The Globe-republican., 1905-02-09
KANSAS COMMENT

Next Annual Meeting. - The State
Auctioneers association has selected
Manhattan as the place Of its next an
nual meeting
Injunction Proceedings. - Iniunc.
lion proceedings have been brought
against four business institutions at
Medicine Lodge to restrain them from
selling liquor.
Nearly All Secured. -- All but 1000
lcres of promised leases have been
secured near Wellington and the peo-
Pile expect to sec derrick rear itself
In the air before another thirty
days.
Killed in Mine ExpIosion,-.An ex-
plosion at Devlln Mills, nine miles
north of Pittsburg, Kan, killed John
Yost and Antoine Smardo. 1t was
caused by windy shot. The mine
was not damaged aside from the
blowing down of two or three doors,
The dead men each leave a widow
and four children.
Froze Her Feet.--lIary Brown,
colorcd girl who was sent to the poor
farm of Shawnee county about two
months ago, because she was dcsti-
tute and her feet had been frozen,
ran away from the county farm and
her feet were frozen to such an cX
lent that it is believed that both wil'
have to be amputatcd.
Child Burns to Death, -- The IS
months-old child Of Y. c. Wallar, OF
Caney was burned to DEATH The lit !
lie one was alone in the room and |
was playing with the cords Of the |.
drapery in the door when II in some .
way swung one of the tassels in an
open CRATE. The fame ran up the
cord and in an instant the little ones
clothing was alire.
Stafford'S Fire Loss .%row Of
buildings, comprising the entire bust
ness section Of the east side of Main
street at Stafford was destroyed by
fire. 1t started in the basement Of
The Farmers Bank building, either
from the furnace or electric light
wires. The value of the property de.
Btroyed is estimated at 100000, inStp.
ed for $4,000.
: Will Tell Roosevelt. - Word has
reached Governor Tloch that James
NJ. Simpson, United States internal
revenue collector, is neglccting his
official duty TO 20 to Topeka and
lobby against administration meas
nres Bending in the legislature. Ills
special fight It is said Is against the !
board of control bill. If he keeps it {
up President Roosevelt will be aJ. ,
vised of the matter, .
Midwinter Exposition. - The Kan
sas Md-Winter Exposition, now be-
Ing held at Topeka, is proving big
SUCCESS People are coming from all
over the state to attend Booths with
exhibits Of manufacturers and pro +
ducts of the state, together with a q
high class vaudeville show, form the t.
principal part of the exposition The Il
attendance at the Auditorium is 7
crush day and night. S
Close Unfit Mines, The mining =
Of the senate has reported
fayOrably the bill giving the state mine CT
Inspector more jurisdiction over coal 81
mines than he nov has. II the in. S
spector now finds a mine or part Of a A
mine in an unhealthy condition. ind II
the company refuses to put IT in shape S,
the inspector must 20 into the court
and get All order compelling it to do -.
80. Under the pending bill the In r
spector is given authority to close up %
the mine or part Of mine which he re rc
CARDS as unfit for worknicn 10 enter n,
without rq5orting to the courts
kearny County Hard Up. - Koarny Of
county is $4,000 in arrears in the pay O
ment of interest on its bonds held by II
Ihe state school fund. The bonds are W
not yet due, but if the county is not II,
able 10 pay the interest, it will prob.
ably not be able to pay the principal
when IL becomes due. The bonds rs,
draw 6 per cent interest. Senator .
Smith AS introduced a bill giving that "'
county the right to compromise its "
bonded Indebtedness If the bill goes ID
through, Kearny county will ask the
school fund to scale down its debt CT
Cut In Refined Oil. -- The Standard ~,
)ll Company has dropped the price Of T.,
'efined oil in Kansas 8 IL cents gal. -,
on. 1t is now 8 IL cents. Last week NV
I was 10 cents. The company says
he drop is due to a change in basing I'll
reight rates. Formerly the Standard ed
,ased prices in Kansas on the price Of at
III at Cleveland, o., plus freight rates nc
rom there. II now bases prices on tic
he price Of oil at Cleveland minus
relght rates from Kansas City. The sn
politicians don't think that Is the rea- po
on Of the drop They think it Is due I'm
o the agitation for state refinery tel
For Drainage Bill. - A big delega-