The Globe-republican., 1906-07-26

| IL. f1armOn, well known FeBluen'
of Brown county, fell from a scaffold
inc at Willis and fractured his skull
He will die. He has a wife and three
children. He was at one time county
+; superb tendent Of Brown county
Work Starts on El Dorado Depot
Contractor F. l.. Swanson of To
peka commenced work on the new
brick Santa Fe depot in Ell Dorado. 1t
will be 2Sx140 feet, one story. 1t will
be modern in every way and the build
ing and grounds will cost $4,000.
Properties Will Be Closed Out. =
The properties Of the Devlin estate
will be closed out completely by the
first of next year, is the announce
ment which Cyrus Leland, one of the
trustees of the estate, made.
This will take with it the discharge
of the trusteeship of the estate.
In less than two years the entire
estate of over 100000 will have
been closed out to the satisfaction OF
numerous creditors.
Shipping Fruit In Car Lots. - The
fruit growers of Jackson county are
making arrangements to ship their
surplus apples and peaches in car
load lots, that they may realize fair
price for them. The yield will be
larger this year than ever before in
the county's history, and the prices
locally will be low. BY organizing
for car load shipments the farmers
will be able to put their fruit on the
markets of the big cities at a profit. 3
Is Now Millionaire. - Claude e.
Leppleman, dry goods clerk in
Wichita has been notified that he is
among the heirs to an estate valued
at nearly $3S,OOOOOO. According to
letter received by Mr.. Leppleman
his share of this estate will be about
100000, he being one Of eleven
heirs. It was by the death of
grand uncle, ]. c. Ingraham, of New
York City, that Mr.. Leppleman will
become independently rich.
Two Drowned at Leavenworth. -
Carl Hubert, aged .ears, while play
ing with a dog in the Missouri river
slipped into deep water and was
drowned. Francis Pike rushed into
the water and pulled the boy out and
was carrying him ashore, when Annie
Hubert, aged 12 sister Of the boy,
ran forward and tore the body OF her
brother from Pike, and she and the
brother then slipped into deep hole
and were drowned before assistance
could reach them.
Cruelty to Animals. - After having
been on the road for nearly thirty
hours without food or water, 100 cars
of cattle were allowed to stand On
the siding in the North Topeka yards
by the officials of the Rock Island
road from o'clock in the morning |
until nearly noon, when they were
forced to send them on to Kansas
City, by Kilmaurs King, one Of the
officers of the Foster Humane So
ciety Of Topeka.
Shot Wrong Man.-As the Missouri
Pacific Flyer No. pulled into Linds-
borg two harvest hands from Knox
vile, Tenn, were walking along the
track. The conductor pulled a revol-
yer and shot presumably to brighten
the bum but in the darkness he struck
Ed Beam, one Of the men going by.
The bullet struck him on the left side
Of his head and passed around under
the scalp to his left temple and when
found was flattened. The people of
Lindsborg raised $97 for the injured
man who left with his partner, Mr..
Griffin, for their home in Tennessee.
Beam will very likely sue the COM
pany for damages.
Mulvane Man Suicides.-Jamss NJ.
Kuhn. who lived on a farm five miles
northeast of Mulvane, in Sedgwick
took his life by shooting him
self through the head with a shotgun.
The only reason given for his act Is
he fact that his father, Captain E. j.
Kuhn, an old Mexican war veteran,
who had made his home with his son
since the death Of his aged wife sew
,ral months ago, had become imbued
with the idea that he was no longer
wanted at his sons home, and had
made arrangements to leave for the
I'D soldiers home. In spite OF the
protests of his son and family the old
gentleman packed his belongings and
started for Mulvane. Evidently this
was more than Mr.. Kuhn could bear,
md going into the orchard on the
arm ended his life.
Big Increase In Taxes.-Kansas has
made a remarkable increase in the
yalue of taxable property within the
,ast year, according to the reports Of
county assessors to the state board
# equalization. A year ago the total
axable property Of the state was
1881 ,976,SS7 as returned by the as
jessors to the county clerks and by
he latter to the board. The increase
las been $22,094,S0 and the total
ovahla nronerty Of the state Ia now