The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-11-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review Of the Happenings Of Week Condensed Into
Paragraph for Busy Readers

one Of the principal streets Of WITCH
tia. It was the property Of H. Mar
law, collector for an Eastern imple-
ment company, who left the grip In
his rig while he entered store.
Dumped Beer Into eutter.-One
hundred cases and eight barrels OF
beer with considerable whiskey was
taken from the basement Of the court
house at independence and the liquor
emptied into the gutter The vicinity
Of the court house smelled like a ga
loon all day.
Burglars Fire Postofflce.-The two
story frame building containing the
general store of O. e. Eaton, the post
office and Woodmen hall at River
dale, six miles north Of Wellington,
was set on fire after 1t had been loot
ed by burglars and entirely destroyed.
The loss will be several thousand dol
lars, with little insurance.
Behner and LIpsey to Pen.-Henry
Behner and William Lipsey, convict
ed Of the murder Of Bob Sawyer, one
Sunday morning last summer, have
been taken to the penltentiary. Both
are In for life. Behner accused Saw
yer of ravishing his daughter. Beh-
ner's wife and children were there to
bid him goodbye and the scene was
an affecting one.
Body of Wichita Man Found.-The
dead body Of an unknown man, sup
posed to have been ]. B. Allen OF
Wichita, was found beside the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas railroad
track at Bartlesville, Ok, multilated
by the train passing over It, 1t is be-
lieved that Allen was murdered and
his body laid upon the track to cover
up the crime.
Killed Brother With Gun.-At
Belle Plain, Teddy Paxton, aged IL,
accidentally shot and killed his
brother, Robert, aged 9. The two
boys were alone in an upstairs room
and the older boy Is supposed to have
pointed a shotgun at the other be-
lieving 1t was unloaded. 1t blew the
top of the younger boys head COM
pletely off.
Building for 8. w. X. coIlege.-The
contract for the new administration
building Of Southwest Kansas College
at Winfield was let by the trustees
to the Ellenberger Construction COM
pany of Chicago, providing that their
references are satisfactory. Their bid
Is s635S9 on the plan, but some al
tercLtions and additions are still to
be made. 1t was also decided to place
the building on the bluff, east OF the
college.
Enhancement Of Anna Hoch An
nounced.-At a luncheon at the Gov
ernor's house In Topeka the engage
ment of Miss Anna Hoch, daughter OF
Governor and Mrs. E. W. Hoch, to Mr..
James W. Reid Of Chanute, Kan, was
announced. Mr.. Reid Ii an attorney.
He and Miss Hoch met at Baker Uni
versity while students there. The
wedding Is to take place early In the
new year.
Wichita to Build Water PIant.-The
proposition to build an $850,000 mu
niclpal water plant in Wichita, car
ried by a large margin at the recent
election. A total Of 1855 votes were
cast on the water proposition. OF this
number 1885 favored the bond propo
sition and 1929 were against 1t. The
proposition Is to issue bonds In the
sum Of $85O,O0 to build water sys
TEN to be owned and operated by the
city of Wichita. The city attorney
was ordered to prepare to issue the
bonds In accordance with the vote.
Soda Fountain Owners Fined.-Si1
Lawrence owners Of soda fountains
were arrested for failing to label al
the contents of their fountains. The!
pleaded guilty and paid small fines.
Kansan Won Hammer Throw.-ll
the varsity freshmen sports at Oxford
england, G. E. Putnam Of Kansas VOL
the hammer throw with lab feet,
inches, breaking all freshmen records
Putnam's home is In Ottawa, Kan.
New Court House for Rice County,
Among the many propositions submit
ted to the voters Of Rice county a
the recent election was one for 0
against building a new court house 1
the city of Lyons. The propositio
carried. The new court house Is t
cost $4,000.
Robbers Made Bad Haul-Robber
at Derby, six miles south Of Wichit'
broke into the depot, blew open tn
safe securing $40 and rifled the 81
press packages In the depot. A ma
sack was taken from the crane an
rifled Of its contents. A grip belonl
ing to Myra McfIenry, containing he
wearing apparel and prohibitic
pamphlets was stolen.