The Globe-republican., 1904-11-17

|
Bartel in the Topeka railroad shops Ii
1902 and is a very nice piece Of work
manship. The engine itself Is two fee
and seven inches in length, one foo
and three inches from the rail to thu
top of the cab, six inch drive
wheel and is made complete. 1t was
fired up few days ago and Is in per
feet running order. Pete Is thinking
of making sale to the Kansas City
Mexico & Orient railway company
when their trains start to running
through Emporia.
Test New Field Gun.-Brigadier
Gen. John P. Story, chief of artillery
service of the army, will arrive at Fort
Riley with a board Of officers from the
ordnance department These officers
are coming for the purpose of being
present at test of the new armament
with which the Seventeenth battery
field artillery was recently equipped.
This battery is the only one in the
service that has been supplied with
the new field guns that are being man.
ufactured for the United States army.
More Wind Needed Farmers in the
vicinity of Beloit who have stock
which require water complain that
there is not enough wind to run the
windmills. This makes it necessary
to pump the water by hand This con-
dition has prevailed several weeks
and is unusual In Kansas at this time
of the year. Usually there Is too much
wind. However, there is some gain
with the loss, as the fine weather gives
the farmers chance to rush their
corn husking and other fall work.
Y. M. c. A. in Session.-0ne hun.
bred and fifty delegates we're at Hol.
ton attending the state convention of
the Young Woman's Christian Asso.
citation. DR.. Fiske, of Washington col.
lege, made the opening address and
Dr. A. B. Buckner, pastor of the Hol.
ton M. E. church, preached the con.
vention sermon. Miss Kyle, of Chi
cago, represents the national asso-
ciation,and Miss Amy Bruce, the state
secretary at Topeka, has charge of the
convention details.
Gen. Bells PIans.-General ].
Franklin Bell, U. S. army commandant
of the infantry and cavalry school at
Fort Leavenworth post, has sent to
the chief of staff plans and descrip-
tons in detail of elaborate improve.
ments in the college section of this
post. General Bell utilities all of the
present buildings, arranged with the
idea of slightly charging the facil.
tiles of the institution and increasing
the accommodations for instructors
and student officers.
Dancers Run out-At Peru, Kansas,
crowd of more than a hundred men
and boys, most of them drillers and
tool bosses, tore down tent in which
an alleged immoral dance was to be
given, and ordered the entire company
out of town at once. Later the crowd
went to the Peru hotel and ordered the
negro cook to leave. He was the only
person of his race in the town. The
negro was also hung in effigy to TEL
eph0ne pole on Main street.
MeIan Bridge in Barton.-At Great
Bend the new Melan bridge across the
Dry Walnut north on Main street was
completed for regular travel last
week. Altogether it is the finest and
best bridge across the Dry Walnut,
and there are about twenty of them.
The only criticism to be made is that
the water way is far too small-if
there should come flood like in 1877 |
the bridge would dam up the water in
great volume.
Lost Two Fingers.-Clarence Par
cells, helper in the machine shop at
Lakin met with a painful accident, los
ing two fingers and part of his thumb
from the left hand. In attempting to
stop the gasoline engine his fingers
were caught in the cogs of another
machine.
Oil Men Pleased There Is much
talk of oil prices in the Coffeyville oil
fields just now on account of the rec
ent REIMBURSEMENT of the prices accord.
ing to the grade of oil. The operat.
ors are all satisfied with the readjust.
ment of the grades, but now the talk
has turned on the prices, whether or
not it will be raised.
Plenty Of Pie.-The Meade Globe
has just closed pumpkin contest and
finds istself well supplied. Two alone
will make 700 pies, two a day for a
year, pie enough to satisfy even a Mis-.
souri, legislator.
Killed Old SoIdier.-At Fort Scott,
L. P. Wallace, an old soldier, was run
over by street car and instantly kill.
ed, The old man attempted to drive
his team across the track in front
of the car. The car struck his wagon
and knocked him out and he was
crushed under the wheels. A coron.
er's jury found that the street car mot.
orman had done everything he could
to stop his car