The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-07-19

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worth was crushed by a wagon load
Of wheat and 50 badly injured that
he died. The chest was crushed in a
frightful manner
Big Land Deal Near Gypsum. =
A real estate deal was made where
by $40 acres Of the V. w. Miller land
and F. A. Kings 1G0 acres passed
into the hands Of Thomas Gribben,
who lives near Hope. The considera-
ton was $23,250, which is within a
mall fraction of s49.50 per acre.
To Kansas City. The Uncle Sam
OIL Company will move its Offices
| from Cherryvdle to Kansas City, In
order to centralize its business as
near the Atchison refinery as possible.
Ten rooms have been rented in the
Wyandotte block at Kansas City,
Kan, and will be used for its general
Offices.
Sues For $4,000 For Loss Of Leg
| A case was filed in the district court
at Junction City in which Myrten
Clair Kerr of this city sues the Union
Pacific railroad company for damages
to the amount Of $4,000 for the loss
of leg by being run over by a
train. Kerr was working for the COM
pany in the capacity of brakeman.
TrimbIe Is Held For Murder.-Matt
Trimble, who is charged with the kill
ing of Lawrence Seidl Of Millerton,
some weeks ago, was charged with
murder in the first degree. After a
preliminary hearing before Judge
Carver at Wellington he was admit
ted to bail in the sum of $4,000. His
case will be heard before the district
court of Sumner county at the Sep
TENDER term.
Hourly Victim Of the Sickle Bar
Baker Williams, of Concordia, while
cutting alfalfa, got in front of the
sickle bar to arrange some part of the
machinery when the team started up
and the sickle caught his right foot
on the instep. cutting severe cash
in the foot. Baker said: Il do not
need to be advised to keep from in
front of the mower sickle when the
machine is in gear"
w. B. Noble Attempts Suicide.
W. B. Noble Of Pittsburg, Kan, a dis
trict agent for the Illinois life lnsur-
ance Company. attempted suicide
at a hotel at Wauneta, eight miles
west Of Sedan. He cut his troat with
a pocket knife. but was prevented
from bleeding to death by being
found in time. He will recover. He
has been making Sedan his head
quarters for some time and it is sup
posed that financial reverses have
made him Respondent.
Boy Drowned at Topeka.-The frs,
drowning of the season In Topeka
took place when Jacob Williamson,
the sixteen-year-old son of Samuel
Nathanson. was drowned at Cages
lake west of town. He and his broth
or were swimming in the lake with
Sam Markowitz when the boy disap-
peared from sight. This is the last
that was seen of Williamson until Will
liam Eaton, who is in charge of the
park. brought his lifeless body to the
surface. some ten minutes later.
No More Begging on Streets. -,
There is to be no more begging on
the streets of Wichita. Notice was
served by o. P. Hicklin, the commits
sioner of poor, and by Mrs. L. B.
Couch secretary of the Associate
Charities, that a new rule regarding
begging has been put in effect and is
to be rigidly enforced. The matter |
has been taken up with Chief of Po-
lice G. T. Cubbon and he has agreed |
to cause arrest and prosecution In |
every case to which the attention of |
the police department is called.
Busy State Of Kansas. - w. L. A.
Johnson. secretary of the State So
ciety of Labor and Industry, has col
lected statistics showing the advance
ment Kansas has made in industrial |
lines since 1900. The report shows
that the greatest amount of money in
vested in the packing business and
that there are now twenty-five pack
ing houses in the state as compared
with fourteen in 1900. The capital in
vested in the business is SIS, 100000
as compared with $1G,000,000 in 1900.
The value of the products of all OF
the plants for the year 1905 was $780,
100000, an increase Of $20,0O0,000 In
five years This industry gives en-
ployment to 1892 men. Milling Is
second in importance among Kansas
industries. There are 354 mills In
the state, a decrease of three since
1900. The capital invested has in
creased from $S,0O0,OOO to $13,OO0,0OO
since 1900. The industry gives en-
ployment to 1881 men. The follow
ing industries rank in the order
named in the state: Railroad car
shops, zinc, smelling, butter and
cheese making, printing and publish
ing, foundry and machine shops,
brick and tile making, bakeries, soap