The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1908-12-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS
Brief Review Of the Happenings Of Week Condensed Into
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was appointed to begin making plans
to get the fair located there, as 1t Is
thought the legislature will decide for
a state fair and locate 1t in some city
at the session beginning In January.
Accept Normal School Building
The state board Of regents of the state
normal school, in session in Pittsburg,
formally accepted the new state man.
ual training normal school, which has
Just been completed. The new build
ing is now finally the property OF the
state, and all ready for occupancy by
the school.
Gopher Killing Secret His.-What Is
probably the largest consignment OF
gopher scalps ever brought into a
Kansas county clerks office by one
man, was delivered at the Sedgwick
county court house by Samuel Huds-
peth of Viola. He turned In Ala scalps
and collected $41.4O He refused to
make public his method Of capturing
the little pests.
Killed by Passenger Train j. G..
Bookings, farmer living five miles
south of Wichita, was struck by a
Rock Island passenger train. He was
picked up In an unconscious condition
and taken to Peck, where medical at
tention was called, but died an hour
later from conclusion of the brain.
He was At years of age and partially
deaf.
Heroic Rescue Of Baby George
McCue, young colored man employed
by the Santa Fe at Garden City, was
the hero of a thrilling scene, having
saved a baby from being crushed be-
meath the wheels of special passen.
ger train. Only the quickness and
presence of mind of the young man
saved the life OF the child. which he
snatched from In front Of the engine
moving almost mile minute.
A Full Double Track System THAT
the Missouri Pacific has decided to in
crease its line to a full double track
system from Kansas City to Pueblo
is the announcement given out by Su
perintendent J. E. Snedecker. This
Is part of plan of Improvement, he
says, which the Missouri Pacific has
determined on, and which provides fol
an expenditure Of $10,000,000 a veal
for ten years in permanent work.
Another Big Gasser One Of thu
largest gas wells that has yet beer
found in the state was struck las
week at Wilsey, a small town ives
of Council Grove. The company tina
has been prospecting in that vicinit!
made the find and 1t is on its land ant
will be capped and held until the
company decides on its pipe line pro
ject. The company now has severa
big wells. They are all capped and I
is said they will continue to drill ant
develop their leased land
1877 Rabbits in One Day One o
the biggest rabbit hunts ever held IL
Kansas was held at Overlook be
tween two opposing teams of twenty
one members each. The wining team
was headed by W. H. Hopkins ant
the losers by H. X McNoun. A tota
of 1871 cottontail rabbits were killed
and 6 jack rabbits, hawks and 2
crows. Hugh Allen holds the individ
ual record of the shoot, ending the da!
with an even 200 rabbits in his bag
The next highest individual score wa
90. At the close of the hunt the hun
tiers enjoyed an oyster supper at tn,
expense Of the losers. The rabbit
we're shipped to Kansas City. TIL
McNoun team bagged TT cottontails
2 lack rabbits, 2 hawks and II crows
The Hopkins team bagged 954 cotton
tails, 4 jack rabbits, hawks and II
crows.
Late Election statistics.-Accordin
to returns of the recent election in tn
state Of Kansas, which have been Of
ficially certified by the state car
wasting board, there was a remark
able and unexpected falling off in tn
socialist and prohibition vote. Tn
politicians had been predicting tina
the socialist vote in Kansas woul
show a big increase. Instead of tina
1t showed falling off of 5000 O.
president and about 400 on governor
The prohibition party seems to be o.
the decline in Kansas. It's vote O
president slumped 1000 and its vot
on governor was only about half wha
It was in 1904. 1t is eviendt from tn
returns that many prohibitionist
voted for Jackson on the Republica
ticket, instead of their own nominee
The total vote on president shows a
increase of over $4,000 as compare
with 1904.
Burglars Blew a Bank Safe -Bul
glars blew open the safe of the tt
wanda State bank at Towanda, twelv
miles west Of Eldorado, with nitro
glycerine, securing $3.50 and mad
their escape on handcar.