The Globe-republican., 1902-09-18
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


by January l.
The Kansas legislature will be asked
to provide for the examination of
threshing machine engineers
Lane university at Lecompton. has
started upon its 37th year with I'M
usually large number of students, both
new and old.
Miss Ida Scott, of Hays City, was
burned to death from the explosion of
of oil from which she was pour
ing oil upon a fire
Thomas Black. of Valley Cen ter.
unloading lumber and silver into
his hand. Locl<jaw resulted and the
case became serious
VIM. Tuen, a farmer near Maize,
was unloading straw and fell off his
wagon an upturned pitchforl1, and
almost b1ed to death.
Miss Nellie Richards of Ottawa was
dangerouly burncdswhile using either
kerosene gasoline for l1indling the
fire in a cook stove.
The attendance of the reunion of the
Southwestern Veterans association at
Dodge City was the greatest in the
history of the association
All the car hogs coming to the WITCH
tia market extra and of good
weight. The wagon deliveries are also
better than they have been.
Mount Vernon cemetery at Atchison,
now contains the remains of United
States senator, a governor and chief
Justice of the supreme court.
Edward Hopkins, a Frisco brake
man, was shot by robber while
top of in a moving train east of
Wichita. His wounds are serious.
Judge w. T. Bland, of the Atchison
district court, has rendered his resig-
nation to take effect October 1. He
leaves the bench to wholesale drugs.
Congressman jackson is probably
forced to quit work in his campaign
for re-electlon by his broken leg. His
right leg is broken just above the
ankle
The Missouri Pacific had two freight
wrecks which caused delay, although
they were not serious. One was on
the Kiova branch and one near To-
wanda.
1t is stated that there We're about
5000 people attending the log rolling
Fort Scott of the Woodmen of the
World Twelve bands We're in the
parade
During the maneuvers to be held at
Fort Riley this month all captains of
the X. N. G. will receive So n day;
Geutenants, So; first sergeants, 81; mu-
sicians, IS cents; cOrporals, 60 cents;
Privates So cents
In the many years that John Seaton
has represented Atchison county in the
legislature he never has had opposition
enough to make his campaign inter
esting until this time. when Baiiie
Waggener is giving him warm race
The roadmasters of the middle divi-
sion say that the Santa Fe is in the
worst kind of need of men to do sec
ton work. Although agents at
different towns trying to get workers,
it is almost impossible to hire any
There is much need of work along the |
line now in cutting weeds and repair
ing the track, preparing for winter
when little work can be done.
Fred Beeler, of Jewell county, began |
moving and stacking his alfalfa three !
weeks ago and has been at it ever since |
and now the first side of the field he |
cut three weeks ago is ready to cut |
again. He now has 600 tons in the |
stack.
Almost together Hutchinson had two |
Sunday fires-the McDemed mill and |
elevator and residence. The inside |
of the mill was burned out and the loss
on the residence and contents was an |
other So, 600
The Rock Island will send three ex-
cursion trains from Kansas and Okla. |
homa to the national G. A r. reunion /
at Washington on October GIL. The |
three trains viii be made up at Topeka, |
lexington and Oklahoma.
The Missouri Pacific has established |
a rate on hay of e21z cents per hundred !
pounds on carload lots to Colorado |
common points, from all points in Kan |
sas- This gives Kansas shippers Mis- |
souri, river rates while formerly Kan |
sas shippers had to pay "a cents more
than river rates
T. C. Jones, retired attorney of |
Chanute, who had lived there 81 years, |
died in Michigan, where he was stay |
ing with his son for his health He |
was one of the founders Of Tioga, |
which became part of Chanute-