The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-05-17

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General News Condensed to short
Hurried Readers.
United States Senator Lucien Eaker
has become Mason.
Ex-Governor Lewelling was sub
pened to appear before the House.
holder investigation at Topeka. but
refused to so until his expenses wese
The Topeka postofice is the third
best paying Office in the United State.
in proportion to the business done.
The two which are better are Spring
ield. Ohio, and Worcester, Mass.
Samuel Brown, q young colored
man who recently graduated from the
Fort Scott high school. was arraigned
in the United States district conrt in
that city recently and pleaded guilty
to sending a letter to a young white
woman of family prominent in So
ciety.
A crop report bulletin just issued
by Secretary r. D. Coburn of the Kan
sas State Board of Agriculture shows
the amount of winter wheat sown last
fall to be 4,O65, 1877 acres. or about IL
per cent. less than that sown the pre-
ceding year. By unfavo-able weather
&c per cent. OF this, or
., 1854, 900 acres, lave been rendered
practically worthless, and at least AZ
per cent, of it will be planted in other
crops. especially corn and the sorg-
hums-largely for forage and grain.
Chinch bugs are reported in many
counties in the eastern third of the
State, and Kansas expects little from
her wheat crop OF 1895. The acreage
of spring wheat is put at 132, $50, or 20
per cent. less than one year ago, and
the present average condition is given
as 70 per cent. The area devoted to
corn is put down as from IS to 20 per
cent. more than in 1894, approximate
ing an increase of one aud quarter
million acres, or total of 1855, 600
acres. An increase of fully II per
cent, or 157.O1s acres, over last year,
were sown in oats, or u total of l, 5s5,
900 acres. The condition as compared
with full average is SO per cent The
estimate put TO rye for 1895 is 166, $40
acres, an increase of q per cent. A
reported increase of 25 per cent. is no.
ticea bic in sorg hum planting over last
year, while grasses are :nore forward
in all sections. Good prospects for all
kinds of fruit
Tie cyclone which visited Haltead
was so effective In its destroying of
property that the following call for
aid has been made public: The cy-
clone of May /, which swept across the
West part of our (Harvey) county
from the Southwest to the Northeast
for distance of eighteen miles. COW
ering space of about one quarter
mile in width, completely destroying
everything in its path. in which TWEEN
tv-fve or more homes were laid waste.
the entire household effects were to-
tally destroyed and in most cases the
stock, machinery and crops were swept
from the face Of the earth. Seven
people are known to have lost their
lives and others are badly injured and
may yet die. We appeal TO you for
immediate aid. About twenty fami-
lies are destitute and must be provid-
ed for. Please send contributions to
]. H. McNair, city treasurer. A mass
meeting of citizens authorized the
mayor and council to distribute the
aid and appointed the undersigned
committee to issue this appeal: Rev.
]. d. Woods. pastor NJ. E. church. E
]. Bookwalter, G. ]. Gram, j. Il. Nc
Nair.
The state musical contest was held
n Hutchinson. ending last Saturday.
The following are the awards: EN-
poria first $500, Newton second 5000
Mrs. E. c. Brackau and Mrs. r. A.
Smyth OF Wichita. se5 for vocal duet
Newton secured SOS on male quartette.
Il. L. Shaver Of Topeka. got $50 for
tenor solo. Mrs. w. S. Bracken of
Wichita, $50, contralto. Vincent Ora
nam of Topeka. $50. bass. George
Hapgood. Lindsborg, s25, cornet solo.
Miss Abbie NJ. Noyes, Parsons, $50,
piano solo Miss Anna Campbell and
Mrs j. w. Young, Topeka. s25. piano
duet Wyatt sisters, Topeka. $50, la
dies quartette. Miss J. Abbie Clark,
Junction City, $50. violin. In classes
for voices, Newton 500, Emporia s1oO
Sterling $50, Lyons SIS. Honorable
mention and special reference were of
Mrs Florence Towsley of Great Bend,
Miss Lucia Wyatt of Topeka. Miss
Annie Angel and Miss Alice Page of
Leavenworth, Mesdames Hagen, Clark,
Ingram. Young and Hogan of Newton,
MISS Annie Bundy of Westmoreland,
Mrs. NJ. F. Henderson of Hutchinson
and Elmer Harley of Ottawa. Certif-
Gates wele given to the Anthony class,
VIM. Shaver of Wichita, ]. A. Farrell
and MISS Clara McFadden of Leaven-
worth, Miss Stacy Neidlander of Wich-
tia and Miss Louisa F. Smith of Law
renee. The following received full
term tuition in a Chicago Musical