The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-03-07
KANSAS KERNELS.


day at Ottawa was So years old,
physician Of many years practice
though of late retired. He spen
most OF his life in Ottawa, and Il
said to have been the first white
man on the site Of the present cit!
of Ottawa.
Sale of Purebred Aberdeens. -
sale of pure bred Aberdeen Angu'
cattle was held at the state agricul
tural college, at Manhattan. Thirty
four head were sold. The highes
price paid for bulls was $lO750; fol
cows, 800, The cattle were pu'
chased mostly by stockmen from
various parts of Kansas.
Train Kills a Woman.--Mrs. Ann;
Hagstram, one of the early settlers
! of Mcpherson, was struck by Mis-
souri, Pacific train, and instantly
killed. The body was thrown from
the track. where it was found later
No one witnessed the accident Mrs
Hagstram was about sc years of age
and came from. Sweden in 1867, 10
eating in Lindsborg in 1870. Hel
husband died about six years age
and she has been living with her
son since.
Ducks at One Dollar Each.---N. r.
Britt, an Usage county farmer, took
five ducks TO Arkansas City which
he presented to H. Bensdoff, a
friend. Both men were arrested by
Charles Costello, state deputy
game warden of Kansas City. Kas.,
for bringing game into the state am.
for buying it, Bensdoff having in
sisted upon Britt taking ca cents
for the ducks. Both men were let
off after Bensdoff pleaded guilty
and paid a. fine Of IS and costs
S: w. Kansas stockmen Organize.
The Southwestern Kansas Live
Stock Association, covering the Old
Seventh Congressional District, and
some adjoining counties, was or.
ganized at Hutchinson. Officers
elected were: - A. l.. Sponsler,
Hutchinson, president. r. 0. Ed.
ward, Castleton, vicc-president; l..
S. Kent, Hutchinson, secretary and
treasurer. Annual sales of breed.
ing stock and annual meetings were
provided for. -,
Strange Freak In Well. Pleas
anton had mild sentation when
Web Leigbty threw match into the
we'll Of Sam Fuller, and an explosion
followed tearing up the wall rock
for several feet down the, well and
literally demolishing, a. porch which
stood above the well. The explosion
badly injured Sam Fuller and
Elwyn Hazlebaker and gave the ell
tire neighborhood a general shak-
ing up. The exact cause. that is the
kind Of gas and where It came from,
is still mystery and will be for
several days. until thorough In
vestigatloh can be made.
Takes Charge of Beacon. = With
the issue of March j the Wichita
Daily Beacon Fl. j. Hagny, who for
fourteen years has been editor,
transferred the. paper to Henry ].
Allen. In January Mr.. ALLEN SID
the Ottowa Journal and bought the
Beacon for $4,000. Mr.. Allen is
also interested in daily papers at
Parsons, Garden City and Fort
Scott. The policy Of the paper will
be changed from Democratic to In.
dependent Republican. The Demo
Gratis of Wichita, finding themselves
without an organ and city election
at hand, are actively engaged in en-.
deavoring to secure Democratic
daily for that city
Let Them Hunt. The. fees from
hunters Licenses last year /. netted
the state 900. 4s
Killed by a "Windy" Shot: - An
explosion occurred In mine No. 1G
OF the C. C. Cockerill Coal and Min
ing Company. at Pittsburg, and G..
Il, Phillips, one of the shotfrers,
was killed. The explosion was caus.
ed by s'windyp shot fired on the
side where Philips was working.
They Denounce Report.-The PEG.
pie of Frankfort are very indignant
over an item. that appeared few
weeks ago. in the Barnes, (Kan.)
Chief to the effect that several
bodies Of dead babies were found in
I the reservoir of the Blue Rapids
waterworks system a short time ago
when the reservoir was cleaned
out. Al nrstg the people paid no par
ticular attention to the item, but
when letters Of inquiry began pou'.
Ing In from ll;directions they real.
lied that the, item had had Its effect
and now they denounce the report
as one of the most slanderous and
malicious lies that has ever been
told al bout q community.
Costly Birds. - The 1000 Chinese
phedsants turned loose in Kansas
last year cost $4,000. or IS a bird. 6
Another Mutlnesr Captured. =
James Seymour, a prisoner who es-
capped with twenty seven others
from the United States federal pris-