The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-05-22
KANSAS NEWS BRIEFS.

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Judge r. M. Picklsr was rsnominatsd
for Judge By the Republicans In con-
vention 1t Belott. The nomination waS
made By acclamation.
Judge c. w. Smith was unanimously
renominated at 0oodland by the Re.
publicans OF the Thirty-fourth judicial
district. composed of Roo,is. Graham.
Sheridan, Thomas and Shermanc oun.
ties. Governor Stanley ADDRESSED tn,
convention.
| William Scott was arrested at Man
haitian by Sheriff J. J. Pierce. Of sa-
yannah, Mo-. assisted by Sheriff ID. u.
Finney, OF Manhattan. Scott Is wanted
In Savannah on q horse stealing
charge. Numerous other crimes are
charged to him In other localities.
w. Order. a citizen Of Caldw well. has
brought SUIT In the district court ut
Wellington for $4,000 damages for
slander against George Hill. q lumber
dealer Of Caldwell. alleging that Hill
told various parties that ne tGrider)
had been stealing coal from Hill's cars.
and he considers his reputation has
been damaged to the above amount
Here Is q letter sent by a Topeka
man with present to bride IN Chi
cago: my Dear Girl: You will md
In the box thlngamajig which has
something to do with eating grub on
table. II looks like a cross between "a
harpoon and a hayfork. am 80 old
fashioned that don't know: you will
be so happy you won't care
Suits for damages are to be institut.
ed by the heirs Of the late Judge irwin
Stratton. OF Wichita. whose death re-
suited from an accident which occur
red at San Bernardlno. Cal. recentlv.
Papers have been drawn up and will be
fled In few days In complaint asa'nst
the Southern Pacific railway and the
San Bernarhino tramway to recover
s23,350 damages. A traction car struck
Judge STATIONS wagon and q motor
engine strurk the horses. Judge STRAIT
ton died twelve hours later.
Tramps are causing Emporia women
much worry and the men much trouble
jrst now. They have been very thick
there lately. Thursday morning the
police raided gang Of about twenty
and arrested seven. They were put TO
work on the rockville. Charles Lamb.
boy, was robbed "Wednesday after
noon. His ring and eveus his shoes
were taken. Tramps have been COM
mittlng numerous petty roberies and
making bold threats to women. They
will all be arrested now upon their ar
rival and put on the rock pile.
The Topeka council has offered $3.50 =
0OO for the lo,'a, water works pa I
now owned hy private company. Two
years ago the people Of the city vot ed
inr municipal ownership Of water
works. The city was authorized to
issue bonds TO either buy the old plant
or build new one The city and the
cowpnny have been dickering back aud
forth for a year or more trying TO get
together on a price for the old plant.
tThe city has now made the nat offer Of
$3.50. 900 and II the company does nut
accept Il the city threatens to 70 ahead
and put In new plant
James Butler, secretary Of the Farm.
ers' State Grain Association. common-
ly called the farmers grain trust, says
that he has received applications from
about twenty Ave additional local as
sociatIons and that they will be inco-
pornted shortly. 'rre farmers nave
been holding OF until they could ru;l
out what the prospects OF a good wheat
crop we're" he said. "Thcy now be-
,ieve the state will raise fairly good
crop and they are o~~anizlng to handle
their own grain. The diTerence br'
tween our so.callcd trrst and the regn-
lar grain trust Is that we handle ou'
own stun, while the other trust tries to
make money OF Of other Deople's pro
ducts"
In January last one ". J. Seals waa
arrested at Galena for disorderly con-
duct with one alrs. Rilla Rakestraw
! and for robbing his wife. "a she slleges
.. Of all her money at Urbana, Ill. The
officers started from GalenA to urbanu
with him. but he escaped from them NJ
st. Louis. Later he was known to bs
, In Tennessee, where he was pursued
but again he eluded the officers and
left for Galena, where he has been foi
the past three or four weeks escaping
, the Vlkiihut eyes VI inc Outcetb, 10 Wei
as those Of his wife. who has been II
Galena on the lookout for the pas
three months. He and Mrs. Rakestrsv
were former sweethearts, having
, known each other from childhood. an
; finally decided to renew II by clopint
TO the West. He was apprehended th'
. other day at Galena by ORicer lard
| wick and again placed under arrest
: He seems to have been unable to keel
r away from the woman he loved Anu !
r was through this he was caught Wher
they frst came West he deposited
Q part OF his wife's money In the bank a
: Columbus. Judge q. D. Sapp VIII lool
| after Seals case. and has also signef
, his bond. Mrs. Seals has two attor
4 neys, as has Mrs. Rakestraw, also. II
!, promises to be Z most interesting cast
. and will be bitterly fought by the lhre'
[ parties. Mrs. Rakestraw has garnishee'
4 the balance In the bank. $500. fo'
9 board, and Mrs. Seals has also gar
/ nisb eed the money that Mr.. Seals ha'
4 In the bank Al Columbus, as she ID hi
4 legal wife. She Acknowledges tnat sn'
4 signed the contract In Urbana to separ
3 ate, but when Mrs. Seals found another
: woman In the case she changed hel
mind.