The Globe-republican., 1905-11-16

Kansas City, Mexico & Orient grade
between Elinor and Cottonwood
Falls.
Death Of n. Beck.--H. Beck, for 30
years resident, Of Cowley county,
died Of apoplexy., He was one Of the
first settlers, coming here from Indi-
ana and taking claim near UdalL
Banking interests Merged. - The
First National Bank has purchased
controlling interest in the Seneca
State Savings Bank and the separate
institutions will so continue. The
transaction receives favorable COM
ment.
To Advise Receiver. ~ Comptroller
Ridgely has permitted the depositors
Of the failed First National Bank of
Topeka to name a committee Of four
to act In an advisory capacity for Re-
ceiver Bradley In winding up the
banks affairs.
Drowned at Lansing. = BY the cap
sizing Of boat near the state peni
Tertiary in Lansing Andrew Weeder,
Wyandotte county convict serving
a five-year term, and Richard Smith,
young man of Wolcott, were drown
ed and another man nearly lost his
life. y, e ani
A Cut In Hours.-Section men along
the Santa Fe system will all arise up
and call General Manager Hurley
blessed He has just issued an order
reducing their hours of work to nine
a day. They have been working ten
hours. Their wages will remain the
same.
chum Of Harry Tracy. - William
Brown, alias Harris, alias Golden, sent
to the Kansas penitentiary from Wy
andotte county, Kan, March 81, 1898,
has been identified as one of the three
men who escaped from the Utah state
prison eight years ago with Harry
Tracy, the bandit, who terrorized the
northwest a few years ago.
Scarlet Fever Closes schoos.-The
public school In Lansing has been
closed because of an epidemic Of scar
let fever. One child died with the dis
ease In the early part of the week and
eight more cases are reported. The
county health officers are aiding in the
suppression of the contagion and 1t Is
believed the school will not be sus.
pended for more than a week.
Have $50 Paintings. - The annual
exhibit Of the University Of Kansas
will open December 1, and continue
one month. The exhibit this year is
story In picture of the Old Tesla.
ment. In the collection are $50
famous paintings. They will form
double row Of pictures $50 feet in
length. The exhibit will be of special
interest to Bible students. When
these pictures were exhibited in Chi
cago over 10000 people paid admission
to view them.
Both Were to BIame.-O. w. Arma.
CAST, who shot Charles Scott, of Ben.
nington, recently at New Cambria,
was released by County Attorney
Burch. Scott would not appear
against Armagast, saying they were
good friends and both drunk and
thought he was as much to blame as
was Armagast. Armagast lives at
Miles. The two men had been in Sa.
lima and procured some whisky and
quarreled on their way home when
the shooting occurred.
Egg-Laying Contest. - During the
past year there has been conducted
at the state agricultural college an
egg-laying contest, Seven different
breeds were entered, and the follow
ing Is the record Of eggs produced in
twelve months for each breed, each
contesting pen consisting of one
rooster and six hens: Single-comb
White Leghorns, 1856; Rose-comb
White Leghorns, 1928; American Reds,
800; White Wyandottes, $780, Buff
Wyandottes, 764; Barred Plymouth
Rocks, G19; Light Brahmes, $50.
Bottle Factory to Reopen.-At Cot
feyville the sale of the bottle factory
contaminated means that an enter
prise is to be started here again be-
fore the first Of the year that will en-
ploy 200 people. It's pay roll is well
up toward $4,000 per month.
Don't Like Game Law.-Iola sports.
men are doing a good deal Of kicking
about the new game law which re.
stricts the number of ducks which
may be shot at in day and also for.
bids the sale Of them. They maintain
that there is no good accomplished by
the law and that 1t only results in in.
terfering with the pleasure Of hunters
and prevents people who do not hunt
them from getting an opportunity to
eat ducks.