The Globe-republican., 1905-07-20


Of the body Of an old man were found
floating In the Missouri river and
were inferred by the coroner, There
Is every indication that the body was
washed out Of some riverside GENE.
terry by the hish water.
Too Much Laudnun,. John "A.
Douglass, aged q years, a veteran 81
the civil war, died at Wichita from
the effects Of an overdose Of laudnum
The doctor had prescribed a small
dose of laudanum which he had been
taking for the past few days to allie
viate pain. He drank nearly the en-
tire contents Of the bottle, but wheth.
err 1t was taken with suicidal intent
Is not known.
Young Farmer a Suicide. - Karl
Moffet, a young farmer living a mile
east of Hoisington, committed sui
eide. 1t is supposed that financial
worry was the cause of his death.
The farm OH which he and his moth.
err were living was only recently pur'
chased. An older brother lives in
Hoisington. Moffet was an indus
trious, pleasant young man about %
years Of age.
Hop Ale Joints ~ County Attorney
Kreamer came to Winfield from Ar.
Kansas City, where he lives, and had
the six joints raided on search and
seizure warrants. The jointkeepers
gave bond for their appearance. Only
small amount of hop ale was found
in the six joints and no whisky. The
fixtures. consisting of pine boards and
boxes, were not disturbed, and when
the deputies were gone the joints
were opened again for business.
Blame 1t to Pie.-Neils Jcrgenson,
a Santa Fee engineer, and his fireman,
w. D. Johnson, were taken to the
Santa Fee hospital at Topeka from EN-
poria in critical condition. They
were poisoned, they think, from eat
ing cocoanut pie at Florence lunch
room. The men were on their run
when taken sick. and had to stop
their train near Staffordville. The
head brakeman found the two men
lying in their cab. A telegram was
received from Topeka stating that
Johnson might not recover.
Got SO Damages.-At Erie a judg-
ment Of only SO damages was given
by Judge Stillwell ii the district court
in the suit brought by ]. H. Rogers
against the Western Torpedo Com
pany for over $4,000 damages alleg-
ed for destroying well by careless.
ly placed Shot" and for alleged an
nulment of negotiations for the sale
OF q bunch of leases by reason Of the
ruined well. The case was of much
interest to oil men Of Kansas, being
the first of a number of like cases to
be decided.
A Plucky Woman. -. The Quickest
farm woman in the state lives in the
Neosho bottoms. She is Mrs. Lee
Jansen: Mrs. Jansen has just mar
keted 1000 bushels of wheat, which
she raised on forty acres. The land
was plowed and seeded by herself and
her 13-year-old son. She also prepar.
ed fifty-five acres for neighbor. This
spring she has planted and cultivated
thirty-five acres of corn. Mrs. Jansen
is a widow, and during the past two
years lost everything in the Neosho
overhows.
Farmers Paying Taxes.-The coun.
ty treasurer says that 90 per cent of
the taxpayers of Saline county have
paid their taxes, which beats all pre-
vious records. Last year at this time
but IS per cent of the taxpayers had
paid. There Is but one Salina man
who has not paid. This indicates the
condition of the farmers In this coun-
ty. The sheriff will not receive
enough fees In the entire county to
pay his expenses. Heretofore this
had been a profitable job for the sher-
if.
Southern Yards at Davidson.-Cat.
tie are being shipped from the Mis-
souri, Pacific stock yards at Davidson,
Kan, under orders from the Kansas
live stock commission, which allow
ed the yards to be opened as South
ern yards The yards we're closed
last year after the farmers of the sur
rounding country had taken the case
into the courts and had them declar-
ed public nuisance because the
Southern cattle shipped from there
spread Texas fever in the native
herds.
Medical School Helpino.-'T believe
the enrolment at the University of
Kansas will reach 1000 early in the
fall term" said G. o. Foster, registrar
al that institution. Mr.. Foster and a
larger force of assistants than ever
before employed for that service are
at work sending out catalogues and
answering inquiries for information
from prospective students. The es-
Enlistment Of medical school is
doubtless responsible for the increas-
cd nnr,nhor Of iun,,irinn NJ Enntor