The Glenwood post., 1906-12-15

+. u. CODufn S annual crop sum
mary for Kansas has been issued. The
total wheat crop for the year was 93,-
292,9SO bushels. Sumner was the
s1-ner county, raising 4.39O,6G5 .2.h-
els.
Forty men are reported blown to
atoms in an explosion in a mine at
Houghton, Mich.
One of the worst floods in. the his
tory of Eastern Arizona occurred in
the region about Clifton recently. A
large number of people were reported
drowned and many buildings were
wrecked.
The battleship Kansas, one of the
most formidable of the new war ves-
sells, has gone to the New England
coast for her trial trip.
After adopting resolutions request.
ing the legislatures of the various
states to demand of congress that a
constitutional convention be called for
the purpose of submitting an amenc
ment for the election of United States
senators by popular vote, the Inter.
state senatorial conference completed
permanent organization at Des
Moines, Ia.
A suggested solution of the entire
Japanese problem, which has reached
an acute stage, is a treaty between
the two countries excluding the la.
boring element of each from The other.
The incoming freight house of the
| Burlington system at Chicago was
burned recently causing a loss OF
100000
Al the annual meeting of the Amer.
lean Association of State Fair and Ex.
positions at Chicago, F. l.. Eaton, oi
Sioux City, Iowa, was chosen presi.
dent and Thomas Warnell, of Liberty.
Mo, vice president.
Garland Moore, mail carrier, who
recently murdered Miss Clara West al
Bois dare, Missouri. because she re.
fused to marry him, has surrendered
to the authorities and is in jail at
Springfield.
A boiler explosion in the Harney
shoe factory at Lynn, Mass, started
a fire which destroyed three other
factories, the railroad station and Il
dwelling houses. Eleven persons
were injured.
Secretary Coburn, of the Kansas
state board of agriculture, has secured
reduced rates for those wishing to at
tend the annual meeting of the board
in Topeka January 912.
The federal grand jury at Salt Lake
Utah, which has been investigating
the coal land frauds. has returned in,
dictments against the Hartman and
Gould corporations in Utan.
Four students and three firemen
were killed and severai students seIi,
ously injured by the burning of the
Chi Psi fraternity house at Cornell
university recently.
The national drainage convention
recently in session at Oklahoma City
adopted constitution and framed a
memorial to congress. St Paul
Mimi, was chosen as the next place
of meeting.
Miss Zona Heckert, the night oper
ator at Desoto, Kan, while alone al
the station was beaten by a robber
with a wagon spoke and left uncon.
scious and with an arm broken in two
places. The bandit secured three dol.
lars from the depot money drawer.
Two Texas cowboys tried to lynch
a Eegro On Santa Fe train near To.
peka recently. The negro was wear.
ing a X. of P. badge and the Texans
! al, To N
airs" The victim was only saved by
Jumping from the train.
Attorney General Coleman of Kan
sas has filed briefs in the custer suits
which seek to deprive the Western
Union Telegraph company and the
Pullman company of the privilege oi
doing business in the state because
they have failed to pay the charter
fees required by the state law.
The report that a new treaty with
Japan was under discussion is author.
itatively denied at Washington.
A heavy earthquake shock was fel.
in parts of southern California re,
Gently. No material damage was
done.
Inc udte Vi opeHinS pluS fOr tne
construction of the Panama canal
has been changed from December IL
to January II.
Roosevelt Third Term National
league has been formed at Chicago
Clubs are to be organized in every
city and county of the country.
A Missouri Pacific passenger train
struck a Frisco stock train at the
crossing of the two roads at Pittsburg,
Kan, killing the fireman On the pas
senger train and seriously injuring
the engineer.
The Larabee Flour Mills company OF
Sta ford, Kan, has secured writ Of
mandamus from the supreme court re-
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