The Globe-republican., 1905-01-05
Take Warning.-Charles d. Fetch


was driving q horse hitched to
J buggy to Morrill,. He came to a brid!
on the main road and in attemptir
!, to get across an approach, which hs
been partly washed away, he went tt
far to the other side OF the roa
where a deep gully had been washe
The buggy tipped over and catchin
the boy underneath held him down
the mud and water until he wa
smothered. The case will spur on tn
good roads movement no matte
which way it is decided.
Ask Pardon For Finch.-Ex.Repr,
sentative Z. A. Enright, of Kansa
City, Kas,, has interviewed Goyerno
Bailey on a pardon for George Finch
who is serving a hang" sentence 70
murder in the first degree. Finch wa
a butcher" on the Frisco road. liz
was convicted Of killing Frank Swof
ford, of Paola, at Fort Scott. TIL,
damaging evidence was given by
Burt Dixon, who claimed to be an &C
complete Dixon was not prosecuted
The relatives of the murdered mar
do not believe that Finch did the kill
ing, and have joined in request fol
his pardon. The governor has taken
the case under Amusement.
Ice House Burned.-W. C. Fithian
filed suit in the district court against
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas rail
road for $4,000 damages and costs for
the destruction Of his ice house in
Emporia, November %. He alleges
in his petition that the katy" sec
tion boss ordered his men to set fire
10 the grass along the track and that
it got away from them and set fire to
the ice house, Filhian has been IN
the ice business for thirty years.
Child Burned to Death. - The T.
year.old daughter of William Morgan,
living three miles south of Howard,
was burned to death while the faith
er and mother were out in the barn
yard. The little girl was left in the
house with the baby. In some way
her clothes got on fire and when the
parents came in her clothing was al
most burned off. They eXtinguished
the fire, but she was 50 badly burn
ed that she only lived about eight
hours.
Kansas Records Broken. Orville
of Smith county, has huSked
2 100 bushels of corn this fail. His
daily average was Lightweight bush.
els. This is the record for the state,
50 far as heard from. Frank Hauser,
)f Smith Center is the champion tur-
key picker Of the state this year. He |
picked eighty-one turkeys in eight |
lours one day this week. The aver
lge is forty.
Sugar Beet Crop.--Secrctary H. D,
yoburn, Of the Kansas board of aGri-
culture, made public a bulletin on The !
condition of the beet sugar industry
L Kansas, II shows \ total yield for !,
he past year Of $50 ions, On this
he state pays bounty Of 81 per ton,
The industry is IN its infancy, but ac-
ording to Secretary Coburns report
S making surprising progress,
New Hospital Opens. -- The Arlian-
as City hospital has opened for pa
tents, This institution is the only
me in the city and is owned by the
Commercial Club. The club has op-
ned it just in time to secure the ap-
reputation from the state, To Sc
ure this The hospital had to be run
Ing by the first Of the year
For Stealing Chickens. - AT an adj
burned session of The district court
frederick Bishop, a newcomer to
unction City, was sentenced to the
enitentiary for not less than one
ear and not more than five years for
teallng five hens and two ROSTERS.
Ie didn't know that the state had
laie chicken stealing felony.
Railway Car Is Burned.-The com
nation mail, express and baggage
zach on The Missouri Pacific passen-
or train from Wichita, burned short
after the train reached Salna. The
re caught from the stove The mail
icks in the car were all destroyed
nd q safe in the baggage car was
ably damaged,
Broom corn.-Frank Byers of Grant
)unty raised IL tons Of broom corn !
nd 500 bushels of seed on IS acres,
I'd received Sl35 for letting 1000
Fad of cattle on the stalks two
ghts.
Asks For Stricter RuIes.--As con.
tons prior to scheduling football
INES with Washburn college and
askell institute, the athletic board
the University Of Kansas has ask. I
the former college to adopt the 6
iicago conference rules and Has
III to adopt the rule of that confer. v
ice that prohibits players from more
an four years participation on col {
. faothn1i toop,o II ;c ,aid that