The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-09-20
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

put up at Mu1yane to be shipped to
South Africa.
Preparations on a large scale are
being made for the G. A R. reunion at
Wichita, October 20
The football team of the Smith Cen
ter high school challenges any high
school eleven in the state
Coroner B. E. Wheeler, of Pawnee
county, died from an overdose of NOR
phine taken by mistake.
Wellington excludes beggars and
hand organs and the like from the
streets during the jubilee
A United States geodctic surveying
party is making its headquarters near
Anthony The party lives in tents
An 1tinerant picture charging graft
er has victimized the Hverymen and
hotels of Woodson county and skipped
The Topeka postofice in one week
of September paid out S12,143.44 on
money orders This is a record break
er.
VIM Kimban, aged ID, of Saline
county, played pull away at the school
he attended, and was injured so that
he died.
Topeka has 23 miles of paved streets
and little more than two miles CON
tracted for. The city has 1Is miles of
streets.
The floors of a store in Arkansas
City gave way and much merchandise
went into the cellar. The damage is
about $500.
"A curbstone spectacle dealer paid the
Salina street fair committee $50 for the
exclusive privilege of selling glasses
during fair week.
a Leavenworth county farmer made
actual measurement and found that
his sorghum yielded 146 gallons of
syrup to the acre
Numerous reports are published
about relief sent from towns in Kan
sas for Galveston. Space permits men
ton of but few of these.
Every elevator and every empty
house in Hays is filed with wheat.
The railroad is unable to furnish the
cars required to move the crop.
The Wichita Chapter of the Daugh-
tiers of the American Revolution are
working plan to erect a statue of
George Washington in Riverside park.
The First regiment, K. N G., elected
the following officers: Senior major,
Adna G. Clarke, Lawrence; major. A
NJ Harvey, Topeka; junior major, w.
IL. Leicester, Manhattan
Blanche Donald, a niece of Mayor
Don aid, of Atchison, was u victim OF
the Galveston tidal wave. She was
five years old and was there visiting
her aunt, Mrs. D. B. Rogers-
The Wichita trolley street railway
manager gave to the Wichita hospital
one-fOurth of the receipts of the day
which the ladies We're given three
fourths This was surprise
c. II. Hitchcock, of Sumner county
bought land 25 years ago for So. SO an
acre. This year on 425 acres he
threshold out 90 bushels to the acre and
235 acres went 33 bushels to the acre
Altogether his crop this year from his
Sumner county farms is about IS, 200
bushels of wheat.
James ri. Davis. of St. Louis. who
two years ago gave the old Garfield
University to the Friends church, is
now preparing to raise a 81, 900, 600 en-
dowment for the same establishment.
Adjutant General Fox will recon-
mend that the legislature provide
proper care for regimental flags now
in the state house. He will also rec
Ommend that card record be provided
for of every Kansas soldier in all the
wars; and that the national guard
have an appropriation for an annual
encampment-
John Waller, of Kansas. once repre-
senting the United States in Madagas-
car, is now reported to be earning his
bread at manual labor.
VIM. Hatton shot and mortal1y
wounded D. p Hamilton at Great
Bend, September IL Hatton was in a
hack and the driver called Hamilton,
who was at the barn, to come and help
take him out. When they got him
HattOn commenced shooting at the
driver and Hamilton rushed on Hatton
to stop the shooting but was shot him
self
The work of moving the state library
to the new rooms prepared for it, is
going on 1t is two weeks Job tc
move the books. The state historical
society is to occupy the rooms vacated
The library of Fairrnount college
Wichita. now has 21 900 books, besides
piles of unbound raapazineS and nam.