The Globe-republican., 1905-02-23
KANSAS COMMENT

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First Time In Many Years.-Teams
are being driven back and forth across
the ice on the Missouri river at sew.
eral points--the first time since the
winter Of 1899.
While Thawing Engine. - A. R.
Brown, an employee Of the Frisco rail
road was killed in the yards at Fort
Scott. He was at work thawlng OUT
an engine that had been frozen up
during the night, when a passing Ell.
CINE caught him, killing him Instant
ly.
Oppose Bill to Issue Bonds.-A sec
ond meeting of Leayenworth county
taxpayers was held at the court house
and 1t was decided to oppose a bill
pending in the legislature to author
ize the issuing of $4,000 in bonds to
pay a county indebtedness. This is
directly opposite to the plan favored |
by taxpayers meeting two weeks !
ago
Jerome at Ottawa. - The Ottawa
ChautauQua assembly received a tele-
gram announcing the acceptance OF
Its invitation by District Attorney
Jerome, of New York, to address the
assembly July 7. The invitation 10
Mr. Jerome was presented by w. A.
Deford, of Ottawa, who is now in
New York in the employ of W. R.
Hearts legal department.
Injured BY Bursting Pipe. Geo
Nichols, night Waterman in Winfield,
was painfully injured by the bursting
of water pipe leading from the range
to heating tank in the kitchen OF
the st. James House. The force OF the
explosion wrecked the range, and
Nichols face and body were filled
with broken pieces Of iron. His eyes !
may be injured permanently. Two |
other persons in The kitchen when the 7
explosion occurred escaped injury. |
Talked Sugar Beet Culture. - The 6
Tri.County Farmers Institute, of Cow
ley and Sumner counties, Kan, and +
Kay county, 0. T., opened three i
days session at Arkansas City. The q
culture of sugar beets is the principal T
subject before the session. Tomor- q
row ]. G. Hamilton, secretary Of the b
American Beet Sugar Company, will G
be here to attend the meeting. He b
will he accompanied by c. l., Sea- cI
graves, Of the industrial department r
If the Santa Fe. Their visit is for the n
purpose of getting farmers to contract
o raise the beets.
Shot Shattered Breast. - Ernest nh
hathaway, 1G years old, was accident n;
lily shot in the left breast while hunt he
ng with brother on their fathers ~
arm near Winfield. 1o was carrying Ir
shotgun, which was dsarranged, and We
g bent forward to examine ii. In,
he hammer caught in the legglngs (at
@ was wearing and exploded the lif
hell. The charge Of shot shattered
Tathaway's breast and struck his =,
ing He was brought to town, where ~
e was placed in st. Marys hospital, 49,
nd is in a precarious condition.
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Learning to Make Bread, - The set
.hool for bakers recently authorized bol
, the war department was Inaugural cor
d at Tort Riley. The first class CON exc
sts of eighteen pupils representing SIS
e infantry, coast artillery, cavalry ran
ID fold artillery, Thirteen Of this =
lmber will represent the first two -,
inches of the service, and come -
1m Columbus barracks, 0. The re- a.,
inning five are from Jefferson bar :,
cks, Mo-, and will represent the 1885,,
valry and field artillery. The pur- h.,
Sc of the school Is 10 turn out com =,
tent bakers. 49,,
Favor the Standard.--A meeting of carr
! most prominent oil men of the A.,
ami county field was held at Paola. r,.
solutions favoring the Standard g..
re adopted and signed by those otn
sent. It was unanimously decided 49,,
to take part in the fight on the ,.o ,
Indard. None of the operators is 49,.
favor Of state refinery, as they toh,
nix they will in time receive fair rho
atment at the hands Of the Stand ,,a
/. and that 1t will soon resume talk ,ato
oil here. Today oil was pumped
N the Standard tanks into the 'e
G line. pun
secu
roops For Philippines-The Sixth Mvt,
Intry, consisting of forty-three onot
GERS and SIS enlisted men. left miu
on three special trains ,,,.
San Francisco. They will go d. ,ho
.ly from the cars to transport mu,
are to land at Samar Island in oo,n
Philippines where the natives are loan,
ling trouble. The Sixth came here
rly three years ago, Before v"
ting discharges were granted to 'Na'u
! 400 soldiers Of the regiment. So ueal
" came here and enlisted, most hof'i
hem with view Of going to the WV
ippines, that all could not be TAX anu
along. The regiment will be in Joho'