The Globe-republican., 1906-11-15


Of Mentor. The boy was driving q
load Of wheat to the granary when
be fell from the wagon and was run
over. His neck was broken.
university Secretary Reslgns. ~
willis X. Folks, for several years
secretary-treasurer Of !. the Univer-
rsity Of Kansas, has resigned on ac-'
count Of Illness in his family. Ed
ward ID. Brown, who has been with
the university for twelve years, has
been selected as Mr.. Folks success
sor.
Right Kind Of Stuff.-Over 43 per
cent Of the students Of the Univer-
sity Of Kansas are wholly self-sdp-
porting Or partly SO. The percentage
Of. women students who are paying
their own expenses II fraction over
20 1t is estimated that 100 students
are earning their expenses while in
the University.
Saved the Baby.-While Mrs. /. P.
Mccall, of jamestown, was carrying
little baby in her arms, she tripped
on piece of bailing, wire imbedded
in the ground. In the fall she broke
one arm, dislocated the other at the
elbow, wrenched her shoulder and
bruised herself severely, but saved
the baby from any Injury.
RalnboweEar Of Corn. - G. H. Os-
bun. living near Fort Scott, has pc
culiar ear of corn. 1T is decided
freak. Hardly two grains Of corn are
the same color. Some ARE blue, some
blueblack, white, mcise Scolor, red,
purple, in fact, the ear In 1variegated
colors, containing as many and more
| colors than the rainbow. la a
Anderson County Man Suicide
Scott Spriggs, a prominent citizen
and extensive dealer in thoroughbred
horses, shot and killed himself at his
home at Westphalia. He was about
As years old and leaves a wife and
four children. Dependency over IL
nancial reverses Ia supposed to be
the cause of his rash deed
Joint Depot at sherwin Burned
The railroad depot at Sherwin was
entirely destroyed, including all oi
the freight, baggage and records Of
both the Katy and Missouri Pacific
roads. The origin of the fire is no
known. The depot was conducted
Jointly by the Missouri Pacific ant
the Katy at the junction point.
| Borah Formerly of Kassas.-W. E
Borah,. formerly Of Kansas boy
who will be elected to the United
States senate from Idaho to succeed
Dubois, the present incumbent, at
tended the Kansas university TO
three years about fifteen years ago
He lived in Lyons county and wen
from Kansas to Idaho fifteen year
ago.
Presidents Note to Lansing Girl
Cleo. Crouch, the 11-yea--old daught
e. OF Captain Crouch, of the Lansin)
prison guard is the proud po.sesso
OF a letter frsn President Roosevelt
Roosevelt's birthday was last mont
and as Miss Cleo's birthday was Of
the same late she wrote to the prcsi
dent congratulating him The presi
dent replied in his own Handwriting
thanking her for the letter.
chilocco's HaIfback Crippled. =
Peter Lafomboise, Chilocco's crac
left halfback, was badly crippled a
Wichita in the game with Friends
university team. After making,
sensational sixty-yard run, Lafon
boise was caught in scrimmage an
| another player fell on him IN srca
manner as to break his right leg nlt
way below the knee, He is consit
cred one of the Chilocco's best men.
Epidemic of Skin Dlscase.-A ski
disease, known in medical nomencl;
3 ture as impetigo, is quite prevaler
l,among the small children in Leavel
worth. The skin, especially the fac
of those afflicted with the disease
covered with large sores and scabs
making very unsightly appearance
I, although there Is no serious cons
quence produced by tho malady. "A
is highly contagious and is not abs
lutely confined to children, as q nun
, i Der Of adult victims have been see
on the streets. It IS spread anon
al men through the medium Of barber
and once 1t gets q foothold 1t is har
| to. extirpate, .iig6g so ag' Els
- Broke Her Fathers Will. ~ In II
! district court at Wellington Magg
Stow of Belle Plaine sought to q
, stroyy the effect Of q will left by h
, father. Mr.. Carrothers. in which I
left $500 each to his two daughter
and the residue of his propert
amounting to about $4,000, to h
: three sons. The case was fierce
contested and the jury returned
verdict declaring that the will shou
7 be set aside and prc5erty equally I
! yided.
t Fatal Dispute at Leavenworth. !
D. d. Mcdonald, a building contrat