The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-04-05
KANSAS COMMENT

It has nominated its township officers
already and certified their nomina-
tions to the county clerk. Township
officers are usually nominated in Sep
TENDER.
Frank Howard Acquitted. - Frank
Howard, Of LaCygne, was in the dis.
trict court acquitted Of the charge Of
murder In the first degree. Howard
shot his brother-in.law, George Hud-
son, to death IN the streets of that
town last August.
Two General Prisoners Escape. =
Two general prisoners, in confinement
for long terms at Fort Riley, escaped
from sentry at the post. They were
Privates Chaff and Fail. The former
was one of sixteen general prisoners
that were to be taken to Fort Leaven-
worth to be placed in the prison
there.
. Charges Against Rural Teacher. -
Lawrence Sims, a rural school teach
err, was arrested In Shawnee county
on the charge of brutally beating
one Of his pupils, Ralph Peck. 1t Is
claimed that the boy was beaten I'M
til he was black and blue. The COM
plant was sworn out by the boys
father.
Child Accidentally Killed. = A g.
year-old son Of w. s. Miller, who lives
near New Salem, Kan, was accident
ally killed by the discharge Of RI
fle. An older brother left the gun ly-
Ing on box. The little fellow caught
1t by the muzzle and pulled 1t toward
him. The hammer pulled back and
was discharged.
Bentley Bank Robbed.-The Bank
OF Bentley was robbed by burglars.
The safe was wrecked and all the
money in 1t, about $1,000, was stolen.
The burglary was discovered when
c. L. Baird, the CASTER, went to the
bank. The lock on the front door
of the institution had been picked and
fragments of the safe were scatter
ed about tie room. The twisted
doors of the safe showed that pow.
erful explosive had been used.
Mrs. Colt From Kansas. - Kansas
scores again: One of the wives OF
Thomas Kiley, the Brooklyn banker
now facing the charge of bigamy, was
a Kansas girl. Her maiden name was
Flora Brown and she lived in Marshall
county with her parents for some
years. Later she married ]. B. Colt,
an Oberlin banker. She was divorced
from him and went to New York,
where Kiley wooed and won her, al
though he had and still has another
living wife.
| Clever swindIe Is charged.-D T.
Palmer was arrested on state war
rant charging him with working
swindling game in connection with
the life insurance business. It Is
charged that he would represent him
self to he the agent of big insur-
ance company, would write man,
get his note. cash 1t at the bank and
then never deliver policy. He is
accused of working the game in Ora
ham county, Dodge City and Esk-
ridge
Three Great Ga Engineo. = The
lola Portland Cement Company has
received a huge gas engine from the
Westinghouse factory which will be
Installed at once and will be used in
their new section to be started this
spring. The engine required five cars
for shipment. 1t is by far the lar
gest ever brought to this county, hav-
ing horse power equivalent to 500
horses. Two more of the same size
and make have been bought and sse
on their way here. The three will
supply 1900 horse power for the new
section at the cement plant. The
company is making mammoth and in
teresting increases in equipment and
when all is in running order the plant
will, beyond any doubt, be the largest
cement plantiin the United States UNI
der one roof
Bowmaa's Shortage $4,000. - The
defalcations Of c. w. Bowman, for
merly county clerk of Phillips coun-
ty, will amount to more than 100000,
according to the report made to the
county commissioners of that county
by the expert accountant who has
been going over the books. The faith
er of the defaulting officer paid $6,473
to the county several months ago and
the money yet unaccounted for Is
shown by the report to be $24,354.12.
About $500 was taken from the funds
belonging to the school districts, and
the remainder was embezzled from
other funds. The largest single
amount is $10,711.O7, which was taken
from the county taxes. Bowman's
books showed that the county had on
deposit $4,000 in the fiscal agency
in New York, but the report Of the
accountant shows that there is only
$4,000 due the county from the
agency.
Kansas Collecting Interest. = John