The Globe-republican., 1902-10-30
KANSAS COMMENT.

old soldier votes in the Dodge home
now. Two years ago there were but
eighty-five-
WAS Too BossY.-A section gang
the Santa Fe cutoff near Emporia went
on strike. The men, about fourteen
in number, said their boss, Paul Eber-
Iy, was ''too bossy.' There was delay
in finding men,
INSPECTOR GENERAL.-N- H LOOMS.
general attorney of the Union Pacific
road in Kansas, can now wear the title
of colonel. Governor Stanley has APP
pointed him inspector general of the
Kansas national guard, with the rank
of colonel
HISS HAND BADLY ToRN.-Wm- Swift
ger, of Oklahoma, while visiting his
brother south of Englewood, met with
a serious accident. While out shooting
prairie dogs the gun exploded, tearing
off his left hand with the exception of
his thumb and forefinger.
ScALDED BADLY.-John OFT, while
working on the boilers at Cudahy's
packing plant in Wichita, was almost
scalded to death. Steam and hot
water struck his back and left side
taking the skin off. 1t is said by those
who understand the work that but for
Otis presence of mind, he would have
been killed.
BALL IN NEW SHOPS genlents
are being made for a grand ball at the
new Santa Fe shops in Topeka their
completion. The date has been fixed
at October 27. It will be given the
second floor on the east side of the
new machine shops Marshal1s band
will give concert before the ball and
Steinberg's orchestra will furnish the
music for the dancing
PHONE TO HUGoToN.-The liberal
News remarks that when the telephone
line is extended from there to Hugoton
that Stevens county will probably be
annexed to the Union. Stevens county
is little out of the beaten track. 1t
has no railroad mileage at all, and is
given almost entirely to the cattlemen,
the population amounting to not much
more than GOO
To VOTE ON BUILDING JAIL.-Phil1ips
county voters will say at the election
whether they are in favor of a special
tax levy for the purpose of erecting
new county Jail with jailer's residence
in connection Herewith. The commits
sioners have stated that such a build
ing can be erected for sum not to ex-
coed S12, 900 and that they believe
y
HIGH School FEE.-The probate
court of Douglas county has granted
an injunction against the board of ed
ucation restraining the board from col
lecting a high school tuition fee. The
board has levied a fee of SIS from each
pupil and had given instructions to ex-
clude all pupils who had not paid the
fee The restraining order is set for a
hearing in the district court early in
November.
COLLEGE CHICKEN FRY.-Ottavva
university has seven former students
of Lewis academy and the Wichita
high school there. Miss Bessie McCune
and Mr.. b. B. Braden who were in at
tendance there last year gave a novel
reception to the new students Invi-
tations were issued to meet at the gym
nasium and from there they went to
the varsity farm on Rock Creek
where, after various games, a large
campfire was built and the guests in
troduced to a college chicken fry
KANSAS MINERS Won't SrR1KE-W.
l. A. johnson, state labor commission
er, says that Kansas coal miners won't
go out on a strike in sympathy with
the anthracite miners They are salts
fed with the contract they have with
and all are making good money.
Took HIM FIVE YEARS.-'tThere has
been but one cigarette smoker to grad
uate from the Fort Scott high school
in 25 years. says Professor Lansdon,
land it took him five years to get
through
SOLD $50 TICKETs.-The Wichita let
ter carriers have had a ball One of
the carriers, j. T. Mcdonald, sold $50
tickets to the ball at 81 each. He did
this during 10 days and while working
his regular route.
TANGLED IN A BINDER.-G. w. Good
1Oe, of Pratt county, was dragged sixty
five yards in a lxafir corn binder. When
the team stopped it took an hour to
disentangle him from the machine.
He was not seriously hurt. There
were few grabab1e places on him
that the machine didn't get at
OFFICIALS REsIeN.-Orange !. Smith
and James E. Doom, storel1eeper and