The Globe-republican., 1907-07-04
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ton, receiving injuries from which h
died three hours later.
Signal Device Nets Him 100000
Judd Shoecraft, Of Eskridge, has sol(
signal patent to the Santa Fe Rail
road Company for 100000. This Il
not the first patent that Mr.. Shoe
craft has secured and sold. He was
partly responsible for the patent o.
the signal bars which are used by
most railroads at the different cross
ings in towns.
100000 Mortgage. - BY far the
largest mortgage ever filed in Shaw
nee county was filed with Register Of
Deeds S. j. Hodgins recently. The
amount was $6,000,000, and the mort
gage covers all of the right-of-way
track, telegraph lines, rolling stock
and all other property Of the Topeka
Southwestern railroad. The mort
gage secures gold bonds bearing In
terest at 6 per cent
Took All But the House. - Gov.
Hoch has issued requfsition on the
governor of Indiana for Harry Ward,
who Is wanted In Arkansas City for
grand larceny. Ward. Is now at Vigo,
Ind, and is under arrest. He is
charged with stealing from Warren
B. Robertson a trunk, eight rugs,
eleven lace curtains, two bed
spreads, a lot of table linen. portiers
and a clock. The total value Of the
articles taken is about 500.
Largest in the state. - When the
work being carried on by the Mis-
souri, and Kansas Telephone Com
pany is completed, Wichita will have
the largest underground telephone
system in the state. The conduits
will extend under the entire business
district to cover the future expansion
district and far enough into the resi-
dence district to cover the future ex'
pension of the business district for
some years to come.
Cut Their Threats. - Mrs. Peter
Johnson, of Formoso. attempted to
take the lives of her two children,
girl of 10 years and a boy of s, by
cutting their threats while they were
in their beds. She then ran up
stairs and cut her own throat She
used a piece of broken earthenware.
The children will recover, but the
mothers life is in doubt. She is the
widow of Peter Johnson, who took
his life by drinking carbolic acid
June Is.
Boy browns While Bathing. - Ed
gar Beckwith, aged II years, an in
mate of the Soldiers Orphans Home,
at Atchison, was drowned in Deer
creek while in bathing. The teach
ers had taken the children to the
woods for an outing and in spite of
orders to the contrary the Beckwith
boy and two others slipped off to the
creek and went in swimming. Ira
another boy, came near
being drowned in attempting to res
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Board Elects officers. - The State
Board of Control held its biennial
election of officers at Topeka and re-
elected all of its old officers. E. B.
Schermerhorn will continue as chair
man, S. C. Elliott as treasurer and H.
G. Bowman as attorney. The board
also let contracts for desks and
chairs for the addition to the Girls
Industrial School at Beloit. The Hall
Stationery Company, of Topeka, was
he lowest bidder on desks and Sc
cured the contract for $1,000 worth.
There were five bidders. The Hall
Company also secured the contract
Tor $243.40 worth of gymnasium sup
plies for the Beloit school.
Third to Die Violent Death.--While
deranged from brooding
over his recent arrest on the charge
IF cruelty to animals, John Harkins,
Of Topeka, aged 10 years, committed
suicide. Harkins filed a teacup with
acid and drank all but a
few drops. He is the third Of the
family to die a violent death within
he last two years. Some time ago
l brother was drowned and about
.wo years ago another brother, a
brakeman, was killed in an acct
dent.
First Degree Murder. - Ex-City
Charles Garner, Of Galena,
arrested for alleged COM
plicity In the robbery and murder OF
L. C. Frick, secondhand dealer,
has been bound over to the district
court in the sum Of $4,000 on a
charge of murder in the first degree.
n. c. Malone, another secondhand
dealer, turned states evidence and
accused Garner, R. D. Booth and Ed
Jones, of committing the crime.
Jones died in the county Jail Of blood
poisoning shortly after the hour set
Tor his preliminary.
Peabody Youth Drowns.--Roy Non
ken, young man nineteen years OF
age, of Peabody, Kan, was drowned