The Globe-republican., 1906-08-30

lance OF forty feet, dislocating his
shoulder.
Traction Engine Through Bridge.
While crossing an iron bridge at
Ames, eight miles east Of Concordia,
a traction engine carried the bridge
down to the creek bed, twenty feet be-
low, severely injuring Philip Lapaile
and Grant Fuller and wrecking the
engine.
Must Pay In Cash.-Attorney Gen.
eral Coleman has declared in an
opinion on the subject written for the
superintendent Of insurance that
burial associations must pay claims
In cash and that the heirs Of the in
sured may spend the money with any
undertaken they choose.
Fatal Shooting Over a Trifle.-Al-
bert Plyler, miner residing at Bad
ger, was shot and perhaps fatally
wounded by Wester Morgan. another
miner. The two men quarreled over
| candidates in medicine show popu-
lar girl contest. The prize offered
was cheap silver sugar bowl.
Land Agents Must Pay.-More than
1000 real estate agents along the
lines of the Kansas railroads will have
to pay railroad fare next year under
the terms of the recent ruling OF rail-
road attorneys. The attorneys for the
companies have decided that the real
estate and land agents who are not
regularly employed by the railroad
companies cannot be given passes.
Negroes Urged to Acquire Land
Rev. J. r. Ransom of Topeka, presld-
ing elder of the Fort Scott district of
the A. M. =. church. says there is a
strong movement among the negroes
Of the state to go to the farms and to
secure property for themselves Rev.
Mr.. Ransom says he has instructed
the ministers Of his district to urge
this upon the negroes from the pulpit
and in the homes.
Shoots Wife, Then HimseIf.-Char-
les Martin. night Waterman en-
ployed by the Nevling Elevator Com
pany at Wichita, murdered his wife
and killed himself. Family quarrels
are said to have been the cause. Mar
tin shot his wife three times. He
walked distance of three blocks to
his mothers house and turned the re-
volver to his own temple. Six child
rem from to 1G years old survive.
Sly Dixon's Train. - Sly Dixon has
completed arrangements for his
Southwestern Kansas Exhibit Adver-
Using Train" which will start over
the Rock Island railroad from Dodge
City September 1S. The train will
stop over at Hutchinson for three
days during the fair and will then
proceed over the Rock Island. Mr.
Dixon says this wlll be the finest
agricultural exhibit train that has
ever been run out Of Kansas.
Monster Petltion.-The largest pc.
tition ever filed in the Neosho county
district court, and. for that matter,
probably the largest ever filed in any
court in that section Of the state, is
that in the suit brought by A. N. Al
len, trustee against Fred Hetrick and
Eliza Hetrlck, for the possession of
the Hetrlck theater, filed by Jones e
Finley. The petition consists of $50
causes of action, nearly 1900 pages
of typewriter manuscript and weighs
20 pounds or more. District Clerk
Null is making copy for Brown &
Grigsby, attorneys for the defendants,
and 1t will cost only $3.50.
Kansas Flag Day. - During half
hour on the afternoon Of September
2S, appropriate exercises will be held
In each of the public schools of the
state in commemoration of the Tooth
anniversary Of the first unfurlin.s of
the flag of the United States in the
state Of Kansas. The anniversary of
this occasion falls on September 20.
but as that is Saturday, the celebra-
ton of the event will be held In the
schools throughout the state on Sep
TENDER %. The flag was first TN
furled in Kansas at Pawnee, Republic
county. by Zebulon Montgomery Pike,
while making his explorations wlSch |
resulted in finding Pixies peak.
Female Alexander the creat.--Linn |
county has at least one girl whose
pluck and energy are admirable. Miss
Florence Alexander is now carrying
the rural mails twenty-five miles every
day for her father, w. H. Alexander,
carrier on route No. 2. She takes the
team and wagon and makes the
rounds just as puncrually as her
father. More than this-she cares for
the three horses used In the service
and keeps the wagon in running or
der.
Badly scaIded Riding Trucks. -
Two tramps, claiming Kansas City as
their homes, were taken off of Santa
Fe train No. 8, eastbound. at Lakin.