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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03

SOOTHING A MANIAC,

A Kansas Sheriff Knows How to De II
with . Horss Syringe and . Pint of
Chloroform.
ToPEKA, Kan, Sept. 2A-Thsre was .
big sensation at Rossville Sunday night
over the shooting Of Mrs Jacob Kuyken.
dali by her husband, who is tho SON Of g.
e. KuykendalL The affair occurred about
nine O'Clock in the evening and by ten
O'Clock the news reached Sheriff Fuller BY
telephone. together with q request for the
immediate presence of an officer.
The telephone message came from the
operator at RossviIle, who said the people
supposed the man to be insane, that he
was violent and that when the crowd
gathered about his house after the shoot
ing he locked himself in and with pistol
in hand held every one at bay. Sheriff
had a long talk with him, after
which the latter took the 11:35
p. m. train for the scene of the trouble. He
was cautioned to avoid all chance of being
hurt by the desperate man, and If the
prisoner could not be secured by strategy
to let him remain in the house till day
light and then try and get him without
endangering the safety of any one else.
Disbrow was soon at Rossville and
found the situation about as described.
He resolved to try q little strategy at
once rather than wait for daylight, and
after conference with a physician and
one or two other citizens he hit upon q
novel scheme. and one that worked like
charm. The man was still locked up in
his house, and with his revolver held the
fort without any particular exertion.
Deputy Sheriff Disbrow and his aid
procured a small syringe, which they
loaded with chloroform, and with
this weapon approached the dwelling. The
nozzle of the Syrinpe Uaa ruShed through
the key hole and the contents injected into
the room without any opposition. The
powerful drug had the effect anticipated,
and few minutes later the officer went
in and secured his man, whom he brought
to Topeka on the night train and lodged
in the county jail
The particulars of the shooting as near
as could be learned indicate that the man
was either insane or had been drinking.
though it was said he was not in the habit
of becoming intoxicated. The officer was
told that Kuykendall had been violent
toward his wife and that she threatened
to leave him, whereupon he told her that
If she did he would kill her. About
nine O'Clock Monday night she saw
an opportunity to escape, got to the
door and started to run, when her
husband fired ct her. The ball entered
the heshy part of the thigh, and passing
through lodged in the opposite thigh, cre-
ating q flesh wound that is painful but
not dangerous. The affair caused intense
excitement and the cleverness by Deputy
Sheriff Disbrow in avoiding furth er
trouble pleased the Rossville people very
much.
Deputy Sheriff Disbrow says /: sMrs.
Kuykendall is dangerously wounded,
whether fatal or not the doctors are un-
able to say. 1t took a long siege to cap
ture the insane man, who howled and
cursed and threatened everybody. The
horse syringe and chloroform were
brought to bear and over a pint of drug
was thrown in the madman's face when
ne col, apsed in a heap"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
MRS. HAMILTON CONVICTED.
The Notorious Woman Given Two Years In
the PenItentIary.

The Notorious Woman Given Two Years In
the Penitentiary.
NAYS LANDING. n. J., Sept 20.-The
court did not open yesterday morning for
the continuation of the trial Of Mrs. Eva
Hamilton for the atrocious assault upon
Nurse Mary DonnelIy until 10:45 O'Clock,
the delay being caused by the detention
through an accident to the train from At
lantic City, upon which were the judges
attorneys and others officially connected
with the case
When the jurors had taken their seats
Judge Reed said: Sheriff, bring in the
defendant"
The sheriff stated that the defendant
Mrs. HamiIton-begged to te excused
from appearing on account of serious ILL
ness and the judge allowed the case to
proceed.
The day was occupied in argument of
counsel and the charge by the court when
the case was given to the jury.
The jury then fled out of the room and
within short time returned brin ging
verdict of guilty Of atrocious assault
Mrs. Hamilton was led into the court
room by Sheriff johnson, and when the
foreman Of the jury declared the verdict
she fell In q swoon to the floor.
When she had revived, the prisoner was
sentenced to rwoyears in States prison.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
ARID LANDS.
Points In the Forthcoming Report Of Sta
tistician Dodge.

