The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-12-04


by the water Mr. Love has extern
sive and valuable library and the water
which was thrown into the house
used the ruin of several of his best
books The bindings, some of which
were very valuable, were entirely
ruined.
YELLOW CORRESPONDENTS Of
them, w r. Draper by name, is in the
tolls for sending out alleged 1ibel1ous
report to the Philadelphia North Amer
lean dated at Wichita The Eagle says:
Draper has been sending similar stuff
from Wichita to newspapers and mag
azines for several years, deriving Il
good income from it. Several repu-
ia bile magazines have been as badly
taxed in the North American was.
Zimmerman, a wealthy farmer OF
Douglas county, who was walking
home from Lawrence along the rail-
road track, with his son about o'clock
at night, was held up and slugged and
robbed. Both the men We're attacked
and knocked down without warning
and about SIS taken from their pockets
The son revived in about hour and
summoned help to take his ia ther home
MnLERs HAVE TRoUBLE.-Clay Cen
ter mi1lers are experiencing consider
able difficulty in getting the railroads
to take their flour out of town, owing
to the heavy traffic. One miller had Il
car lay the track about twenty days
before 1.-THE railroad could handle it.
When engine finally stopped for
the the miller had fifteen cars
ready for shipment.
CAMPBELL AND LANE JoIN.-The oii-
rectors of Campbell university OF Hol-
| ton closed a bargain which will turn
| over that school to Lane university,
| which will be joined with the Camp
| bell. Lane agrees to, within five years,
raise IA $40, 900 endowment fund. The
! school has, by the will of its founder,
| the late A e. Campbell, an endowment
! of 800, 900.
| ANOTHER GIFT TO BAKER.-George
| E. Nichols on has authorized the an
nouncement that he would make a gift
to Baker university at Baldwin, of
$25, ooO- This action has a peculiar
and pathetic in terest for the reason
| that the gift was originally planned by
Mrs. Nicholson not long before her
| death.
| WOULD BE CHAPLAIN.-The Rev. B.
| c. Swarts, of Arkansas City, has an
nounced that he will be a candidate
for chaplain of the housee of repre-
| sentatives in the next session. He is a
| Methodist minister and was the first
| preacher of any denomination in Cow
ley county.
| POULTRY SHIPMENTs.-The Armour
poultry house at Clay Center, during
the Thanksgiving rush, shipped 1oo,-
| 900 chickens, turkeys and ducks from
| there, most of the fowls going to Cali
fornia and Utah
INDEPENDENT PHONE MEN.-The
Kansas association of these people is to
| hold a two days meeting in Topeka
| during the second week of January.
| A company to build trunk lines is to
| be formed soon.
OVER 81, 900, OOO.-The national banks
of Wichita, shown by statement
called for and which was made on No
vember 25, show deposits, 81, $50, 1879. &C.
| MUST PAY THE FIDDLER.-States1ne
arc complaining on account of a notice
that rates go up at Copeland County.
Rooms which accommodated two in
the past must accommodate four this
winter If a politician wants a room
for himself he must pay for it at the
increased rate
WORK OF TRUANT OFFICER--The
first months work of Wichita's sstruant
officer shows that he has increased the
school attendance about 8 per cent; a
| better showing than it was believed
would be made.
PROPOSED ELECTRIC LINE--Survey-
ors for proposed electric line from
Topeka to Emporia by way of Alma
and Allen are at work on the Allen
road in Lyon county The survey is
but preliminary If the road can be
bonded it will be built
BACHELORS YEAR-Considerab
has been said about Governor-elect ".
J. Bailey and Lieutenant Governor
elect D. J. Hanna being single Eer
but it is worthy OF notice that Eve Of
the county officers elected in Rocks
county have never married
An EARLY FRIEND OF KANSAS
bronze bust Of Frank i. Sanborn.
friend of Kansas in the early days, ha:
| been received by the State Historical
society from the Boston Museum o
5 fine Arts D. W. Wilder, who ha.
: known Mr. San born for half a cen fury