The Globe-republican., 1906-12-20
X ANS AS ITEMS
SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

meeting of former students of th
University of Kansas held at Wict
tia *. U. Club" was organized
The object is to keep in touch wit
the alma mater and also with forme
students. Membership is limited t.
former X. U. students living in Sede
wick county
Garden City's New Depot. TIL,
Santa Fe has at last decided to cree
a new depot at Garden City, which
will fill long felt want and be bu
a keeping pace with the progress O
the city in all lines Of its growth
The present depot is of the ram
shackle type and Is far from a credit
to either the town or to it's owner
the Santa Fe Railway.
Pardoned Negro Convict. - Gov
Hoch has pardoned Emery Alexand
er, a Brown county negro who has
been in the penitentiary since 1902
serving a ten year sentence for high
way robbery. ExCounty Attorney
Means and number Of the best citi-
zens of Brown county signed the pc
tition asking that Alexander be re-
leased
Will Hold Impure Food Show. -
DR.. S. j. Crumbine, secretary of the
state board Of health, is arranging
for an impure" food show. to be
| held in the state house during the
session of the legislature. The
secretary has been collecting adult
Grated foods for some time and will
use them as an argument for a state
pure food law.
New Church For McPherson.-Th
First Methodist church Of Mcpherson
has just received the plans for the
construction of a new church build
ing to cost $4,000. The building will
be one of the finest in that part Of
the state and will be equipped with
a fine pipe organ and all the latest
church furniture and equipments
Work will commence at once.
Beneficial Legislation. = Statistics
compiled by the superintendent of
public instruction show that the
truancy law was one of the most
beneficial pieces of legislation from
an educational standpoint which has
been put into the Kansas statutes r.
some time This law increased the
school attendance of Kansas by 4,S00
during the past school year.
Used Bay Rum chsser.-Charles
Christy. laborer, died at Winfield
from the effects of whisky Jamaica
ginger and bay rum, which he had
been using freely His favorite tip
pie was said to be Jamaica ginger
diluted which he used in large guam
titles with bay rum as a chaser. His
home Is in lola, Kan, where he has
wife and two children.
Murder in First Degree. John
Moore, of Arkansas City, whose trial
for the murder of his wife has been
In progress in the district court al
Winfield, was convicted of murder in
the first degree. His defense was
hereditary insanity. Moore shot his
wife in Arkansas City as she was go
ing home from church. They had
had family trouble and finally a
separation.
Don't Want Jail in Public Square,
A suit has been filed in Riley coun-
ty in the name of number of resi-
dents living near the county Jail
square asking that Riley county be
restrained from maintaining Jail
on the square at Manhattan. A new
Riley county court house is just be
ing completed, but in its constrUc-
ton no provision was made for jail
in connection, the county continuing
to maintain the jail on the public
square, four blocks from the court
house.
Him Arm Mutilated. AT McPher-
son while several boys were shoot
ing rabbits a shotgun was acci-
dentally discharged and the entire
charge struck Glenn Runs in the
forearm of the left arm almost tear
ing the arm away. He was taken to
the hospital and the arm amputated
Just above the elbow.
Collar Bone Broken. While
wrestling with his son. Add. ]. E.
Bremen, of La Harpe. was thrown
to the ground with such force as to
break his collar bone. The fact that
the father was hurt while they were
playing is great source of regret
to his son.
Fire at Gardner. - A fire In Gard
ner. Johnson court destroyed a
two-story frame building owned by
the Masonic order and occupied as
lodge room in second story and by
the Sea Mercantile Company for gen
eral merchandise on first floor. The
drug store building and contents Of