Points In the Forthcoming Report OF Sta
tistician Dodge.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-Mr. Dodge. the
statistician of the Agricultural Depart
ment who has just returned from a trip
to the arid lands of the West, has pre-
pared q statement in regard to the re-
elimination Of lands in the arid region,
which will sppear in the September re-
ports. This refers to the transitions in
progress W hich mark the advance of rural
science and practice in the mountain re-.
gion. 1t shows how 200 miles of "desert'
beyond the Tooth meridian are being
carved into productive farms without the
aid of irrigation. 1t does not claim an in
crease of rainfall but a change of climate.
''The agricultural values of the climate"
Mr.. Dodge declares. ''have increased. In
cultivated districts there 10 more humid.
ity of the atmosphere and dews unknown
before" The erroneous estimate of the
possibilities Of production from deficient
knowledge of agricultural meteorology,
misconception of the quality of the soil,
underestimate of the actual rainfall and
want Of adaptation Of methods to prevail.
ing conditions are referred to at some
length.
Among the new sources of prosperity
found by Mr.. Dodge is the key to rain
belt" farming, namely, deep blowing,
subsoiling and frequent cultivation, pro-
cesSeS Cne very reverse or tnOse procticeo
by the pioneer farmer" Among other
transitions indicated are the removal to
h CHER elevations of ranch herds the i'm
rrovement Of farm animals by strains of
the best blood and the tendency 10 con.
solidation Of the ranch and farm idesa
Irrigation problems are touched upon
and the six principal methods of water
utilization hinted at-the natural rainfall,
irrigation by water, dew locally available.
mountain storage be sius; collection and
distribution of underground currents by
galleries and canals. pumping for use in
stu of currents. and artesian wells. The
feasibility and appropriateness Of catch
basins to save the waste of surface drain
age through the plain is asserted The
possibility is shown OF using to a limited
extent irrigation waters q second time.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
WlLKIE COLLINS DEAD.

The English Novelist Succumbs to the
IS Effects of His Long Illness.
LONDON, Sept 24-Wilkie Collins, the
novelist who has been seriously ill for
some time, died yesterday.
William Wilkie Collins was the eldest
son of William Collins, r. A, q we'll
known painter of rustic scenes. He was
born in London in January, 1924
After being educated at a private
with his parents in Italy, he was
articled for four years to a firm in the tea
trade, but soon exchanged commerce for
the law and became a student at Lincoln's
Inn about the time of his fathers death.
His earliest literary performance was .
biography of his father, published in two
volumes in 1913 From this time Mr.. Col
Inns devoted himself entirely to literature.
Mr.. Collins principal works have been
translated into French, Italian, German,
Dutch. Danish and Russian. In 1854
Mr.. Collins visited America and gave pub
lie readings of his short stories: The
Frozen Deep" and 'The Dream Woman"
He had hearty welcome he had a career
as a dramatist and even acted. His first
drama, 1.-THE Light House." was pri-
vately played and afterwards brought
out at the Olympic Theater, London. "The
Frozen Deep" was dramatized and Charles
Dickens played it. His most famous nov
els are 1.-THE Woman in White"
'.Auanadale," t'Hide and Seek"
1.-The Law and the Lady," Dead
Secret" cater Dark" The New Mag
dalen," s.Antonina." He wrote a great
popularity. His last story, Blind Love-"
finished only few weeks ago. is now be-
ing Published serially in several newspa-
Der9
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
Balfour and His University.

LONDON. Sept 4-Mr. Balfour has writ
ten letter to the secretary of the Protest.
ant Alliance relative to the establishment
of Catholic university. in Ireland. In the
letter he says: although desire to take
steps to promote higher university educa-
ton for Catholics q foundation
endowment for the proposed university
has never been in contemplation by the
Government. Such an endowment 10 not,
in my opinion, necessary. Before passing
Judgment upon the supposed plans of the
Government the public ought to suspend
an expression of opinion until the views
of the Government are known"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
DISASTER Ar QUE6E0

