The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-07-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review Of the Happenings Of Week Condensed Into
Paragraph for Busy Readers

Dies at Age Of 1902 Years.-"Grand
ma" Snyder, 1902 years old, and the
oldest woman in Lyon county, IS
dead
Lyon Is Re-Apponted. - Governor
Hoch has re-appointed F. A. Lyon, of
Fort Scott, on the board of managers
Of the Dodge City soldiers home.
Wichita Band Won Elks' Prize
The Kansas band from Wichita re-
ceived the first prize of $4,000 at
the Elks' convention at Dallas.
Gains $50 in Population. - Salina
has gained $50 in population within
the last year, according to the re-
turns Of the assessors, the total pop
plation of taxpayers being 9,747,
against 5000 last year.
Easy for Safe Blowers.-Safe blow
ers found an easy mark in a Wichita
shop, which they entered with the in
tention of blowing the safe. They
found the strong box open and es.
capped with $3.50.
Gets a $500 Reward. - The Rock
Island brakeman who discovered the
Cinnamon In the freight car at Her
1ngton has something coming to him
The government has decided that the
reward in this case shall be $780,
The Cinnamon will soon be deport
ed across the line again, and the first
inspector who sealed the car will lose
his position.
Has % New State Banks.-Twenty.
eight new state banks have started
in Kansas since the financial furry
last fall. Their aggregate capitalize.
ton Is nearly 100000 A large num-
Der of national banks have also been
established. The applications of about
dozen more state bank charters
have been passed upon but the in
stitutions have not yet completed
their preliminary organizations.
Horse Thief Arrested.-Walter l..
Yos, wanted for horse stealing at
Evanston, Wyo., was arrested at
Wichita. Yos' arrest was brought
about by information furnished by a
former pal in New York to a New
Jersey officer who communicated with
the Wichita police. A reward of $1,000
was offered for the arrest Of Yos.
This will be divided among the three
participating in the arrest
Has 1903 Miles of Railroad Kan
sas is well served with railroads. Ac
cording to the last report of the state
railroad commission, there is a total
mileage operated, all tracks, of H.
08S.14. New line constructed during
the year was 1920 miles. Since the
issuing of this annual report, a mum,
Der of new roads have been chartered,
among them lines to be operated in
western Kansas.
Shooting May Result FataIIy.-Char-
icy Timer quarreled with John Holt,
manager of a dance at Farlinville,
fifteen miles southwest of Lacygne.
He had been drinking. He went
away, got shotgun, came back and
shot into the house. Holt was hit
on the back of the head and may die
A man named Starks was wounded |
in the arm. Timer fled but was To-
Gated and arrested.
Tennis Officers chosen.-At the an
nual election of the Kansas Tennis |
Association held at Wichita, Robert
Bradock Eldorado, holder of the state
championship, was elected president;
H. II. Dale, Neodesha, vice president,
A. H. Dickinson, Wichita, treasurer.
was chosen as the place for
holding the 1909 tournament. The
state association is perfecting ar
to join the national as
ISOLATION.
Short Change Artist Was Smooth.
The Merchants State Bank and the
Santa Fe railroad at Wichita each
contributed $50 to short change art
ist The same crook worked both
places, using a hundred dollar bill
requesteing change and then chang
ng his mind regarding the denomina-
ton of the change, confusing the
cashier and escaping before the trick
was discovered.
CoffeyviIIe Negro Kills Wife,
Dick Waterhouse, young negro at
Joffeyville, shot and instantly killed
lis wife and then attempted to take
lis own life. Warehouse is now in
he city Jail and will recover.
Seven Capitals of Kansas.-The fol- {
owing in the order of their success
ion are the names of the seven CAPT.
ais Of Kansas: Leavenworth Shaw [
Zee Methodist Mission, in what is
low Johnson county; Pawnee near q
'ort Riley; Shawnee Mission Ca sec !
md time); Lecompton; Lawrence; |
in the northern part of a
that is now Franklin county; Topeka. n
linneola had been selected as a cap c
al but the offices were never trans. a
erred to it, SO it was a capital in t
anne only. t
Topeka Box Factory Burns.-Fire
destroyed the Topeka box c
nd barrel manufacturing plant. The p