The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-09-14
KANSAS COMMENT

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aroune Wichita are general.
Late With Report. - 1t is thought
that the annual report Of the Atch-
ison, Topeka and Santa Fe, for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1905, will
be issued to the public about Septem-
Der Is.
Coal Find Near Mcpherson. vein
OF coal from rs to 80 feet in thick
ness has been discovered at depth
Of 1900 feet by company drilling
for oil near this place. The discov-
cry Is considered an important one
u Whole Family Hao Typhoid.--Mrs.
Herbert Stickney is dead at the
Wichita hospital of typhoid fever,
This Is the only death SO far in the
family Of four, all OF whom are
Eeriously III with the dreaded fever,
and 1t is said that the cause Of the
disease Is that water was allowed to
stand in the cellar.
Gas Well Caught Fire. - While Ar
thur Bowen and Henry Graves were
working on the Prairie's Cryderman
gas well No. 1, east Of Neodesha, put
ting 1t in shape for use, the gas caught
fire burning the derrick and severely
burning Mr.. Bowen about the face and
hands. Mr. Graves was slightly burn
ed.
5000 Barn Burns.-The big barn on
the farm belonging to Tom Farris, a
cattle feeder, living near Winchester,
Leavenworth county, has been totally
destroyed by fire. The fire is thought
to have started from spontaneous COM
bustion, in large quantity of hay
stored in the barn. The loss amounts
to $1,000, of which one-third is cover
ed by insurance.
! Agricultural coIIeae.-The heat and
power department at the Kansas
State Agricultural college at Manhat-
tan has made some substantial i'm
provements during the past vacation.
two of the old G0-horse-power boilers
have been replaced by three others
each having capacity OF 125 horse
power. This gives total of nearly
1000 horse power, an increase of
80 1-3 per cent.
Guilty of Felonious Assault. At
Parsons ]. L. Baker, horse trader,
who about month ago called Char
ley Samples, another horse trader, to
the door of his house and shot him,
was found guilty of assault with in
tent to kill. Baker emptied the con-
tents of his pistol at Samples, one bull
let taking effect in Samples shoulder.
Samples returned the fire with shot
gun, emptying one barrel of the gun
into Bakers legs.
Killed In Oklahoma.-E. F. Lawton,
son of W. A. Lawton, of Americas,
was killed while attempting to board
freight train near Braddock. The
young man had been working In the
harvest fields in Oklahoma and was
returning to his home in Americas
He attempted to climb on moving
train and in some manner was thrown
under the wheels. Papers found on
the body led to his Identification, and
his father was Immediately notified,
Case is Not Lost. - The fact that
Judge Pollock, of the federal court
overruIed the demurrer In the grain
inspection case, does not mean that
the law as adopted by the legislature
of Kansas has been declared uncon-
stitutional, as has been reported In
many papers. The decision simply
means that the demurrer filed by the
states attorneys was not sustained
and that the attorneys can go on with
the case, even IL they did ask that it
be thrown out of court.
4, Postoffice Boxes For Students. -
Six hundred keyholes automatic COM
bination postoffice boxes have been in
stalled at the Agricultural college at
Manhattan. These will be rented to
the students at nominal sum. The
handling of the college mail has been
one of the big problems In the past.
This innovation will greatly reduce
that work.
An Operating Syndicate.-The ex-
pert accountants who are going over
all books and papers having bear
ing on the Devln estate, with view
of ascertaining the exact value of the
assets, have SO far progressed with
the work that the parties interested
are able to announce the probability
of syndicate to operate all proper
ties belonging to the estate. 1t Is now
only question Of time until the syndl-
cate Is formed.
indians to State Fair.-The war de-
partment has granted permission for
band Of Pottawatomie Indians to
come to Topeka during state fair
week. There will be thirty-two In the
band headed by Rack Rack, the big
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