Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1889-05-02
CAPITAL NOTES.

| CAPITAL NOTES.
Judge Joel Holt, Of the supreme court
commission, has returned from his home
in Beloit, where he has been sick for the
past two weeks.
The Young Women's Chris ian asso-
citation gave q reception Wednesday
evening to tho young lady clerks of tho
| city, at the association rooms, on East
Sixth street.
Judge John Martin presided in the
district court the first of the week in
the absence of Judge Guthrie, who was
in Oklahoma. The United States dis
trict court was temporarily adjourned,
Judge Foster also being in the Oklaho-
ma country.
The first annual banquet of the
Southwestern Cornell association will
be held at the Midland hotel, Kansas
City, on Wednesday evening, May 8, at
$50 o'clock. 1t is expected that Governor
Joseph B. Foraker, of Ohio, will be
present upon this occasion.
Governor Humphrey has appointed
Major Homer W. Pond, of Fort Stott,
as his aide on the staff of General Dan.
iel W. Butterield, in the civic and in
dustrial parade in New York City, on
May l, on the occasion of the celebra-
ton Of the centennial anniversary of
the Inauguration of President Washing
ton..
New industries continue to spring up
in Topeka. A large machine and boiler
shop has Just been opened at the corner
of Ninth and Jefferson streets with
Wright l. Hillas, proprietors. A hand
some motor for the West Side circle was
turned out here and two more are in
process Of construction, one of which is
for the East Side.
Governor Lyman U. Humphrey has
issued a proclamation declaring April
80 to be legal holiday, it being the
hundredth anniversary of the inaugural
ton of President Washington. The
governor recommends that the occasion
be duly observed as a day of thanks
giving and instruction, by the display of
national colors, by assembling in school
houses, churches and other public places
for appropriate ceremonies.
The Kansas railroad commissioners,
upon a rehearing of the Abilene case,
reaffirmed their former decision. 1t con-
firms the point before made that rail-
roads must receive and handle cars in
transfer, empty or loaded, and that the
obligation holds when the transfer is
from the station or Yards of the one
company to those of another at the
same town, equally with the obligation
to receive and transfer to other points
on the line, not reached by both roads.
The district court granted alimony in
the sum of $1,000 to Mrs. Susan E.
Mankin. in a suit brought by her
against her husband, Louis D. Mankin.
In addition the wife was granted per-
sonal judgment in the sum of 81, 200,
one-half the proceeds Of farm at Vii
lisca, Ia. Mr.. and Mrs. Mankin came
to Topeka about six weeks ago with
little daughter of fifteen, and had con-
siderable money, accrued from the sale
of an Iowa homestead. The husband,
however, held all the money and de-
serted his wife after reaching Topeka.
The test of the new dynamo occurred
at the north side electric light plant in
the presence of many persons. The
plant, heretofore only supplying mean
descent lights, is prepared to supply the
best of arc lights. The new dynamo is
of the Jenney make and works like a
charm. The officers Of the north side
electric light plant are: H. G. Stafford,
president; James Riley, vice president
and superintendent; W. G. Knox, treas
urer; J. B. Marshall, secretary and man.
ager. This company has secured the
franchise for establishing an electric
plant in Sedalia, Mo.
The railroad commissioners encoun-
tered some heavy storms in their trav-
els, last week. Commissioner Greene
was on a train that ran into terrible
tempest in Woodson county. 1t was so
bad that at Yates Center the train was
tied up for several hours. The rain
fell in sheets, the wind blew gale and
the lightning was frightful In the in
terval between the flashes it was SO
dark that the engineer could not from
his cab window see the track rails
length ahead, even through the aid of a
powerful headlight. He declared that
he would not run the train mile furth-
or than Yates Center, if he lost his job
for it, as there was no telling what in
slant the whole outfit would be plunged
into big washout.
Hon. E. B. Cowgirl, of Sterling, the
state sugar inspector, says that there
viii be number OF new sugar factories
started in Kansas this year, and that |
the sugar product of the state will be
many times what it was last year. In |
addition to the Ness City institution, a
factory is now being built at Medicine
Lodge by Messrs Eldred & Human, at
a cost of S75, 900. The Conway Springs
factory is being rebuilt at an additional
cost of $50, 900, SO that its capacity will
be doubled. The Kansas State Sugar
company is now erecting sugar works
at Attica to cost $4,000 Bonds for
sugar works have been voted at Liberal
md Spivey, and Meade Center is max
ing preparations to establish factory.
United States Attorney W. G. Perry,
mas brought an action in the United
States circuit court for an injunction
j. T. Haigler from removing
,and from the Fort Riley military re-
serve. A similar action against the