The Globe-republican., 1899-09-28
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREeE

Kansas is now shipping eggs and
poultry to Cuba.
The Syl Dixon grain train was at the
Atchison corn carnival.
The coal miners Of Usage county have
had their earnings increased by an ad'
vance of 10 cents ton for mining.
The first annual runion of the TWEEN.
ty-first Kansas volunteers will take
place at Kingman October 3 to S.
At the Atchison corn carnival the
Rock Island provided for the street pa
rade an automobile, free Of expense IA
the city.
j. P. Pomeroy offered Mr.. Waggener
t75, 900 for his interest in gold mine
1t Victor, Colo, and Mr.. Waggener re-
fused the offer.
At circus in Wichita Emma Lateau,
one Of the trapeze performers, slipped
and fell from a rope and was picked un
unconscious. Outside of badly sprain"
Cd wrist she was not hnrt much.
Horton, Brown county, now a city
claiming 5000 people. being division
station, with important shops, Of tho
Rock Island railroad. celebrated the
18th anniversary of its birth on Septem'
ber 20.
Three business houses has been TO.
tally destroyed by fire at Stockston.
The postOffice was considerably dam.
aged. The origin of the fire is un
known. Loss, two thousand dollars
NO insurance.
There is no county in the Unite4
States of equal area and population
that produces annually as much food
for man and beast as Jewell county.
Moreover, no other spot on earth ca1
make such showing.
This year Jewell county's crop viii
aggregate II, SOC, 900 bushels, an amount
almost a. large as the total crop of the
great state Of New York, more thar
that Of New Jersey and far more thay
that Of all the six New England states
combined.
We are more or less accustomed II
surprises in pictorial journalism, but
the current issue of Golfers Weekly
shows something entirely out of the
common. 1t contains remarkable pho
tographs, illustrating the trial trip OF
the new battleship Alabama. One OF
the pictures is stern view of the cruiser
showing her heels" apparently taken
from the fighting top of the vessel, look
ing down upon the deck and the swir-
ing waters in her wake. The most in
tercsting picture of all illustrates a
prominent feature of modern journal
ism. 1t shows newspaper correspond
ents sending messages to their jour
nails by carrier pigeons thrown from
the bridge of the ship while far out at
sea.
L. r. Gilmore, of Poala. has commen-
ced babeas corpus proceedings in the
supreme court for release from the
Miami county Jail. Gilmore catered
into partnership with Mcbride &
Bloom, of Paola, in 1894, with the in
tention of prospecting for gas in South
ern Kansas. Gilmore sold out his
share in the company for Sc, 500 stock
In the new company. with the under
standing. it is said, that he was to re-
turn the stock when the debt had been
paid at the rate of $500 month. The
company paid the debt, but before it
was paid gas had been struck N pay
Ing quantities, and Gilmore's stock had
Increased in value until it was worth
worth ST., 5000. He sold it and was ar
rested for embezzlement.
The commissioners of Jewell county
will put in fourteen new steel bridges
In that county this fall.
Pittsburg is to have a new S35. .oOC
city hall. the bonds having been voted
The building will be one modern in
every particular.
Out in Norton county the commits
Sioners have become so frightened
about the inroads of the Russian thistle
that they have ordered farmers to de-
stroy them-otherwise they will he Ge-
stroyed by the authorities and the ex-
pense charged up to the land owners.
Dealers are Offering $40 a ton for
broom corn. but the farmers are hold
ing out for SlO0. As Kansas in reality
controls the market. it is probable that
the price will go to 500.
The Rock Island shops at Horton ex.
pect to build 200 cars within a wear.
The force will be doubled ia the store
house. saw mill and freight house. The
lumber for that r,any new cars will re-
quire 5000 sills, nd as so sills make a
load. it will require l60 cars to ship in
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