The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-01-16
KANSAS ITEMS
SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

rich, of Leavenworth, was justifiable
In his action in shooting his step
father, Jul us Ehman, on the twenty
eighth day Of December last, &C
cording to the verdict of the coron.
er's jury In the second inquest.
New Deposit Guaranty Plan.-Bank
Commissioner ]. G. Royce favors this
deposit guaranty law: LET levy of
per cent be made on the average
Of daily balances. Each bank must
put up ! per cent in cash, but be al
lowed to retain, credited to its re-
serve, nine-tenths Of that sum. This
to be continued for ten years. The
state treasurer and bank commits
sioner as custodians are to redeposit
the fund with bonded state banks to
draw per cent interest, and paid
back to the banks in yearly divi-
dends."
To Roclaim Kansas Land. Con-
gresham Madison has got the recla-
nation service interested in another
proposed Irrigation project for
Southwestern Kansas. There Is
great natural basin near the E'inney
Haskell county line just south Of Ar
kansas river, which at a compare
lively small cost, can be transferred
into a lake to irligate thousands Of
acres Of fertile land east of the basin.
Madison has called the attention of
the reclamation officers to it and
they have promised to send an ex-
pert cut to make a technical investi-
cation. If the expert finds 1t feasa-
BILE scheme the government will like
ly take hold of the matter.
Prison For Train Robbers. Joe
Bush and John Merifield, who were
found guilty in the present term OF
the district court at Pittsburg of hold
ing up a Missouri Pacific passenger !
train near that city on March 4,
1906, were sentenced to the penitenti- :
ary. The former got an indetermin-
lte sentence of from five to twenty r
one years, while the latter received ,
,welve years. Bush was found guilty 8
If manslaughter in the first degree ,
n the shooting of John Henry, one OF
he passCr 5ers, who fired two shots
It the robL ers during the holdup, and
vas killed by Bush, who was stand Q
ng at the back door of the coach
hey were robbing. Merifeld was c
ound guilty of murder in the second II
legree, because the jury thought he Il
vas as guilty as Bush, V
Half of Cash Refunded. - Prof. r
Iunter of the department of entomol- g
gy at Kansas University will soon t,
ssue a detail ID account of his war on n
he green bugs in the wheat fields of n
he state last summer. A consider
BILE part of he account will discuss IT
he financing of the campaign, setting :,
orth the liberality of those whose do h
ations made the crusade successful -
nd pointing out the almost complete 9,
allure which it would have been had >,
depended upon the appropriations n
hitch the legislature didn't make for =,
UGH scientific purposes. The work -,
,as carried on through the payment f.
I donations by millers, farmers, 4,
ounties and others over the state, h,
lie total received being somewhat IN
yer $4,000. The university has ar h,
inged to refund as much as possible n
these donations, and it has been n,
,und that this refund amounts to So re-
or cent of the sums given. The N
easurer of the university has just h,
,mpleted mailing out checks for the III
mount Many OF the larger contri- of
ltions were received after the need m
r funds was practically over, hence @,
e large amount of the donations FIR
lat can be refunded. in
Murder Cases OF Docket. - Chero-
ee county district court is in ses- fa
on at Columbus. There are three III
urder cases on the docket, the most ed
lportant of which is the case of the M
ate against Csc Hudson, charged m,
It'll the murder OF Charles Zegra w;
lille he, Hudson was city marshal n,
Mineral last Jrly. ba
Edwards For Wichita Postoffice.- TT
Victor Murdoch has VIZ
commended the appointment of w.
Edwards as postmaster Of Wich- =,
/, the position held by Col. Mcr-
elk. Mr.. Edwards is formerly of pe
lrned, at one tire was q candidate III
r congress in tie Seventh district. a.
, is now a director of the Kansas on
ty, Mexico & Orient Railway. his
ms
Donates Mule to WesIeyan.-Cbas. 10
mer. of Salina, has given to the "a,
lnsas Wesleyan University located we
Salina, the best mule in his barn, riff
lued at probably 5000. The animal ma
Il be sold at public auction on the ex,
eet on January 18th, and as the "a
lding will be spirited among the rer
ends Of the university, the mule is ~
pected to bring close to $1,000. emf
Boy Killed While Huntlng--Char-
Oatman, about 16 years. Of age, ,re