The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-02-19
KANSAS NEWS BRIEFS.


The ways and means committee Of
the senate met to take up the consid-
GRAFTON Of the bill making an appripri-
alton for q Kansas exhibit at the st.
Louis Worlds fair and decided to ap-
propriate 500. 900 for next year. This
will make the appropriation for the
two years Sl75.000. as $4,000 was ap-
propriated two years ago.
Since the meeting Of the women's
clubs of Kansas at Enterprise. a Man
ual Training school has been suggest
ed. There Is now q school there. the,
Enterprise Normal academy, which is,
under the management Of the West,
German M. Z. conference. The plan
is to convert II into a manual training
school, providing funds can be raised.
Oscar and Charles Plarlin, two
young boys living fifteen miles north
OF Winfield. were in the justice court
for fiogging their school teacher. Miss
Ethel Fricker. The teacher had severe
ly whipped the young boy, who secured
the assistance of his brother and they
Joined In kicking and whipping her
until It is feared her condition may be
serious. The boys are and IA years
Of age.
Burglars entered the house Of Jacob
Durflinger. a farmer living near Cher
okee and after chloroforming the fam
lily robbed the house. Mr.. Durninger
had sold drove of hogs the day be-
fore and Il II believed that this in
duced the thieves to make raid on
the house. They secured only q small
amount of plunder. as the farmer had
1 deposited In the bank the money re-
ceived for his hogs.
The Kansas State Bar Association
gave It's annual banquet at Topeka on
the night Of January 28 at the close Of
the usual three days session. The
toasts and responses were as follows:
"The Law and It's Makers" Senator
Wulfekuhler: "The Law and Its Inter-
preters." Judge Lobdell; Editors and
Lawyers" G. 8. Finch; Guilty or No.
Guilty" Fred Dumont Smith; 'The
Stranger within Our Gates" Chief
Justice Clark, of North Carolina.
Ernest Fry, Of Galena. aged IA,
was run over and instantly killed by
a car last week. The unfortunate lad
did not see the car and attempted to
head OF an approaching funeral pro
cession and when on the track just In
front OF the car, stumbled over q dos
which was with him. Before he could
regain his feet the front trucks Of the
car passed over him, dragging him
about twenty-five feet and grinding his
head into q pulp. horribly mangline
his body and cutting his legs on also.
The ticket agent at Wichita recently
stretched point and accepted
the trunk Of stylishly dressed lady In
lieu Of cash ~ pledge for q ticket tc
Guthrie, o. T. The lady In QuestioE
was Mrs. N. q. Crowley. who was or
her way to the Oklahoma capital
where she Is to marry p. Highly. q
banker Of Coyle. o. T. Mrs. Crowley's
fance had sent her check with which
to buy her trousseau and q railroad
ticket. After making her purchase.
she had Just q IS bill left. This she
gave to little boy to get changed, bu
the lad never returned.
A strange animal. which has beer
greatly agitating the people Of Lowell
was killed. near that place by ChriI
Rickner. Nobody who has seen the
animal is able to tell what family Il
belongs to. II recently killed dog al
Lowell and devoured all but the head
and one leg. Since then q determined
effort has been made to kill II, rs II
became a menace to stock In the com
munity. II ia thought the animal hat
! den In the big cave on the Haines
farm. This cave was partially explor
ed few weeks ago by couple OF mel
who went into II distance Of some
200 Yards.