The Globe-republican., 1904-11-17
Mother Was Upheld.-1he state


e truancy law received the first test |
s Lyon county court when Rev. T. "
S Johnson was tried before Justice M,
G Cain, because he refused to send hi
4 children to the public school. His SOL
!. Theodore, is II years old and neve
has attended public schools, but ha
been taught at home by him mother
2 The boy was examined by the count,
. superintendent some time ago and
] found to be lacking in knowledge TO
an 11-year-old-boy and the superin
, tendent decided that the mother wa
incompetent to teach him. The jur.
brought in verdict Of not guilty. Thu
. court held that a jury can Judge thu
competency Of the teacher
Prominent kansan Dles.-Dr. G. S
Mosteller, aged 50 years, died at thu
home of his son, Frank Mosteller, in
Pittsburg, Kansas He was native
of Indiana and a graduate Of the Jack
sonville, ILL.,, School Of Medicine. A
short time after his graduation, he
enlisted in Chicago regiment for the
Mexican war as a surgeon and march,
ed overland from Fort Leavenworth
to Santa Fe. After the war he To-
Gated in Illinois and for years was
one Of the leading physicians in Macon
county.
Was Number 13-The Syndicate Oil
and Gas company has made an impor.
tant strike in the thirteenth well on
Its holdings five miles east of Chanute.
The strike is really of double impor.
lance, first to the syndicate company,
since it has given them one Of the best
oilers in the famous trans-Neosho
field, and also to the other operators
in this field, as it has demonstrated
the existence of deposit of petrol.
cum below the depth Of the sand at
which majority of them have stopped
drilling heretofore.
Want Better Lght.-At Hutchinson
many people are talking about the pos.
sibility of the city going into the cleo
trio lighting business on Its own hook.
"A great many people are in favor of
tackiling city ownership in any old
way rather than pay for lights which
they claim are inferior. Some per-
sons would like to see city ownership
tried just to see what it would be like,
but the conservative business men do
not want to see any ventures until the
way out is in sight.
Closed the Room.-At Independence
Secretary ]. l. Gillespie, of the Ma
tional Oil Mems association, has
closed the rooms of the association. 1t
is understood that this action was ta-
ken on account Of financial difficult
ties and that the rooms would not be
re-opened until reorganization of the
association is effected. Secretary Gil
lespie will apply the cash on hand to
the payment of outstanding obliga.
tons.
Another Gas WeIl.-Another large
gas well was brought in in the dis
trict just north of lola. The measure.
ment of 1t shows that it Is good for
100000 cubic feet per day and proves
conclusively that there Is large I'M
developed field less than two miles
north of the city. -Four miles north of
the city four large wells have been
brought in in the last month. The
supply of gas there is practically in.
exhaustible, and is well protected.
Shriners at SaIina.-At Salina every
arrangement has been made for the
ceremonial session of the Shriners at
the Masonic temple on December 6. A
special train will run from Wichita and
a large number Of the order will come
up from that city. The class upon
which the degrees will be conferred
at this meeting will be the largest ever
held in Salina. 1t will probably reach
a hundred novitiates.
Young Kansan Dies-S. L. Bowling,
son of George D. Bowling, ex-state
Senator, died at his fathers home
near Scandal, of hemorrhage of the
lungs. At the outbreak Of the Cuban
war Mr.. Bowling enlisted, but did not
see active service. He was 2S years
old and unmarried. Arrangements
for the funeral have not been made
yet.
Heart FaiIure.-Elbert Dumont dieo
at Patterson lake, near Mount Hope,
Of heart failure. Mr.. Dumont was at
the lake with a party of friends on
hunting trip. Early in the morning
he visited the blinds and returned to
the club houses. He sat down in
chair to rest after returning, and in
ten minutes was dead. He was born
in New York in 1876. After coming to |
Kansas he lived in Nemaha county for
a while, later removing to Wichita.
He had lived there nearly quarter
of a century. He was prominent in |
G. A. R. and Masonic circles.
Benefited Wheat.-Snow and rain
came to nearly every county in Kansas |
during the past week. The bulls in
the Chicago grain pit have been trying
for several days past to create the
impression that the Kansas wheat crop