The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-10-09
KANSAS COMMENT.

received a Wh1CG COAT 1OllO"Go Oy S1SC1 |
on September 30
To SUCCEED JUDGE ELLIs.-The Re
publican central committee named R.
A Burch, of Sa1ina, for associate JUS
tice of the supreme court, in place of
the nominee, Judge Abram H Ellis, |
deceased. Governor Stanley has also
appointed Mr.. Burch to fill out Judge
Ellis unexpired term
MATERIAL FOR A FLooR--Orders
have been placed for % carloads of
lola Portland cement, 100 cars of sand
and so of broken stone to be used for
making the flooring of the new ma
chine and boiler shops of the Santa Fe
at Topeka. On top of the foundation
which will be manufactured from this
will be oak floor upon which the
men will work.
OIL IN Usage COUNTY,. w. jesse,
who lives on the Marias des Cygnes,
three miles west of Olivet, has discov-
cred what he thinks to be unznistax-
able evidences of oil on his farm. A
deep well on his place near the river
contains water that is nearly always
covered with film of oil, and at vari-
GUS places along the river indications
of oil have been found.
DEMAND FOR WoRkERs.-An order
was placed with the free employment
agency in Topeka for $50 quarrymen
and 1aborers for work either at Bene-
dict, Kansas, BlaclSwater No
Wages of LIS and $3.50 are offered.
More farm hands are wanted ct the
agency, as heavy run of calls for help
has been on for the past few days and
yet there has been supply to draw
from.
FIRST REGIMENT BAND.-The Hia-
vatha band was mustered in as the
First Regiment band of the Kansas
National Guard by Adjutant General
Fox. 1t takes the place of the Ottawa
band, which dishonorably dis
charged from the state militia for
fusal to attend the Fort Riley maneu-
vers. The Hiawatha band went imme-
diately to Fort Riley along with the
Kansas troops.
A. o. u w. DISTRICT CONVENTION
The Southeast Kansas district conven-
ton of the A. o. U. w. met at Column
bus and very large crowd gathered
from all counties in the district. Webb
McNal1, supreme master workmen; D.
Cole, grand chief of honor, and others
addressed the meeting. Several bands
were present and took part in the cere-
monies of the day, while hundreds of
people marched in the parade
DIOCESAN CoNvENTIoN.-The annual
diocesan convention, held at Atchison.
elected diocesan trustees: Bishop
Mi1lspaugh, Topeka; a. g. Otis, Atch-
ison; Dean Kaye, Topeka Archdeacon
Crawford, Topeka, and D. w. Inveri-
ETY., Oslxaloosa. Archdeacon Crawford,
NJ. H. Wells, NJ. D., of Coffeyvi1le, and
Judge William Holt, of Kansas City,
Kas., We're elected to represent the
diocese in the missionary council to be
held shortly in PhiIade1phia.
THE BUSIEST MAN.-Francis John
son, a farmer near Lindsborg, is the
busy man of Mcpherson county. Heis
a deacon of Bethany church; secretary
of the board of deacons; member of the
conference mission board; treasurer of
the conference; president of the Swed-
ish Mutual Fire Insurance company;
member of the school board of his dis
trict; is the administrator of several
estates, and acts as guardian for a
number of minors, besides successfully
running his farm
PIONEER METHODIST DEAD.-Rev. 81.
T. Koeniclxe, who was member OF the
society which built the first German
Methodist church in America. and the
son of one of the founders of Methodism
in Germany is dead at Wichita aged II
years He was for SO years a minister.
ARKANSAS VALLEY FRUIT.-Mrs. j.
II. Gates brought to the Office of the
Syracuse Journal two of the finest of
pears. % purple p1ums on a seven inch
twig. and some Rhode Island Greening
apples. Syracuse is away out in west
ern Kansas.
AFRICAN NJ. E. CoSFERENcE.-The
27th session of this conference was held
in Wichita last week. A number of
general officers were in attendance
from Washington, New York, Philade1-
phia and Nashville
CANE HERE IN 1s5s.-Dr- J. H Die
trich is dead at Hutchinson at the age
of So years. He came to Kansas in
1858 and to Reno county in 1887 He
leaves large fortune His wife, to
whom he had been married ffty-five
years, and two married daughters SUR
vive him
MORE GAS AND Carbohydrates of
Illinois and Texas have secured large