The Globe-republican., 1908-12-17

resentatives of Kansas colleges at a
meeting held at Ottawa fixed March
IL as the date Of the state oratorical
contest. The contest this year will
be held in Ottawa. Nine colleges are
represented.
Woman and Child Burned.--In fire
which destroyed their home at Bava
ha, near Salina, Mrs. Frank Himmel-
wright, wife Of section foreman, and
her six months old child were burned
to death. Himmelwright was away at
work.
New Bank at Conway Springs.
Conway Springs Is to have new
bank. Application has been made for
q charter for an institution which Is
to be known as the Peoples State
bank. 1t is to be opened with . capt.
tai stock of 100000
Drug Clerk a Suicide.-R H.
Beam, unmarried and aged about 30
years, committed suicide at Herington
In the drug store where he worked
by cutting his throat with a razor He
had been in i'll health for some time
and was respondent.
Hunger Caused Suicide.-An uniden.
titled man who committed suicide near
Soledad by shooting himself, left an
unsigned note saying that he had not
eaten since November 30, and that he
was brother of Mrs. Sarah Brewing.
ton Of Frederickston.
Release Alleged SIayers on Ball..
Mrs. Myrtle Reed, who is charged with
numbering Thomas Glenn at Herring;
ton, was released on $4,000 bail and
her. hearing postponed to December 81.
Glenn's father expects to put up mon
ey for an autopsy on Glenn's body.
Arrested for Selling Diseased Meat
Warrants were served on complaint
of Inspector Kleinhans, on j. Shilling
and his sons Frank and Sam of Alma,
and they were taken before Justice
Keagy charged with selling diseased
meats and meats from a steer that
had died. The county attorney charg-
ed them with violation of the pure
food laws. They escaped a Jail SEN
tence by pleading guilty and throwing
themselves on the mercy of the court.
Butcher Fined $300.-L. Tyler, a
butcher at Council Grove, got the max
imum fine for violating the pure food
law by selling diseased meat, in the
district court at Emporia. The charge
against Tyler was that he killed COW
which had a cancer over one of her
eyes and sold the meat over the block
The pure food inspector, John Klein
hans of Topeka, happened to run
across some of this meat and went al
ter Tyler. He secured a statement
from the butcher to the effect that the
COW killed did have sore over one of
her eyes. The Judge Of the district
court OF Lyon county did not hesitate
to give Tyler the maximum fine-$3O0
and costs.
Will Fight Tax Increase.-Represen-
tatives of the Kansas Natural Gas
company have begun proceedings
which are understood to mean a fight
throughout the territory covered by
the pipe lines against the tax levies
this year and probably against the
constitutionality of the new tax law.
The pipe line properties have an In
crease of taxes in this county this
year of some $4,000 The valuation is
increased over last year nearly $780,
900. Tender In gold was made Of a
proportion of the tax and when
this was refused by the county treas
urer payment of the full first half of
the taxes was made and notice of in
tent to sue the county for recovery
was filed. The action is being taken
in all the other counties in which the
company has property.
Man Fell Under Train.-A stockily
built man about so years of age, ap-
parently farmer, attempted to board
a moving freight train at 1ndepend-
ence. He fell under the wheels and
was killed He had program of a far
mers' institute In his pocket, along
with tax receipts from Ulysses, Kan
The name was cut off the receipt A
SIS bill was the only money in the
pockets.
Almost Half a Billion.-Secretary OF
Agriculture F. D. Coburn, In his an
nual report OF Kansas farm products
Just issued, says: "This years farm
products and live stock reach the un-
precedented value of $475,244,531, or
$11, ,596,224 in excess of the best prior
year, which was 1907. The value Of
the field crops on slightly diminished
areas was more by $24,075,651 than
on those of last year. A heavy de-
creases is recorded in the value of
the products of live stock, the single
item of animals slaughtered or sold
for that purpose being less by $S,447,-
900. In the aggregate the live stock
on hand was worth practically the