Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-10-20
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Prairie fires have done considerable
damage in western Kansas. They were
generally started by sparks from loco
motives.
Edward Brent a steam filter. was
caught in the machinery of the Phoenix
packing house at Armourdale and in
stantly killed.
The seventh annual convention of the
Young Women's Christian association
of Kansas convened at Topeka on the
18th and was in session several days.
The liveryman who shot three of the
Dalton gang at Coffeyville was not
Jim Spears as there is no such per-
son there, but the real name of the
bandit externinator is John j. Kloehr,
a German and member of the local gun
club.
Judge Theodosius Botkin has pre-
sented his resignation to Gov. Hum
phrey as Judge of the Thirty-second
judicial district, and William Easton
Hutchinson, an attorney, of Ulysses,
Grant county, has been appointed to
succeed him.
Guilford Dudley, banker and one of
the wealthiest citizens of Topeka, was
recently arrested for violating the state
right of anybody to inquire into his pri-
vate affairs and proposes to test the va
idity of the law.
j. S. Bryant, a travelling man, is in
jail at Wichita charged with bigamy.
He had one wife at Winfield and an
other at Wichita. He quarreled with
one wife and she sued for divorce. The
other wife read the proceedings and
had him arrested.
1t is now thought that Emmett Dali
ton, the wounded Coffeyville bandit,
will recover. The express companies
have agreed to pay handsomely to the
families of the citizens killed in the
fight, though there was no outstanding
reward for the Daltons.
Fred Bassett, son of Judge o. A. Bas-
sett, of Lawrence, shot w. E. Higgins
and John Craycroft, students at the
university, the other day because they
crossed his fathers yard contrary to his
orders. They will recover. Young
Bassett, who is only Is years old, was
arrested.
Jack Dougherty drank eighteen
glasses of whisky within five minutes
at Leavenworth the other afternoon on
a wager and then asked for more, which
was refused him. He got up on a chair
and danced a jig to show that he was
all right. Half an hour later Dougherty
was carried home and died next morn
ing.
Mrs. Sarah Milne, an elderly lady,
was burned to death at Newton the
other night. She was going into her
cellar with lamp in her hand and at
the foot of the stairs tripped and fell,
the lamp breaking into fragments and
setting her clothes afire. No one was
in the house with her, save a four-year-
old granddaughter.
The twenty-fifth annual meeting Of
the Kansas academy of science con-
vened in Atchison on the 18th. The as
ISOLATION was organized at Topeka
twenty-five years ago upon the call of
Prof. Nudge. It had only six or seven
mem bers then, but it has been holding
annual sessions ever since in the larger
cities of the state and it now has mem
bership of over 100.
When Judge Anderson sentenced
Thomas Monroe to the penitentiary at
Kansas City, Kan, the other day his
wife, who was sitting by his side, at
tempted to give him the contents of a
small vial of poison which she took
from the pocket of her dress. Monroe
was an Armourdale barber who owned
a vicious dog that bit policeman. The
officer shot the dog and Monroe shot
the officer, infiicting an ugly wound.
Operator Mosier was taking short
nap in the Santa Fe depot at Winfield
the other night, when he was suddenly
| punched in the ribs and told to straight
en- up. He did so and looked squarely
| into two revolvers, held by masked men.
| The cash drawer was then broken open
and robbed of its contents, amounting
| to only SIS. An attempt was made to
open the safe but did not succeed. Some
persons waiting for a late train were
| searched but nothing was secured from
them.
The four hundredth anniversary of
the discovery of America by Columbus
was observed in all the cities of the
state by the Catholic churches on the
18th. At Leavenworth the Catholic So
cieties, the different congregations,
| children of the parochiai schools de.
| tachment of soldiers from Fort Leaven-
worth and 200 veterans from the SOL
diers' home joined in the observance OF
the day. Fully 1900 people partici-
pated in the street parade. At the ca
| thedra1 pontifical high mass was cele-
| brated by Bishop Fink.
The grand lodge 1. o. o. F., recently
| in session at Fort Scott, elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year:
81. w. Pond, of Fort Scott. grand mas
| ter; j. A. Campbell, of Severance, depu-
| ty grand master; William Glenn, of
Tribune, grand warden; John Bright,
| of Topeka, grand secretary; l. c. Slime,
of Ottawa, grand treasurer. William
Matthewson, of Wichita, was elected
grand representative to the supreme
! lodge. The Bossiere endowment for
| an Odd Fellows orphans home, which
| consists of tract of land 8. 156 acres in
| extent situated near Ottawa, improved
| by buildings to the value of $50, 900,
about 525 head of cattle, $50 head of
| horses and $50 head of hogs, was ac-
| cepted.
| Secretary Mohler says that according
| to the reports from miIlers, the wheat
| of this years crop will average about
| sixty-two pounds to the bushel. Last
years crop only averaged ffty-eight
pounds, making a difference of four
| pounds between the crops
| The case against j. w. Briedenthal,
| chairman of the peoples party state
central committee, who was arrested