charles Wolff
Packing Company, of Topeka, fell 80
feet through an elevator shaft and sus-
tanned fatal injuries.
by the Santa Fe management foreman
of the bridge, building and water ser
vice of the middle division with head
quarters at Newton
Reuben Hamlin was pulling a spike
at siding, west of Hutchinson, while
standing with his back to a coming
train He evidently did not hear the
train and was killed
The Hutchinson city council has de-
cided to buy its city waterworl1s and
electric light plant, having that right
under the franchise held by the COM
pany which owns them.
c. A. Baker, of Arkansas City, was
with his family in the woods to gather
pecans. He fell from a tree which he
was shaking and was injured so that
he died three hours later
Mrs. Rich, of Wichita, has sued John
and Susanna Kinseder, for damages for
repeatedly getting her two boys drunk
The boys II and 16 years old The
case is in the district court.
1t is told of a Rice county woman
who, after seeing her fool husband lose
SIS on 'ssure thing game. walked up
to the faker's table, and grabbing up
handful of his money, walked off with
it, telling him she needed it to live on
the fal1er had to look pleasant
Kaw Valley potato growers made
good money from the high price re-
ceived from the one third crop they
raised this year. 1t is estimated that
they have received $3.50, 900 for their po-
tatoes this year One man planted
early in March and his crop reached
100 bushels to the acre The late plant
ers missed the April rains and failed
to get a crop
A man calling himself a Estate in
surance adjuster of sewing machines
claims to be an employee of the govern
ment, and that it is his duty to inspect
sewing machines He found victims in
Leavenyvo at the rate of a so cent
fee each. Is there really any use in a
man working for living when the
world is so full of fools willing to con-
tribute to his support?
Tom Lloyd, an Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe fireman, who was injured at
Thatcher, Colorado, in 1895, and who
sued the company for S5o. 900 damages,
was given a verdict for s5, 300 in the
Atchison district court. 1t was the
first trial of the case
The reports of the state superinten-
dent show that 33 per cent of the popu-
schools: while the report of the nation
al commissioner of education shows
that only % per cent of the population
of the United States does so.
Arrangements are completed for the
purchase of a half section of land ad-
joining the State Soldiers home at
at Dodge City, for pasture purposes.
Its cost is 81 ,ooo- There are now $50
inmates OF the home and the number is
steadily increasing
There have been six damage suits
brought against the Atchison brewery.
They are all similar The last one is
brought by a widow whose husband
was killed in a drunken rev, the drunk
enness caused by beer bought at the
brewery
There whisky picnic and poker
game combined at Blaine, Pottawat-
oInie county, and at the finale two men
had been burned to death in their BEDS
one lying at the point of death and
another insane