The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1900-09-13


are made from Abilene.
The contract for the Mitchell county
court house is let for s33, $40.
John Butler, once a railroad con-
tractor, died in Wichita last week.
Salina gets special rates of one-half
fare for its street fair, September "a
20
Emporia boarding houses furnish
meals to Normal students at 81. SO
week
A soda fountain explosion at Downs.
broke H. w. Forline-s leg and crushed
the bones.
New corn is being sold at the wichi-
ia stock yards and it is almost dry
as old corn
Kansas soda fountains sell c1aret in
phosphates and ice cream parlors serve
frozen egg nog-
The Doniphan county court house
has been set on fire but there was not
much damage done
A Jackson county farmer lost 5000
| diamond while attending the Circle
vile Woodmen picnic.
The Hutchinson band ahd some local
singers gave the boys at the reform
school musical treat.
Kansas railroads are locating switch
engines all along the lines to handle
the great rush of wheat.
The woi k of clearing the site for the
new federal building to be built in
Kansas City, Kas-, has begun.
The Rock Island depot at Alma is
burned, with a loss of So 900 or more
A better building will take its place at
once.
burglars worked a hardware store
at Cimarron and two days later, were
captured, with their plumber at La
Junta.
The putting in of the heating APP
paratus at the enlarged federal build
ing at Topeka has been contracted for
at ST. 6s.
lexington s three days harvest fes-
tiva1 was a great success. On farmers
day prizes were given for the biggest
loads of grain.
Prof. II. NJ. Stout, of the University
of Chicago, is to take the department.
of mathematics and astronomy at the
Friends university in Wichita.
Just before starting from Sa1ina to
Iowa to be married, Ralph Anderson
heard of the death of the bride to be,
Miss Mabel Bishop, of Mount Pleasant.
She was buried on the day set for the
wedding.
Charles Congdon, the Arkansas City
conductor who was killed by his own
train, walking encyclopedias on
the subject of fast horses, stage char
acters and political candidates, cover
ing period of % years.
a seventy-five mile system of electric
trolley lines is projected, to connect
Neodesha. Cherryva1e, Coffeyvi1le, Par
sons, and Independence. 1t is proposed
that the lines shall be used for both
passenger and freight business.
Judge Hook has ordered the commits
sioners of Stevens county to levy a
special tax to pay Judgment of Sd, 964-
The county has bonds out and default
ed amounting to Ss3. 900. Stevens
county people say that it is impossible
to pay out.
Sheriff 5. p. COstigan, of Franklin
county, was shot in the arm, by John
NJ Tanning, while the sheriff was at
tempting to secure child under writ
of habeas corpus Tanning and wife
had parted and their child was given
to the wife by the court. Tanning had
secured the child and refused to give it
up.
Jacob II. Roller, a farmer living sew
en- miles west of Topeka, was struck
by Union Pacific train while driving
to town and instantly killed
E. p. Davis, clerk of the district
court of Cloud county, is dead of ty-
phoid fever, aged 81 His wife and
son died of the same disease two years
ago
The new cement plant at lola makes
a terrible noise. but the pay checks
handed out by the company talk in
such a loud tone of voice that no one
kicks on the racket of the machinery.
The Arkansas river has had more
water in it during the past six months
! than ever before since Colorado irriga-
tors have been using most of the flow
Many Kansas Touring mills are using
their utmost capacity in filing orders
from England Kansas -four is pre-
ferred in that market over Minnesota
| flour.
The Thomas county high school at
| Colby, opened with the largest enroll
ment it ever had. Many students Were