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The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
RAILS TWISTED BY HEAT
Result Was That Two Colorado
Trains Were Wrecked But No
One Was Killed.

Denver, Colo.-Eight persons were
hurt, none fatally, late yesterday af-
ternoon when three coaches Of the
eastbound Denver and Rio Grande
passenger train No.~6, known as the
San Francisco limited, went into the
ditch at Sedalia, twenty miles from
Denver. The wreck was caused by
the displacement of rails as the result
OF intense heat. Among the injured
were Mr.. and Mrs. 8. G. Jackson and
Vida Jackson Of West Lafayette, In
diana, all of whom were slightly
bruised.
A few hours later the engine and
two coaches Of a Colorado Midland
passenger train was derailed at Mis-
sissippi avenue. inside the city limits
Of Denver, presumably the result Of
heat twisted rails. The passengers
and crew escaped with a shaking UP.
Yesterday was the hottest day In
ten years in Denver, the thermometer
reaching 98.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

CHAMPION SENSITIVE MAN WAS
THIS VERMONT CITIZEN.
His Mantle Of Kindness Even Spread
over That Pestilentlal Enemy Of
the Human Race, the Blood
thirsty Mosquito.

II think the most sensitive man
ever knew" said Col Calliper, was
an old friend Of mine named Jonathan
Saglow, who lived at one time IN
Storkville Center, VT. He couldn't
bear to see pain inflicted on man OF
beast, and any sort Of cruelty nlied
him with great indignation.
ION Mr.. Saglow's place there was
a little bit of swamp land which ne
had never drained and which FUR
nished breeding place for what
suppose were the greatest and fierc-
est mosquitoes that ever grew, but
Saglow had no screens on his porch
or windows. He did have some once
on his porch but he took them down
the next day after he put them up.
People hesitated to call on the
Saglows in summer on account OF
those mosquitoes. There were mos
quitoes, sure enough, elsewhere In
Storkville Center than around where
they lived, but none quite so big and
ferocious as those that grew in Sag
lows swamp.
Then one day, to Storkville Gen.
tres great astonishment, Mr.. Saglow
was seen putting up screens around
his front porch; the next day, to its
still greater astonishment, he was
seen taking them down, and Mr.. Sag
low wasn't man that everybody
could run up to to ask the why's and
wherefores Of anything he'd done, but
one day in friendly mood he told me
why he had taken down the screens
the very day after he had put them up.
HE admitted freely that that one
night they had had on the porch with
the screens up had been most comfort
able for them all; that to sit there
and not be bored into by those giant
mosquitoes had been an experience
that they had all greatly enjoyed; but
what he saw in the morning when he
came to look the screens over by
daylight prompted him to take them
down Immediately.
Sticking through these screens, all
over, all around, everywhere, he saw
mosquitoes broken off beaks-you can
Judge what sized beaks they were
when tell you that those screens
were not very fine meshed-big beaks
which mosquitoes had thrust through
the netting in their efforts to get at
the people inside, and which had be-
come wedged there and been broken
of when the mosquitoes had beaten
up against those screens and how
many had stuck their beaks through
and still been able to get them out
again nobody could know, but here
were "a broken off beaks still stick
Ing through the meshes of the net
ting.
Now most people, you know, would
have found a sort Of savage Joy In the
contemplation of those broken off
spears and in the thought that so
many giant pests had thus been
made innocuous; but not so with
Jonathan Saglow.
When he saw those "a broken of
beaks the first thought that came to
him was of the poor wounded and
mained mosquitoes wandering beak.
less around the world deprived of their
only means of sustenance; and
straightway he tore down the screens
so that others might not by them be
made likewise to suffer; for not even
upon the sufferings of mosquitoes
could he dwell with serenity, this
most sensitive man ever knew"
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
DOG ASSISTS TEACHER

dog because of the strictness Of the
tenement house laws regarding the
harhoring Of those animals.
Hector goes to school every day
with Miss Richman, and when she
calls out: what does Dog spell?g
he gees up on his hind legs, wags
his tail knowingly, and the little
kiddies shout In chorus: "Doggie!"
Miss Richman Is utilizing Hector
a. = part Of the nature studies, just
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
Intricate inland Work.

r. W. Dewing Of Wichita has just
completed an intricate piece Of inland
work to which he has devoted the best
part of three years. The article Is
beveled front dresser in which Is laid
35,O35 pieces of wood. He secured
wood from every part Of the world to
use in his work. One of the pieces is
from the ill-fated Maine and another
from block house on San Juan hill.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
CHINESE vlcERoY WANTS
EXPEDITION RECALLED.