Hundreds OF Persons Buried Codsf . FAN
ing Cin-Many Taken Out Dsod
QuH1Kc. Can. Sept 90-Last night .
large portion OF Cape Diamond bsfow the
citidal became detached and. sliding
down. buried q number of houses under .
mass OF rock and dirt. Up to II 30 O'Clock,
six dead bodies had been taken from the
ruins, but the total loss OF life il not
known. a number of persons, more Or
less injured, were quickly rescued. IL
will be hours before any comprehensive
idea Of the number of the dead can be
arrived at as some of the houses are under
twenty five feet Of debris.
At the foot Of the cliff is q narrow street.
which occupies all the space between the
cape and the river. Along the side Of the
steret were houses which were crushed by
the terrible avalanche of rock.
In May, 1851, similar landslide oc-
Cured which destroyed several buildings
and killed thirty-two people. and from
present indications it 10 feared the loss OF
ly as great In 1852 another slide caused
the death Of several persons about half .
mile from the present disaster.
The street is entirely filed with wreck.
age and large force of men are at work
clearing it away. Several families are
known to have been entombed. and late
estimates place the number killed outright
between twenty-five ana thirty.
The dead SO far recovered are Thomas
Farrell and two OF his children, also two
children named Burke and one unknown
child. Farrell's mother-in-1aw and her
husband are still IN the ruins
Two hundred persons have been re.
moved from the debris very badly injured.
Some have broken arms and legs; others
are badly crushed and mutilated.
The IRE brigade and police are on the
ground rendering valuable assistance.
The debris covers the road in a solid mass
for over 600 feet in length and from Is to
% in height Every one was working hero
ically and under difficulties, as the night
was intensely dark and the electric lights
were rendered useless by the landslide.
Cries Of "HelpP' s'Helpw are heard
from beneath the debris, but none can be
given Very little progress is being u,ads
in recovering bodies owing to the stipend.
Gus mass of rock covering the ruins.
Later-The mass of rock detached from
the cliff left a space under the terrace.
Thirteen corpses and sixteen wounded
have been taken out 1t will take several
days to recover all the bodies. The
damage will exceed $100 600 The houses
in that locality were built of stone
and brick and inhabited by ship
laborers, etc. The officers and men
of the social school of cavalry are
coming to the rescue with ropes.
picks and shovels. About 600 men are
now at work. The bodies are covered
with coagulated blood and dust and are q
shocking sight to behold.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
Kansas Whitecaps.

ATCHISoN, Kan, Sept PC. b. Glenn,
q lawyer, recently from Richmond, Va,
has disappeared from Lenora, Kan, pre-
sumably on account of q notice from
Whitecaps. The other night I'M
known men assaulted and beat Glenn.
and the next morning he received
notice to leave the neighborhood. Glenn's
Of ense was . scandal he caused in the
family of E b Dunbar, on account Of
which Mrs Dunbar and her daughter have
left their home. Since their departure
Dunbar has published a notice that he
will not be respons ible for their debts.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
Laborers Attacked.

JASPER, Fla, Sept 20.-About midnight
Tuesday while . party OF railroad con-
structi0n men were asleep In . camping
car. three negro gamblers awoke them
and demanded game Of poker.
The men refused, making the excuse that
card playing was against orders. The
negroes then kicked up . row. One gam
bier wss armed with Winchester rifle,
another with . shotgun and the third
with . revolver. Meeting with strong re-
sfstance they jumped from the car and
opened Ore upon it. Sidney Thomas was
instantIy killed and three others were Sc
riously injured. One of them will die.
Bill Oates, one of the attacking. party, 10
sndeI arrest Tho other two escaped
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
Exor.itant Interest Ch.fced.

CINCINNATI, Sept 24.-A suit was filed
In thc court If common pleas Of this city
to declare void the preferred stock OF the
Covington & Cincinnati Suspension
Bridge Company and to soil the bridge
and its franchises for the benefit Of the
stockholders of the common stock. The
chief allegations by the plaintiffs IL that
the loan secured by the preferred stock
bears Is per cent interest; which they al.
lsgs is usurious and injurious to the value
Of the common stock.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
THE LATEST.


