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

Wichita, was run over by an electric
car and instantly killed. The child
was playing along the track, and as
the car neared him he attempted to
run across the track His head was
ground to pulp beneath the
wheels.
kansan to Wisconsln.-Prof. w. H.
Carruth Of the University of Kansas
will condvct the classes in German at
the University of Wisconsin during
the summer session Of that school.
The session at Madison will not be-
gin until June 26, giving Prof. Car
ruth, who has charge Of the summer
school here, opportunity to get the
work well under way before he goes
10 the other work.
Gives College Library. - Andrew
Carnegie has donated to the German
Baptist college Of Mcpherson $4,000
for a library building. The gift Is de-
pendent upon the college providing a
like sum of $4,000 as an endowment
fund for the future support of the IL
brary. At meeting Of the faculty
1t was decided at once to accept the
gift and to take the necessary steps
to raise the endowment fund.
Drew Appoints staff. - Brigadier
General Charles Drew, of the Kan
sas national guard, has appointed his
staff, as follows: Assistant adjutant
general, George W. Porter, Topeka;
deputy surgeon general, Senator Char
les Huffman, Columbus; commissary
general, H. M. Phillips, Topeka; quar-
termaster general, Harry O'Donnell,
Ellsworth; aides, William Beals and
Harry Price, both of Burlingame.
Bethany Cleared $3,3oo.-At Linds-
borg the Messiah concerts for
this season have closed. Innes and
his band had given eight concerts.
all of which were well attended. The
oratorio chorus comprised 5S5 voices
and the orchestra sixty pieces. The
Bethany Oratorio association cleared
$780, which will go into the college
treasury. Mr.. Innes said he had new
er heard another chorus sing 1.-The
Messiah so well as the Bethany
chorus sang it.
Gas For Small Towns. - Frank l..
Epps, engineer for the Kansas
Natural Gas Co., appeared before the
councils of Gardner, .Edgerton and
Wellsville this week, asking for gas
franchise for the company. If fran
chises are secured he says that the
work of putting in mains at these
places will be begun at once and
that gas will be supplied by June
l. The company asks for MAXI
mum rate of As cents, to be increas-
ed to SO cents at the end of five
years.
Fuel Oil Tank Line.-The Wichita
Fuel Oil and Tank Line Company was
organized 1t is corporation and
has capital stock of $4,000. The
incorporates are: w. D. Rice and l.
s. Woodward of Wichita; d. W..
Blaine of Pratt, H. c. Taylor of Ly-
ons, E. e. Frizzell Of Larned. The
purpose of the company is to supply
crude oil to the people of southwest
ern Kansas for fuel purposes. A line
of twenty tank cars has already been
purchased and the company will pro-
coed at once to build two 10,O00-barrel
storage tanks here for the purpose of
supplying oil to Wichita consumers.
Tanks will also be built in other
towns as rapidly as possible.
oil Prices Tumble. - The price of
western oil was reduced four cents
barrel The price now ranges from
81 to 81 cents per barrel. Heavy oil
of % degrees of gravity, which last
year at this time brought $1.1S per
barrel, is now worth II cents per bar
rel, but the Standard Oil Company is
buying nothing even at these prices.
The recent cut makes reduction of
ten cents a barrel in the price Of
Kansas and territory oils in week.
The Standard Oil people say the price
for the top grade will go to so cents
a barrel and the price of Kansas
heavy rs degrees oil will go to 10
cents barrel.
Burned In Their Home. - Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Pfeil burned to death
in their home in Riley, small sta
ton Just west of Manhattan. The
couple were the only occupants of
the house. 1t is believed by many
that the fire originated from an In
cubator in the cellar, although the
FIRE was first discovered upstairs in
a room adjoining one occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Pfeil. All efforts to
arouse the sleepers were in vain, and
the circumstances point to posi-
bility of murder The coroner left
here this morning to hold an inquest.
Mr.. Pfeil was retired farmer. He
was elected member Of Riley's city
council at a recent election. s,
Pasturing Wheat. Much of the
wheat on the bottom land along the
cmol.v Hill river haa heen prowino