The Globe-republican., 1904-06-23
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KANSAS COMMENT.

HIT l43 PHONES. An electric storm
at Stockton put 14a phones out Of hst
at one swipe+ !, X d sssg n,lt
Roof Torn OFF.-lIhe Methodist
church at Udall lost the root off its
church building. The loss is $3.50.
COURT HOUSE, STRUCK. During All
electrical storm at Ellsworth lightning
struck the court house but caused little
damage.
Old SETTLERS Picnic. About three
thousand persons attended the I'd.
wards county old settlers picnic at
Kinsley
BUNCH OF THIEVES. district
court Of Kiowa county sent eight horse
thieves to the penitentiary in one
bunch. 20
TRAIN IloADs.-Five hundred North
west Kansas school teachers, mostly
women, will leave Norton July 6 for a
ten days stay at the worlds fair. m
ARKANSAS RIVER RAMPANT The
Arkansas river rose two feet and four
inches ut Hutchinson, bringing the
guage two feet higher than last year
The lower part Of the town and lands
across the river were covered with
water, EDN. N' ~5fF
SUPPLY KANSAS Townsville Con-
solidated Oil company is composed Of
Santa Fe men, and Its headquarters
are at present in Chicago, So far, it
has confined Its plans to supplying
Kansas towns, 1t promises to 60 to
Kansas City, Kansas, to Leavenworth,
Atchison and Topeka, but has said
nothing about crossing the Missouri
river. Members Of the company own
land and leases at Chanute and indie
pendence.
APPLES HALF CRop.--According to
Fred Wellhouse, the ''apple king" of
Kansas, the apple crop over the stale
this year will not be anything like
what was expected in the spring. In
Usage county the trees bloomed out
well in the spring and the orchard
owners expected an unusually large
crop. Lately the apples have been
falling off and drying up and the apple
men say the crop is practically
ruined. Mr.. Wellhouse places his es-
innate on his Leayenworth county or
chards at about 30 per cent Of a full
crop and says that this estimate is
high,
BABY WAS ALL eIT.-The wife of
j. 0. Sewall, Of Galena, after search
ing some time for her baby, concluded
she heard Its cries from all old shaft,
and jumped into the shaft, which was
ninety feet deep and contained pos
sibly forty feet Of water. She was
hoisted to the surface by ropes, un'
conscious, and was kept from drown
ing by her clothing catching on the
sides Of the shaft. Her injuries are
fractured skull and many severe cuts
about the head and face. After the
excitement abated a neighbor brought
her baby home. DS ..f
Boys AND GUNS. In Wichita Miss
Anna Jones, a stenographer, aged 49,
years, was presumably accidentally
shot through the head by William
Ward, carpenter, and received in
iuries from which she died few min
utes later. With u party of girls she
left an evening meeting at a church.
A gang Of young men were outside the
church when the girls left it, They
followed the girls and discharged their
pistols a number OF times in the air
and into the ground, Then the boys
all shot nearly at once and a ball Ell
tered Miss jones' head and killed her.
To F1anr GAS PIPING. The execu.
tive committee Of the Kansas Gas Pro-
tective association met ut Cherryvale
to appoint committee to attend the
state charter board meeting to act on
the application of the Kansas Natural
Oil and Gas company on that date, In
a few minutes time SIS, 900 was raised
to fight the piping Of gas from Kansas.
FORD COUNTY WHEAT. Wheat which
was sowed on ploughed ground is in a
Furnishing condition, and will fully
equal the crop Of last year. Harvest
will begin about July4.
CONTRACT FOR LIGHT. The Concor-
dia city council has let the contract
with a, 20 year franchise. The con-
tractors will furnish the city lights
atS7o per year, reduction Of $50.
New machinery will Be putin and the
company announces that y flat rate
will probably be inaugurated on the
start. AZ $Ge s.yt3 "A Sl0s''Y
SUPPLY HousE- RoBBEp.--At Flor
ence the IA. II. Cummings photograph
and supply house was entered BY bur-