TIE efforts to form a baseball brother
MOOD" for the purpose OF doing away
with the present system of bossism are
apparently successful
LATER returns from the French elections
showed a substantial victory for the Gov
ernment
WILKIE COLLINS, the novelist, died on
the 23d. He was born in London, Janu.
airy, 1924
The Government has received an apollo
gy from France concerning the arrest of
three American ladies at Mentone under
Misrepresentation, and the matter ia
automatically closed.
TORRENTS of rain fell at jacksonville,
Fla, on the 23d. A boy lost his life in the
storm.
A STREET stage line is to be established
In Richmond. Va, to run over the princi-
pal thoroughfares into which it is the in
tentlon OF the owners to admit only white
passengers.
SPRECKEL's sugar refinery at Philadel-
phia will commence operations October "a
REV. 1. d. GOODMAN, Baptist minister,
| mas brought suit for $l10, 600 damages at
North Hanover, Mass. He charges certain
members of his late congregation with
conspiracy in refusing to give him letters
of dismissal -'
The corn palace at Sioux City. Iowa.
was opened on the 23d. Hon. John NJ.
Thurstons of Omaha, Neb., delivered the
address. =
THERE was an explosion of gas In the
coal mines at Dayton. Tenn, the other
day and nine miners were frightfully
| burned, three OF them fatally.
Mr.. SNowDEN, United States Minister to
Greece. was at the State Department re-
ceiving his final instructions preparatory
to sailing for b is new post
| LATE Chinese advices state that the
Chinese Privy Council is discussing q
proposition to expel all Americans from
the employ of the Chinese Empire and to
impose restrictions upon American mer-
| chants as q retaliatory measure
| EDISON, the inventor, was attacked with
sciatica at London on the 23d and q pro-
posed reception to him had to be aban-
doned. .s
In the United States Court at St Paul,
decision adverse to the Beef inspection
law. Notice of an appeal to the Supreme
Court was given.
| Mr. BALEoUR, in reply to an inquiry,
said that the public ought to suspend
judgment until the Government unfolded
its plans regarding Catholic education In
Ireland. The prevailing opinion that q
university was to be endowed was erron-
eous.
ENGINEHR SRELY was instantly Killed
BY the wreck of his train ON the Delaware
Lackawanna & Western, caused by thu
speeding Of the rails near Ithaca, n z.
SoNE Of the bodies Of the nine citizens
Of Lorain. who were drowned In Lake
Erie by the recent yacht disaster, wSwu
found TO have bsen robbed.
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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03

TIE passage OF the recent lottery or6ii-
Eance ut Guthrie OK, was thought to be
. little qaeer. Colonel John H Onstott
viii organize . company to work it
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-10-03
xHE sOuTH.

41AG SOUIHs
The National Passenger and Ticket
Agents Association met in Atlanta, Ga.
recently.
GOVERNOR FowLE. of North Carolina,
has issued proclamation ordering off,
GERS to take extra precautions to prevent
repetitions Of the lynching at Morgan
town.
FIRE destroyed buildings valued at
$26 600 in Wilmington, Del, the other dav,
: THE residence of Mrs. Lenbower. at
Oakland, Nd, was destroyed by fire and
her two children. three and six years old
were burned to death. Mrs. Lenbower
was absent at the time.
MISS SUSIE GATOR, Of Georgetown. and
Miss Ella Atwell, Of Alexandria, Va, two
well known young ladies, were accident.
ally drowned recently near the latter
place by their carriage being overturned
while endeavoring to ford q swollen
stream.
LOUISIANA officials claim to have dis.
covered huge frauds in State bonds. manv
cancelled certificates having been again
put upon the market
HON. JESSE K. HYNEs, State Commits.
sioner of Insurance and one of the most
influential Democrats in Maryland. died
on the Goth. He was born November II.
1879. in Kent County, Nd, and was q Wig
orous member Of the American or Know.
Nothing party in its day.
An accident occurred on the electric
street railway at Mission Ridge, Tenn.
recently, and all of the passengers jumped
on the car. Mrs. Mary Adams OF Casey,
H., died from injuries received. Seven
teen others were injured, none Of then
seriously.
TIE new dry dock ct the navy yard II
Norfolk. Va. WAS formally opened ON the
18th In the presence Of large gathering.
The Yantie was the first vessel to enter
tho dock
THE Pacific express car ON the n, K. q
T. was entered and robbed Of $4,000 af
Bolton, Tex, On the 20th. There was No
clew to the robboEs.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-09-12
WHITE IMMIGRATION.

