The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-01-29

A. N. Robinson. captain Of the To-
leka hre department, was testing new
Ierial truck. While standing on the
op runs of the 75-foot ladder one Of
he chains broke and he was thrown TO
he ground. sustaining injuries which
nay cause his death.
A north bound Missouri, Kansas Il
Texas train was derailed at Hyattsyille,
IN the Sedalia and Parsons division,
md several carloads of stock aitched.
dany Of the animals were killed and
,thers 90 badly injured that II was ne
sessary to slaughter them. None OF the
rain crew was hurt
Louis Alt. who disappeared from
salina over a week ago. and for whom
he authorities have been seeking ever
lince. has written to his relatives stat
Ing that he Is at Shawnee. Okla. He
Iave no reason for leaving n prof.teh!S
business, and his friends are ut loss
70 account for his strange actions.
Milt. M. Wheeler, q prominent STOCK
| uihu auu DuatAuS ~
bis home In Eureka by taking q large
quantity Of carbolic acid. He had been
Z resident Of Greenwood county for
more than thirty years and was we'll
known In Southern Kansas. Mental hnd
financial troubles probably caused him
| 10 take his life.
Flossie Dillon. an 8-year-old girl. was
playing In q pasture near her home In
Topeka suburb when the family Jar
riage horse ran towards her In play
tul manner and then wheeled and kick
cd her on the head. The child's skull
was crushed. and pieces Of bone were
driven into her brain. Surgeons are
trying to save her life. but they say
there Ii little hope.
The farmers in Brown county ere
having trouble In getting their corr
husked. Besides the scarcity OF corr
shuckers, there has been SO much rain
bringing dampness and mud. that th'
men have been unable to get into thu
fields. The corn will average nearly
SHY bushels to the acre this year unt
in many places 1t goes as high as sew
enty-nve and eighty five bushels.
Attorneys in Washington. d. c., whit
have been searching for M. Netsell o.
Robert Cooper to award to hiu his ro,
ton Cf q large estate left In New Yor)
by q brother. have found him in tn,
person of c. H. Cooper, of Fort Scott
chief clerk In the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco railway bridge and building de
partment. He was New York orphan
named Netsell and was adopted by
family Of Coopers. thus becoming sep
arated from his relatives.
It now costs over Sl.500. 900 to run tn
common schools Of Kansas annually
State Superintendent Nelson has pre-
pared q statement showing the anoun
expended for the maintenance OF tn
common school system for the pas
twenty-five years. In 1876 the school
cost 31,379,231. Last year they cos
. "a, $3.50, POT. The largest amount spent II
. any one year was In 1889. The sum
} S5,137, 400 was used then. OF this 'uu
I however. over 100000 was spent 70
new school houses.
line OopO0ltOTb III SuO uchuuSS Eho
I National bank, of Emporia, which fall
I cd In 1898. have been awarded posses
, sion of the Cross homestead by Distric
Judge Madden. H. G. Cross was presl
: dent Of the bank at the time CT hi
} death and after the failure Of the ban
. Mrs. Cross retained possession Of thai
. home, which is one of the finest in I'm
:. poria, under the homestead law. Afte
the death OF Mrs. Cross. last February
' the receiver of the bank brought fni
= for possession Of the home. but Probat
Judge Mason decided against hin
3 Judge Madden reversed Judge Mason.
II. L. Whitaker. one OF the pioneer
!. OF Atchison county. Is dead at his hon,
o. In Lancaster. His death was caused b
9 heart trouble and q fall In which
blood vessel In his head was rupture'
The deaceased went to Atchison count
: in 1855 and settled on claim at Pa'
dee. Later he moved to Atchison an
engaged In the hardware business
About nine years ago he located
Lancaster and was proprietor OF III
Whitaker house at the time OF h
death. Mrs. Emaline Truax, mother
the deceased, is q resident Of Iancasts
/, and Is 90 years Of age. Mr.. Whittak'
was S6 years of age and Ia survived b
q widow and nine children.