The Globe-republican., 1908-02-27
KANSAS ITEMS
SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS


9 ston, received frightful injuries by
. falling backward into a bucket Of hot
water. The flesh from the middle Of
Y the back to the knees was nearly
cooked. Small hopes are entertained
for recovery
. OIL Inspector Reports. - State on
Inspector l.. T. Hussey has filed his
, report for the month Of January with
the state auditor. 1t shows that dur
ing the month 22,626 barrels of kero-
sene and 6,461 barrels of gasoline
were inspected by the department.
The total amount of fees for the
month was $2,920.15. The check
turned over to the state treasurer
was for $2,27192.
235 Men Laid Off.-A reduction OF
two hundred and thirty-five men on
the force of the Santa Fe shops at
Topeka was made recently. This
number includes men from every de-
partment and class and has been
made necessary, the officials say, on
account of the great decrease in traf-
fic on the system. Some Of the men
who were laid off will probably be re-
instated within a short time. The re-
duction was made to reduce the ex-
penses Of the shops.
Kansas Missionary Dead In India
News reached Newton of the death OF
Amos G. Horst of that city in Bengal,
India. Mr.. Horst with his wife and
two-year-old son, went to India as
missionary in October, 1905. An cpl
demic of smallpox invaded the band
of workers to which they belonged
and four of the missionaries, includ-
ing Mr. Horst, died of the disease.
The missionaries were compelled to
burn their houses and much of their
bed clothing in order TO destroy the
germs of the disease. Mrs Horst and
her young child are left without a
home in far away country and
among a strange people
Girl Burned to Death.-While Mrs.
Steve Hicks, living on the Heath
ranch northeast of Burns was out OF
the house after an armfu of wood
little Grace, their 3-year-old child, is
supposed to have been playing
around the kitchen stove, as the
CRATE was open and some burned pa
per was on the floor, and in doing so
her clothing caught on fire, for upon
the return of the mother the child
was standing in the middle of the
room with outstretched arms and en-
veloped in flames. Her clothing had
burned entirely off, burning the flesh |
to crisp from the knees up. After |
three and a half hours Of agony, |
death ended her suffering.
Are Making Ready.-Nearly all of |
the officers have had their primary |
petitions printed and most of them
are sending out the blank petitions to
be circulated. The state officers are |
planning to circulate their petitions
in at least 20 counties of the state in
stead of ten counties. The primary
law provides that if the petitions are
circulated in ten counties the num-
Der of signers must be at least / per
cent of the total number of votes cast
Tor secretary of state in the last cleo
ion in the entire state. If the petit
ions are circulated in 20 counties II
S necessary to secure ! per cent of
he total vote cast in those counties
llone. If the petitions were circuiat-
I'd in ten counties it would be neces-
'ary to secure 1876 signatures while
t is possible to get name on the
primary ballot by circulating the pc
.itions in 20 counties and securing
title more than GOO names.
Ida .Tarbell to Speak at X. U, -
Miss Ida Tarbell, one of the editors
If the American Magazine, has prom.
sed to speak at the University OF
Kansas, at Lawrence, in April. Her
ADDRESS probably will be made in the
Robson gymnasium.
Sues For Big Damages. - William
Ieeman of Leavenworth has filed
iuit in the district court for $4,000
damages against ]. e. Olvis for in.
uries alleged to have been sustained
rom being struck by Olvis' automo-
,ile.
Big Mortgage Filed at Wichita.-A
'50,OOO,000 mortgage given by the
Kansas & Colorado Pacific Railway
Company to the Guarantee Trust
Company of New York, has been
lied in Sedgwick county. The Kan.
ias & Colorado Pacific includes the
Fort Scott, Wichita G Western and
he Missouri Pacific in Kansas. The
mortgage runs 30 years and bears G
,er cent, payable semi-annually. It
8 dated February l, 1908, and is
tyled a "refunding mortgage It is
he largest mortgage ever recorded in
his county. The filing fee was
;240.50.
5000 Reward For Murderer. - Gov.
ioch offered reward of 5000 for the