Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-04-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

/, recently ran away from the school and
! were picked up at Bloomington, III.
They We're attempting to work their
way east Three others, who escaped
| with them, were also caught at an adj
| joining town.
William ). Anderson was lately placed
| IN confinement at Atchison on the
charge OF insanity preferred by his aged
father. He was prosperous merchant
until two years agoewhen he failed
Three months ago he began to make
imaginary real estate deals. He was at
one time master workman of the
Knights of Labor of Kansas He also
stands high in the A. o. q. w.
Thomas Riley. an ernploye of the
Missouri Valley Bridge Co, at Leaven-
worth. was caught in some machinery
the other evening and severely injured
He was oiling the shafting when his
| clothes caught and he was whirled
around rapidly several times and
| dropped on some iron. His arm and a
number OF bones were broken and he
| received many bruises about the head.
A suit has been fled in the district
court at Lawrence by the city to per-
| petua1Iy enjoin the Water Works Co.
/ from using the streets and alleys of the
| city or from furnishing persons with
water. The complaint is that the COM
pany has failed to furnish Wholesome
supply of water; that the water has
| always been impure, filthy and stag
| nant in character, and unfit for domes-
tic and other purposes, and of quality
injurious to the health of the people
using the same.
The hoard of directors Of the Kansas
Baptist convention met at Emporia on
the 18th. Addresses were made by Rev.
G. s. Sheffield of Topeka, Sunday school
secretary for Kansas, upon 1.-THE Out
look of Sunday School Work, by Dr. H.
c. Woods, of Lincoln, Neb., upon ere
lation of Christians to Benefcience, -
and byDRev. A. S. Sheffield, of Ottawa,
upon christian Education The
meeting was well attended by prominent
Baptist divines from all parts of Kan
sas and neighboring states.
Religious circles at Wichita were re-
Gently much disturbed by the summary
dismissal from the Lincoln Street church
Of Rev. w. P. Haworth because
he became temporary owner OF a
lot of dogs that he took in on a debt
Mr.. Haworth had been in the ministry
for twenty years and had no intention
of leaving it for the business of a dog
fancier. The dismissal, however, forced
him to depend temporarily for living
on his dogs and he issued catalogue
at the head of which appeared the
legend: ''The more Lsee of men the bet
ter like Dogs
Prof Wilkinson, of the state normal,
as Kansas manager for the National
Educational association, has announced
the following associate managers: J.
M. Bloss, II. G. Larim@- and G.. w.
Winans, Topeka; R. w. Stevenson,
Wichita; G. T. Fairchild, Manhattan;
A. r. Taylor, Emporia; E. E. Taylor,
Kansas City; D. r. Boyd, ArkansasCity;
g. 2. Benton, Fort Scott; E. A. Earring
ton, Paola. The annual meeting will
be held at Saratoga Springs, n. Y,
next July, and Kansas will have head
quarters at the Broadway house. The
state will send a large number to this
meeting.
Al Neal, a mailman, set fire to his
house at Lawrence the other morning
by pouring gasoline over the floor and
igniting it, after driving his wife away
from home. When the fire department
and the officers arrived they were horri-
fed on seeing the crouching form of the
mailman in the center of the house.
where he could command the doors and
windows. Every effert to dislodge him
proved futile. The maniac remained
4nti1 a stream from the hose cornered
him, when he sprang through the
flames out of a window and escaped.
He was captured after a long chase.
His home was consumed.
D,I -
brooding over domestic difficulties, took
dose of morphine at the home of his
parents in that city the other night and
parents stated that he had become
weary of life and of living alone. Bah
cock was married man and it is said
his domestic troubles were brought
about by drink His wife left him a
his death Babcock joined the Baptist
church in Argentine at a revival meet
ing, and since then his conduct had
been consistent with his professions of
religion, having discarded his evil COM
panions and refusing to touch liquor.
A mass meeting of the citizens of
Wichita adopted resolutions requesting
M. NJ. Murdoch to reconsider his with
appointed committee to wait upon
him and present the resolutions. In
reply Col. Murdoch, after thanking his
neighbors for their support. says:
''While still unconvinced that the time
is yet when. in the matter of nominal
ton proposed, public sentiment, how
ever pronounced, can rise superior to
party methods and the self-seeking of
the tried politician, nevertheless the
desire of my own neighbors, when ex-
pressed with such earnest unanimity,
becomes greater than any wish to the
contrary of my own. and with feelings
of pride, which would not disguise. I
bow in ready submission to their will"
The colonel is, therefore, in the race
for the republican nomination for gov
ernor.
The prisoners in the Wyandotte coun-
ty Jail got into quarrel the other day
as to who should preside at kangaroo
court when one OF them, Lewis Pres
ton, colored, was struck on the head
with a jug by ]. w. McCafery and
fatally injured.
Charles Byers. a Leavenworth county
farmer, was recently kicked on the
head by a horse. After being kicked
by the animal he worked until evening
and on reaching the house died in terri