Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-10-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Two engines were com prefer wrecked
by collision on the Union Pacific. near
Lawrence. the other day.
FRANK BowERs, one of the proprietors
Of the Douglas Avenue Hotel at Wich-
ita, committed suicide the other night
by shooting himself in the right breast
dying within half an hour. He left
letter, naming young woman who had
refused him her hand in marriage, and
saying he had no desire to live.
TWENTY coopers in the employ OF
Hauber Brothers at Lawrence, making
apple barrels. struck the other day for
an increase Of one cent per barrel
The United States grand jury at
Leavenworth indicted Mrs Routzahn
and Benson for the murder OF Mrs.
Mettman. but discharged John Nett
man. the husband.
AT q bawdy house in Junction City the
other night quarrel occurred between
several soldiers belonging to troop 1 and
G, Seventh cavalry, and John Lewis. of
battery e, First artillery, Familiarity
known as Jack the Ripper" Lewis
was armed with a dirk and stabbed Mes
ser Smith, of troop l. on the left side
from the rear in such manner that he
died of internal hemorrhage in few
minutes.
BEFORE the adjournment OF the Unit
ed States District Court at Leavenworth
an Indictment was brought in by the
grand jury against Alfred Bigquest, of
Fort Riley Bigquest lived in a tent
on the Riley reservation. He was
strangely morose man and in his tent
hung a motto which read: malice to-
ward all mankind" In the entrance to
ho Yifn
John Autman, a soldier, stepped into it
one day and received bullet in his
right thigh, from which he bled to
death.
On the 21st Governor Humphrey sum-
marily removed the newly appointed
police commissioners of Leavenworth
and appointed William Fairchild, P.
Magahcy and DR.. A B. Callahan as
their successors The decapitated board
had been in office just one week. The
change was made because of the action
of the board in removing City Marshal
Magahey and appointing Fred Willard.
secretary of the Resubm ission Club, to
that position. The new commissioners
are undoubted Prohibitionists.
ATToRNEYGENERAL L. B. KELLOGG
and County Attorney R. B. WEIGH, of
to the United States Supreme Court in
the original package case recently de-
c;ded by Judges Foster and Philips.
An effort will be made to have the case
advanced on the docket in order that an
early decision may be had.
ANDREW MoFFATT was struck by a
Missouri Pac fc train as he was driving
across the track at Kansas City, Kan. ,
the other day and died in few hours.
TIE English Lutheran Synod of Kan
sas held an interesting session at Sa-
! lima recently. The report of the gen
era1 secretary showed that the organ
| ization in the United States and Canada
| has 4,O92 ministers, 7,94S churches and
| 6, 500, 900 baptised members. Under
| Jurisdiction of the Kansas Synod there
are 40 churches. 3,O22 communicate
Nom bers. g. SAT Sunday School scholars
and church property to the value OF
s234, $50.
@. w. FOSTER, an inmate of the Sol
der Home. fell from high trestle over
tho Rapid Transit railway near Leaven-
worth the other day and was killed.
The Indian Office has decided to erect
a number of new buildings Cor the In
dian school at Lawrence Haskell In
stitute is only a few years old, but Its
growth has been very rapid and 1t is
now one Of the most important school:
under the Indian Bureau. The Com
missioner of Indian Affairs and the Sec
rotary of the Interior have decided tt
increase its capacity, and to that end {
number Of new buildings will be erect
| ed al once. The estimates agreed upoI
provide for block of new industrial
shops to cost Sc, 600; store and ware
| house, 81, 900; an office building. s., 500
a mess house, IS, 500; three cottages
81, 900 each, and two 1avatories, 81, O0
each. The total cost OF improvement
will be s23 ooo.
FULLY TO- 600 people were present a
the late reunion Of the Southwestern
Soldiers Assoc: alton at Arkansas City
THE contract has been let for the dan
across the Kansas river at Topeka
which is to furnish water and cleo trica
power to the city. 1t is estimated tina
the dam and machinery will cost 81, 600,
coo.
ANTON DEMEL, an old Prussian VIII
lived on a farm, was recently arrested
at Atchison for beating his wife. I'll
gave bail and then commenced drink
ing, during which he took poison. ant
died a raving maniac. His wife, whom
he has beaten for over thirty years, vii
probably die from the effects of the las
whipping. There is little doubt blu
that he intended to kill her. Deme
was an exile from Prussia, where b
was in his youth a lawyer.
THE other Sunday the Methodists @
Wellington raised the amount necessar
to clear them of their church debt (S11
1907 in one hour, and in consequence tn
following evening built huge bonhr
in front of their handsome new church
erected platform in the street and ha
general Publication
THE other morning A R. Bancroft
formerly sheriff of Lyon County, she
and killed himself at Emporia- b
went to the barn ostensibly to shoe
> rats, and whether the killing was acc
dental or intentional was not known
The evening before he took out two lii
policies for s., 900 each. good for twenty
four hours, as he expected to go on
brief business trip that morning.
NEAR Wichita the other day marke
gardener named John Funerlay wa
hauling a cultivator by rope and pu
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