Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-09-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
straight Democrats.


II Straight Democrats.
A number of prominent democrats
who are dissatisfied with the action O,
the state convention in Endorsing the
populist state ticket, met recently al
Topeka and issued the following call:
| To the Democratic Voters of the State of Kan
sas:
TOPEKA, Kan. Sept -, lse2.-There is wide
| spread dissatisfaction throughout the state az
the action of the democratic state convention
on July in refusing TO maintain the demo
| cratic organization of the state by placing in
nomination candidates for the various state of.
noes, ana especially in nominating the already
nominated candidates OF another political or
| ganization not in harmony with democratic
principles or preceden ts-
| By the action OF the convention you are moi
only deprived of the opportunity of directly ex
| pressing your appreciation OF the wisdom dis
| tinguished services and exalted patriotism OF
| the worthy successor of Jefferson and TIden,
Grover Cleveland. but an attempt was also
made to deliver you to a hostile political organ
| 1zat1on, which, if successful, would destroy our
1 party In the state and bring disaster and ruin
to the material interests of our people
| w lille we acQuieSce in the action of the CON
vention with reference to the electoral ticket
! we protest against its action as to the state
| ticket as unprecedented and revolutionary. Nc
democrat is bound thereby
| To the end that the credit and good name OF
our state and people may be preserved and the
principles OF our party upheld. and at the re-
| quest OF many democrats, we hereby call a con-
| ference OF those democrats who do not intend
| to support the state ticket of the so-caned peo-
pies party to be held at the senate chamber in
! the city of Topeka, on Friday, the 9TH day of
october, 1852, at 10 O'Clock a. M and we cor
! daily invite all such democrats TO attend
| Signed by A A. Harris, j. G. Lowe C. f.
| Spencer, j. S Emery, T. P Fulton, Ed NJ
Hewins, Samuel Clark. J. B. Crouch.
miscellaneous.
Emporia has been seriously troubled
with burglars lately.
Veterans of the Sixth Kansas held
their reunion recently at Lawrence
DIR. r. f. Bryant has been appointed
pension examining surgeon at Lincoln.
Lightning rod peddlers have lately
been swindling farmers in the vicinity
of Emporia.
The grand lodge OF Good Templars
met at Topeka on the 18th with about
seventy-fve members in attendance.
Charles Toff, manager of the Leaven-
worth Baseball club and League park.
is reported to have skipped the town
with s115 IN funds that did not belong
to him.
Hugh Henry, a negro, attempted to
crimlnally assault Miss Mabel Welsh at
Larned the other night. He was capt
ured the next day and lodged in Jail.
At night mob took him from Jail and
hanged him to telegraph pole.
During a recent storm the Young
daughter Of Miles Rachford, farmer
residing near Usage City, was killed by
lightning and two other members of
the family SO seriously shocked that
they were not expected to recover
Mrs. Hanback, has organized the ladies
of Minneapolis into Columbian club
with the following officers: President,
Mrs Chapman; vice president, Mrs. w.
l.. Merrifield; secretary, Mrs Emma
Holmes; treasurer, Mrs. Ollie C. Lord.
The other day as Fred and John Win
ters were ascending a steep bank of the
Whitewater, near Towanda, with their
steam engine and thresher, the engine
reared up in front and tipped over on
them, killing Fred instantly and severe
1y scalding John.
A delegate convention of the German
Americans of the state was recentlv
held at Topeka, nearly every county
being represented. The object of the
convention was to effect an organiza-
ton with the view of bringing about a
uPmission of the prohibition ques-
tida TO a vote of the people.
Al Dan Crew. we'll known as a tenor
singer, died at his home in Lawrence the
other day from an overdose of morphine
He had been suffering from hay fever
and asthma and took morphine to in
duce sleep. 1t is thought he took too
much of the drug through mistake. He
leaves young wife and one child.
The state live stock sanitary commits
sion met recently at Emporia to con-
slider the case of Texas cattle in quarau-
tine in Chase county. The conclusion
arrived at was that the Spanish fever
was stamped out and that the cattle
should be shipped away for slaughter
under order of Receiver Acheson in such
quantities as he desired, subject to the
quarantine rules and orders OF the
Chase county court
Mrs Annie McCourt was instantly
killed by lightning during thunder
storm Fat Atchison the other evening.
she was preparing supper and had
started out of the house after pail of
water. The lightning struck her when
she was on the doorstep. Her clothing
was set On fire, but the flames were ex-
tinguished by 1leighbor who was close
at hand. Mrs. McCourt was &c years of
age and leaves one child
Mrs. John Hyatt and three of her
children, living on Darby avenue, in
Kansas City, Kan, were seriously pois-
oned by eating a supposed mushroom
stew the other day. The children had
gathered some toad stools" and the
mother had prepared stew, which the
family partook OF VERY freely They
We're shortly afterward taken with con-
WILSON'S and suffered intensely. Timely
medical aid saved their lives.
Hattie Hawkins fell dead while walk
ing across room at her home in Kan
sas City, Kan, the other night. She
and her mother, who is widow, were
preparing to retire for the night. The
girl started to walk across the room.
turned suddenly and fell to the floor
heavily. The mother ran to her. but she
was dead. A physician was hastily
summoned who found that the girls
neck was broken. He concluded that
the fall was caused by heart failure and
that in the fall her neck was broken
III. II. Brown, citizen of Parsons,
heard some one cuttirp eft his screen