The Globe-republican., 1905-06-15

Illicit Still Located.--Deputy United
States Marshal Seeke Miller, Of Alder
son, discovered an Illicit still near
Dow In the mountains. ".
Plnicned Under Engine. - At Che
topa while Art Finley was taking a
traction engine across Town creek
bridge 1t gave way. He was pinion-
ed under the engine and killed.
Reaches Rosedale. The men who
have been laying the pipes for the
Kansas Natural Gas Company from
the independence and lola fields to
Rosedale, entered the latter city. 60
Fell Downstairs Mrs. ]. f. Brow
er was killed at Cherryvale by fall
ing downstairs at her home. She
was q sister Of ]. r. Quicker, one Of
the leading men Of the town. She
was 6S years old.
Three Joints Closed. - Winfield
closed three Of the six joints on search
and seizure warrants, arresting two Of
the jointists. The other three places
were not molested. The fixtures were
taken out of one place.
independence offeyvlIe Line. -
Work has begun here on the new
electric railroad between Coffeyville
and Independence The line will ira
verse the principal streets Of Coffey-
vile and independence. 1t is expect
ed to be completed and cars running
October /.
Oil Assessments Stick.-The board
of commissioners of Neosho county
have refused the request of the Cha
mute Oil Producers Association to re-
duce the gross assessed value Of oil
wells from $405 to $500 each. The
board also refused to reduce assess
ments on other oil property.
Commencement Exercises.-At EN-.
poria the forty-first annual commence
ment Of the Kansas State Normal
school was concluded with the award
ing of the diplomas in Albert Taylor
hall. DR.. N. c. Schaeffer Of Harris
burg, Pa, delivered the address to the
graduates. This years class numbers
as.
Rate for Harvesters. = State Free
Employment Agent T. B. Gerow re-
ceived notice from the railroads that
a rate of | cent per mile for harvest
hands has been made from Kansas
City, Mo-, Atchison, Topeka and 9TH
err eastern points to the harvest fields.
This rate goes into effect June 25 and
lasts until July 10.
Ordinances Are Invalid. The SUI
preme court decided the liquor ordi-
nances of Topeka were not valid. This
was the decision of the case of R.
Van Joyle, jointist, VS.. the city of
Topeka. Over $50 cases of jointists
appealed from the city to the district
court will be wiped from the docket.
They are cases started during the
reign of F. M. Stahl as chief of po-
lice.
Two Students Graduate.-The old
est college in Kansas, Highland uni
versity of Highland, held its COM
mencement exercises, two students
being given degrees. Highland uni
versity was started in a log cabin in
1857, near where the present building
now stands. February 9, 1858, the
Kansas territorial legislature grant
ed the school charter, and in May
of the same year the first real work
of the school was begun.
Killed by Train.-C. P. Stafford, an
old man who recently moved to Flor
ence from Eldorado, was struck by
passenger train at the west end of the
yards and was instantly killed. He
was living alone near the railroad and
was walking up the track when
struck. His son, prominent lumber
man of Eldorado, was at Florence at
the time Of the accident, and was to
have taken him to the county seat to
have a guardian appointed.
Can't Account for Hehes.-None of
the old settlers can explain how the
skeletons of five persons came to be
in a grave within two feet of the sur
face on the farm Of Ed Idol. who
lives northeast of Hiawatha. Idol
was digging postholes and unearthed
the bones. The farm he occupies was
entered in 1856 and there are no rec
.ords of burials there since that time.
Some think the skeletons those Of
passengers or freighters who travelled
over the old Pixies trail long before
the country was settled, but why Ave
should be inferred together Is yet to
be explained.
State Won First Point.-In the case
of the state Of Kansas versus the
Standard Oil Company the state won
the first point in the supreme court.
This is the case In which the state
is trying to GUST the Standard from
doing business lin the state on the
ground that 1t is a trust. The
charges are Of general nature while
the Standard asked that they be made
more definite and the names and