The Globe-republican., 1905-01-19
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O his throat from ear TO ear WIN
II racer. He had been in his usut
|. spirits and no cause Is known for hi
Q rash act. In the afternoon, withou
d any sign of anything wrong, he picE
:. ed up an axe and killed couple 0
r horses. He then went to the hons
@ and drew a razor across his throat
= He lived for several minutes after h
D committed the act. He leaves a wifi
t and large family Nelson was a mai
about forty years Of age and was wei
fixed financially and no cause is as
:, signed for taking his own life unless
he was temporarily insane,
Valley Falls Suicide. - At Valley
: Falls W, P. Huff, better known as
, Print Huff, committed suicide al
The home of his sister, Mrs, Gertrude
Delk, by shooting himself in the
, head, Huff, who was manager Of the
! Kendall stock farm near there
drove into town. Going to the home
of his sister, he attempted TO shoot
her, and she fled to a neighbours. So
curing help she returned to the house
where the body Of Huff was found on
The bed, a revolver in his hand and
Il bullet hole back of one car.
Couldn't Face Charges. - Albert
Gray, a Missouri Pacific engineer.
stood in front of an undertaking eS'
adjustment at Fort Scott and shot
himself through the heart He was
arrested recently, charged with en-
ticing a 1l,yearold Wichita girl 10
that city Gray left a note directing
the disposition of his body anG say
ing he was innocent.
Quarantine Threatened.--The Kan
sas Live Stock Sanitary commission
| is working hard to create sentiment
against the threatened move to abol-
ish the commission. DR.. ID. f.
Iuckey, state veterinarian OF Mis-
souri,, has written letter to NJ, c.
! Campbell, president of the commits
sion, stating that If the commission
be abolished, Missouri will quaran-
tine against all Kansas cattle.
Cut in OiI.-Thc Standard Oil com
pany announced 5 cent cut in west
ern oil, making a cut Of Is cents In
the last three weeks. The Chanutc
oil producers association has decided
TO suspend field operations until there
is an increase in the price, The
Standard, IL is said, will be unable to
handle the present output in the Kan,
sas field until their line now building |
to Whiting, Ind, is finished,
Poison by Mistake.--Elmcr AllluS,
a 2-year-old boy, died at Emporia as
a result Of eating pills containing
strychnine which had been left for
his mother, The child was playing |
in the room and managed TO get hold |
Of the box. Before he could be stop
ped he had swallowed two of The
pills. A doctor was called but the
boy died before he arrived.
Killed by Runaway. - Frederick
Bne, a farmer living near Boiling in
Leavcnworth county, was found dead
in a field He had been driving a
team and it is supposed the horses
ran away and threw him from the
wagon causing conclusion of the
brain. Blne was Is years old, and he
leaves q widow and six children.
Crushed Under Car.-Thomas Size
more, a Missouri Pacific section hand,
was killed in freight wreck at Cow
ley, on The Lenora extension of the
Central branch. Five cars of stock
were derailcd, One of the cars fell
upon Sizemore, who was beside the
track, killing him almost instantly,
Pipe Line BiIl.-Scnator b. ?. Wag
gener of Atchison will introduce a
bill in the legislature to make pipe
line companies common carriers and
compel them 10 accept all gas and
oil offered for shipment, This will
put the companies in the same class
with the railroads.
Rural TeIephones.--Four new tele-
phone lines in the country townships
have been begun this month, A line
will be extended from Wakefield to
Buckeye, six miles north of Abilene.
a line will also be built to
City from the north part Of
he county.
Fields Get Benefit. AT Concordia
turing the cold wave the therm0me-
Ter reached 10 degrees below zero,
The snow was evenly on the ground
and as there was no wind, the fields
'eaped the benefit. Cattle and other
stock were well protected.
Two CurfeW Bells. Two curf1w
avs are what Cofleyyille young folks
nave 10 combat. One of them applies
% the kindergarten with a time limit
If 8 O'clock and the other touches
lp those around twenty years of age,
with a limit to 1890 o'clock
Suicide or Murder. --- John Wind
who has been a leading butcher at !
Emporia for twenty years, was found I
lead in his shop, A coroner's jury