The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-12-24
KANSAS NEWS BRIEFS.

NAINSAS NC
The Nebraska. Kansas q Gulf rail.
road. which was chartered last week.
lie handicapped at the outset II may
be called the N. O..
The first and only son Of Colonel Ed
Little was baptized last Sunday in
water brought ten years ago by the
colonel from the river Jordan
lnasmuch as the Republicans car.
rled all except six of the l05 counties
last fail. u Is not clear how the returns
from Tuesdays election Justify the
claim OF great Republican gains"
Mrs. Henry l.. Page. a daughter OF
Ex-Governor John =. ST John. died at
Fort Scott last week Death was due
to Inflammation OF the stomach caused
by poison eaten In some canned fruit
recently in st. Louis
Mrs Robert Dobson. living near
Tyro. died last week at her home dur.
irg a family reunion The occasion
was Mr. Dobson's 18th birthday. and n
reunion OF all the children was held at
the old home. Just as the guests were
departing Mrs. Dobson dropped dead.
supposedly OF heart failure.
The l3.year-old son Of Charles NJ.
Crigger. living near Larimer station.
was shot by his older brother the other
day. The two boys were playing with
n 22-caliber revolver. II vas accident.
ally discharged by the older brother
The ball struck the collar bone OF the
younger boy and ranged downward to
the heart
II Is stated that he museum OF dried
hugs. pinned butterflies. stuffed ami.
mails and bottled snakes at the Kan.
sns university has value Of 5000 900.
This is, possibly true. but how in the
world can any one arrive at an esti.
mHte Of the value Of such q collection?
"A cammon hungry man would rather
hoye]1ne hank OF bologna than the lot
of 'em.
An initial farmers protective union
under tine auspices of the American
Fedora ion OF Labor was organized at
Abilene last week Each township is
TO have a society. only farm hands and
renters being eligible; county organl.
zations will follow. covering the entire
state before harvest time. The object
will be to secure uniform wages and
better prices for grain.
The other night Mrs Margaret Lau.
yer and her eight children went To bed
in Niokerson far from Overburdened
with this worlds goods. The next
morning they awakened Ia nnd them.
selves possessed Of 500, 900 in cash and
600 acres of land. In dying the
grandfather of Mrs. Lauver had willie
10 her and each OF her children $4,000
In cash and a farm Of iG0 acres.
Governor w. J. Bailey is considering
the advisability OF dropping the suit
brought by Kansas against Colorado
for the right to the water Of the Arkan'
sas river. He said recen ly he would
investigate the desires al the people
along the Arkansas valley in regard Ia
the matter. and will act accordingly
s..sSsa "a last legisIl.me made an appropri'
s'on OF $1,000 to fight the case.
Ne might have been supposed that
bragamut OF human vices and mean
C,s had long since been run in the
eopions aud testimony submitted ia
Ice courts. But something new Is
tawantly cropping out. In n petition
slasat Independence the other day n
Estates that her husband slipped
Iphgid hit her crack with MOI
Nhilt suN was "S'pih6 WV ~
grave Of her child.
A. Monroe, president Of the Mcr
chants National bank OF Lawrence
predicts that within few year.
macadamized highways will extend al
over the state OF Kansas. The build
ing Of these rock roads will, he says
mean the upbuilding Of the towns ant
cities and the death Of the cross roads
country stores. lie is at present
actively interested In plan to buill
macadam roads out OF Lawrence.
Some people profess to dlsbelieve II
the doctrine OF similia similibus curan
tur, or that the hair Of the dog is goo'
for the bite. In a Southern Kansas
town an expressman was hit on tn
head by a case Of bottled whisk,
which he was unloading from ca
and knocked unconscious. Some on