The Globe-republican., 1907-11-21

george StrlCker ana ernest Saller,
IA and 10 years old, of Lehigh, were
convicted before the probate court Of
pilfering several stores and the San
ia Fe depot at Lehigh, and were Civ
en- six months each In the Topeka
reform school. The boys parents
are honest, respectable people.
Engineer Shoots Himself. - Louis
A. Kiehl, young man apparently
about "a years old and a civil engi-
neer on the Rock Island, shot him
self in the head at Topeka. Letters
were found on his body from his
father, a wholesale leather dealer at
Girard. o. No cause for the suicide
Is known.
Hoch Remembers Friend. - Z. e.
Marshall, superintendent of the state
reformatory at Hutchinson, was, after
q conference between Gov Hoch and
Bank Commissioner Royce, appoint
ed deputy state bank commissioner at
a salary of $1,000 a year and ex.
penses to succeed Harry Finley, who
resigned recently.
Falls In ScaIdlng Water. - The g.
year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. W.
Fine, Of LIE Harpe, fell in a tub vt
scalding water, burning itself very
severely. The little son was playing
around when his mother was wash
ing when he fell forward into the
water. His mother rescued him be-
fore he had time to be burned ia.
tally.
Attica Woman Horribly Burned. -
As Mrs. ]. M. Bottorf, an elderly
lady living In Attica, was kindling
fire in the cook stove her clothing
caught fire and was nearly all burn
ed off her body. She was frightfully
burned. Her husband in trying to
extinguish the flames was also quite
badly burned about the hands and
arms. 1t is thought there is no hope
fer the recovery of Mrs. Bottorff.
Cigarettes Cause Big Blaze. - Fire
that threatened the entire business
district of Parsons destroyed 100000
worth of property. The biggest
losses are Kress & Co., $4,000 ]. B.
Ham, livery barn, $4,000; Cooper
Lumber Company and the Dodge
Bryan Lumber Company, $4,000;
First Baptist church, complete loss,
$4,000; Adler & Joyce, building,
$4,000 The fire ogirinated in a barn,
where small boys were smoking cigar
etes.
New Disees. Among Horses. - A
peculiar disease affecting horses
seems to have perva1ed certain sec
tions Of Bourbon county and as a
result several horsemen are bemoan.
ing the loss of animals. One farm;
er up in the northern end of the
county has lost nine horses in this
manner in a space of three days,
]. r. Myrick and B. w. Doyle, Of Ma
pleton, have each lost horse from
the effects Of this peculiar epidemic.
Farmers are unable to diagnose this
disease. 1t made its first appear.
ance in several other counties and
horsemen finally came to the con-
clusion that the deaths were due to
eating musty or poisoned corn. In
an adjoining county one farmer lost
seventeen hogs from this diet. The
horses that died were worked by
their owners as usual during the day
and showed no signs of illness. The
same night, both farmers report, the
animals seemed to glp a few times
and an instant later fell dead Farm
ers are becoming pretty well work
ed up over the appearance here Of
this epidemic.
Harvey House Is Opened. - The
Harvey eating house recently com
peted at Well ngton by the Santa Fe
Railway Company has been formally
opened. The building is of Nestle
stone end cost, with its equipment
about $4,000. In its appointments i
is one Of the hlndsomest and mos
COMPLETE Of any on the entire Santt
Fe system.
Worthless Currency Afloat. - TIVE
men AMI one woman are under .arres
at Arkansas City on the charge q
passing worthless S. bills. The bill
are the same as those passed a
various other points In Kansas an,
in Oklahoma, by what Is believed II
be well organized gang. They wer
issued many years ago by the Mel
chants and Planters bank at Altar
ia, Ca, and to make the appearance
better two are pasted together, bac
to back. The persons arrested CAV
their names as G. A. Howard and
A. Dennell and wife. They are BEN
held without bond while the officer
are Investigating their cases. N
bills we're found when they wer
searched.
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Suspect Germs In Cups. = At
meeting of the state board. of healt
Secretary CrumbIne was delegated I
have the meteorological departmer
take swabbings from drinking cur
on railroad trains in school house
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