The Globe-republican., 1906-11-15

ray, near Amarillo Tex, about four
months ago. One of the men has
been identified by a picture furnish
ed the police here by the authorities
at Amarillo. si x sa
Grain Burns In Elevator Fire
The grain elevator. in Girard was DE-
istroyed by fire. There was 5000 or
1000 bushels Of corn and consider
able wheat stored. A thousand bush
els Of corn was delivered during the
day. There was $4,000 insurance on
the building and $500 on the contents.
The total loss Is estimated at $4,000
to $4,000.
Escaped Prisoner ls Captured. --
Parole Officer Higgins, Of the state
prison, returned from Marshall, Mo-,
Infringing with him Willie Davis, a me-
gro, who escaped from the state pris-
on, August 30, 1903 The prisoner
was apprehended through a descrip-
tion sent out by the prison authori-
ties. Davis was sent up from Doni-
phan county in April, 1908. to serve
one year for grand larceny. He es-
capped while acting as a trusty.
| Grudgc Ends In Shooting. ~ Car
son Whitehead shot and fatally
wounded, with a double barrel shot
gun B. IF. Asbeil, i65 years old faith
er of Marion Asbell, sentenced for
life in the Kansoss penitentiary for
the murder Of his wife in 1896. The
4 siooting took place at the Chetopa
! Missouri! Kansas e Texas depot, and
occurred over an old grudge. Young
4 Asbell's wife, was Carson White
| heads mother. Whitehead, was ar
rested but later re..os-ed on bond.
sold Mortgaged Property. w, p.
1 Nelson Of Concordia was arrested,
charged with having sold mortgaged
4 property to the amount Of about a
thousand dollars. on which q bank
Y at Beloit had the claim, His wife Is
{, lying i'll at the hospital and they
7 have three small children and the
officers are in a dilemma to know
what to do. They will probably be
taken to the poor farm, as there is
no other way to care for them dur
ing the unfortunate predicament Of
; the parents.
Team That Can Pulls. F. Robins
claims one Of the best draft teams
! in Mcpherson. They are five and six
years old and have worked but lit
tie over year already. Mr.. Robins
says they have eclipsed anything In
this part Of the country. A demon
stration of their strength was giver
when they were hitched to the fla
car on which was loaded the pom
r derous sewer trenching machine
a This heavy load they pulled as easil!
t as an ordinary team would a wagoI
over a muddy road.
), stop, Look and Listen. = In a de
cision handed down by the suprem
court in the case Of the Missouri
Kansas & Texas Railroad Compan.
!. against F. f. Jenkins holds that be
: fore traveller upon highway cal
: recover from a railroad company II
> case of accident he must have stop
!, ped, looked and listened before driy
: ing his team upon railroad cross
ing. Jenkins was crossing the lin
). Of the Katy, in Miami county AM
between his team and the main trac'
there was a siding on which ther
was a string of box cars, shutting Of
his view. He testified that he wa
! standing In the rear of his wagon an
did not see the approaching train ur
. til his horses were nearly on the lott
: ,er, track. Justice Burch, who wrot
= the opinion, holds that Jenkins di
not exercise due care. ssMa
N Insect Specimens From Utah. A
!, 0. Garrett, principal of the Hig
i School of Salt Lake City, Utah,
), graduate Of Kansas University wit
. the, class, of oi92, presented Or. SnoV
! and Kansas University few day
q ago with $50 rare specimens Of III
I sects from his country, Pr Sno'
! prizes these late additions very higl
Z ", as they were collected in the Co
d tonwood canyon, Utah, which Is SIS
= feet above sea, level.
Learners Are Employees. =, The 81
10 .preme court holds in the case Of tn
d ,Atcbison, Topeka & Santa Fe againf'
1. &. A. Frank, administrator Of the e
d tate, of Elmer Tindall, deceased, frol
& Stafford county, that a person agre'
o ing to work for a railroad comran
b without other compensation than th
leF privilege Of learning the business
a an employe Of the company. Undt
d the statutes 'of the state a contra'
h entered into by such employe @
lie enipting the company from liabilit
ID for damages in case Of Injury
lg against public policy and void. tt
!. dall was killed while working FOR Il
il, company in the capacity Of a stude
brakeman. z Rgta 3
4. May Raise Price Of oll-Burglai
Of blew open the safe Of the Standal
!. ou COMPANY at Wichita recent