The Globe-republican., 1905-09-07

the track where the train was cut in
two. He was watching the south side
and the bumper on the north side
knocked him down and the wheels
ran over him, cutting his body In
two.
Leavenworth Miners Strike. -- At
least 450 miners from the Moth shaft,
the Home and the Riverside coal
mines are on strike as the result Of a
controversy which arose regarding
the question Of short weight, 1t hav-
ing been claimed by the men that the
weighman at the North shaft was de-
frauding the miners.
Drainage Ditch for Iceman.- n.-Inman
will dig a drainage ditch from the
corporate limits to Lake Farland. The
town is SO situated that during high
water the water from the lake backs
up into the town. To prevent this the
ditch will be dug to carry off the sur
plus water to lower part Of the lake.
The work viii begin at once.
Found Supply Of Liquor. = Sheriff
William Hill and his deputy William
Lowell raided the joint Of Ellsworth
& Barnett at Cuba, Kansas. They Sc
cured 12e quarts of beer and 12 quarts
Of whiskey. Ellsworth served Jail
sentence for the same. offense last
winter. Barnett was under $500 bond
to appear at the next term Of court.
Both were arrested. n
Killed In Runaway.-Rudolph Sch
midt, German farmer living eight
miles south Of Spearville, was inst
antly killed at the farmers elevator.
Schmidt had just driven on the dump
at the elevator, when his team became
frightened and started to run, and
caught him between the wagon and
the side Of the dump. the wagon after
wards running over him.
Warden levitt ,out.-v. H. Haskell,
state senator, assumed the warden
ship of the Kansas penitentiary. The
invoicing of property attending the
change in wardens was practically
completed and everything checked out
right. The guards and other officers
of the penitentiary with their famil-
les gathered at the prison lawn and
gave reception to Mr.. and Mrs. Jew
EFT.
Delayed by County cIerks.-Secre-
tary Coburn is delayed in his census
work by the neglect Of a few county
clerks over the state. Under the law
the county clerks are required to GER
tify the assessors returns on certain
things to the board of agriculture by
July l. Most of them comply with the
law promptly. But there are a few
who always ignore the law. A few
never even reply to the letters of
Secretary Coburn asking them for the
information.
Shot at Fair Grounds.-John Welch,
a bar tender, and Henry Drake, cook
quarreled in the fair grounds at Great
Bend and five shots were fired. Mrs.
Welch was badly injured, and her sis
ter, Mrs. George HORNE, the latter's
small child, Madame Reno, fortune
teller, and Drake were hurt slightly.
Welch and Drake had trouble few
days ago and renewed the quarrel
when they met last night. Welch
says Drake fired three Of the shots.
He says the shooting Of Mrs. Welch
was accidental
Bad for Duck Hunters.-The basin
west of Mcpherson has gone dry for
the first time in many years. The ex-
ceptionally long dry spell and the hot
weather of the past two weeks have
completely absorbed all the water,
and many of the farmers holding land
around the basin are plowing up the
land, prepatory to putting 1t into fall
wheat. Several of them have built
large dikes on the boundry of their
land, SO that should the basin fill up
in the next season they expect this to
keep the water out and enable them to
harvest a crop. The entire country
has been as dry as at the present
time.
To Even up With Lawrence.-Secre-
tary of State Burrow has suggested
a plan that will enable the state
school fund to realize on the 100000
of Lawrence city bonds which have
been repudiated. Lawrence has a
lobby here at every session Of the leg
islature asking for new buildings for
the state university. Instead Of CIV
ing them 100000 building, the next
time the legislature should appro-
pirate that amount Of money to re-
imburse the state school fund FOR the
Lawrence bonds which have been re-
pudiated. The university could wait
a couple OF years for new building
until the state paid Lawrence's
debt"
ls State Deposltory.-The citizens
bank of Axtell, one Of the Oldest banks
of northern Kansas and one Of the
newly appointed state repositories.