The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1903-02-05
KANSAS COMMENT.

mittee to organize q commercial club
POSTMASTER AT FLORENCE. jaime
8. Alexander has been appointed II
succeed G. D. Battey as postmaster a
Florence. '
ORIENT IN WICHITA FEB. 5.-Tha
Is the date on which Orient trains viii
enter Wichita. If fair weather pre-
walls the officials feel no doubt but tha
the trains will be running on that date
3DIED WHILE DRUNK.--John Spehr
was found dead in the road near his
place about four miles northwest Of
Wamego. II Is supposed that he fell
out Of his wagon while drunk. He
was about 80 years old, single and
lived alone.
KILLED 4-YEAR-0LD 0RpHAN.-Al.
bert Jordon, a wealthy farmer Of
Smith county, and his wife, are in Jail
charged with murder. Some time ago
they took Harry Kaipers, four-year-
old orphan of Atchison, to raise. The
coroners Jury found that the boy had
come 10 his death at the hands Of the
Jordons and held the couple for muir
der.
An AGED PIoNEER-Captain Eli Sny-
der died on his SSth birthday at the
family home in Osawatolnies Captain
Snyder was one Of the pioneers Of
Kansas. He came to Linn county in
1867 and settled near what was then
known as Trading Post. 1t was on his
farm that q band Of border rufians
committed the murders which have
passed into history US the Marais DIES
Cygnes massacre.
Corn PRODUCTS. Work is in pro-
gress on a corn mill at Atchison which
will turn out fifteen different varieties
Of corn products. Kansas raises the
corn, sells it at from 20 to 80 cents a
bushel, it is hauled away TO other
states, worked up into food stuffs,
shipped back to Kansas and sold to the
same people who raised 1t at a large
profit which might be retained in the
state.
BRICK AND PoULTRY.-Contracts
have been closed at La Harpe for new
brick plant and poultry plant The
first is TO have capacity Of not less
than 10000 brick per day. The poultry
plant is planned upon an immense
scale and will be the largest in the
United States. From $4,000 to Sis, 900
will be invested in building and equip.
ment The two enterprises will add
50 families to La Harpe.
EXTRA FREIGHT TRAIN. Rock Island
officials have announced that an extra
freight would be put on the schedule
to carry grain and livestock and would
run between Harrington and Caldwell.
1t will gather up grain and live stock
at all points between Herington and
Caldwell and will make delivery at or
before noon in Wichita doing away
with a part Of the late delivery at the
stock yards,
A TRUE MAN WENT WRoNe. After
having been freed by a technicality in
the law from trial on the charge of the
murder of 1S.year-old Arthur Smith,
W, |. Coombs has annouced his inten-
ton Of going into court and asking
sentence for his crime. 10 the wild.
owed mother Of the boy he shot last
June he has made over his house and
lot in town and has promised her that
if he is not made to pay the penalty OF
his crime he will turn over 500 Of his
monthly earnings to her for her sup.
port Coombs is o section foreman on
the Rock Island al Goodland.
Ex-CHANcELLoR OF X. U.-Dr Can
field, who for many years was well
known to Kansas people as chancellor
of the State University at Lawrence,
is now librarian al the Columbian uni
versity of New York, where he re-
ceives a salary Of $4,000 a year, with
the condition that at the end Of twelve
years he will be retired on an annual
salary Of $4,000.
MORE HOUSES WANTED.-During the
past two years 1850 houses have been
built at Herington and 80 more could
be speedily rented.
For OIL AT DEXTER. Work has
commenced Of boring for oil near Dex.
ter, Cowley county. The drilling will
be done by William Geiser, Of Peru,
who has three-eighths interest in the
The rest Of the stock is
mostly held by business men Of Win.
field.
For SALINA.-A representative Of
Pennsylvania capitalists has been be-
fore tho 5alina council in regard to
franchise for an electric
light plant and an electric street rail-
way system
GET 63H PER CENT, Receiver P. H.
Halleck, Of the Thomas Kirby bank at