London.-J. P. Morgan & Co., who
have been designated to represent
the American syndicate in the matter
of the Chinese loan of $527,50O, 900 for
the construction Of the Hankow-Sze-
Chuen railroad, have opened negotia.
tions with the bankers in London,
Paris and Berlin concerned In the ne
gotiations.
A fortnight probably will elapse be-
fore anything definite comes from the
negotiations.
The Paris and Berlin bankers will
be asked when and where it will be
convenient to meet Mr.. Morgan, who
is in England, and is taking per
sonal interest In the question.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

New York.--Although he isn't on the
payroll, Hector, black, long-eared
cocker spaniel, with all kinds Of tricks
at his command, is one Of the teaching
staff Of the board Of education.
He belongs to Miss Julia Rich
man. district superintendent Of
schools, who has charge of two dis
tricts Of the lower East side, where
the children seldom have a chance
to cultivate the acquaintance Of q
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
Boston women are discussing Il

Boston women are discussing the
question of whether beauty and brains
go together. Ancient history lends its
aid to modern gallantry to make the
answer easy. Of course they do. The
Greeks were noted no less for their
art and philosophy than for their ply
sical graces. Beauty and brains are
natural afinities, as much as pork and
beans.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

Kansas will l.,u smaller crop of
fruit this year than last, according to
the figures Of Walter Wellhouse, sec
retasy of the Kansas Horticultural So
ciety. Mr.. Wellhouse has just COM
pleted the tabulation of the reports of
fruit men In all of the counties of the
state. He has prepared the following
table of percentages of fruits, based
on perfect crops, and comparisons
with the percentages at the same time
a year ago:
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

IA queer complaint, made by a citi-
zen of Los Angeles, emphasizes the
march of progress in this age. The
complaint is to the effect that owing
to the popularity Of aviation in the
city, appropriately named of the An
gels, the sand from balloons is thrown
down over the lawns and freshly
painted fats, instead of In the garbage
cans provided for city refuse.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
Never Touched the Mule.

Lightning destroyed the stock barn
and killed two valuable horses belong
ing to w. S. Bowers at Sherman City,
nine miles northeast of Oswego. A
mule which was standing In the barn
between the horses was untouched by
the lightning and was rescued from
the burning building without any in
jury.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
Big Land Deal in Thomas County.

A farmer living nine miles south OF
Colby, has just exchanged one section
of his Thomas county land for the
Merchants hotel at Fairbury, Neb., the
consideration being $4,000. This Is
only one of the many recent land
deals, one of which was for five Sec
tions to party fhom Eastern Ne
braska, the consideration being $4O,-
900.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

The Bankers Deposit Guaranty and
Security company, organized by ma
tional banks, principally to insure de-
posits, met and selected officers for
the first year as follows: President,
E. e. Ames, Topeka; secretary, John
Morrisay, Kansas City; executive com.
mittee, w. ]. Bailey, Atchison; George
Murphy, Manhattan; c. Q. Chandler,
Wichita; J. T. Pringle, Burlingame;
F. L. Larabee, Stafford; w. H. Burks,
Wellington; Charles Sawyer, Norton.
and Jerome Bergman. Ashland.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
Workman Digs up "a Quarters.

