The Globe-republican., 1906-02-01
Ease Has Been Dropped. AFTER a

the fight against gambling at'Wichita
10 at an end. The injunctions against
the gambling houses have been dis
missed on motion Of tie prosecutors
and the cases have been dropped
New Bank at Eskrldge ~ The Sc
curity State Bank Of this place has
4 purchased the lot on which the Tri-
vett building stood and will build an
up-to-date bank building. The lot
Is a corner lot and is the most de-
sirable location In town. The Waugh
Brothers, owners Of the hank. are
| progressive and always keep apace
with the times, so 1t Is expected that
the new building will be something
| fine.
Threshermen's Convention. - Pre-
parations are already being made for
the big threshermens convention,
which is to be held at Wichita the
second week in April. The conven-
ton will be held Tuesday, Wednes.
day and Thursday, April 10, IL and
IL. This convention is an annual
event in Wichita and is always at
tended by large number of thresh-
ermen from all parts Of the South
west.
Provost Guard for Prison. - At
Leavenworth Major George s. Young
has been authorized to select six SER
geants, twelve corDorals and 26 en-.
listed men for guard duty at the mill
tary prison after the old United
States prison is turned over to the
War department. 1t is announced
that Chaplain Silver Of the Thirteenth
infantry will be chaplain at the mill
tary prison. Chaplain Axton will
continue as at present.
Kind to the Aged.-William Vim.
mer, Smith county farmer, was
alighting from passenger train at
Athol. Before he stepped from the
car step the train started and he fell,
injuring himself. He got judgment in
the district court for $4,000 damages.
The supreme court affirmed the de-
cision. Although the railroad proved
that the train stopped the usual time,
the court held that 1t was not long
enough to enable an old man to
alight.
To TAX, Charge Of Prison. $40 The
following officers were detailed for
duty at the old United States peni.
Tertiary at Fort Leavenworth when
it is turned over to the war depart.
ment February l.: Major G. s. Young,
warden; Captain Clerk, Eighteenth
Infantry; Lieutenant Williams, ,engi.
neer corps; Lieutenant Jewett, engl-
neer corps; Lieutenant Brant, Ninth
cavalry; Captain Clayton, assistant
surgeon; Lieutenant Jordan, quarter
master clerk.
Afraid He Will Be killed.-Char-
les Irvan, 80 years Of age, of Altoo-
ma, Pa, was taken from Santa Fe
train at Hutchinson and Is being
held In the county Jail awaiting word
from his friends in the East He ap-
nao,c 70 ho dop,opfaJ faarin1 tbot
someone is trying to kill him. He
tried to leave the train before it ar.
rived here. but the trainmen persuad-
ed him to stay on board. He had a
ticket from a point in Mexico to
Pittsburg, Pa.
Factory Building SettIes.-At Leav.
enworth when the steel beams and |
masonry to support the sprinkllng
tank were placed at the top of the
southeast corner of the new Aber.
nathy factory building several days
ago the building started to settle
rapidly at that corner and has con
tinued to crack SO badly that men are
now at work placing wider and
heavier foundation footings and rein.
forcing with steel beams and braces.
The total weight of the tank and mas
onry will be more than 100 tons.
5000 Barrel Tank Received.-The
big 5000 barrel tank for the Bennett
Paint Company's plant arrived and
was put in place at Wichita, From
now on the construction work of the
plant will be pushed as rapidly as
possible. The work has been stop
ped for some time on account of the
non-arrival of the big tank, which
had to be in place before the walls
were built up. The machinery for
the plant has been purchased and
will be shipped by the first of the
month. 1t is expected that the ma.
chinery will be In working order by
March !.
Saturday Work at X. u.-Saturday
work is becoming a feature in Kan
sas university life. Two years ago
there was scarcely any work done
in the university buildings except in
the shops. Every Saturday during
this term the shops have been crowd
ed, the chemistry laboratories have
been full of experimenters, the medl-
cal laboratories have been in con-