The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-04-20

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the slot machines taken out of thi
saloons.
| May Be An Internal Machine. =
Santa Fe workmen found what is be
lieyed to be an internal machine be
| side the track at North Ottawa. 1t Il
a metallic cylinder about six inches
long, and the ends are closed. Mar
shall Collins will attempt to explode
1t. 1t may have been intended for use
at North Ottawa, or some OF the
tramps who frequent the place may
have dropped 1t.
| Try Again For Pardon. = Another
effort will be made to secure a par
don for Willie Sells. The application
will be presented to Governor Hoch
on May l. Mrs. Hanna Sylvester is
pushing the case. Sells is serving a
. hang sentence for killing his
father, mother, sister and brother
near Chanute in March. 1886. He was
a mere boy and was convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence.
Big Fire at Edna. - The town of
Edna, Is miles west Of Chetopa, is
burned Eight buildings were de-
stroyed. The heaviest losers were r.
T. McGhee, general store, $4,000; H..
V. Harden, grocer, $1,000; Silkott
Harness company $1,000; Hunts bar
Der shop, J. Safie's Office, the Clark
Drug company and the postoffice. The
loss was about $4,000. The town is
practically wiped out.
Mineral Water Collection. - A col
lection Of mineral waters from all
over the world has just been acquir.
ed by the University Of Kansas and
will be placed in the chemical mu.
scum. More than $50 kinds Of med-
cinal waters constitute part Of the
collection. Kansas has twelve kinds
of mineral waters in the group. The
waters represent the chief attraction
OF some of the most notable resorts
in the world.
Coal Output of kansas.-According
to the report of State Mine Inspector
James Orr, Kansas produces about
100000 tons of coal annually. OF
this amount Crawford county pro-
duces 81 per cent and Cherokee
county 80 per cent. The other 10 per
cent is divided among eight other
counties. Leavenworth supplies
aboutfG per cent, Usage 8. This leaves
l per cent for the other six cour-
ties.
Big Apple Crop Sure. - w. H.
Barnes, secretary of the state horti-
cultural society, says reports from all
over the state indicate that there will
be fine crop Of apples this year.
prospects for pears, cherries and
plums also are good. There will be
an excellent crop of strawberries.
Blackberries and raspberries, how
ever, are in bad way, Mr.. Barnes
says. The crop Of grapes also will
be short. Peaches are dead, as usual. |
Make Sanitary Survey. - In a
bulletin issued Secretary S. ]. Crum-
bine, OF the state board of health,
calls upon all health officers in the
state to make a sanitary survey of
their respective districts and require
people to clean up their premises. Lo-
cal officers should compel people to
clean their yards, stables, feed lots,
alleys and burn all the refuse, he
says. This is necessary to check the
various epedemics that are now rag
ing.
Gets Out New Book. - Miss Kate
Stevens, who at one time held chair
n the Kansas University, has issued
book entitled American Thumb
Prints. - The book is study of peo-
,le and our institutions. The story
ieals with the captains of industry,
II the great waterway of the Middle
Vest and with the agriculturists of
Kansas who were chasing the politi-
al phantoms. There are points in
he story which will be of especial
to women because of the re-
marks regarding households.
plNAuhauJe Mall n.oL.- |
aossillion, the 13year-old son of
francis Rossillion, a Lyon county
armer living eight miles southwest
# Olpe, had his neck broken in run
way. The boy and his father were
flowing on opposite sides Of large
leld, when the fathers attention was
ttracted to the sons side of the field
y an unusual noise. He looked up
nd saw his sons team running away,
Raging the plow behind them. When
e reached that side Of the field the
oy was lying in the furrow with his
eek broken.
Bigger Reward Added. - In an
ours canvass the citizens of Wells
lille subscribed 5000 to add to the
ounty reward of the same amount Of
cred for the arrest and conviction of
he murderer of Mrs. Caroline Job,
he aged woman who was fatally
founded by fiend Of the Jack the
ippe type at Ottawa recently. A
anvass was started in Ottawa for
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