The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1902-06-26
KANSAS NEWS BRIEFS.

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| a new auditosiun. vith Q esatinG
capacity for moro thaa 1,soe peoDis,
has bssn c0oplsted q Junctsoa City.
II u Q temporary Structure ana 10 1rso
use 10 for the Nc revival osssin0 -
progrsss there.
Work on the secoaa - vsll hes
been begun at Abileas. The veil 10
Just north Of the city o. ne Mud creek
fats and will bs put Aown iGo tset The
city has raised $500 for the purposs.
The frst well which vas Q failurs, cost
s:.100.
The salaries Of shs foliowIus post
masters in kansas have been Increased
tl00 year; Clifton. Colby. Columbus.
Concordia, Downs. Eiiinwood. Eliis.
Enterprise. Erie. FreAonia The salary
Of the postmaster at Florence has
been decreased 500.
While emptying . barrel Of lavs
shipped to Topeka from Nj Aetna,
for use In polishing brass n the santa
Fe shops. the platter founi several
human bones embodied In the lava. 10
10 supposed that they are the bones Of
some person who wes caught BY the
lava during an eruption Of the VOL
csno.
John wardell. o well Known young
man. was accidentally shot and killed
Thursday afternoon whit hunting
/ north Of Sslina. His gun fell from .
han In oh ha "A -
\ the gun struck the ground Il exploded.
heart, killing him almost instantly.
Fire destroyed the Nindlin Z Adams
general store and contents at Pomona,
Monday night Early Tuesday morn
ing the two stores Of Crum 4 DoWnsr
and w. d. Wells. Of ousosmo. we're
destroyed. The loss was total at both
places. II will amount 70 about elO. 90
In the two towns. The Pomona Are
originated In the oil room. Ths origin
Of the other Gre II . mystery.
The Commercial Clubs q Abilene,
1 Clay Center and Fairbury. Nsb.. have
appointed committees 10 meet st
Washington. Kas.. nsgt week 10 dts
cuss plans for ssourikS the proposed
Rock Island cutoff from Falrbury.
Neb.. to Abilene. The extension Of the
Rock Island TO the South has brought
q renewal Of the projsct and II 10 be
lieved that II can be made success o;
this time.
Herington. with population Of over
1000. IL asking to b made city Of tha
second class There have been built
over 100 new houses here In the past
year and the added business that has
come through the extension Of the
Rock Island road TO Texas and the
West has made the city more prosper
Gus than ever. II 10 probable that for
NAL action looking toward the addition
Of municipal Aonors will - taken
soon.
Colonel Sam Newman died at hlf
fome In Holtoa- He cane TO kaasaI
from Kentucky In IN early day. When
he arrived In HoltOn he was pSopilsss.
hut by dint Of hard labor and close at
tention to business he had Accumulst-
cd q fortune He owned the large bust
ness block In Holton known a. the
Newman block. and several thousand
acres OF land In Kansas and other
states. He was q long time president
OF the Exchange bank Of Holton.
Some time ago. Eden Buckner. q ne
gress, was sent TO the pen'tentiary
from Topeka for i've years for iobbe: y.
As she was being taken 20 Lansing.
she was asked II she did not hate To
leave her husband behind. 'Oh. he
will be over to the pen with me before
long" said she. She proved . true
prophet. Her husband. George Buct'
ner. WAS sentenced TO prison by Judge
Hazen. Thursday. for Eve years f0i
robbery. the same charge that lis wife
was sent up on.
, A barbed wire fence. chargad with
electricity. caused the instant death ol
+ Martin l-aboda, q Polsndsr. and Har.
vey Clay. a negro. n y O'Clock Thurs.
! day morning. at Leayeavorf1. An
electric light wire running to kor'
mans park had fallen scross one Oi
] the wires on the fence. ehsrgiDE u
with 1000 volts Of electricity. and the
two men lost their lives by touehipG
the barbed wire with their hands.
COW which was grazing siong the
fence was Indirectly resp Jnsible fol
the death OF Laboda and Clay. Ths
animal Vas knocked down ty comins
, In contact with the wire. and Chy
! who ran from Korman's park IN set
what was the matter. vas instantly
killed by taking hold Of the wire q
pull II away from the COW. Ills rish
. hand was nearly burned on. Martil
, Isboda was working In q heid nearb!
4 and when he saw Clay fall he ran Z,
4 his assistance unconscious of the fac
: that the negro had been In contae
with an electric current when he wa
within 100 feet Of Clay he bisced hi
y left hand on the barbed wire end IN
r result was instant death. The bofie
e were viewed by Acting Coroner Johns
= ton. after which they we're taken 4
, Sexton's morgue. LAboda's hand wa
; only slightly marked where Il came q
: contact with the live wire Mar'i
, IAboda was ~ years OF age and he III
1 q family consisting Of . wife and Nv
, children. He lived at Second svenu
2. and Limit street Clay left . wife an
q two children. He was ~ years Of a
3 and was one OF the best Known negros
In Leavsnworth.
v II. Clay Pierce. Of b. Louis. ID
m | uurchnasd The KinR af portuRal