The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-23
STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News Of State
Interest

Interest
Charters were issued at Odd Fellow
headquarters during the week for two
subordinate lodges and one Rebekah
lodge.
Judge Riner will preside at the ad-
jOurned term Of the United States cir
cult court, which meets in Topeka on
Monday. September %.
President J. P. Davis, of the Kansas
Mutual Life insurance association has
received commission appointing him
as member of the advisory council OF
the worlds congress auxiliary of the
Worlds fair on lie insurance.
The Typewriter is the subject of a
suit brought in the United States circuit
court in Topeka The defendant is the
Franklin Typewriter company. and is
sued by Wyckoif, Seamans & Benedict
and others representing the Remington
typewriter. 1t is claimed that the
franklin company is infringing patent
owned by the complainants. which vas
originally granted to Lucien c. Crandell
in 1875.
Rev. DR.. Geo. S. Dearborne, presi-
dent of the board of directors of Baker
university at Baldwin, returned from a
meeting of the board to his home in
Topeka, and brought the announce
ment of the withdrawal of DR.. Quayle's
resignation. This was done at the
unanimous request of the board. DR..
Quayle takes vacation for the purpose
of visiting the leading colleges Of the
country.
The German American league of Kan
sas was in session in Topeka last week.
The object OF the league is to organize
the German vote of the state in the in
terest of resubm:ssion. The league
will support only those candidates for
the legislature who, without regard to
party. are pledged to the cause<of re-
submission. They held a meeting last
night at Metropolitan hall. Only those
persons were admitted who could
"Deutsch sprachen.' All the speeches
were made in German.
Rev. DR.. McCabe has returned from a
meeting of the trustees of the Presby-
terrain college of Emporia. held on the
18th inst, at the city Of Emporia. At
this meeting officers of the board of
trustees were elected as follows: Pres
ident, Colonel John B. Anderson; vice
president. Rev d. Fl. Stewart: secretary,
Rev. Dr. J. d. Hewitt; treasurer, Major
Calvin Hood. Tue college opens with
good prospects for the new year, and its
general condition is regarded by its
friends as encouraging.
Exhibits from Kansas Agricultural
College.
One of the most interesting exhibits
on the fair grounds is that made by the
agricultural, horticultural botanical and
chemical departments of the state e1-
pertinent station in the State Agricul-
tural college building, just southwest OF
Exposition hall
Tastetully arranged along both sides
of the hall and on a staging through
the center, is bewildering array Of ag-
ricultural and horticultural products, all
of which are at the present time the sub
jects of extensive experiments. 1t was no
part of the idea of the various depart
ments exhibiting to make displays of
exceptionally fine products, but rather
by giving an exhibit of the work being
done by the station, to arouse more
general interest in its Investigations.
There are $50 varieties of threshed
wheat, with many varieties of wheat in
the straw. There are 80 varieties of
oats, over 125 SAMPLES of ear corn, 5 va
rieties Of japanese beans, ITO varieties
of grapes, As kinds of bush beans, IS of
peas and Al of sweet corn. The chem
ical department shows many samples of
sorghum cane of which the kansas
Orange" is announced to be the best.