The Globe-republican., 1906-08-30
* From Ill Ouer Kansas IL
Short Items Carefully Prepared Week
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Sumner county, died at his home near
Arson, from the effect of mules
kick, received few days ago. He
was 60 years of age and unmarried.
Pensions to Home Veterans. - Ma
jor Martin, treasurer of the Soldiers
home at Leavenworth, paid $4,000
in quarterly pensions to the veterans
Of this amount 100000 was paid in
cash and the remainder sent out in
checks. After the payment twenty
eight veterans took out transfers to
other soldiers homes and 10 left on
furloughs.
Penitentlary Guard Promoted. -
Samuel D. Sample, a guard at the
federal penitentiary, has accepted the
appointment to be deputy warden Of
the New Mexico territorial prison at
Santa Fe. His resignation from duty
at Leavenworth will become effective
September 1 and he will enter upon
his new duties Immediately after
wards.
One More Passes Away. = Aunt"
Mahala Lewis, who was believed to
be the oldest person in Kansas, died
suddenly at Ottawa, She reckoned
her age at 100 years and insisted she
had met both Washington and Lafay-
cite. She was born slave near Rich
mond, Va, and told Of visits to the
family by Lafayette and Washington.
Mrs. Lewis retained her mental facul-
ties till the last.
Mind Unbalanced by illness. -
Henry T. Moore, who had been sick
for some time at his home in Elk
City, and whose mind was thought
to have been unbalanced thereby, was
taken to Independence, his case tried
In probate court and he was adjudged
insane. An order has been issued for
his admittance to the State asylum
at Osawatomie. Moore is married
man and about IS years of age.
Immense Tank Farm.-If the con-
templated plans Of the Standard as to
storage capacity for oil at Caney are
carried out there will be over 1900
acres of land covered with tanks at
the Caney tank farm. They have al
ready secured over 500 acres Of land
and are trying to close on 400 more.
A large force of men Is building tanks
as fast as possible, but with all the
available force 1t will take many
months to cover the ground already
secured.
Labor Scarce In Kansas. - 1t has
been many years since labor was so
scarce in Kansas as 1t Is at present.
OF course there is always scarcity
of men during the harvest season but
it is seldom that at this season of the
year there are not enough men to fill
all vacancies in the state. T. B.
Gerow, agent for the Kansas. Free
State Employment bureau, has re-
quests for at least 300 men and has !
been able to find only two men with
which to fill the vacancies.
viii Enlarge the Plant. - w. H.
Haskell, warden of the state peniten-
tiary, has been in consultation with
Gov. Hoch on the subject Of the en-
largement Of the state Irvine plant
Mr.. Haskell has a part of the machin-
cry necessary at the penitentiary and
says that he hopes to have plant
next year which will turn out 4,O00-
600 pounds of Irvine annually. The
present facilities of the plant admit |
of the manufacture of only $500 900 |
pounds and that Is not enough to fill |
the demand.
Robbed Wells, Fargo Safe.-Gov.
Hoch has honored the requisition of
Gov. Folk for the return to Missouri
Of four men now confined in the fed
eral penitentiary. They are Nicholas
Gardner James Blackburn, James
Wallace and Daniel Kelly and are
wanted in Dent county for robbing
Wells, Fargo safe in the Frisco depot
in February, 1901.
He Calls For Mail. Mrs. Fra&y
Gray, of Newton, has received let
ter from her husband written Aug
ust Is ard mailed at Omaha, which
puts at an end all the doubt as 10
whether he is living or not. He Sls
on his way from Wyoming to Kansas
City, where he expected to go to
work, and asked to have his mail sent
there. Mr.. Gray did not know any
thing about the letter his wife had
received saying he had gone and was
probably murdered by the Mexicans.
The supposition is that the man who
wrote the letter to Mrs. Gray simply
knew he had left and thought that
was the probable cause Of his dlsap-
pearance. 1t was great relief to
Mr.. Gray's family to hear from him
and know he Is alive and we'll
insurance Solicitor Arrested. G.
solicitor Of the State
Life Insurance company of Indiana,
was arrested at Concordia, charged