The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1907-12-12
RAMS AS ITEMS
SUMMARY OF WEEKS HAPPENINGS

voting their time to Sunday observ-
ance and have an ordinance before
the city council which If passed will
be most drastic. The ordinance pro-
hibits amusements of all kinds and
even puts the ban on Sunday tuner
ais.
Killed In Elevator Accident. -.
Harry Arnett, an employe Of the Nc
Cord-Kistler Mercantile Company, at
Topeka, was instantly killed in an
elevator accident Arnett looked
down the freight elevator shaft, and
was struck on the head by the de-
scending weight. The right side OF
his skull was crushed and he was
dead before any Of the other en-
ployes reached him.
Shot Neishbor; Must Pay Penalty.
John T. Reed, charged with the
murder of William Fl. Browning, was
found guilty Of murder In the sec
ond degree at Garden City. Reed and
Browning were neighbors and during
quarrel that ensued, when Reed
went with party Of men to open up
road through the Browning place
Reed shot Browning with shotgun
causing instant death. This is the
first conviction Of murder In this
county since its organization.
Shot by Careless Hunters. = Roy
Stafford, who lives near Garnett, was
accidentally shot while at work In
the corn field with his father. Some
boys were out hunting with a. rife
and became careless in shooting. A
careful examination was given him
and the physician was unable to To-
cate the bullet, so 1t Is thought 1t
came out Of his side as he raised up
just after he was shot. While the
wound is painful, they think no
serious results will follow, and he Is
getting along as we'll as can be ex.
pected.
Declares Tracks Unsafe. - ]. J.
Shepard, secretary Of the National
Trackmen's Union, has declared that
he has appealed to the United States
opstoffice department to take hand
in his fight to compel the Missouri
Pacific In Kansas to repair tracks
which he alleges are unsafe and dan.
gerous. Shepard complains that the
mails do not come on time, and that
the alleged dangerous condition OF
the tracks makes service with the
railroads Of the mail clerks very un-
safe.
$4,000 Fire at Mound Valley. -
Fire which broke out In the Riff
block in the general merchandise
store room of Wilmoth & Burke, at
Mound Valley, within two hours con.
sumed the entire block and frame
restaurant next to it. In all, the
property was worth 100000 The
firms burned out are the First Ma
tional Bank, DR.. Huff's Office, with
$4,000 in accounts; Wilmoth &
Burke's general store, worth $4,000;
a real estate Office and a restaur-
ant.
Murdered by "BIack Hand" -
The fifteenth murder perpetrated In
Chicopee during the last four years
occurred when Antonio Fasali ST.
Gillian miner, was beaten and literally
riddled with shotgun bullets by six
Italians in the center Of the business
section of the town. Several per-
sons witnessed the murder, but state
they would be unable to identify the
murderers. 1t Is thought to be an
other of the BLACK Hand" atrocities
which have become so common Of
late. Fasali was on his way to work
with two fellow laborers, when he
was shot down. In the case Of none
OF the fifteen killings in Chicopee has
the murderer been apprehended.
The Same Old Story. - Mrs. Nor
gan Wallace, who lives near Concor-
dia Is suffering from injuries recelv-
ed In an accident. Mrs. Wallace was
attempting to rekindle a fire, Of
which nothing was left but few hot
Goals. She threw some coal oil on
the Goals. When the explosion came,
as it did few seconds later, Mrs.
Wallace was looking in the stove.
and her face and hands were badly
burned.
Sickness as Reported. - There are
almost 1000 cases of typhoid fever in
the state and about SOC cases Of diph-
iberia. The former is on the In
crease, while the latter is decreas-
ing.
Was Afraid Of Banks.-Sam Apple,
of Baxter Springs, because he was
afraid to put his money in the banks
was forced to lie In bed the other
night and watch four men plumber
his house, helping themselves to ev-
cry small article Of value, including
two gold watches, SIS in money and
bunch of checks and drafts amount
ing to several hundred dollars The
thieves got away successfully.
For National Fish Hatchery. -
Representative Murdoch introduced IN
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