While making an excavation for
sidewalk, in Wichita, Grover Hatfield
threw out spade full of money, which
consisted Of 29 quarters that were
minted in 1877. He continued to dig
in the same spot until he had found
IA coins. All of the coins were quart
ers and made in the same year. They
were found at point that was not
more than six or eight inches under
the surface.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

THE success of a wireless transmits
siPn experiment at Omaha. where
<D00 lamps at the electrical show
wAre lighted for four hours by cur
r4nt sent to them without wires is
something to cause uneasiness among
tle holders of shares in electric light
i4s companies. and carry a feeling Of
satisfaction to municipalities which
have refused to be tempted into street
lighting ventures.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

Says the New York law under which
the chauffeur was convicted after kill
ing the boy: "The killing of human
being by an act imminently dangerous
to others, and evincing n deprayed
mind, regardless of human life, al
though without a premeditated design,
is' punishable by verdict of murder
In the first degree" That seems to fit
the case very nicely.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

Putting poison about in places, es-
pecially parks, aside from the question
Of its legality, is very dangerous
practice, as small children are quite as
likely to get hold Of it as the animals
Poison is thing which no circum-
stances will excuse in any but very
safe and secluded place.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

There are torpedo boats and torpedo
boat destroyers for warfare on the sea.
And now Japan is credited with hay
ing devised an airship destroyer for
use In the event of flying machines
being utilized for fighting purposes.
'Ivention matched against invention
caves the world very uncertain as to
what will ceme next.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
Reducing the Range Of VIII.

Mark Twain once said there were
but seven original Jokes. Now there
are but six. The management Of
long chain Of vaudeville houses has
.decreed that no actor In playing In It's
circuit shall spring the mother-in-law
joke upon the helpless audience; and
while this action does not quite elm
mate the joke from common usage it
50 cripples 1t that it may be regarded
as q hopeless invalid doomed to early
oblivion or dissolution.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

It is said that great deal Of the
hair used in building the present elab-
crate coiffures Of women Is imported
from China. In that case, It is not
easy to see how 1t suits so well with
che rats"
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

A man who shot the Niagara rapids
i've times and went over the Horse
shoe falls in barrel died lately of a
cold contracted from sitting in a
draught. To go through such almost
certain perils unharmed, merely to
succumb to a trivial cause, is but an
other illustration of the grim irony Of
fate.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

as chickens, little ducks and guinea
pigs have been used in the past The
presence Of the dog In the class room.
she says, makes the children happy
and helps them in their studies Of
words.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

School district No. of Republic
county will have to worry along awhile
with its old school house. 1t issued
bonds recently to "repair ana rebuild'
it's school house. The attorney gener-
al has ruled that there was no law
authorizing the issuance of bonds to
repair and rebuild school houses. Had
the official issued bonds to build new
school house they would have been
Legal said Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Shukers, "but they cannot issue
bonds to patch up an old house"
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

Even when a child is feeding from
the bottle remarked the Observer Of
Events and Things, "he shows his pre-
dilection for something more substan.
tial by trying to get his toes In his
mouth. Yonkers Statesman.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
DETECTIVES MoBBED
BY GREAT CROWDS
PILES or LUMBER PLACED ON
STREET CAR TRACKS.
RIotInc Reached Down Town DIs'
trIct and 1000 Police With
Special Deputies Were
On Constant Guard.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Pittsburg's two-day
strike Of street railway motormen and
conductors, which completely tied up
the street railways yesterday and
caused some violence, came to sud-
den end last night A settlement was
effected at a hastily called conference
Of the union men and car company
officials at the mayors office. The
cars will be put in operation today.
The demands of the men for a bet,
ter arrangement of hours will be set.
tied today.
Riots broke out in more than one
car barn during the day. At two
places shots were fired by some per-
sons supposed to be union sympa'
thizers. No one was wounded.
Two company detectives missed
death by narrow margin In the af.
ternoon when a crowd Of persons
around the Rankin street barn set
upon fourteen strike breakers. The
officers attempted to pacify the fight
ing men. The crowd devoted their
attention to the officers, and after
beating them numerically, dragged
them to high bridge over ravine
near the car barns and threatened
to throw them over the rail II they
refused to promise to keep out Of
the clashes between the strike break
ers and friends of the strikers. The
timely arrival Of the police saved the
officers.
Riots In Down. Town Districts.
Rioting reached the downtown sec.
tion early in the afternoon. A crowd
placed distractions on the car tracks
in the shape of piles of lumber, when
1t was rumored that cars would be
taken from the barn by non-union
crews. The police dispersed the boot.
ing and Kissing mob and removed
the timbers from the track.
All the police of Greater Pittsburg,
numbering over 1000 men, were con-
stantly on duty, augmented by special
deputies. Not a car was in operation
yesterday with the exception of
United States mail special.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
When Women Vote.

