The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-05-04

Sunday 553 children attended the
Methodist Sabbath school at King
man. and not all of them were girls
with new bonnets, either.
Made Big Galn.-Wellington doesn
desire to claim all the credit bu
there is no use denying that 1t is 6
mighty important point on the Pan
handle road, which has made a gair
Of over 100000 in business in thu
last year.
Has Philippines Coins. - A King
man bank has on display Philippine
coins from one peso down to a cen
tavo, and Kingman is becoming
frightened at the great number Of
Spanish-speaking people that has ris
en- up among its people.
Into Refinery Schemc.-T. A. Nc
Neal. the governors private secre
tary, has gone into an independent re-
fiuery scheme with an oil and gas
company Of Humboldt of which he
Is member At meeting Of the
company it was decided to issue
$4,000 Of treasury stock to build a
refinery Of two 30O-barrel stills.
Still Probing In Kansas. - While
Commissioner Garfield has left Kan
sas the investigation in the Kansas
oil fields Is still going on. Before his
departure Mr.. Garfield left a half doz.
en- more inspectors come on from
Washington to continue the work.
He outlined to them what informa.
ton he wanted. He took his three
original inspectors west with him.
Douglas County Jointists.-The al
legged jointists arrested at Lawrence
had hearings in the county court.
Charles jenkins was discharged and
the liquor ordered returned. Leander
Ray, pleaded guilty to one count, was
given a stay Of sentence and paid the
costs. Phil Hervey and Thomas Nc
Gee had their trial postponed until
May Is.
Vote Railroad Bonds. - Lacrosse
and Big Timber townships, Rush
county, voted aid in bonds yesterday
at the rate of $4,000 mile, to build
the Gulf, Hutchinson & Northwest.
ern railroad. This is the first aid
voted. Three townships in Reno
county may have an election in about
a months time. 1t Is the intention
to start work on the road at Lacrosse
in few weeks.
Broken FIanee Derailed cars.-A
broken fiange on a car wheel derailed
three freight cars on a Missouri Pa
cific freight, one and a half miles east
of Ottawa. Claude DeBelle, cashier
at the Pacific depot there, was in the
caboose, which was derailed, and suf
fered severe scalp wound. Con
ductor Frye and the two brakemen
were also in the caboose, but escap
ed with slight injuries.
viii Claim Immunity. = The Pull
man Company has not yet filed an.
swer to the complaint of exorbitant
rates lodged against it by r. S. Jones
before the railroad board. The com,
pany it is understood, will contend
that the railroad commissioners have
no control over it, as the title of the
railroad law says nothing about sleep,
ing car companies, and therefore the
law, insofar as 1t relates to Sleeping
car companies, is invalid.
Ore Boom at Baxter.-The lead and
zinc mines near Baxter Springs have
taken a new boom. Quite number
Of new rich strikes have been made
this week, and the camp Is full OF
prospectors looking up leases. The
concentrating plants are running on
full time and the ore is of the best
quality. Fully fifty shafts are being
sunk on new prospects which have
previously been drilled. 1t is estimat-
ed there will be at least twenty-five
large concentrating plants in opera
titn within year.
Bonds in School Fund. = The state
treasurer's books show that the four
school funds combined have bonds
aggregatng $S,367,97O.93. OF this
amount $7,537,724.6G is in the per.
manent school fund; $146,SC9.17 is
in the University fund; $212,365 is in
the normal fund and $477071.5O is in
the agricultural fund. The perman-
ent fund contains $290,996.36 in de-
linquent bonds and $139,S5451 in de-
linquent coupons and interest. The at
torney general has put his chief clerk,
John Dawson, to work trying to col
lect or compromise the delinquent
bonds and coupons.
Craeksmen Were Fooled. - An at
tempt was made at Leavenworth to
blow open big safe in William
Small & Company's. When the store
was opened it was found that bolts
of cloth had been piled up against
the safe to deaden the explosion, and
the paint had been scratched off the
door near the combination prepare
tory to drilling hole for the ex-