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and instantly killed by an eastboun,
Rock Island passenger train.
A Fortune From EngIand-Mrs. K
"A Bathurst of Horton is in receipt Q
intelligence that she is one of tn,
heirs to big estate in England ant
that her share will be $4,000 It i:
said the matter is now all settled ant
! that the money will be Forthcoming
within a month.
Cuts the Internal Revenue.-Be
cause of the crusade of Attorney Gen
eral Jackson against the brewerfes
the internal revenue receipts for Kan
sas. according to Collector James
Simpson, are $1,000 less for the
month of July this year. than they
were in July. 1906 The big per cent
of this $1,000 decrease is ascribed to
Kansas City, Kas.
Plaintiffs Attach Brewery Property
The supreme court has permitted
Emma Bair and Martha Smith to file
attachment claims on property of the
Val Blatz Brewing Company in this
state, subject to the receivers. These
women sued the Val Blatz and other
brewing companies for damages over
a murder which took place in a North
Topeka drinking resort.
Receivers Got $3.75o.-The Anheus-
er-Pusch Brewing Company has sur
rendered completely to the custer ac-
ton brought against it by the attor.
ney general by paying up full costs
assessed against it summing up tot
al of $3.977.08 Of this sum. the three
receivers got Jointly $3.50 The ex-
penses We're 500; dapositions, s107.-
SO: sheriff fees, s27O; court costs.
$16.4O
Last Dividend Paid.-The checks for
the payment of the last dividend Of
u per cent to the depositors of the
First National bank at Topeka. which
failed in the DevIin crash. have been
filed out and forwarded to the comm
troiler at Washington. He will in
spect and sign the checks and return
them to Topeka. The money will
probably be available within a few
days.
G. A. r. has a Grievance.-Tha e.
A. r. of Kansas has fled a complaint
before the interstate commerce.
commission alleging discrimination
against the rates granted them to
Saratoga for the national encamD-
ment and in favor of the Jamestown
rates. Not enough stopover priyi-
leges, it is alleged, are granted while
the Jamestown trip is favored in that
manner. Nebraska joined the Kan
sas complaint
Fifty Counties crimeIess. = Fifty
counties in Kansas sent no prisoners
to the state penitentiary during the
past fiscal year. according to the re-
port of expenses for the conveyance
of prisoners to Lansing. The total
cost per diem for expenses guards
and board of prisoners was $4,000. A
-otal of 207 prisoners were sent to the
during the year Wyan-
1otte had the largest number, TWEEN
y; Montgomery was next with f1f
teen; Geary third with ten.
Gift Larger than She Knew.--Mrs.
Fanny Murray. of Lancaster. Atchi-
son county, died three years ago. 1eav-
ng lot in Can Diego, Cal, and two
OTIS in Middleton, Cal, to the Wom-
ems Home Missionary Society of the
Kansas conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church and to the iWomen's
Foreign Missionary society of the
Methodist Episcopal church of New
York. At the time of her death the
OF in San Diego was believed to be
worth about So 600, but it sold last
week for $4,000.
Harvester Wore Low shoes.-Jack
Kyle, a St. Louis clerk, wore loose,
ow shoes while at work in the har-
rest fields in Kansas recently His
eet became badly blistered and bruis-
ID from striking the stubble After
working week his right foot became
swollen and blood poisoning set IN.
he is now at the Topeka Provident
Association hospital and the doctors
ear his leg may have to be amputat-
ID
State Loans Money.-The stat2 of
Kansas has loaned 1871 900 to banks
# the state under the depository sys-
en- The highest rate of interest Of
cred was 31s per cent, by the North
lp National bank, of lola. Seventy |
seven banks bid for the money. It
vas given to thirty. The Commercial
National bank of Kansas CITY, and
he Bank of Topeka each got 100000.
Fhe smallest sum was $4,000, to the
4ouray State bank The lowest rate
If interest accepted was 2.75. while
he majority ran over 3 per cent
There was one bid of 81 per cent,
tut it was unaccompanied by a certi- |
led check.
Game Warden Still Busy. = The