He-Aren't YOU ready to 90 down to
the polls yet, dear?
she--Not yet.
What are you doing trying to make
up your mind or your facet -Yonkers
Statesman.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

What an awkward situation 1t must
have been for the countess OF Granard
when she found her sky-piece too large
to get through the doorway of the
royal box to shake hands with the
prince OF Wales!
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
Fewer Cholera Gases.

st. Petersburg.-The number OF
Cholera cases recorded during the
past "a hours shows dimunition
Sixty-one cases we're removed to hos.
pitals and there were thirty deaths,
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

Though the present national admin
istration Is determined to secure fnan-
cial economies it will not reduce the
number Of feathers in the tail of the
American eagle on our Justly cele-
brated gold coinage.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

Osawatomie wants to refund its out
standing warrants and has issued s11,-
600 in bonds for that purpose, but the
state auditor refuses to register them.
He claims they are issued under the
law of 1872, which has been repealed
by implication, and that the refunding
bonds are not legal. Inc attorney
generals department was inclined at
first to overrule the auditor, but 1t
finally dug up an opinion of former
attorney general, in which the whole
subject had been thoroughly covered
and the position of the auditor upneld.
The city will be put to the expense
Of another bond election under the
1909 law.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

That only about so companies in
Kansas producing crude oil have sur
vived from total of $50 in existence
three years ago and that the Standard
Oil company in a trust is responsible
for the decline Of these companies,
was charged in testimony given in a
hearing before Attorney General Jack
son in the suit of custer now pend
ing against the Standard. w. E. Con-
nelly, who has investigated the con-
ditions in the Kansas oil fields, stated
that of the $50 companies doing busi-
ness three years ago, $50 has been
wrecked, 100 are dormant and no
trace can be found Of 46. Evidence
was also introduced to methods en-
ployed by the Standard which are the
alleged cause of the inactivity in the
Kansas fields.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
Newton to Have Amusement Park.

A company is being formed at New
ton to be known as the Newton
Amusement Park company, which has
for its object tho establishing of
first class amusement resort in that
city. An option has already been
secured on a tract of ground contain
ing IA acres. adjoining the city on the
north, and the capital stock of $4,000
has been nearly all subscribed.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
Matching HE FeeIInos.

"Ragsby Is very chesty since he
started to buy q new house."
Yes, so much so that he insisted
on getting one with swell front. -
Yonkers Statesman.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

The fight of the State Board Of
Health against tuberculosis has start
ed. The last legislature appropriated
$4,000 for this work and turned 1t
over to the board. A oook of instruc-
tions has been issued for the bene-
fit of tubercular patients. The book
tells how to prevent the spread of the
disease in the home and how patient
should be cared for to stop the disease
in its early stages. The board has
made big purchase of supplies to be
used exclusively for tubercular pa
tients. The physicians of the state
are instructed and required by the
law to report all cases Of the disease
to the board. AS soon as this is
done the board sends big package
of supplies to the patient.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

"A Washington doctor says that there
ss such thing as dyspepsia Of the
brain. win the doctor please tell us
now rich a man has to be to afford
that complaint?
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

This has been carpet year" at the
state house. Some years the desk and
furniture fever breaks out and every
office in the building must be refitted
with new furniture. Sometimes 1t is
frescoing, sometimes 1t is vanishing.
This yeear the fever is for carpets.
The legislature started things going
by spending $1,000 for carpet and
desks for Representative hall. With
that illustrious example, 1t didn't take
much to persuade the state officials
that they needed new carpets, too.
Since that time the state auditor has
spent 5000 for carpet, the state ac-
countant has spent $3.50, the insurance
superintendent $3.50, the state treas
urer 81 900 for carpet and furnishings,
the state superintendent $3.50, the su-
preme court $500. This looks like a
lot of money for carpets, but the total
probably isn't much more than Gov.
Stubs spent on rugs for his own
home down at Lawrence.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

When is an accident serious? This
question has been checked up to the
state labor commissioner. The new
law requiring accidents to be reported
provides that Serious accidents" must
be reported within "a hours after they
happen. Several factories have asked
for a construction of that clause. They
want to know if mashed finger is a
serious accident, or a scratch on the
hand or other accidents of that char
acter. State Labor Commissioner
Johnson doesn't believe that the new
law requiring all accidents to be re-
ported to his office is being complied
with generally, and he proposes to see
about it. The law has been in effect
now "a days and yet only 40 accidents
have been reported, IL of them com
ing from railroads.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

When Q walking delegate goes out
ana stops 1 funeral to throw two nom
union cabbies Of their seats, is he
friend or foe to organized labor?
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
INCOME TAX or INTEREST.

