The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-24
KANSAS GOSSIP.
Dctor Dies of Heart Trouble.

white, a leading physician of EfHng-
ham, died of heart trouble, caused by
a shock he sustained when he rescued
his baby boy from under team IN
Brookfeld, Mo-, and the strain OF an
automobile trip to Mantle, Illinois,
| brought on the heart trouble. The
doctor left bingham August for an
automobile trip to Indiana and Hi
nois. At Brookfield. Mo-, where they
stopped to spend the night, his two
year-old boy broke away from him
and started to cross the street in front
of a moving team. In saving him the
doctor was knocked down and sus-
tanned a broken foot, besides hard
bruises. AS soon as ne was able to
reached Mantle, Ill, where his condi-
ton became so serious ne was brought
| home He was 81 years old and a
graduate of the Kansas Medical col
lege of Topeka.
Boy Plays With Gun; Dead.
| CORTLAND, Kan, Sept. 24.-News
/ from Mankato, Jewell county, tells of
terrible tragedy in which Murray
| Gregory, an orphan boy, II years OF
age. had the top of his head blown off
in a shotgun accident The accident
happened at w. c. Arbuckles, ten
miles north of Mankato. The Greg
ory boy had gone there from Sunday
school and he and Mr.. Arbuckle's boy
got tic playing with shotgun. The
entire discharge struck the unfor-
| tunate lad in the mouth, causing in
| slant death.
Boys Kills His Sister.
Frankfort, Kan, Sept. 24.-Charley,
the 12-year-old son of Joseph Neard,
| farmer living northwest of this place,
shot and killed his S-year-old sister
/ Anna The parents were away and
several children were playing in the
dining room when Charley picked up
! a dou BILE barrelled shotgun that stood
| in a corner of the room, and in some
way the gun was discharged, it's con-
tents striking the little girl In the
| breast and causing instant death. The
| boy was so frightened at the accident
that he ran away, and was not found
| for several hours.
Dynamite Caps Kill Boy.
Chanute, Kan, Sept. 24.-Carl Null
| len, aged II, found a box of dynamite
/ caps N his fathers garage He fasten-
| ed ore in a wise and set fire to it. This
morning he died. The explosion set
off the other caps and Carl was
tin which penetrated vital organs
| Two arteries were severed. His father
has charge of the Chanute Zinc COM
pany's gas property.
Kill 500 Hogs a Year.
Manhattan. Kan, Sept. 24.-The
tural college probably the largest il
the United States-has made such
reputation in the production of anti
hog-chOlera serum that it's product
New York. Sixty thousand cubic
| centimeters of this serum-enough to
vaccinate 5000 hogs-are sent out
from the college every day. That's
heaviest buyer. Orders also are re
ceived from Oregon, Maryland, Ne
braska, Oklahoma, California and
New York. In the production of the
serum, 500 hogs must die, annually,
at the plant.
BoOtIeggers Give Up.
Tulsa, Okla, Sept 24.-John Pet
ers, his son, William Peters, IL years
old and F. Baughman. of Usage coun-
ty, surrendered to federal officers in
Bowman, deputy United States mar
shall of this city, near Caney, Kan,
last Thursday, and were brought to
Tulsa. The man who fired the shot
that killed Bowman still is at liberty,
it is said.
X. S. A. c. EmrolIs 1870.
Manhattan, Kan, Sept. 24.-As is
customary every year the Kansas Ag-
ricultural college again has set new
record of attendance. At O'Clock
Monday afternoon 1870 students hau
enrolled for the fall term. This is 10
more than the enrolment last year
at that time. And this in spite of
the horse plague which has kept a
good many students from entering
To Start School Libraries.
J0lInOTe, ran, sept IL ne CUM
ty superintendent, Mrs. M. L. Sterrett,
has devised a plan to place the nue.
leus of a library in every school dis
trict in the county. Each teacher is
requested to have one entertainment
during the school year for the pur-
pose of raising money. Half of this |
money will go to the county library |
fund and half to the school district.
Banks Lose the Money.
Atchison, Kan, Sept. 24.-E. c. |
Heck, field man from the A. o. u w. |
lodge who rs spending a few days in
Atchison, says that the head lodge will
lose nothing through the forgeries OF
M. NJ Mishler, who committed suicide
after his defalcations had been dis
covered. ''Mishler's forgeries now
amount to about $4,000 or $4,000"
said Mr.. Heck, land banks that cash |
ed drafts on which Mishler forged /
names of supposed benehciaries will |
have to stand the losses The First /
National bank of Atchison cashed one
$4,000 draft and others were caShed |
in Kansas City and Excelsior Springs.
A suit has already been started against |
a Winfield bank, one of the lodges
repositories.
Hold Witnesses for Trial.
Great Bend. Kan. Sept. 24.-Wi-