The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-04-12
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.


school building, by vote of s9I to 3s4-
Topeka voted against the park bonds
by a tie vote A tvo-thirds vote was
required
There are 4o7 steps to climb from the
ground to the top of the Kansas state
house dome
The lola postoffice has reached figures
in the business that entitIe the town to
free delivery
Balzar Geotz. of Victoria. was found
dead on his own doorstep. He had
been murdered.
The congregational Sunday school
IN Eureka raised 500 for the famine
sufferers in India
Charles Gall, sedgwiclz county
farmer, died this week at the osawato-
nie Insane asylum
James Crooks was the first Wilson
county farmer to order binding Irvine
from the penitentiary-
Eddie Hare, II years old, lost his
life near Woodbine, while burning
stalks He was alone.
The Wamego Agriculturist tells
about several wealthy farmers who are
looking for residences
What is thought to be a vein of mica
was found on Francis Johnson's farm.
near Lindsborg, while drilling a we'll
Senior classes of high schools are
visiting each other That of Junction
City went up to visit the senior class at
Clay Center the other day.
A prairie fire in Saline county the
other day burned off a couple of sec
tiOns of pasture land and destroyed
about twenty tons of hay.
I'll
ger train by discovering a broken
journal and stopping the train. This
occurred in Doniphan county.
An Usage county farmer took tobacco
he had raised to cigar maker to be
tested 1t proved to be satisfactory
filler, first class in every way.
Eugene Mills, Western Union mes
Eenger boy of Abilene, is an artist, and
his friends think he will be famous
come day. He is eleven years old.
The new elevator between the Santa
Fe and Rock Island tracks in Wichita
is approaching completion. Its eapac-
ity will be 25.o 900 bushels of grain
Atchison collected sa5, los, mostly
from joints, during the year ending
with March. 1t is said that this was
more than SIS. 900 above all expenses
of the police department.
Governor Stanley has appointed John
j. Hannah, of Leavenworth, as the
Democratic member of the state board
of charities to succeed p. H. Do1an, of
Salina, whose term has expired.
Joab Mulvane, of Topeka, has been
selected as a member of the board of
trustees of the Baker University He
will take the place on the board made
vacant by the death of DR. Joseph
DenisOn-
Bulletin No 90 of Kansas experiment
station, Manhattan. Kan, gives the re-
suits of eleven years experiments in
raising and feeding Kafr n. 1t will
be sent free to any citizen of Kansas
who writes for it.
A f. Niederlander, who played an
important part in booming Wichita,
visited that town recently. He now
has extensive interests in zinc mines
and is president of the Westinghouse
Air Brake company.
J. b. bartholomew, of Topeka, died
April 1, of pneumonia He was one of
the first to start the sheep industry in
Kansas by importing fine merino sheep.
He was a townbui1der for his home
city.
The Winfield Chautauqua will be
held June 81 to July . Low rates of
fare, probably one fare for the round
trip, will be made by the railroads.
There is a gang of boy robbers in
WICHITA. Their last job was taking
tools from the new elevator, which
swere found at the homes of the boys.
Mayor Ross named the following
delegates from Wichita to the Trans
mississippi congress to be held at
Houston, Texas, April Il to 81. O. III.
Bently, R. P. Murdoch, O. z. Smith.
"A. c. Jobes and j. B. Blazer.
Parties from Oklahoma have been
figuring on the value of the watervorlzs
plant at Springfield, Seward county.
AT one time Springfield had assessed
valuation of $40, 1000, but the town
people have moved away and cattle
men have covered the county with
their herds.
Outside OF Douglas county the Kan
sas county having the largest number
of attendants at Kansas University is
Shawnee with 4O- Wvandotfe has Az