The Globe-republican., 1907-02-21

| a resolution addressed 10 AnureW
Carnegie, asking for $4,000 free
library building and offering to raise
10 per cent annually of the sum
given. The city has fine library
and handsome site ready Tor
| building.
Boilermakers Strike.-Five boiler
makers employed in the Missouri
Pacific roundhouse at Wichita walk
ed out on a strike. They received
| telegram ordering them to quit work
and thus add their influence to
general strike for higher wages.
There was no demonstration The
helpers continued working.
Founder of SaIina Dead. - Alex
ander NJ. Campbell one OF the
founders of Salina, met death by
falling down his cellar way Mr..
Campbell went to Salna in 1857, in
company with Col w. A. Phillips
and james Muir and the three men
had much to do with the founding
Of the city.
Brows His Head of. Despond-
ent over the death of brother, John
Hammers, well known business
man of Clearwater, shot himself. He
used double barrelled shot gun,
both barrels of which were exploded
at the same time The muzzie Of
the gun had been placed in his
mouth and the top of his head was
blown off by the charge.
Fire at Bridgeport. The little
town of Bridgeport had fire which
entailed a loss of between $4,000
and $4,000, which was covered by
insurance in the sum of $4,000. The
building destroyed belonged to John
Shelberg, and it was occupied by
the owner, with general merchan-
disc store, by the postofIce and the
long distance toll telephone office. 6
Wichita Man Drowns.-While fish
ing in the Arkansas River at Wich-
ita Charles Hurst fell from his boat
in fit His body was found several
hours later A fisherman found his
hat and empty boat floating down
the river sometime after the acct
dent happened. Hurst was % years
old and had been subjected to fits
since he was kicked by horse
twenty years ago,
Jury Is Discharged. - AT Paola
the jury in the case of Carl Baker,
20 years old, charged with the muir
der of Eugene Vohs, wealthy
farmer, who lived near Lousburg,
failed to agree and were discharged.
Vohs was shot to death in his
wagon on the evening of November
a. The evidence against Baker
was all Of a circumstantial nature.
Six of the jury voted for acquittal. e
Saline County Farmer Drowned
John Cunningham was drowned on
his farm near Salina while attempt
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foot log Cunningham was alone
when the accident happened. His
brother, fearing that something had
happened to him, went in search
and found Johns hat on the ice and
a hole in the ice near the foot log.
He secured help and later fond the
body lodged In a drift under the ice
| Cunningham had broken through
the ice and failed to come up at the
right place. He was prom nent
farmer. but was single. He was
about Sc years old.
Engine Blows Up. = Missouri Pa.
cfic engine No. $40 blew up in the
yards at Wichita. No one happened
to be near the engine at the time so
that the damage was confined to the
engine and company pump house,
which was pierced by a heavy piece
of iron casting. The engine had
been steaming up preparatory to
making its regular run to Yates
Center. The explosion was heard
for distance of three or four
miles.
Ends First Season. = The jubi
liant footing of the mammoth whis
tie at the sugar factory at Garden
City was mistaken by a number oil
citizens for frantic fire alarm and
a crowd of them rushed to the
works, only to find that this waste
of steam was in celebration of the
slicing of the final load of beets
AS the last beet passed the grinders
the 10000 tons of sugar beets be
came matter of history. Ten days
more and the juices, syrups and mo
lasses will be disposed Of and thu
initial campaign in Kansas will Dt
at an end
Banner Week For cudahy. The
Cudahy Packing Company at WITCH
tia last week killed $4,000 hogs ant
$50 head of cattle, which Is the ban
ner week IN the history of the com
pany's business there.
Died in Dent SITS Chair. - Mrs. ]
+. Swingle, of Manhattan, died in {