Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-05-12
miscellaneous.

w. FL. Meyers, a Topeka man ~ years
old is missing.
The recent heavy rains did considera-
BILE damage in northwestern Kansas.
Appearances for the past few weeks
would seem to indicate that the voca-
ton of the rain maker is good.
E. T. Andrews, formerly of the un-
derta king firm of E. T. Andrews & Co,
North Topeka, shot and killed Sherman
Williamson, also formerly of Topeka, at
ST. Louis the other night. Jealousy the
cause.
Maj. Hudson, of the Topeka Capital,
was on the Santa Fe train that went
when so many were killed and injured,
but was unhurt. He was in the only
car that did not go down.
w. L. Newton, state chairman of the
prohibition party, announces that the
place Of the meeting of the prohibition
state convention has been changed from
Ottawa to Representive hall, Topeka
The dates are July II and Is.
A very singular coincidence occurred
at Kansas City, Kan, the other day.
Mrs. q. S. Cummins died in that city
! very suddenly from heart trouble The
her brother at ST. Louis. The wife of
| the brother wired back that his death
| from the same cause had taken place at
IL o'clock of that night
One-third of Topeka was under water
on the night of the 4th. During the
| day four inches of rain fell and by night
| Shunganunga creek, which extends
around two sides of the city, had over
| h1y, lie nd; fcr
| half mile to mile in width. Probably
| 500 houses had from three inches to a
| foot of water on their floors.
The interstate commerce commission
| has announced its decision Of the cases
| brought by the Anthony Salt Co., and
other Kansas salt manufacturers against
| the Missouri Pacific, and other Kansas
| roads. The case is dismissed as to
points in Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska,
| but it is held that rates on salt to
points south and southwest of Hutchin-
son, Kan, and ST. Louis, No, do con-
| stitute undue preference in favor of
| Michigan as against Kansas salt and
| that they should be readjusted by the
| Santa Fe system so that while observ-
! ing the law as to the long and short
haul the advantage of distance belong
| ing to Kansas salt fields shall be given
to them in any territory supplied by
| lines which lie as near or nearer to
| Hutchinson than St Louis
| The report of Chancellor Snow on ex-
| periments with his chinch bug exter1ni-
nator for the past year shows that field
experiments were made in seventy-eight
| counties in Kansas last year. The total
| mum Der of experiments made was !, 331.
| Of these 965 were successful, 1871 We're
| failures and 129 were doubtful Expert
ments made in other states bring the
total number that were successful up to
| 1,071. In his summary of crops saved
| as the result of his experiments Chan
| cellor Snow says: ''In making their re-
ports as to the benefit received from the
use Of the infection, 4S2 of the 1 OIL sue
| oessfu1 experiments gave their own esti-
| mates OF the number of bushels OF grain
saved by the experiment The sum OF
| these estimates amounts in cash value
| to eS7, IA. 10, or an average of 1881 for
| each farmer. It is fair to presume that
this average may be fairly applied to
| the remainder Of the I .06S successful ex-
| periments. This would give an aggre-
! gate saving of sl93, 3OS. This amount
saved by the farmers means additional
| profit for the railroads and the millers,
1 80 budS SSOU,UcO z very cOuSSIV&GaVc
| estimate of the actual value of the ex-
periments in 1901
It is stated that so many bills have
been introduced in congress by Kansas
| representatives to remove the charge of
desertion and give ex-soldiers clear
records that G. A. Z. posts in Kansas
and several other western states are
taking up the subject and petisioning
congress not to pass the bills
| A landslide occurred on the Rock
Island road at the north edge of Leav-
| enworth the other night that covered
the track for a distance of several hun
| dred feet
The freight and passenger depot at
Holiday burned about 8 o'clock the
other night The fire caught in the oil
| room The loss is $4,000
The thirty-eighth animal session OF
the Congregational ministers and
churches of Kansas met at Salina on the
Sd with $50 representatives present
The association was in session six days
In a saloon at Caldwell the other
| night Bert Williams bartender, quar-
relied with Charles Smith and shot him
| four times-probably fatally Williams
fed but was soon after arrested
Frank T. Lynch editor of the Leaven-
| worth Standard. died somewhat sudden
" in that city on tlae 5th- he contract
ed a cold at the Salins convention. over
which he presided. which developed in
to pneumonia