Senators Are Eager to Tackle That
Proposition.
Washington, d. Can effort will
be made in the senate today to con-
clude consideration Of the dutiable
schedule Of the tariff bill as soon as
possible 50 that the income tax ques-
tion may be taken up. The opening
Of the debate on the income tax and
corporation tax Is looked forward to
with great interest by senators. most
Of whom are likely to be in almost con.
slant attendance.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
color Blind.

seryant-A pound Of tea for the
naissus.
Grccer-Green or black?
Servant-Shure, ayther win do.
She's as blind as bati-Judge.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

The skull of an extinct species of
beaver which was contemporary with
the mammoth and hairy elephant has
just been added to the collection in
the University of Kansas museum by
H. T. Martin of the paleontology de-
partment The specimen was found
in an abandoned coal mine in Linn
county and served as an ornament in
a small cigar store in Pleasanton for
number of years before its scientific
value was recognized. The skull,
about IL inches in length, belonged to
the largest rodent that ever existed.
The animal measured close to six feet
in length and weighed something like
30 pounds. The enormous incisor
teeth which felled the trees of the
Pleistocene forests for dams measure
six inches in length.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
Engine Crew Save Child From Death.

AS the east bound freight was near
ing Redwing Engineer Searight look
ing ahead saw a little child about two
years old sitting in the middle of the
track. He Immediately applied the
airbrake and reversed the engine.
Just at this time fireman Miller see
ing the child climbed down the pilot
and caught the little one in his arms
as the engine stopped.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
Lawrence Woman Falls Into Well

LdWrehCc Womdn ANS TITO WeTIs
Mrs. Richard Bateson had narrow
escape from drowning at the bottom
of deep well in West Lawrence.
While returning from making call
she stepped on the well curbing in a
neighbor's yard. The planks were rot
ten and broke and Mrs. BatesoH fell
80 feet to the surface of the water.
Archie Campbell, young man, heard
her screams and sliding down the pip
ing to the rescue held her above water
until the neighbors lowered ropes and
both were drawn out.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
AM Interurban Line Opened.

The operation OF the Winfield-Arkan-
sas City Interurban Is now on regu-
lar hourly schedule. Cars are also
running on the College Hill lines.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01
KANSAS HAPPENINGS

Higher Salaries for Teachers at X. ".
The regents Of the University Of
Kansas adopted a new schedule Of sal.
aries for the faculty which will result
In general increase in all branches
of the teaching service. This is made
possible by the increased approprls-
tions granted by the last legislature.
The new system provides for four
grades in the University teaching
force. Instructors will receive from
$500 to $1,000 a year For assistant
professors the minimum is $1,000 and
the maximum $1,000. For associate
professors the salary ranges from ST.
700 to $4,000 and for full professors
from $4,000 to $2,500 The increase
amounts to about $500 year In each
grade. The arrangement seeks to pro-
mote long terms of service by provld.
ing that salaries will increase aJto-
matically through term Of six years.
For the first three years the minimum
rate Is paid. Beginning Win Ine louT!n
year, 500 year additional will ba
paid until the maximum is reached.
It is hoped that in this way the Uni
versity will be able to prevent the
loss Of it's best professors which has
SO hampered it in the past because
other institutions have offered larger
salaries. The new schedule will be
applied as rapidly as possible, but 1t
will be some time before 1t is In force
throughout the entire faculty. How
ever, general increase of calaries
will be made Immediately. For the
coming year it will amount to from
s10G to 5000 In each case.
The Globe-republican., 1909-07-01

Cornell student marries his step
mUtha Bee what 4 college education
san do to traditionI