The Globe-republican., 1908-07-23

Struck by Katy FIyer.-W. l.. Glib
son. a Young man apparently about
2S years of age, was struck by the
KATY FLYER on the Frisco at Lenexas,
ten miles north of Olathe, and died
two hours later.
Killed by Electric Car.-Samuel Z.
Thompson, 60 years of age, was run
down and instantly killed by an cleo
trio car at Wichita. Deceased has
been an inmate of the Masonic nome
from Leavenworth. He was deaf and
partially blind.
Father Of University Is Back.-Hon.
Joe X. Moody, former state senator
from Lynn county, is visiting George
w. Crane in Topeka. Senator Moody
is known as the father of the state
University of Kansas He introduce
ed the bill which created the univer-
sity. and it was largely through his
efforts that the measure was sue
cessful.
A La Harpe Farmer Boy Killed
While driving team attached TO d
cultivator on his fathers farm, near
La Harpe, George Lowry was run over
and trampled to death. The horses
became frightened and unmanageable.
The boy was thrown to the ground,
the horses pulling the cultivator
across his body and crushing out life
before assistance could reach him.
Kansas Lad browns In Lake.-Ver'
non Runyon, 16 years old, son of w. l..
Runyon, was drowned while trying to
swim in Doyle lake, three-quarters OF
mile east of Peabody. The two
small boys who were with him hurried
to town for help and the body was
later recovered The drowned boys
parents were at Excelsior Springs for
the benefit of his mothers health
when the accident occurred.
Baby Is Drowned in Large Bucket.
The year-old child of William BIOS
ser, near Mapleton, was drowned IN
a refuse bucket at the Blosser home.
The child was around the yard and
had climbed up on the bucket, which
was originally candy bucket, when
it fell in. There was only a little
bit of liquid in the vessel, but 1t was
enough to completely submerge the
face of the infant, and strangulation
took place.
Was the Wettest June.-Wettest OF
all the Junes which Kansas has ex
perienced in the years that govern
ment weather records have been kept
was that of this year, when the aver
age for the state was S27 inches o
rainfall This figure is $3.50 inches
above the normal precipitation for thu
state. The next wettest June fol
Kansas was that of 1904 when 10
inches was the average state preclp
itation.
Potatoes Largely Dirt.-A Kansas
Grocer bought five sacks of new pota
toes from commission man, ant
found sixty-fve pounds of dirt mixet
up with the "spuds." He complained
to the state board of health. DR.
Crumbine got ruling from the attor
ney general that such copious ex
cesses of dirt constitute an adultera
ton under the pure food law. Warn
ings are now being sent out to pota
TO growers to be careful or prosecu
ton will follow.
apple 6cab" Damaging Crop.-AT
pie scab, a fungus growth. is dam
ing the apple crop. 1t has made it
appearance in many parts of the stat
according to the fruit crop reports
which are being received by Secretar
Wellhouse of the State Horticulture
Society. A brown scab appears upo
the fruit, and the apple shrivels u
and drops from the tree. The sea
appears in most of the orchards /
the eastern part Of the state" sal
Wellhouse. Spraying will help
kill the fungus"
"cIeanest Town in the World
"Wichita is the cleanest city in tn
world and s. per cent of the bushes
men there are determined to keep
that way" This is the declaratio
made by ]. X. Codding, president
the State Temperance Union, to Go
ernor Hoch The governor was som
what uneasy about conditions in Vic
tia. He heard that the council hf
repealed one of the liquor ordinance
Mr.. Codding told him that the actit
of the council in no way jeapordizt
=, the temperance cause there and
, emphasize it made the declaratit
, quoted above.
s PearsoII Is Quartermaster.-Charl
Pearsoll, son of the late Colonel Pet
soil, was appointed quartermaster
the national military home at Leave
y worth. Colonel Pearsoll, upon /
u death, was followed by Colonel Hui
{ who died a few weeks ago. 1t W
e expected that the appointment wor
" 20 to some old soldier, althou
e Charles Pearsoll was the best ecu
II ped for the position through his 10
u u service as chief clerk in the Off
- The apoinement was pleasant s
Il prise to the 400 old soldiers station
L. there.