The Globe-republican., 1906-10-11
1t Happened !a X a N S a S


an addition to the federal building II
Wichita. The plans for this addition
are now about complete and VIII b.
,dopted within a short time.
Chambers in Edward County. - DR.
f. S. Schoenleber, state veterinarian
has been Investigating an outbreak OF
chambers among the horses in Ed
wards county. He condemned and
had killed five horses which had the
disease and others in quarantine
awaiting developments.
Kansas National Guard rendered
while ]. w. f. Hughes, adjuts"t
general of the Kansas national guard
was in Washington colferring win
the secretary of war about the Cuban
situation. he tolegraphed the govern
or that he had rendered the use OF
the Kansas national guard in case
there Is trouble with Cuba, and add
ed kansas is the first state when
has offered to send its national guard
to Cuba"
Chewed sophomore's Finger or.
High school boys in LeavenWor'h
engaged in a bloody fight the other
night. The fight was the result Oh
an attempt by tho sophomores to
haze a freshman. One of the fighters
had the end of his finger bitten on
and both of the young men were
more or less bruised A crowd OF
about fifty high school boys witness
ed the fight and not one interfered
until the freshman had chewed Of
a portion of sophomore's hnSer'
An offense of this kind is known in
law as mayhem. The penalty is from
| five to ten years in the state penn
Tertiary
ParoIed From industrial School. -
NJ. f. McKirahan, parole officer OF the
bows industrial school. has reported
that eight boys were paroled during
August and that one boy returned
voluntarily to the institution. The
boys paroled in August were: Arthur
Reed. to Ggenoll; William Butler, to
Kansas City. Mo-; sam Henders IN, to
Topeka: Charles holland, to Atch son;
Roy Robinson. to Highland Park; Dial,
las Higgins. to Kaw Valley. and Harry
Morris. to Kansas City, Mo-, and Fred
Kelley, to Osawatomie. OF these Roy
Robinson and Dallas Higgins went to
new homes. One boy came back vol
unfairly and one was returned for VIC
lating parole
Called Him Liar. = Becaue she
called the Wichita chief of police a
liar. Mrs. Myra McHenry, one of the
/ disciples of Carrie Nation, was fined
$50 by Justice of the peace. Mrs.
/ McHenry had been arrested for talk.
ing on the streets, and when she ask.
ed the chief what the charge against
her was he said she had been guilty
of defaming good citizens of Wichita,
whereat the woman called him liar,
with the above results. After she
had been fined Mrs. McHenry told the
court that before she would pay TIE
$50 she would lie in jail til she rot
ted and the ants carried her body ont
through the kevhole. There IS cutie
a sentiment against the action of the
officers in their treatment of the
woman
viii Be Principal Speaker. - Her.
bert S. Hadley. attorney general of
Missouri. will he the principal speaker
at the annual meeting Of the Kansas
State Bar Association in Topeka next
January. r. B. Welch, chairman Of
the executive committee, received
Mr.. II lleys acceptance of the inyi-
tation to speak here only q few days
ago. Mr.. Hadley is Kaps2n born
and obtained his LEGAL education at
the state university at Lawrence, In
view of this fact reunion of al form
er students Of the law school at Law
renee is now being planned as a fel.
turc of the meeting of the bar ass1-
citation. Arrangements for this re-
union will be made by the university
faculty in cooperation with the eXecu,
tive committee of the bar associa.
ton.
Fail to Reach Agreement. - The
tranmen of the Rock Island who were
at Hutchinson in secret meeting went
to their homes without reaching an
agreement. The object was to settle
the matter of the division of mileage
on the runs on this division. In chang
ing the division from Bucklin to Prttt
the Hcrlngton division was shortened
and the old Bucklin division was
heightened. The trainmen are trying
to get new schedules Of runs and
allowances of mileage settled. In adj
dition to this they want to settle the
matter of seniority of the men now
employed, the Oldest men in point of
service to have preferred runs and
first chance to take new places offer
ed. This matter Of seniority seems to
have been mixed somewhat and this
was the second matter under consld-
Grafton.
Hotel Men to Meet - Members Of
the Kansas-M s ouri Hotel Mems
Association will hold their regular an