The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1902-04-24
RAILROAD NEWS.

Foreman Hasty is succeeded by Fore
man Eddington at the round house.
Jos billiard was reinstated as con-
ductor on the Santa Fe, aud made his first
run Monday.
j. Ellicctt is the name of the negro
whose foot was amputated. His home is
in Middleton, Maryland
Monday next j. H. SWEET ana wife
will leave for Sandwich, ILL.,, where Mr..
SWEET will spend few weeks for the
benefit of his health.
Three days without water or food
and suffering with inflammatory rhenma-
tism that lie could not move was the
experience of tramp found in refriG-
orator car near the oil tanks east of
near the Santa Fe track in Hutchinson on
Monday.
The Santa Fe has announced that on
June it will put new 10 hour train
between Kansas City and Denver, run
ming daily. The train will be composed
of new Puilmans throughout and will be
in addition to the other trains
| on the liue.
-Thos. Skillington left Tuesday night
for San Francisco where he will engage
on the steamship Fainer, running on the
upper coast. He three years engag-
ed in service on this ship Tom will be
employed as winch driver--raisng freight
from hold of steamer.
Work was commenced Thursday
| morning drilling a new artesian we'll for
| the Santa Fe on the bank of tile river,
north and west of the coal chutes. VIM.
| Garfield is in charge of the work for G.
Ell. McVey. As soon as this we'll is COM
pleted another one is to be put down the
race track.-La Junta Tribune.
Mrs. Carrie Crawford Saturday receiv-
ed a telegram stating that her husband
engineer Sam Nj. Crawford was killed un-
der his engine Toireon, Mexico, on the
Mexican Central Railroad, on Friday
| last. The deceased formerly lived in this
city. G B. Tuttle is the father of Mrs
| Crawford. Deceased was buried in Mex
| ico. There was an insurance on his life.
on trial on the charge of killing G.. c.
| Montgomery, the Santa Fe detective,
ported disagreement Monday morning
| after having been out forty eight hours
and discharged. The first ballot
| resulted in seven for conviction and five
for acquittal.- The case will be tried
| again during the June term of the Win
| field district court.
| Since the Missouri Pacific people
| have commenced planning to extend
| their line from Larned to McCracken
| OH the main line. the question of extend
/ ing the w. & w. branch of the Santa Fe
| on from Pratt to Dodge City is being
agitated. This gap on the Santa Fe be-
ing closed would be a matter of very
great Importance to Kingman it would
| naturally place it on the main line or
most direct route south and east be-
| tween Denver and northwestern points
Kingman Leader-Courier.
A negro tramp, who was beating his
| way the Santa Fe, was caught under
| the wheels as he was trying to get on the
| bars under the car, at Garden City, Fri
day morning, and his left foot and leg
| were badly mangled. The negro held to
his place under the car until he reached
here, and without assistance he crawled
to the depot platform and coolly made a
cigarette, and when the doctor arrived ne
asked him for match. His home is in
| Maryland. Drs. e. a. Milton, c. f. Nc
Carty and w. f. Pine amputated the in
jnred limb above the ankle.