The Globe-republican., 1906-11-01
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tion during and following the con-
clusion Of his speech making tour,
will include stops at the following
places: d. A. Russell, Wyomirg,
Leavenworth and Riley, Kansas, and
Sill, Okla.
Looks Good to Father" - The
Kansas agricultural department re-
ports the states yield Of winter
wheat to be more than 90,00O,OoO
bushels. With the spring wheat thu
total will exceed 1OO,OO000O bushels,
or the greatest crop in the history Ct
the state. The corn crop will he
2OO,0OO,O0O bushels.
Cases were Of Mild Type. - The
public schools Of Kingman have been
opened after having been closed sew
en- days on account Of diphtheria
scare. Not single case of the dis
ease remains in the city and there
have been but two deaths. All other
cases were of mild form and yield
ed readily to treatment.
Suing Several Railroads. - J. s.
West, assistant United States dis
trict attorney. filed in the federal
court at Topeka suits against the Mis-
souri, Pacific, Kansas City Southern,
Rock Island and Chicago Great West
ern railroads for violations of the in
terstate commerce law. There are
twenty-five counts against the four
companies, and the charge in each
case is that the road Is not using
automatic couplers on its cars and
that trains are being operated with
out so per cent of the cars being uns-
der control of the air brakes. The
fine for each offense is 500, making
its aggregate amount asked $4,000.
A majority of the suits will be trans
ferred to the Fort Scott division OF
the court. The district attorney Is
acting under instructions from the
United States attorney general.
Hunting Barred on Prison GROUNDS.
Hereafter the authorities OF the
federal penitentiarv will rermit no
hunting on the ground owned by the
government and used by the prison.
For some time parties have been al
Lowell to hunt rabbits and quail en-
the hill near the prison farm and OF
late the officers Of the prison haze
O. dered these persons off. Several
parties persist in hunting at this
place and if caught they will be ia
ken before the United States Com
missioner. About week ago the al
thorities at the fort posted an order
that all persons would be prohibited
from hunting on the reservation and
Warden McClaughry was asked by
the post authorities to prohibit hunt
ing on the prison land for the reason
that the Chinese pheasants would be
turned loose shortly and they do lot
want them killed.
From Cape Town to cairo.-W. [.
Joseph, president of the Potwin State
Bank. accompanied by his daughter
Alice, left over the Missouri Pacific
for Beira, Portuguese. East Africa.
They were routed via the Cunard
steamship Lucania sailing from New
York to Liverpool, thence the Castle
line to Cape Town and the Cape to
Carlo railway to Beir. This is the
celebrated railroad projected and par
TALLY built by Cecil Rhodes, the
South African millionaire. which is
now built as far north from Cane
Town as the Zambesi river, which
1t crosses on the highest suspension
bridge in the world built just below
the accelerated Victoria Falls. Mr..
Joseph and his daughter are prob
ably the first Kansans to buy tickets
over the Cape to Cairo railroad; they
are going to Africa for trip and to
see the country
Killed Himself in Jail.-The second
suicide within three days occurred at
Hiawatha when William McGregory,
, prisoner in the county Jail, cut his
throat with a penknife and bled to
Heath before he was found. He was
arrested for selling liquor Illegally at
Everest, and had been in Jail only
.wo days. He was about 40 years
If age, and is survived by wife and |
child. He left no note or other ex-
,lanation Of his action.
In National Cemetery. - The re-
mains of General w. H. Bell, United
states army. retired, who died re-
emily near Denver, were buried in
he National cemetery at Fort Leav-
The body was escorted by
he entire regiment Of the Eighteenth
platoon of artillery, troop of
avalry. AS the remains were car
led from the post chapel the band
( the Eighteenth played dirge and
he minute guns, eleven in number
yere fred by the Twenty-ninth bat
cry. Six Of the higher officers of the
ost acted as pallbearers, while the
ody was carried by six Of the old
ergeants of the Eighteenth infan-
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