The Globe-republican., 1902-05-29

lola has nine labor union organiza-
tons
a second bank may be established az
the Wichita stocl<yards-
The rain of May 13 was especially
heavy in the wheat belt.
Fred Roster is fattening 1900 cattle
at Miltonvale for the market.
Fire at Pomona destroyed a general
store and contents; loss, total
The FL Dorado high school gradua
ted class of go of whom 16 We're girls
There has not been a prisoner in the
Haskell county Jail since the year 1887
The Santa Fe railroad company has
bought the Harvey hotel at Florence
Several carloads of doors and win
dovvs have arrived for the new Santa
Fe shops in Topeka
During the downpour of rain light
ming shattered the steeple of the court
house at Mound City
During the thunderstorm of May 13
at Mcpherson Ed Williams, a young
farmer, was killed by lightning.
The late heavy rain took out bridge
at Onaga, and a train from Leaven-
worth was tied up No one was hurt
The railroad Y NJ. C. A has moved
back to its old quarters in Topeka,
damages from the fire having been re-
paired.
The insane asylum at Osawatonaie
turned into the treasury S4so.4o, col
lected for the care of an insane pa
tient.
During the last year no travelling
man of Kansas or Oklahoma has been
killed in an accident and only four
have been injured.
The woodmen and Royal Neigh bors
of northwestern Kansas will hold their
fourth annual log rolling at Hill City
on September Oil.
The state board of charities has
planted orchards at all of the state in
stitutions except those for the blind
and for the deaf and dumb.
large general store at Quenemo is
burned. Over the store Miss DeIlie
Rankin, the Quenemo school teacher,
lived. She lost everything, including
$500 piano.
The Kansas commissioners for the
Louisiana Purchase exposition are Wis
iting the manufacturing towns of the
state to inspire the making of exhibits
at ST. Louis.
The judicial district embracing the
counties of Douglas, Franklin and An
derson, has not had a conviction for
murder in the first degree for seven
teen years, until the late conviction OF
Shane, the Lawrence photographer, for
killing a young man.
Paramount college has been recog-
nized by the Kansas Congregational as
ISOLATION Tt has been for years re-
ceiving So, 900 annually from the Ma
tiOnal Congregational Educational So
ciety. 1t now stands on an equality
with Washburn college with both socie-
ties.
Eggleston post of the @. A. r. at
Wichita, has bought an eighty-tvvo
foot flag pole to erect on its lot at gh-
land cemetery. Surmounting the flag
pole viii be a bronze eagle with out
stretched wings. The pole, which is
made of galvanized iron, was erected
under the direction of the Ladies of
the G. A. R.
John Fry, a farmer near Neosho
Falls, has invested So, 900 in a traction
engine of 1s-horse power, and gang
of eight 16-inch plows- With this com
bination he plow from 80 to 35
acres a day at a less cost than in the
old way; besides the advantage of turn
ing over field just when the soil is in
the best condition for it.
DR. Eva Harding, of Topeka, has
started in gathering pictures for the
play rooms at the state reform school.
Chas K. Holiday was the first con-
tributor, giving two dozen pictures
The state superintendent, Mr.. Mel
son, has announced that examinations
Will be held in Topeka, Ottawa, Law
renee Emporia, Holton, Sa1ina, Lee
compton, Wichita, Winfield, Niclzerson,
Manhattan. Baldwin and Lindsborg,
May 21 and p, for graduates of the
| colleges of those places who desire tic
| obtain state teachers certificates.
| Abilene people are doing much build
| ing The city council is completing
| arrangements for sewerage
| Chief Clerk Reed, of the railway mai
service, says that two new mail cars
| viii be put on the Rock Island night
| train between Kansas City and Cald
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