Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-05-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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The Odd Fellows Of the state gener-
ally celebrated the seventy third ami
versary of the order on the Goth
Sherman Crockett was killed by the
cars at Fort Scott the other day while
1t was supposed he was stealing ride.
The Social Science club OF Kansas and
western Missouri viii hold its twelfth
annual meeting at Fort Scott May 5
| and 6.
| John III. Ridenour, a teamster aged
nineteen years, was killed at Kansas
City, Kan. the other day by the acct
dental discharge of a shotgun
| The federal grand jury at Topeka re-
Gently found indictments against sew
| eral officials of the Union Pacific railway
for violating the interstate commerce
| law.
Mrs. G. NJ. Adams and another lady
were recently struck by Rock Island
passenger train while crossing the rail-
road in buggy at Clifton, and fatally
injured.
The annual convention of the ladies
of the G. A. r. for the department of
Kansas held its opening session at Enc
poria on the 27th. Many prominent
ladies were present
The second district republican con-
vention met at Lawrence on the 2Sth and
re-nominated e. H. Funston for con-
greSs. The vote stood, Funston, 70;
Blue, 10; johnson, 9.
Miner B. Hupp, an aged citizen, went
to an Office in Wichita the other after
noon to be examined for soldiers pen
sion and dropped dead in the elevator
as it was descending.
Burglars entered the residence of
Mrs. Lines at Kansas City, Kan, while
the family was at church the other
evening and stole several dresses, some
jewelry and 800 in cash.
Floyd Nichols, fourteen-year-old
boy. was accidentally shot and fatally
wounded by his thirteen-year-old cousin,
the other day while the two were play
ing with pistol at Arnourdale.
John Withers and Samuel Love,
Bourbon county farmers, recently had a
quarrel about division fence and
while Love was passing Withers' house
the latter shot him twice from behind a
stone fence. Loves injuries We're
thought to be fatal. Withers escaped.
Withers married Loves sister.
Senator Perkins has introduced bill
lOT GIit ISllt1 Ol dcuTy pOSC-
master at Cambridge, Cowley county.
In January, 1891, burglars broke into
his office and stole all his stamps and
postal cards. The amount taken and
the amount expended by the postmaster
in the pursuit and arrest of the burglar
was 1897. He now asks congress to re-
imburse him in that amount.
The state convention of dentists, re-
Gently in session at Fort Scott, elected
the following officers: Dr.. J. \. Roberts,
of Sabetha, president: DR.. c. E. Esterly,
of Lawrence, frss vice-president; DIR. L..
M. Green, of Junction City, second vice
president; DIR. J. z. Root. of Kansas
City, Kan, secretary: DIR. R. y. WATSON,
of Ottawa, treasurer. Topeka was
chosen as the Place for the next annual
meeting.
Hon. E. F. Ware, OF Fort Scott, be-
heves he has discovered in homeless
child at Santa Catari1a. Mexico, the
orphan of Mr.. and Mrs. Judge McComas,
who were rnassacred in the Apache raid
near Silver City, n. NJ. in 1884. On
that occasion Charley McComas, three
years old, was kidnapped by the savages
and has never been heard of since. The
homeless child at Catarina answers the
boys description, and Mr.. Ware. his
uncle, will attempt to identify him.
\ The bill esta blishing a United States
court at Fort Scott has passed congress
and been approved By the president.
Court will hereafter be held at Fort
Scott for the counties OF Miami, Linn,
Bourbon, Crawford, Cherokee, Labette,
Neosho, Allen, Anderson, Coffee. Wood
son, Wilson, Montgomery, Chautauqua,
Elk and Greenwood. Two terms are to-
be held annually, the first in May next,
if the court records can be transferred
in time, otherwise not until November.
Jessie j. Todd, the agent at Kingman
for the Provident Investment Co., Kan
sas City, was arrested recently on
the charge of embezzlement. The COM
pany claim that as its agent Todd col
lected about S1.S00 as rents from their
lands, which he fails to account for.
Todd does not deny collecting the
money, but asserts that he started with
it to Kansas City some time in February
and on the way he either lost the
money or it was taken from his pocket.
The remnant of a gang OF toughs
hanging around Wallace, the other
night, chased several citizens to their
homes at the muzzle of pistols and as
the Kansas Pacific train pulled in at
11:15 o'clock the gang at the station de-
manded the money box of the operator.
but by suddenly eNtinguishing the light
| and concealing the cash he saved the
money though a bullet went crashing
past his head. The toughs turned their
attention to the passengers on the train
but it pulled out. The fellows fed
| south
The other afternoon four men belong
ing to a government surveying party
| had narrow escape from drowning in
the Missouri river at Leavenworth.
| They were in a skiff and about to start
down stream, when it unexpectedly
darted under large boat and was
swamped instantly. All the men were
drawn under the big boat and two OF
| them were fortunate enough to catch
on to corner of it on coming up. The
| other two struggled in the river for sew
eral moments until they were rescued
| by comrades in skiff.
The two-year-old daughter of ex-
! Sheriff Hays, of Wichita, found a match
! on the floor the other morning. She
| ignited it and was soon enveloped in
flames Before Mrs Hays, who was at
tracted from the adjoining room by the
screams. could eXtinguiSh the flames