The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-11-02
Rain and snow. w Wichita has had

combination Of rain and snow re-
Gently, something unusual for this par.
ticular time Of the season. Fl
Visiting State Reformatory. - The
board Of managers Of the Wisconsin
reformatory are at Hutchinson visit
ing at. the State Reformatory and
making an investigation Of affairs in
this part Of the world. Superintend-
emit Marshall and other officers are
showing them around.
From Topeka Office. - Postmaster
Guthrie issued checks to more than
1900 rural mail carriers who will
draw $4,000 of the government funds
for their work during the past month.
At this rate the annual amount paid
to the rural carriers for the next year
will reach the sum Of $1,200,0OO. VI
Woman Adjudged Insane. - Mrs.
Luella White was adjudged insane by
a commission appointed by the pro-
bate court at Wichita. She imagines
that she is doctor. She Is a great
talker and keeps talking continually
to any one near her. or to herself. She
Is AZ years Of age and has two child
rem.
Demands rs Cent Gas. - It Is now
said that the city council will refuse
to grant the Leavenworth Light and
Heating Company any kind Of fran
chise unless there is an ironclad pro-
vision making the price Of natural gas
rs cents thousand. The ordinances
heretofore introduced placed the price
at IS cents.
Mcbride Leaves Topeka. - WithiL
the next couple Of days Edward Nc
Bride, receiving teller in the treasur-
er's Office Of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe, will leave Topeka for Chi
cago, where he will take the position
of assistant cashier in the company's
Offices there, to which place he was
recently appointed.
inducements to Join Miiitia.--Gen.
eral wv. F. Hughes wants 500 war
riors for the Kansas national guard.
!; There is room for that many in or
der to bring the militia up to its full
strength. The general agrees to fur
nish each man uniform and gun,
give him rs cents week for drilling
and $40 year for attending the en-
campment providing an encampment
is held. He will also give him ten
days rations during the encamp-
ment.
DoId Will Expand.-There are init.
nations in financial circles that some
important change is to be made in
connection with the Wichita Dold
Packing Company. One rumor says
an interest in the big packing house
has been sold. Another rumor is to
the effect that the car shops of the
company at Kansas City will be NOV
ed to Wichita; that the big packing
house will be still further enlarged
and that the entire packing interests
of the Dold company will be centered
in Wichita.
Worm In Growing Wheat. - "A new
pest has made its appearance in East
ern Kansas. It is a worm and works
In growing wheat. James Benbow,
farmer in Rush county, reports that
ITS acres Of his fall planted wheat has
been completely destroyed. He says
the worm resembles the wheat vice.
vii, which sometimes works in the
grain bin or granary. The attention
of the experts at the agricultural col.
lege has been called to the matter, and
they will make an investigation at
once.
Virus Spreads Infection. - At Otta
wa Rev. ]. A. Smay is suffering with
a dangerously infected hand and SER
ious results are threatened. Mr.. Smay
had been attending his wife, who re-
Gently submitted to the amputation of
a finger and a portion Of one hand be-
cause of infection, supposedly from
cancerous growth on the body Of de-
ceased person that she had assisted
in caring for. Through a slight cut
on one finger he became inoculated
with the virus. It is feared that 1t
may be necessary to amputate his
hand and possibly his forearm.
Hutchinson Does Its Share. - The
committee appointed some time ago
to secure subscriptions to the promo
ton fund Of the Gulf, Hutchinson &
Northwestern, has completed Its
work. The condition on which the
subscriptions were made was that
none should be good until an aggre.
gate sum Of $4,000 had been raised in
Hutchinson. This condition has been
complied with. The committee has
brought the total up to $3.50 and
will at once turn over the checks,
which were given by subscribers to
George Winans. treasurer Of the COM
pany.
Negro Boy brakeman. - Judge
Hudson, of the juvenile court of Fort
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