The Globe-republican., 1895-05-31

The presnet fireman at the State cap
itol building is Mr.. Fuel.
Rumor has it that John Jacob Aston
is to buy = racing stable.
Jerry Simpson will speak at Council
Grove on theFourth of July.
It will probably be racing on the
Philadelphia track without betting.
The first load of this years crop OF
alfalfa has been marketed in Garden
City.
Senator Ingalls, will address the old
soldiers at their reunion at Ell Dorado
in September.
Drextell, the brother to Axtell, the
famous horse, shows a decided inclin.
alton to pace. and will be trained ca
do SO.
At the Paris salon Saturday medals
of honor were awarned to Herbert's
painting 1.-THE Infant Jesus Sleeping, /
and to Eartholdi for his marble group,
"strasOurg.
The boys at Independence hav0
| grown so naughty that they write n~ d
words on the bas- oall grounds fence.
Perhaps it is revenge for there being
no knot holes in the boards
Conductor A. l.. Carter, in charge Of
q Santa Fe freight, while coupling
cars caught his left hand between the
bumpers and had three fingers and a
thumb mashed. He was taken to Alb
ilene. where the roads surgeon, Dr. j.
w. Felty, dressed the wound. The
injured man was sent on to Emporia.
A majority of the advisers of the
sultan of Turkey have counselled him
to agree to the propositions of the
powers regarding Armenia, but the
grand visier. Djezad Pasha, opposes
these counsels. His attitude is much
commented upon and it is likely to
lead to complications.
The latest reports show the savings
deposited in the savings banks of the
country to be STAT, 961, $50; deposited
in national banks, 81, Cos, OOO, 900, and
in State banks, S65S, 900, 600; in loan
and trust companies over SAL, 900, 600,
making a grand total of deposits. in
Guiding those Of private banks, of S4,-
GIL, e57. as7.es..
John Halls. jr., and William Royce,
two young men of unsavory reputa-
ton who assaulted Miss Laura Ben
net and Miss Lillian Draper, were
hanged to Gilbert street bridge, the
scene of their crime, at Danville, ILL.,,
1T $3.50 o'clock Satul day morning, just
as the first streaks of dawn were seen
in the east.
In official circles in London the re-
port that China has refused to pay an
additional indemnity to Japan for the
evacuation Of Port Arthur and the
Lao Tung peninsula is discredited. 1t
is believed, on the contrary, that the
agreement has already been signed
between China, japan, and the row
ers on the basis of an extra indemnity.
The pioneer graduating class of
Stanford university, the class of '95.
was given reception by Mrs. Stan
ford in her mansion in San Francisco
Saturday. Mrs. Stanford made short
address in which she said that should
the government suit against tho STAN
ford estate be decided against the ss-
tate, the university would have to be
closed, and should it be long in lltiea-
ton, the university resources will be
much crippled.
A receiver for the Topeka Daily
Capital is asked for in q suit which
vas commenced Monday in the Uni
ted States district court The action
is brought by John E. Baker, of st.
Louis, q judgment creditor, by his at
torneys, Quinton & Quinton. The
case will not be heard before Judge |
Foster, but before Judge Riner. Judge |
Williams, Judge Caldwell. or which
ever federal judge happens to hold
court aext ut Topeka.
Foreman Bristow, Of the State For
estry station ut Ogallah, is said to be |
having success to a remarka BILE de- |
gree in starting his seeding trees. He |
has twenty-five acres planted which |
are now up and are entirely free from |
weeds. Among the varieties of trees
are the black and honey locust, box
elder, ash, Usage, allanthus, soft ma
pie, mulberry and wild cherry. A |
we'll 100 feet deep has recently been |
dug and q big reservoir is being con-
structed to hold water for irrigation |
purposes
Judge W. B. Sutton of the State ir-
rigation board is not only expert. !
in irrigation for the State,
but II making some practical expert
ments on mis- home farm on Salt creek
10 Russell county. He has put
pump in the creek, laid
out his bitches and is using for power
the traction engine which is used
with his threshing machine. The
pump Is simple in construction and
cannot get out of order. 1t has q ca
pacity of !, ESQ gallons per minute.