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

VIII J. Rice, Garnett boy. was a
victim OF the Galveston tragedy.
The state fremen-s tournament is to
be held at Wamego October and ).
The cattlemen OF Greenwood county
raised Sis for Galveston relief in quick
order.
one-half of the people of sr1mneI
county live IN nine of the cities in the
County clerks of Kansas will hold
their annual meeting at Emporia on
September e7-
Apple packers at Leavenworth are
paying from 70 cents to 81 p per bush
Ell for apples
The census bureau announces the
population Of Topeka as 33. COS against
81 ,oo7 in 1890
The first annual reunion of the
Twentieth Kansns occurs at Hutchin-
sen September 272o.
All the graduates this year at the
Western School of Oratory in Friends
college, Wichita, are women.
Ex-Governor Lewe11ing left his fam
lily several valuable pieces Of real es-
tate and 81. 900 in life insurance.
independence is said to have com
pleted plans for $500 hotel, to be
40 by $50 feet and have 100 rooms
A hail storm near Lal1in cut down
growing alfalfa and ruined much of the
seed crop which was not harvested.
Gas has been found near Caney and
contract has been made to furnish
gas for that city from the new well.
young man of Wellington left To-
pel1a his wheel on Friday morning
and reached his home Sunday night.
Jesse C. Raines, a Clay Center boy.
has eIoped with the daughter OF the
richest man of Los Angeles, California;
The Delphos high school building
was struck by lightning and was
burned Loss, SO, 600; insurance 81
800
There are 6a5 Indian pupils enrolled
at Haskell institute and requests for
admission that cannot be granted keep
coming in.
The secretary of the state board of
health has commenced the work of
prosecuting doctors who, he declares,
hold fake diplomas
Captain b. Rockwell, of junction
City, has presented to the State His
torica1 society, a handsome oil paint
ing of General Chaffee-
A Santa Fe freight train was ditched
between Elk Falls and Long1on, caus-
ing the east bound passenger to make
a go around by Chanute from Long
ton.
George Starbuclz made a contract for
1GO acres of Rocks county land for 4, 600
bushels of wheat, and from this years
crop has paid more than half of the
purchase with one-ha1f his crop.
On Spanish-American day at lola
medals We're presented to Twentieth
Kansas men. Captain L. s. Stover
presented the medals to the families of
those who We're absent and General
Funston's medal given to his
mother.
About forty barns We're burned in
Topeka in the course of a month. Two
12-year-old boys have been arrested
who are supposed to be the leaders of
a gang Of young criminals; one of them
being the son of I, member of the fire
department.
Engineer Peter Teller, now on the
run between Newton and Jetmore-
began work for the Santa Fe in August
1865 on the second days work done in
the construction of the road and has
worked continuously for the road ever
since He began firing in 1870 and has
been an engineer since August 1872.
The young ladies of Wichita who
mad charge OF the street car lines
September II. collected S267. 20, Of
which they have 70 per cent to be divi-
ded between the Children-s Home and
the Kings Daughters.
Ora c. Scott, crazy boy in Fort
Scott, attacked his grandmother, Mrs.
w. J. Wickersham, with Ratchet,
penetrating her skull in fifteen places
He was seventeen years old The boy
was supposed to be harmless, and his
mind was first affected when he served
as subject to a hypnotist.
The Reno county commissioners are
to defend the county against a suit
brought to enjoin them from deciding
lands sold to the county for taxes dur
| ing the past three years The plain
| titfs attack the constitutionality of the
1 law.
| 1t is estimated that the total wheat
| yield in Ellis county is 1000. 900 bush
els and it averages sixty CIR more