The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-06-25

UOultS were TcCOVeIeu.
Dangerously Hurt in Auto Wreck
In an auto accident near Beloit, the
machine went into the ditch over
turning and pinioning Frank White
underneath. Mr.. s. Fl. Dodge, who
was with him, escaped injury but was
unable to release his companion I'm.
til he went to town and secured aid.
Mr.. White when taken out was I'M
conscious and while the physicians
do not think his back is broken, they
consider him very badly injured.
To Merge Kansas Lines.-Incorpo.
ration papers have been filed with
the secretary of state for the Home
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
which proposes to connect up all of
the small Independent telephone sys-
TENS in the state with long distance
toll lines. The company is capital
lied at $4,000 and its incorporators
are all Kansas men. They are c. J.
Myers, Kansas City, Kan; w. F.
Hemphill, Topeka; w. e. Burns.
Hutchinson; c. L. Brown, Abilene,
and A. T. Rogers, Beloit.
Cut Threats Of His Own Children
The most shocking tragedy that has
occurred in Kansas in many years
happened near Peabody. Frank Good,
a young farmer living seven miles
north of town, killed his three young
children and then committed suicide.
The instrument used to commit the
terrible deed was pocket knife. His
father, mother-in-law and young wo'
man of the neighborhood slept on the
upper floor of the house, but knew
nothing Of the tragedy until the
father arose at o'clock in the morn
ing and came down stairs. The bod.
les were stiff and it is supposed they
had been dead for several hours. The
Merchants to Aid Farmers.-The
Emporia Business Mems Association
met and took steps to assist the
farmers Of Lyon county in replant-
/ ing their corn crop which has been
seriously damaged by the floods and
incessant rains. The association ord
cred 100 bushels of ninety-day seed
corn, which will be distributed to the
farmers at actual COST George Plumb,
one of the prominent farmers of Lyon
county, says that If ninety-day corn
Is planted soon it will make an ex-
cellent crop, providing the conditions
are favorable. When the 100 bush
, els are exhausted enough more will
be obtained to meet the demands.
Indian Boy INSTRUMENTATION
Marshall, an Indian boy II years old
and an inmate of Haskell Indian
school located at Lawrence, was
killed by 1900 volts of electricity
from a power wire which he grasped
with his hand. Death was instan-
taneous. He was still holding the
wire and lay across it when taken
up. The boy loosened the corner of
a heavy iron screen on a window at
the small boys building, and went
out onto the tin roof of a corridor
leading from that building to the Law
atory. No one was supposed ever to
go there, and the naked power wire
hung within easy reach. He took
/ hold of it with his right thumb and
forefinger, and death resulted at
once The wire carried the full volt
age for the city power plant. The
boy came to Lawrence from the Pine
Ridge agency, South Dakota He had
no relatives living, was practically a
pauper and was considered only
about half witted. His body was
buried in the Haskell ceetery near
the institute buildings. This was the
third death from contact with live
wire at Lawrence within forty-eight
hours two men having been killed al
the Kansas university the day be
fore.
Many Rabbits Killed by Hail.-It is
said that the recent hail storms have
played havoc with the rabbit crop.
Many farmers around Hill City tell
that their fields in the hail district
are literally covered with the carcass,
es of defunct jacks and cottontails,
and that the number of killed must
reach into the thousands in each part
of the county which suffered from
the hail.
Fruit Crop Report.-Hereafter Kan
sas will have fruit crop reports the
same as the agricultural reports pre-
pared by F. D. Coburn, secretary of
the board of agriculture. Walter
Wellhouse, secretary of the state ag'
ricultural society, has sent out blanks
for the information about the Kan
sas fruits. He wants to know how
much the crop was damaged by frostS,
wet weather, insects or tree diseases
and what the prospects for a crop
really are. Mr. Wellhouse has ar
ranged long list of fruit growers
scattered throughout the state and
the requests for information have
been sent to these men. Each one
will report the conditions in his own
section and the statistics will then be
compiled in the office at Topeka.
Purchase ingalls, Home.-All posi-
bility of Atchison losing the Western
Theological seminary, an institution
which educates both English ana
German Lutheran young men for the
ministry, was settled when F. D. Alt