Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-06-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


killed by Santa Fe stock train at Burr
Ton early the other morning.
A VICIOUS bull OIL the farm OF Ira
Spangler, six miles north of Newton,
nearly killed two people and badly injured
another early the other morning. Spang-
Ter was at work when the bull made an
attack on him, knocking him down and
crushing him terribly. His father, hear
ing him shouting, ran out to his assistance
and he. too. was k4Qcked down and
trampled upon by th( infuriated beast
Abel Genet. the hired ian, then attempt
ed to save the Spanglefs, but he was SO
in jured that he could render no assistance.
Mrs. Spangler. seeing the dangerous posi-
tion of her husband and son, bravely
seized a heavy club and the brute was fin.
ally driven off. Young Spagler was ter
ribly injured and could hardly recover.
The plucky woman escaped without in
jury.
ARNOLD BUCKMAN, a Clay Center
jeweler, while attempting to solder the
nozzle on a glycerine can the other after
noon was burned quite severely about the
throat and neck from the igniting Of the
gas in the can.
The story comes from Wichita that the
other evening an unknown woman, while
walking in the most arisotcratic part Of
that city. was bound and gagged by two
men who drove rapidly up behind her and
carried her away in covered carriage.
Her cries attracted the attention of two
bakers, but before they could reach her
the men were out of sight around cor
ner. The woman was about twenty five
years of age and richly dressed. She had
arrived in the city, as an Investigation
showed, few days previous and refused
to register at the hotel at which she
stopped, but said that she was Mrs. Rhine
hart of Cincinnati It was stated that
Rhinehart was not the wcman's name, but
that she comes of a prominent Illinois
family and that the two men had been
hired to put her out Ct the way.
PHIL LACEY. aged twenty-one years,
fatally shot himself ip the head while
playing with a revolv6 at Atchison the
other day.
WHILE the people bf Dacey, a small
town south of Ellsw ortA, on the st. Louis
& San Francisco railrAad. were prepar-
ing to observe Decoration Day they were
startled by the announcement that Wilt
lam Strong had killed his wife, and then
going to the house of neighbor killed
him and his wife. The names of the MUIR
dered neighbors were not learned. Strong
then fed and a strong posse was in pur.
suit but he was heavily armed and de.
fed arrest He was Thought to be insane.
d NJ TSOCdELLE, Iat0 q pOilCo COmmiS.
sioner at Wichita, was arrested the other
day upon the charge ofiobtaining money
in felonious manner. 1T is charged that
he induced Mrs. KIausto sign a note for
500, telling her that it related to q piece
of property upon which she held a mort.
gage. After obtaining her signature he
sold the note and the first that she knew
of it was when she received notice that a
payment must be made. He asserted his
innocence and gave bail to appear fol
trial.
JAMES MARTIN, father of Ex-Governor
John A. Martin, died n Atchison on tho
night of the 2Sth at the advanced age oi
eighty-seven years.
The Concordia land district has beer
consolidated with that of Salina, with it.
office at Salina
CONTRACTS for new army buildings a,
Fort Riley to cost $S6, 600 were let recently
LUTHER MONTGOMERY, bridge repairer
fell from the structure over the Neosht
river near Emporia the other night, anC
received injuries which resulted in deati
the following day.
The people of Lawrence give but little
credit to the report that Hillman has beer
found in Arizona.
THE Board of Railroad Commissioner,
have decided that the Santa Fe, Missouri
Pacific and Frisco roads should construc
connecting tracks at Arkansas City il
order that all the roads might have acces,
to the mills now solely reached by the
Santa Fe.
GEORGE NEwCoMB. once a prominent
pawn broker of Wichita, committed sui
eide the other afternoon in the bank build.
ing at Clearwater. He had recently los
$25 600 by unfortunate investments and
brooded heavily over his trouble, and it il
supposed that this was the reason for hii
act He leaves a widow and two children
He was at one time superintendent anc
treasurer of the Youngstown & Paines'
vile road in Ohio and was very wealthy,
but lost most of his wealth through specu'
lations.
A TERRIBLE cyclone recently swepi
through Chase County in the vicinity o,
Strong City. Many houses were blowr
down and a great amount of property de.
was wrecked. Mr. Brown was killed, hi,
wife fatally and his son, daughter and
babe severely injured.
IT is stated that requisition papers will
not be issued for the return of Hillman
from Arizona until his identity has beer
established. II the man arrested is proven
to be Hillman by evidence sufficient t.
command the reward the insurance com.
panies will pay the reward offered fol
him ana then use the same evidence tt
convict Hillman of conspiracy to defraue
and of the murder of Walters. II the de.
tectives fail to prove their case. the com.
panies will, it is believed, let the case
drop.
ISAAC PARKS, q farmer and an old resi-.
dent and justics Of the peace of Washing.
ton County, was killed at a side track and
cattle chute called Spencerville on the St
Joseph & Grand Island railroad, the Other
night
EUGENE WARE, of Fort Scott read ar
original poem on the recent occasion OF
decorating the graves of the soldiers al
Arlington Heights National cemetery,
near Washington, d. c.
R L. WALKER, United States marshal
has appointed Captain H. d. Baker, oi
Guthrie, his chief deputy for the Indian
Territory. Captain Baker will have gen.
eral supervision of all deputy marshals in
the Territory.
EVERY city, village and hamlet in Kan.
sas honored the memory of the Nations
dead defenders on Decoration Day by
strewing flowers upon their graves. In
many places the ceremonies were of more
than u>uai interest
L. J. PERRY, a formerly of Kansas
newspaper man. is an applicant for the ap-
pointment as one of the board to publish
the war records.
The ten-year- old son Of Sylvester Gif.