The Globe-republican., 1895-05-31

Rev. Mr.. Bier ef Mulvane immerses
his converts in Polecat creek.
Tho Populists 1t Msrysv.lle are en-
deavoring to secure . lecture from ].
Tho Comptroller Of the Currency has
given authority for the organization
of the Continental National bank of
Helena, Mont
Atchison Globe: When man is &C.
cused of stealing q horse. no expects .
newspaper to remember that he has
taken the paper ever since it started.
Emporia Gazette: The Queen Of the
May in Kansas this year vas wakeucd
early, but the base burner had been
taken out and she Topped into bed
agair.
4Railway assessments in Kansas com.
pleted last week. show q slight reduc.
ton as compared with the previous
year. The Pullman Company's assess.
ment was increased.
E. C. Case of Kansas City, one of the
brightest young men who has come
from the state university in recent
years, has been given fellowship in
paienontology a. Chicago university.
Governor Morrill, Tuesday morning
issued an order removing William
Rodgers from the board of regents of
the state university in accordance
with the report Of the legislative com.
mittee appointed to investigate the
charges preferred Hy Cyrus Leland.
A boy named Ernest Hanelin, O.
Leavenworth, was riding on a beer
wagon when the team ran away and
the boy was thrown out. A barrel Of
beer rolled off, too. falling on top Of
the boy and almost crushing him tc
death. He WAS mashed almost fat.
He is allvs but in a dangerous condi-
ton.
A. H. Randall, formerly a minister
in the Swedish Augustani church who
was recently deposed by the action Of
the Minnesota conference at an ad
journed meeting held in st. Paul
March &c and 81. has brought action
to recover $50. 900 damages from Rev
S. G. Swenson. president of the acad-
envy at Moorehead, Mimi. The latter
is brother of Rev. Swenson. presi-
dent of Bethany college, Lindsborg,
Kan.
Bert Priddy, the son of we'll
known farmer near Osawakie, Jeffer-
son county, went to Topeka Thursday
night, expecting to meet Miss Laura
Stephy of that place and elope. The
young lady did not come. Young
Priddy became disconsolate, went to q
hotel and went to bed. At o'clock
in the morning groans were heard in
his room. When the door was opened
he was found almost dead from a dose
of rat poison. He is barely alive to.
night and cannot recover.
The druggists who are attending
the State Pharmaceutical association
elected officers Tuesday morning as
President, !. w. Hurst, New
ton; Vice President, w. J. Evans, lola |
and Ed. c. Fritsche, Leavenworth: |
Secretary, Mrs. NJ. o. Miner, Hia. |
vatha; Assistant Secretary. Fred Nc.
Donald. Topeka: Treasurer, II. W.
Spangler, Perry; Librarian, Prof. L.
A. Sayre, Lawrence. In the afternoon
The visitors visited the soldiers home
and witnessed field sport
Recently car load of crude oil wa.
sent from Neodesha to Coropolis, Pa.
Tor practical tests. These show .
nigh grade illumination yield of &C
per cent, $50 degree flash test rein.
ID oil o. so per cent. 10 degree test
with Is per cent. lubricant, Is per
cent Naptha on asphaltum based with
by-rroducts. The plans fo1
. refinery at Neodeaha are in the
hands of contractors, and the build.
ng will be erected by October 1. This
nsures . market and opens the field.
which extends from the territory line
outh of Sedan in q northeasterly di
'ection to Allen and Bourbon counties
J distance of from seventy.fve to 1oc
niles.
The State Board of Railroad Asses.
ors completed its work and an
the figures on which the col.
cction of taxes on railroad property
n Kansas for the year 1895 will be
,ased. The total railroad assessment
las been decreased S11s,942 from the
of last year. The politics
# the assessment is supposed to lie in
he increase of the Missouri Pacific
assessment by s579.s1o and the de-
rcase of :he Santa Fe by e615, O53.
During the last few political cam
'aigns the party in power has been
harged with manipulating the rail-
Dad assessment in the interest of the
abroad corporations which were
to it. The Populists charged
hat the Republicans always favored
he Santa Fe ia fixing the assessment,
nd when the Populists were in power
hey were charged with favoring the
iissouri Pacific. During the cam
aign last fall the Republicans charg-
d the Missouri Pacific with assisting
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