The Globe-republican., 1904-07-07
Amendments voId,-AttOrney Gen.

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Amendments vold-Attorney Gen.
eral Coleman has decided that two
constitutional amendments which the
last legislature voted to submit to the
people OF the coming election were
void because not recorded in tho legls-
lative journals In accordance with the
constitutional requirements. Asearch
of the records reveals the fact that
the state prohibitory amendment was
not published in either the senate or
house journals. If Attorney General
lEColeman's opinion Is correct the pro-
Thibitory law may be declared void.
New SwlndIe.-A new swindle has
come to Kansas. A stranger APP
proaches the farmer to buy a water
tank, which he guarantees will pre-
vent water freezing in zero times.
Failing to make sale, he induces
the farmer to act as salesman and
has him sign contract for one tank
to be used as a sample, as Mr.. Strang-
or is very DESTROYS to place one tank
in each township. A few weeks after
two strangers come along with the
contract transformed into a note and
demand payment.
Sold Stolen Horse.-Wlll Schoon-
over, paroled inmate of the Hutch
inson reformatory, stole o horse from
4 A. M. Switzer, six miles from town,
brought the animal to town and sold
IT to a mover. The horse and the boy
were both found. Schoonover had
been working on the farm of Mr..
Switzer, and after stealing the horse
and selling it, he went back to the
farm and to work again. He will be
taken back to the reformatory.
Forty.Pound Pressure.-Arthur At
kinson, miner living in Pittsburg,
was celebrating the Fourth by plac-
ing sticks of dynamite in the ground
and firing them with forty-pound pres
sure caps. One Of them failed to go
and he went back to make an exam
nation and as he stopped over the
| dynamite it exploded. Both hands
were blown off at the wrists, and his
feet, legs, breast and face were shred.
ded as If by q knife. He will not llve.2
Flood Station.-The United States
Neosho river flood warning station
has been established at lola, with F.
G. Howard as director. Mr.. Towards
duty will be to keep a record Of the
stage of the river and also of the
amount of rain fall. The river will
be measured every morning and, dur
Ing flooded times, as much oftener as
need be, telegraphic reports being
made to the station at Fort Smith
Ark.
For Target Practice.-The Fort
Leavenworth artillery battalion, con-
sisting of the Sixteenth siege battery,
the Twenty-eighth Mountain battery
and the Twenty-ninth Light Field bat
terry, left for Fort Riley for annual
target practice. A hospital detach-
ment and supply train accompanied
the battalion which comprised more
than 400 men and 300 animals.
First Steam Turbne-The Lawrence
canning works have installed a new
steam turbine in their power house
Steam turbines are distinctly new as
means of translating steam into
power and this turbine Is thought to
be the first of its kind in the state.
The points of economy are increased
power and decreased engine space
Carried Over Dar,.-Thomas Will
liams, painter, was drowned in the
Smoky Hill river, south of Abilene.
He was in a boat with companion
when the boat was caught In the
strong current and carried over
Browns dam. The boat capzized and
Williams went down before his com.
panion could reach him.
Reverses Cause sulclde.-B. F. Set
ties committed suicide at Arkansas
City by shooting himself through the
head with a revolver He has threat
ened to kill himself several times
during the past month and 1t is be-
lleved that business reyerses caused
the deed. He was 43 years Of age and
unmarried
viii Build Dike.-The farmers llv-
Ing east Of Junction City and the resi-
dents in the east part got together
and went to work with teams to build
a dixie along part Of the Smoky Hill
river east of the city. The dixie is
to be nearly a half mile long and four
feet high.
Prospect FloIes.-The Junction City
Oil and Mining company let the con-
tract for digging two prospect wells
The wells will be sunk 1900 or 1000
feet, and the work will be commenced
in about two weeks. The company
was organized several weeks ago, and
has been incorporated with 500 shares
of stock at SIS a share. Local people
have bought all the shares. M
Heart Failurc-Mrs. Ricka House,
wife Of Jacob House, for twenty years
clothing merchant in Lawrence, died
very suddenly at her home, Of heart
disease.
In Dickinson county.-That county
has had a rain that soaked every acre
Of the wheat fields with two or three
inches Of water The rain was heavi-
est in the north part Of the county, but