The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-10-17

near Galena, has filed suit in tn
Cherokee county district court, Ga
lena division, against Clyde Deem TO
$4,000 damages for breach of prom
Use.
n. n. fuckers Latest Plan. -
Harry II. Tucker, secretary Of tn
Uncle Sam Oil Company, has an
bounced that he has made full prepa
rations for publishing a semi-monthl.
magazine in the interests Of Kansas
! oil, and that Charles Plumb, wei
known newspaper man Of the stat
and near relative Of the late Uni
ted States Senator Preston Plumb
will be the editor.
Bad Man In FL Dorado. Lew
Bloomfield, in Jail at Ell Dorado fol
shooting and killing Jesse Hessel
and for Jail breaking, had his prelim
mary hearing for shooting Constable
Hesser in the wrist when he killed
Sesser, and was bound over to the
district court for the same. Bloom
field is also wanted at Howard fol
burglary and horsestealing. The
prisoner still denies that he is Bloom
field, but there seems to be no ques
ton as to his identity.
Mrs. Nation on Staee.--A dispatch
from Washington, d. c., says that
Carrie Nation has accepted an offer
to travel with a "Ten Nights in a
Barroom" troupe as side attraction,
receiving 5000 a week and the prlvi-
lege Of telling things to the audience
for ten minutes a night. Incidentally
she will be the Heading lady" Of the
attraction. The company was or
ganized by total abstinence society,
and will tour Kentucky in an effort
to keep the "dry" lawns from becom
ing wet" again. 1t is said Mrs. Ma
ton intends to use the money earn
ed by her plunge into theatrical life
to establish a home for the so-called
incurable inebriates in Washington,
and that she has already taken steps
to secure a furnished hotel for the
purpose.
Kansas Won From Georeia.-In a
recent test for speed the new battle
ship Kansas, named for the SunfloW-
er state. and commanded by one of
her sons, Captain Vreeland develop
ed herself to be one Of the fastest
sea-fghters of Uncle Sans great
navy. The Kansas finished 400
mile race from Cape Cod to Della
ware breakwater and won over the
Georgia by one hour and seven min
utes. The keenest rivalry has exist
ed among the crews of both battle
ships and so much talk has been go
ing around up forward and in the
junior and the senior officers messes
that Rear Admiral Evans decided to
put the vessels to test and settle
the matter for good. With the bat
tleships Kearsarge and Maine, the
latter Admiral Evans flagship, the
Georgia and the Kansas had been or
dere1 to the League Island Navy
Yard to go in drydock for repairs and
get in readiness for the cruise to the
Pacific, and officers and men thought
it would be the proper thing to have
the big fighters race all the way to
demonstrate which of them was the
speeder craft Admiral Evans gave
his consent, and when the battleships
set their course off the Cape Cod
shore they went full tilt. There was
great excitement among the crew of
both ships all during the race, and
many dollar changed hands when
the Kansas dropped anchor off Reedy
Island, just inside the breakwater.
She made the trip in % hours and 81
minutes.
Hoch Grants Paroles. - Gov, Hoch
signed the paroles of eight penitenti-
airy convicts. These paroles had pre-
viously been recommended by the
State Parole Board and needed only
the governors signature to make
them effective. The persons who are
given their liberty are: John Man
son. Neisho county, grand larceny
sentence / to years, served veal
months; Addie McCarter, Crawford
county, grand larceny, to 5, served
/ year 5 months; George Andrews
Shawnee, grand larceny, to 5 years
| served l year 9 months; Arthur John
son, Leavenworth, robbery third de
gree, served 1 year months; Char
les Johnson, Leavenworth. grand lar
ceny, / to years, served 2 years
George o. Needham, Leavenworth
grand larceny, 1 to years, served
years 2 months; Carl Hamlen. Reno
assault with deadly weapon, l to 1
years, served 3 years; William Haw
kins, Graham, grand larceny, 1 to
years. served ! year 10 months
George Rice, Osborne, assault wit
deadly weapons, 1 to 10 years, serve
! year.
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Usage City; G. D. Crane, Ottawa; +
e. Richter, Council Grove; G. N
White, Emporia; e. A. Wharton
Manhattan; w. J. Todd, Maple Hill
John Bishop, Sallna; J. G. Morrow
Washington; G. H. Lamb, Yates Cel
ter. Albert Sarbach, Holton; A. {