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naces at the electric light plant in
the very near future.
Placed on Track = An unknown
man was run over by an electric car
near a station called Weir City juno
ton, seven miles southwest of Pitts
burg. When he was taken out from
under the car his body was cold,
which lends color to the theory that
he had been killed and laid on the
track He was about 25 years of
age
Didn't Relish the Joke.-John Mos
ing. farmer living twenty miles
west of Holton. was shot by Frank
Morfet, a neighbor Mosing and
some friends who were playing Hal
loween pranks undertook to remove
Morfet's wagon from the yard Nor
fet thought they were trying to rob
him and opened fire with a shotgun.
Mosing's leg.
Ver'' Fast Mail.-A Santa Fe pos
tai clerk made an expensive egg
omelet at Scranton the other day. He
as the train Whizzed through town
at 60-mile an hour gait The pouch
demolished four cases of eggs on the
depot platform, and the mail clerk
had to dig up SIT to pay the dam
age.
car load of Irish eirls. right from the
land of the Shamrock, passed through
Kansas City enroute to Wichita.
where they were taken in charge of
by the Sisters of ST. Joseph The
ages of the young wmen ranged from
16 to 25 years. Upon their arrival in
Wichita they entered a convent and
became Sisters of Mercy.
Criminal CareIessness. After an
all-day session the coroner's jury re-
turned verdict charging Hugh
Cline with criminal carelessness in
the shooting of Loyd Kinlev on Hal
loween night Young Kinley was
with crowd celebrating Holloween
when Cline stepped out on the back
porch of his home and shot to scare
| the boys. Kinley was killed.
Three Buildings Burned. = The
| Cutmyer meat market, the Core bak-
erv and the Ballenger harness shop.
which are located in the center of
che of the principal business blocks
| of Eureka, were damaged by fire.
The two-story meat market building
| is almost a total wreck and the
| stocks in the other two buildings
were injured by fire and water. The
| cause of the fire is not known.
Fire Burned Corn. A prairie fire
| that was supposed to have been
| started by sparks from a Frisco loco
motive ruined field of corn belong
| ing to James Morgan near Kirkwood.
| and if it had not been for tho nromDt
work of the netghbors it would prob
ably have DESTROYED his home. Mr..
| Morgan was not at home at the time
and did not know anything of his
loss until he came home from his
work.
MEETING of Kansas Teaohers.-The
North Central Kansas Teachers
Association will meet at Abilene, No
vember 90 and 80 and Dec. 1. DR..
| Clark. of the Chicago University.
will entertain with dramatization of
| ULYSSES" Thursday evening, and
will deliver a lecture on Friday and
one on Saturday. Doctor Clark is at
the head OF the public speaking de-
partment Of Chicago University and
| is one of the most powerful speakers
| Obtainable. Professor Valley. of this
college, will sing Friday evening.
Scarlet Fever Bulletin. = DR.. S. J.
! Crumbine, secretary of the state
board of health, has issued bulle-
| tin devoted to scarlet fever. its sani-
| tary features and rules and regula-
! tious for its prevention and suppress
sion. The document is published by
| the State Board of Health for general
distribution among the people of Kan
| sas Local boards of health and
| physicians are requested to see that
a copy of this bulletin is placed in
the hands of every family in which
case of scarlet fever annears.
The Expenses Of State. The
total expense of running the state
government for the fiscal year end
ing June 80. 1906. was s2.641 41O.99.
The books in the Office of the audi
tor of state show that this amount
of money was expended out of the an
pro~riations made by the legislature.
TIE total amount appropriated was
$3.00I .eiS.3o and of this amount the
sum OF s3C0, 0,2O7.31 las been return
ed to the general revenue fund of the
state treasury. The amount returned
viii be available for expenses of the
! state only after It has been reap
propria.cd by the next legislature.
Would SeIl All at Once. = James
T. Bradley. receiver for the First Ma
tional Bank at Topeka. is negotiat
ing for the sale of all of the assets
OF the institution at one time. He
expects to be able to wind up the II
fairs of the institution with a final
dividend before Christmas.
State institutions in Good Shape
]. e. GafTord, state accountant. has
made an examination of the nine