The Globe-republican., 1905-02-09

up lne OIL and gas wells or kanSa
and the earth is literally gushini
forth a commodity that will make al
interested rich. Kansas now lead
the world in oil and gas produc
tons,
No kIsser in His uIplt.--Altogeth
er unawcd by the fame of Richmond
Pearson Hobson, DR.. s. s. Murphy
pastor of the Methodist church, has
refused to let the hero of the Merri
mac occupy his pulpit al lola. Dur.
ing the absence of the pastor, the pull.
pit committee invited Hobson 10
speak, and he accepted the invita-
ton. When Dr.. Murphy returned
home he vetoed the arrangement, civ.
ling as his reason that it is not in har-
mony with the spirit Of the union re-
NlNdl now IN progress,
Burned to Death. - D. C. Holman,
fireman on a Santa Fc switch engine,
was burned to death in the yards at
Emporia in head-on collision with
through freight train No. "a. Holman
was thrown head first into the fire
box Engineer began of the switch
engine was bruised about the head.
The freight engine crew escaped in
jury. The wreckage caught fire,
causing heavy loss of property and
delay of traffic for several hours.
Nc Indictments Returned. -- The
Shawnee county grand jury was in
session the entire day. No indict-
ments have yet been returned and
none are expected until the final al
ionrnment Altogether 100 witnesses
in round numbers have been sub
pocnaod. A liquor case from Willard
occupied the attention Of the jurymon
the major share Of the morning.
Prosperous Montgomery,-The pco-
pie Of Montgomery county are surely
in prosperous condition, as is evi- /.
dcnccd by the amount Of taxes paid !
into the treasury, says the lndepend-
onca Tribune, Taxes were due No I
yembor !, and up to date $247CSS.95 .
has been paid in, or 70 per cent of the .
total levy. OF this amount S15S,SG9 .
was paid in during December.
2 Years With University.--Carl A.
Prcyer professor Of piano in the
State University, has left, accom-
panied by his wife, for California.
The trip is made on account Of Mrs,
Prcyor's health. Prof. Prcyer will be
sone till the end of the term. He has
Oeen with the university for the past
we've years.
Take Up Claims -- Kansas owes
hiFty.one counties $4,000 for the
of destitute insane. The +
AMOUNT has not been so small in
wenty years. The house ways and
means committee yesterday intro
!uced bill appropriating money to
axe up the claims.
Develop More Fields. - Sub.leases
or 1850 acres of land in the vicinity
f Geuda Springs have been filed with {
he register of deeds at Wellington by
he Dak0tas Oil and Gas company OF
'iorrc, South Dakota. 1t is under. I
TODD that drilling is TO be begun this
pring
Manufacture Paints. The Amor- t
an Paint and Color Company, repre-, !
anted by c, y. Dye, Il, ID and A. e. t
tTscon, hes leased q building al j
rnanaas City and will begin the c
nj household paints this !
INNER
Secured Many Converts. - Rev. BE-. y
aniah Pratt, an evangelist OF Kansas r
ity, No., who has been holding j
ries Of revival meetings in Sabetha a
n the past five weeks, has closed D
It'll list Of about 21j converts.
Claim at Observation-Disclosures Denton, n
DentonYille, and Miss Anna NJ. D
ddon of Leona, were married at U
iavatha. The bride was the first d
oman 10 draw claim in the Rose. Il
Id agency settlement.
Representative Honored. - Repre- D
'Dtatiye p. p, Campbell, Of the Il
bird Kansas district, has been de- y
gnated as member Of the reception
for the inaugural cere h
onies. W
Prominent Man Dies. -- Judge N
Gorge W. Nimocks, mayor of this
ty in the carly days, Judge Of the h
strict court and county attorney al
r two terms, died at his Great Bend N
,me.
Another Prospect Hole. - The 81
hutchinson Salt Company has start CT
to drilling another prospect hole Il
Caldwell, the site being a mile
'rtheast Of the Rock Island sta. o.
m OF
Smallpox at Empora.--Three new fc
lallpoS cases have developed at EN-.
ria This makes nine families now i,
der quarantine and they are scat "
red all over the town. II
Kansas Bank Lows.-Sonator Chan.