The Globe-republican., 1905-09-21

| aged about ~ years, FARMER llvlns
northwest of Pleasanton, was killed.
He was helping Thomas Ball dig a
well which was down about thirty
feet. They were bringing Schasteen
UP in a box and when nearly to ire
top he fell back and was killed. He
leaves widow but no children.
Winfield College Opening. 30 The
Southwest Kansas College opened at
Winfield with large attendance. Dr..
G. B. Spencer Of Kansas City, editor
of the Central Christian Advocate,
spoke In the college chapel and Gov
ernor e. w. Hoch delivered an ad-
dress at night on the campus. The
governors subject was Education"
Arkansas City Reunion. = There
we're over $4,000 people in attendance
at the reunion here. Congressman p.
P. Campbell delivered the address
and was heard by one Of the largest
crowds he ever addressed. In the
morning Congressman Campbell visit.
ed the Chilocco Indian school with a
party Of business men Of this city and
made thorough inspection of that in.
| stitution.
To Start New Town. - Railroad
Commissioner A. D. Walker and AL.
bert Sarbach have purchased the
townsite of Della, Jackson county, on
the line of the new Topeka and North.
western railroad. The townsite is in
cornfeld, twenty miles southwest
Of Holton. Walker and Sarbach ex-
pect to make town of 1900 in a
year. They are arranging for several
business enterprises for Della, in
Guiding a newspaper.
Farmers Are cautious.--Lieutenan
A. j. Davis, who is making survey
of the hills and dales of Eastern Kan.
sas for the war department, Is having
trouble making farmers take his
money for meals. When he pays for
meal he must have written re-
ceipt to file with the department.
When he asks for it the farmers hand
him back the money. They are afraid
to sign their names to anything for
q stranger any more.
Keeping Out Of Ranse.-Since the
first provisional regiment Of field ar
tillery has commenced its target prac.
tice with its new rapid fire guns on
the Fort Riley reservation, guards
under the command of commission.
ed officers patrol that part of the re-
servation where the six batteries are
at work, that no one may get with
in range of the bursting shells. Be-
sides this, no one not a United States
officer or soldier is permitted to wit
ness the firing.
X. v. Gymnasium Located. - The
board of regents of the University OF
Kansas finished brief session at
Lawrence. The new gymnasium
building was located to the north and
west of the present Fowler shop
building. The plans for the interior
were agreed upon, but the exterior has
not yet been designed to the satisfac-
ton of the board When the plans
are finally accepted, which 1t is be-
lieved will be during the fall, bids will
be called for, and the contract let so
that the foundation may possibly be
built this winter, or IL not the work
will be ready for the opening of
spring.
Drowned Herself in cistern.-Mrs.
Sartio, a young Italian, living in West
Chicopee. a suburb of Pittsburg, CON-
mitted suicide by jumping into els
tern in her husbands yard. The body
was recovered shortly after the act
was committed, and it is thought that
she had not been in the water more
than ten minutes. Mrs Garlic was
the mother of a child about week
old and she was badly frightened by
a shooting affair that occurred in
West Chicopee. Since that time she
had been almost insane with fright.
She slipped from her house unnotic-
ed and jumped into the cistern, which
contained about six feet of water.
Caught Big Catfish. - One of the
largest catfish ever known to have
been caught in the Republican river
at Clay Center was caught by Ernest
Obenland. 1t weighed forty-six pounds
and was caught with an ordinary pole
and line. 1t was more than three and
a half feet long and it's mouth when
closed measured eight inches across.
Old fishermen say it must have been
20 years old. Obenland also caught an
1S-pound fish shortly afterwards.
Rain Washes Out Salt. A heavy
rain at Sedan washed the salt water
out of the Caney river which had gone
from the oil wells. Several indus
tries that had shut down in order to
avoid the use of salt water in their
boilers may resume again. The Mis-.