For quite a number OF months past
the citizens of Woodruff county in this
State have been working to secure
white immigration. They have acted
intelligently, and from the following
paragraph from a Memphis paper it
will be observed that their efforts are
successful. 1t is from an interview
with R. A. Williams, southeastern pas
senger agent of the Little Rock and
Mhmphis road:
On October 1st he will pass through
the city with 400 white families from
North and South Carolina and Geor-
gia, en- route to Woodruff county,
Arkansas, where they will engage as
farm hands, and many will rent farms
or raise crops on shares.-Little Rock
Press.
How does that look? The GOLD
LEAF does not belive any great num-
Der of whites will leave North Carolina
at one time, but they have been going
in small numbers and Will continue to
do so. Here we are losing our own
population when we ought to be try
ing to get more all the time. This
sort of indifference will not do. We
cannot afford to sit still and trust tt
luck. If Woodruff county, Arkansas
can invide our territory and induce
people to leave North Carolina, why
can we not counteract and compen
safe for this loss by going elsewhere ane
getting a better class of white settler
to come in and locate among us? w
must do it-and the State immigration
Bureau must not be depended on t.
do everything by itself.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-09-12
FROM THE CAR WINDOW.
Edward A. Oldham in Boston Globe.

Like great serpent our train sped along
Ger hill and through sweet smelling
Through the deep-tangled thicket and
forest of pine,
By low hanging orchard and clustering
vine,
Through many tlowery fen.
With meteor swiftness we trundled away,
Ger echoing trestle and bridge,
Meath where rippling waters in tumult is
stirred,
Whose sparkle is seen but whose song is
As we hurl through hole in the ridge.
In mad, eager haste we scampered along,
Through picturesque village and town,
Past bright, golden fields, with the grain
waving high,
And rich, verdant meadows with brook
And cows lying lazily down.
With arrow-like speed we darted along,
Where visions of green beauty CLEAN,
Past children in dOOrWays all eager to see,
With tiny hands waving and faces aglee-
By farmer boy guiding his team.
We gamboled along this frolicsome way,
GdSG Vlne-COVereu 1aTlll mousse anu COG,
By mansions of splendor in foliaged
grounds,
Where fountains and flowers velvetry
Embellished fairy-lke spot.
ENVOY.
While rattling along in this rollicking
way,
From thatch-cove cabin to dome,
l thought to myself as these views glided
by,
And quick, shifting contrasts came oft to
my eyes,
That each one was somebody's home.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-09-12
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
September. 1880.

Fine portraits of ''the American Duchess
formerly Mrs. Hammersly, of New York;
and the Duke Of Marlborough, given in
connection with all illustrated article on
the famons palace and park of Blenheim,
are conspicuous among the pictorial
features Of Frank Leslse's Popular Monthly
for September. Col. X. J. Hinton, one OF
the photographic experts Of the Irrigation
Survey now in operation in the Western
States and Territories, describes interest
ingly, with the aid of the artist and pho
tographer, the processes OF Making the
Desert Bloom" An uncommonly attract
i've outdoor paper is Miss Elizabeth Tay.
lor's "Up the Nepigon." DIR. d.. B.
Fletcher gives a comprehensive account OF
Electric Railways and Electric Motors. .
Count de Benyowsky's Adventures, >
Carmen Sylvia. Poetess and Queen.
"Para and the Amazon Delta, ." Fantastic
Hardening" and Mime. Tussaud" art
tamong the illustrated articles; and thi
number of the fayorite magazine is unusu
ally strong in short stories and poems.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-09-12

HERE is something tor the Republi-
lican party, the friends and supporters
of the robber, tariff, to satisfactorily
explain away. The Germantown In
debendent says:
From the way the mills down East
are going to the wall it is very evident
that if free wool does not come pretty
soon there will not be mills enough
down that way to keep corporal's
guard of people employed. The blessed
tariff has dealt almost as deadly a blow
to this once prosperous neighborhood
as it has to American shipping.