The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-07-05
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Hutchinson charges distributing
depOts for liquor $1,000 a year
bicycle thief who took one from
Abilene was caught at Wichita,
The Swedish Baptists of Kansas have
held a five days conference in Topeka.
Mrs Jake Maidin. of Rose Hill, But
Ter county, has been left SO, 900 by a
relative in the east.
Erwin Moore, aged 10, was drowned
in the Arkansas river, near Arkansas
City, while bathing
John Dean, of Sumner county visit
ed the county seat last week for the
first time in five years
Steamship agents are in Kansas and
Oklahoma engaging wheat shipments
by the gulf routes.
Bellevil1e has voted s24, 900 for the
purchase of the water works plant
owned by company.
Bishop Warren, of Denver, presided
at the dedication of the new Sc 600 NJ
e. church at Fredonia.
loss of So, 500 by fire occurred in
the burning of general store at Ian
caster, Atchison county.
The 37th annual catalogue of Kan
sas Agricultural college is out and is
very interesting reading.
Governor Stanley and c. c. Cohn, of
Wichita, went to Mi1wa ulzee to get
pointers on street fairs.
DR.. J. t. Crosby, of Arkansas City.
went to South Africa with cargo of
mules. He got $500 for the trip.
A hail storm destroyed the corn
crop in section covering the line be
tween Douglas and Shawnee counties.
In Harper county some fields were
not p1oughed before wheat was put in
with disks. Such fields have yielded
IS bushels to the acre.
Cherokee county had SO hours of
almost constant rain last week. Wheat
in the shock was injured. Trains |
were delayed by washouts.
The Missouri and Kansas Telephone
company put half q dozen telephones |
near the entrance of the convention |
hall in Kansas City for free use.
Father Leary, Catholic priest at
Chapman, claims that his dog watches
the church and is church property and
is therefore exempt from taxation.
The completion of the convent at
Concordia and improvements Oh the |
Catholic church there, are to be done |
this season, at cost of about $500 |
Danford, the Kansas bank wreclzer
of the SOS, who skipped to Canada, |
has been recognized in Wyoming, as a |
canvasser for Paris exposition pic |
lures.
Cuba, Republic county, has a 1000 |
barrel tank upon 5o-foot stone e1eva- |
ton, with four inch water main and |
an organized volunteer fire depart |
ment.
The state school fund interest for |
the fiscal year ending June 80 amount |
Cd 4.
ment to the school districts occurs
August Is.
A Kansas man interested in cattle |
and feed has just made a trip through |
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. He says I
there will be an increased demand for
Kansas hay in those states
The 34th national encampment of |
the G. A. r. in Chicago, August 5000, I
will attract many from Kansas. Head /
quarters for Kansas have been secured I
at the Leland hotel. Free lodging is /
provided for at the Second regiment I
armory.
Governor Stanley has named as dele |
gates to the National Prison congress /
at Cleveland. Ohio, in September; John /
D. Mi1lil&en, Mcpherson; Harry lands, |
Galena; D. NJ Fisk, Topeka; J. B. /
Tom1inson, Lansing; Eva Harding, I
Topeka; F. w Blackmar, Lawrence.
Alfred j. Boyd fell from a freight /
car near Leavenvorth and was ground I
TO pieces.
The popu1ist headquarters at Kansas |
City was early established at the Savoy |
hotel.
Four Parsons boys We're killed in /
the ambush of the Fortieth regiment I
near Tagayan and three more from /
Parsons were wounded.
The populist national committee in I
session at Kansas City has $50 mem |
bers; three from Kansas-Simpson, |
Ridgeway and BreidenthaI-
Eight teachers in Fairmount college,
Wichita, have given 81, 500 cash toward |
the proposed endowment fund
A Dickinson county farmer a few |
weeks ago contracted his wheat at so |
cents bushe1- He now figures that |