The Globe-republican., 1902-10-30
Kansas Events
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PEARS estimates the loss at the recent
fire at Haskell at about SO, ooo- Tween
ty-tx9o horses were burned. Two
horses We're saved. but aside from that
everything was destroyed. There was
u large quantity Of hay destroyed and
about 2, 900 bushels of oats. All the
farming implements used on the Has
l<e1 farm were also burned The barn
was built about year ago to replace
one that had been destroyed by fire.
The fire was probably caused by stu
dents smoking
EIGHT SOLDIER BRoTHERs--The
death of Rev. David Worsley at Neosho
Rapids brings out the fact that there
were eight sons in the Wors1ey family
! and that all of them served in the
Union army during the rebellion
Their aggregate service amounted to
TWEEN ty-two years They averaged six
feet and two inches in height. Six
were in the Third Iowa cavalry and
two in the Ninth Kansas Rev. Wors-
ley preached in Kansas for about
thirty-five years
WILL WORK THE FARM.-The Kent
farm which was turned over to the
grand lodge of Odd Fellows, is to be
worked in the interest of the lodge. It
is in Reno county and it has a 6o-acre
apple orchard. 1.-The farm is good
one," said John Haughey, past grand
master, land the lodge could sell it
readily, but as the farm will be a
source of income and will grow more
valuable each year the lodge will just
hold to it and run it,
TELEPHONES SUPERsEDE TELEGRAPH
Work on building the long distance
toll telephone line from Larned to
-
it will be but short time until all the
smaller towns between these points are
put in connection with the toll line.
In many of the smaller stations the
telephone is superseding the telegraph
and the telegraph companies are closing
their offices at these places on account
of lack of business.
JUDGE CALDERHEAD-s SIsTER-Mrs
Emma E. Forter, of Marysville, presi-
dent of the Kansas division of the
Woman's Relief Corps, was honored
with the appointment of institutin q
and installing officer for the national
organization by its president, Mrs
Sodusl1y Taylor. Mrs. Porter is a sis
ter of Judge w. A. Calderhead, who
represents the Fifth Kan sas district in
congress, and is Il woman of unusual
energy and ability
REFORMED CHURCH SYNoD.-The
synod of the Reformed church holds
its session at Wichita, beginning Octo-
Der %. This meeting mbra ces the
central part of the United States and
several hundred delegates are present.
This is the sixteenth annual session of
the organization and the first that has
ever been held in the middle west.
The Wichita church is one of the Most
tn 1ac
WORKED BY MOoNLIGHT.-The farm
ers of Lyon county worked all night
during the all night full moon period,
in October, at harvesting their lxafir
and cane crops. Many of the farmers
arranged double shifts of teams on
their machines; some of the horses and
men slept in daytime and ran the cut
tiers while the day force rested.
STEEL FOR THE ORIENT.-There are
seventy-five carloads of steel and ties
at Anthony for the extension of the
Orient south
HAS A ERANCHISE.-A Hiawatha
young man, Phil Bliss, who graduated
recently from the state university, has
been granted a franchise to place ad-
vertising cards in the street cars in
London, England. If the business is
conducted as largely in England as it
is in the United States the young man
will make quite thing of his venture
AT WICHITA NExr.-The Odd Eel
lows grand lodge in session at Pitts
burg voted for next years meeting to
be held in Wichita. The vote stood
Topeka 22a, Wichita e4s, Chanute t.
LOST A HAND.-John Tally, en-
gineer living in Topeka, was injured
in Florence and had to have his left
hand amputated at the wrist. He was
examining the CROSSROADS of the engine
when his left hand caught in the dri
wing bar and was badly crushed. He
was taken to the Santa Fe hospital
the fast mail.
S1O0, 900 Fer SALINA--The Union Pa
cific is expected to erect at Salina next
year new and large round house, and
that other improvements amounting to
500, 600 will be made
THE CHANUTE DEPoT.-The work on
the Santa Fe depot at Chanute which