The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1904-10-13

, 1t wants nineteen at once, Most Q
i the other counties have now got al
the teachers they want. The teacher,
, employment bureau established b,
| State Superintendent Dayhofi, helpe,
, to solve the shortage. 1.-THE scarcit,
! Of teachers was confined mostly t
| the northwestern part Of the state,
said Dayhoff. THAT was due to tn
small salaries paid. The teacher,
found more lucrative employment II
other lines. There has been a genera
advance Of salaries everywhere nov
and there should be no trouble in find
ing plenty of teachers"
Alleged Shortage.-Eugene Baker
an employe of the L. B. Price install
ment house at Kansas City, fatally
shot Oscar Marvin, collector for the
Collum Comemrce company at Pitts
burg, Baker was formerly with the
Collunl company. The shooting re
suited from a quarrel over an alleged
shortage charged to Baker by the
Collum people when he left them
-Four shots were fired. Two entered
Marvin's brain and two we're sent
after A. j. Gatchell, manager of the
Collum business, but missed him
Bakers home Is in Western Mis-
souri,. A 3S-calibr revolver was
used.
Strikers Hopeful--A. E. Ireland, one
Of the leaders of the Santa Fe ma
chinists' strike, has returned to To-
peka, Other leaders are now on a
trip Of inspection over the Santa Fe
lines. 1t Is expected that another
effort will be made then to secure a
conference with the Santa Fe officials.
None has been arranged yet. The
strike leaders claim that they have
things in such shape that the road
will be glad to confer with them be-
fore long.
Banker Falls Dead.-David Aud,
Atchison's oldest banker, and a man
widely known in financial circles, fell
dead at the First National bank. He
was president of the bank, and had
been since its organization in 1886.
Mr.. Aud was Is years old, and a ma
tive Of Brownsville, Pa. His estate
is estimated at a half to three-quar-
ters of a million dollars. Mrs. Aud
and three grown children survive
him.
Woman Hangs Herself. Mrs. Fee
licia Lambotte, widow aged 60, com
mited suicide at her home near
Brookville, Saline county by hanging
herself to the rafters of a barn. Mrs.
Lambotte lived alone on a farm with
her small son. All the other children
had married and moved away. 1t is
thought that this caused dependency
which is attributed as the cause of
the deed.
| No Trace Of 0iI.-In Reno county
the well on the Vincent farm in the
sand hills and that on the Chrismar
farm are down about 1900 feet with
out trace of oil, Much trouble is
being experienced in cave-ins and
lost oils.
Quarterly Report.-Secretary Co.
burn of the Kansas department of
agriculture issued his report for the
quarter ending September, 1904. The
report is mainly devoted to statistics
concernig potato growing in Kansas.
Brown County Pioneer.-Dr J. M.
Cecil, for twenty-eight years prac-
ticing physician in Brown county, Is
dead of heart trouble. He was As
years old and is wealthy. He is
survived by only a widow.
M. E. Church Dedicated-The Meth.
odist Episcopal church of Bethel, 10.
Gated sixteen miles south of Kinsley,
was dedicated Sunday. Rev. ]. C.
Watkins, the pastor preached the
sermon.
Caught ON Wre.-James Gore, OF
Butler county was found wounded one
day last week in a pool of blood near
wire fence on his farm. A discharg-
ed shotgun in his hands told the same
old tale.
Foot Shot oh-The gun that wasn't
loaded scored again at Wichita when
Clarence Higgins, years old, was
shot and crippled for life by a COM
panion. The boys were initiating a
Wild West show and his companion
thought the gun was loaded only with
+ powder. 1t was discharged, the load
Of shot tearing off young Higgins
foot.
Increased PopuIation.-Kinsley will
have to have an additional number of
voting booths in nearly every town
ship in the county, showing a big in
| crease III population.
Mixed School Case.-The mandam.
us proceedings brought by the negro
residents Of Bonner Springs to compel
the school board to allow the negro
children to attend the same school
with the white children will be heard
in the district court in Kansas City,
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