The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-12-14

" women 20 Hct -Mrs. w. ~, stan
ley, wife Of Ex-Governor Stanley, has
gone to Kansas City and Topeka to
confer with Mrs. Cora Lewis Of Kin
sley regarding the purchase Of
q years supplies for state institu-
tons. Bids will be opened at To-
peka.
Lcavcnworth Printers Quit. The
printers Of the Dodsworth Book COM
pany have gone out on a strike after
q controversy with the firm covering
a period Of over a month. The pri-
mary cause Of the strike was the re.
fusal Of the firm to dismiss Alfred
Roundtree, non-union proofreader.
i Protecting Flsh.-State Fish War
den Travis has taken steps to pre-.
vent the destruction Of fish In the
Caney river. A nitroglycerin factory
at Peru has been dumping its pois-
onous refuse into the river, killing the
fish. Mr.. Travis has ordered the fac.
tory to find another dumping ground
Big Damage Suit. ~ A damage suit
for 100000 against the Baden Pro-
duce company of Winfield has result
ed from Just one Thanksgiving SER
vice, which the plaintiff in the case al
leges that he performed in Texas un-
der contract with the defendant for
SO much hundred pounds Of turkey
meat.
Gratlfled Longing.--"Pap" johnson,
Of Cawker City, has always had q
hankering to experience the sensa-
ton Of having a leg cut of. The 9th
er day he deliberately stretched his
leg across the rail and let an engine
pass over 1t. His "hankering" has
been satisfied. The surgeons don't
think he will recover.
Judge Little Dead. - Judge G. F.
Little, formerly Of Junction City, died
at Aeon, Panama, recently. He went
from Kansas to Honolulu. where he
served as Judge of the Hilo court for
one term. Then he went to Panama,
where he had lived for the past two
years. He was the pioneer American
attorney of the canal zone.
Conductor Hayden Dead. - Steven
F. Hayden Of Fort Scott, Kan, who
had been in the employ Of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad as conductor
for twenty-three years, is dead at a
hospital at Wichita of injuries caus-
ed by vertigo. While going to call
on physician Mr.. Hayden fell on the
sidewalk and seriously injured him
self about the head.
Acetylene Plant Exploded. = Pat
rick Kennedy, houseman at Mount
Carmel academy, Catholic girls
seminary, was killed by the explosion
of the schools acetylene lighting
plant at Wichita. He entered the
building with lighted lantern, when
the explosion occurred, hurting his
body hundreds of feet into the air.
The body went over the stable hun
dred yards distant, and was torn to
shreds. The explosion wrecked the
plant and building and shattered the
windows Of the main building. caus-
ing panic among the 300 girls at
tending the echool.
Ben Bugg Pardoned. = The fearful
letter CT Ruth Bugg, 9-year-old girl,
struck a responsive chord in the heart
of Governor Hoch, and he pardoned
Ben Bugg from the penitentiary over
the protest of 200 members of the
Anti-Horse Thief Association. Bugg
was sent to the penitentiary In 1903
from Crawford county for stealing a
can Of lard out Of farmers smoke
house. There. seemed to be no
special pull" in favor of Ben Bugg
except his little sisters letter. She
said that her big brother was needed
at home, that unless he could come
pretty socl their father and mother
would not live to see him. Both of
them have to have the DOCTOR" says
the little girl, "and the doctor says
that no medicine he can give them
will do them as much good as to have
Ben home again. They are almost
heartbroken. Please, Mr.. Hoke, let
my brother come home, and God will
bless you"
Lcavenworth Bridge sold.--It is re-
ported that the old Rock Island bridge
at Fort Leavenworth, which was
abandoned several years ago, has
been bought by Kansas City parties
and will be taken down and moved to
Kansas City. The bridge was built by
Dutch capitalists in the early days,
and is a splendid structure, but was
located at the for. instead of at
Leavenworth, and upon the compile
ton Of the terminal bridge at Leav-
enworth the Rock Island abandoned
1t. About mile Of wooden approach
to the bridge was taken down this
summer
Santa Fe Did Not -Buy.-The attor-