The Globe-republican., 1907-09-26
KANSAS ITEMS
SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS J

miles northwest Of Chanute, wa
chastising a child for m%isbehavior
she vas set upon by a bull dog be
longing to the family and bite
three times. The animal kept up 1t
attack until 1t was beaten off by MI
Olson.
Nearly Hit the Governor. - Gov
Hoch and Tax Commissioner How
came close to being knocked down b,
a big touring car automobile as the,
stepped out under the south archwa,
Of the state house, and as a result
ukase was issued by the state execu
tive council forbidding automobile
the use Of the state house drive
ways.
Alum an Adulterant. - Alum hal
been declared an adulterant whel
used in pickles, according to a bulle
tin issued by the state board o
health. Pickles are declared to b.
made indigestible and therefore dele
FERROUS. But since a big stock o
such goods Is on hand, dealers will b.
permitted to dispose Of 1t by Decem
Der 81 Of this year.
Dragged to Death by Auto.-By thu
breaking Of the guide rod in Angus
Wilshusen's automobile, at Stafford
while running at great speed, the ma
chine turned over, caught the occu
pants under it and dragged then
some distance. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilshu
sen were badly bruised and their 1T
tie daughter Mamie, 5 years cid, wa
so badly injured that she died.
Carrie Nation In the Kitchen. =
Carrie Nation, in a blue prison uni
form, will spend the next seventy
five days in the workhouse prison a
Washington, d. c., unless sh'
changes her mind. Judge Bundy
who sentenced her, went to the work
house and pleaded with her to prom
Use to not hold street meetings 81
that he could release her, but she re
fused,
Woman browns in a WEI Mrs
]. N. Reeves. wife of a farmer WIN
lives five miles southwest of Norton
walked out of her house and faile'
to return. A niece went to look TO
her and found her body floating in
well in the yard. No one know
whether the drowning was an acc
dent or suicide, though the genera
belief seems to be that 1t was tn
former.
An Angry Wichita Woman.-Mr'
Anna Young, of Wichita, who was al
rested for running an alleged Joint,
attempted to h~orsewhip an Eagl
reporter, she installing him fo
a secret service man in the en-
ploy of the reform administration
She broke her whip over the repor
er's shoulders before he told her c
her mistake. She vowed she wi
horsewhip Mayor Graham on sight.
Train Hits Street Car. - AS a r.
suit of a collision between a Frisc
freight train and a Cleveland avenu
street car on Douglas avenue, !
Wichita, three persons were injured
Those hurt are e. T. Ratliff, 1G2
East Central avenue. bruised and CT
about the face by broken glass
Jesse Clinesmit. 1918 North Topek
avenue, bruised and cut over tn
eye; Mrs. Jesse Clinesmith, shake
up and suffering from eve nervou
shock. The passengers were take
from the car and the injured, aftt
they had been attended by phys
clans. were sent home in ambu
ances. The car was No. 100, the or
that plunged into Chisholm cree
several years ago, injuring thrice
people. 1t has been in other acc
dents since and Is considered Il
hoodoo of the line.
Topekan Killed In Chicago. .
Samuel Lakin, a well known your
man of Topeka, and the son Of d.
Lakin, one of the early t%reasurers
Kansas, was run over and killed by
street car in Chicago.
Wichita Wins Penant. - The ba
ball season of 1907 in the Weste
Association has closed and the "ra
goes to wichita, the champions
1905. The association Is compos
of Wichita, Hutchinson, Leavenwor
and Topeka in Kansas; Jopi
Springfield and Webb City, in M
souri,; and Oklahoma City. 7
clubs finished in the following ord
! named: Wichita, Oklahoma CT
: Hutchinson, Topeka, Joplin. We
City, Springfield. Leavenworth. Ii
years penant went to Topeka.
Clay center's Strange Case i
, most remarkable case is that Of M
Elizabeth Klein, daughter Of Mr.. a
/, Mrs. J. Klein, who lives six mi
, east Of Clay Center, from whose
pendlx there was recently remov
: an orange seed which had sprou'
and which had one root two incl
and six roots o%ne-fourth of an In
long.
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D Farmer Dies Riding In Buggy.
George B. Gloon. a widely kno