The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-05-08

| botf1a has mad S5-OOO 16e
Al E. church is among the losses
The citizens of Severy have decided
to raise 1000 to prospect for gas and
oil
| While Eastern Kansas has been dry
| Western Kansas claims to have plenty
/ of rain
Rev. Nathaniel Thomas says he viii
not accept the appointment of bishop
of Salina-
There are $50 men and Is teams still
at work at the new Do1d packing house
! in Wichita
/ Six sons of Sarah Brown Morgan, Oh
Brown county, acted pail bearers at
their mothers funeral
Un1eed States Attorney Dean says
he has received instructions to pro
! eeed against the beef trust
G. w Watson, OF Hinsley, kills prai-
RE dogs with steam from his traction
engine which is forced into the dogs
holes
State Fish Commissioner Huey has
instructed his deputies to seize and
burn every fish seine, net or trap they
find
The old Concordia Blade has changed
hands and George Burroughs, the new
| owner, has started an evening Repub-
lican daily
The Kansas Historical society is to
publish Life of Noble L. Prentis''
in booklet form Secretary Martin is
compiling it.
The blacksmith shop of the Topeka
car works of the Santa Fe is provided
with 20, 900 gallon oil tank, the oil to
be used for fuel
w. G. Montgomery, for , years agent
a E,nlnnFi1
company, died from a stroke of apo
p1exy on April 49,
The Southern Kansas miIlers met at
Wichita and ask congress to work
to bring about a reduction of the Brit
ish tariff grain and flour.
The body of Miss Kate Lee Deford
was taken from the river at Ottawa
after having been in the water for sew
eral hours 1t is case of suicide.
The Abilene Mill and Elevator com
pany has sued the Union Pacific rail
way for $40, 300 for the destruction of
their property, set on fire by n freight
engine
The tenth annual Kansas musical
jubilee is to be held in Hutchinson
June 80 Hutchinson has an auditori-
with a seating capacity of $500, a
one fare rate from all railroads.
The county attorney caused the ar
rest of c. II. st. Clair after St. Clair
had compromised with the insurance
company for the loss Of his drug store
in Bartlett, and was about to leave the
state The charge against St. Clair
was for arson.
The Associated Press reports several
reviving showers during the afternoon
of April "a. The fact is that at one
time the wet spots the pavement,
each made by one drop, could be count
ed, and that was the extent of the
rainfall for the day in Wichita
A woman of Fort Scott who had been
doing three or four washings a day to
provide for her children, while her
husband put in his time talking poll
ties, got tired of it and took carboIic
acid but saved by prompt action.
She prayed that she might be allowed
to die.
NJ. L. Helena, of Butler county, tells
his neighbors not to plow up their al
'fa1fa because it has partially died at the
top of the roots. He says he dug down
in his field and found alfalfa sprouting
finely, sometimes as deep down as three
four feet, and he believes this will
give a better growth and yield than
fresh soRvn crop
Robert Beatie, aged 81 years, fell out
of his bed at his home in Atchison,
while asleep, struck his head and
died from the hurt received.
The Rev Jacob p Bixler, of the
Augusta Free Baptist church. died from
blood poisoning, the result of a car
buncle. He in his Goth year, and
left a living family of a WIFE and
twelve children. With five brothers
he served in the war for the union
He has lived in Augusta for 10 years.
His last words We're, II am coming,
ha11elujahl''
While making a flying switch at
Galena the brakes refused to work and
the cars ran off the track and crushed
a hole in the wall of a wholesale gro
Gerry store and one car went entirely
into the building. The loss is 81, 800
John Cummins, of Sumner county,
confesses to the killing of Anna Dish
er5,-I -1n