The Globe-republican., 1902-12-25
KANSAS rrEm. OF rsrEnEsE.

one year
Rain stopped the harvest in Summer
and CowIey counties and in northern
Oklahoma
Several hundred feet of Santa Fe
track was washed out between Florence
and Marion
The capacity of the Clay Center
pressed brick plant has been increased
to 10000 brick per day
John Doyle, II years old attempted
TO jump on the pilot of an engine aud
fell under the wheels
The Santa Fe is about to build spur
to Fort Leavenworth for transmitting
army supplies to the post
Four men of Arkansas City are float
ing down the river in boat and they
plan to fish and hunt for two weeks.
The Santa Fe shopmen of the Topeka
shops have subscribed over 81 900 for
the railroad Y M c. a. building
Salt water was found in a well near
Ho1ton after going down 1o5 feet A
company is being organized to develop
it.
The formal opening of the town of
Waldron, Harper county, occurs this
week when the Orient crosses the Choc-
taw.
An Es1kridge merchant says he knows
of q farmer who brought eggs to town
to sell which had failed to hatch in an
incubator.
The new G. A. r. commander, II. c.
Loomis, is trying to make up a big
delegation to the national encampment
at Washington.
The Neosho river was 25 feet higher
than normal, flooding the bottoms.
Easements of stores in Burlin gton
were flooded
Water reached the pump houses at
Independence and put out the fires
under the boilers, leaving the city
without water service.
II. A McConaughey, living north of
Concordia, lost by lightning five horses,
GOO bushels of corn, 400 bushels of oats
and 20 tons of alfalfa
The Fredonia Citizen tells of a cy-
clone that destroyed two barns tore up
fifty young apple trees, broke a porch,
lifted third barn from its foundation
and killed a cow
Mrs 1. V. B. Kennedy, of Fort Scott,
while telling. her husband that she was
feeling better than for year, fell over
into his arms and died in less than a
minute. Heart trouble was the cause.
Harrison Hannahs, who has just died
in Denver, was old settler of Tope-
ka- In 1865 he sold his property for
81, 900 and gave Washburn college half
of it. He has not seen the college since
that year.
Red ants said to be eating up al
fa1fa and corn in Mitchell county.
People sink empty fruit jars in the
ground and the ants get in them in
large numbers, and cannot crawl out.
Then they are drowned.
4Ia e,+l,o..~
are building monastery. They had
100 barrels of lime stored in building
The rain came through aud Stacked
the lime and set the building on fire
and burned up a big lot of property
Arrangements for the revival of the
state fair at Topeka are being carried
forward with success. Stock and cat
tie men throughout the state are being
interested in the fair project aad stock
in the company is being sold to them.
The flood did not reach lola at its
greatest volume until June 9. Much
growing grain destroyed. The
city waterworl1s plant was surrounded.
The Neosho river was from Eve to
seven miles wide at Chetopa on June Z.
The 1owland crops are destroyed and
500, 900 is the figure placed the loss
of wheat alone
A sale of unclaimed freight at the
Santa Fe freight house at Topeka
lasted week or more There were
is carloads of 1T gathered up at stations
along the line
Edward L Glasgow, formerly a cap
tain in the Twentieth Kansas. recently
appointed a first lieutenant in the ar
til1ery corps. has again been ordered
to take examination for further
promotion
DR.. c. E. Mum pioneer physician
of Topeka, is dead DIR. Mum wa.
bact .riologist of the state board O
heas tn, lecturer on hygiene and sani
tad on at the state university and lee
turer bacteriology at the Kansa
Medical college He was a recognized
authority in his line
The city meat inspector of Topeka
says that Topeka used 65. 900 pound
less meat during May than during tn
same month last wear