Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-09-12
NEWS NOTES.

congressman James Cape hart,Of the
Fourth West Virginia district. who
was renominated last week after a
bitter fight, has withdrawn.
Governor Turney, of Tennessee for
mally offered a reward of SIS, 900
Wednesday for the apprehension of
the persons engaged in the lynching
of the six negro barn burners near
Wellington last Friday.
Bids for furnishing blanks and
striking in bronze 33, $50 medals of
award for the Worlds Columbian ex-
position were opened at the treasury
department. There were seven bids,
that of the Scoville Manufacturing
company of Waterbury, Conn, at
so, 600, being the lowest.
Miss Julia White shot and killed
Gibson Taylor near Pine Bluff, Ark.
She didn't know it was loaded"
Several banks in Illinois have agreed
to advance money to the amount of
nearly SO, 600 on the militia pay rolls
A. H. Wilcox, wealthy Chicagoan,
has been arrested at Buffalo. charged
with swindling business associates
out of 100000
statement by the director of the
mint shows the coinage during the
month of August: Gold, 81, 722, 900;
silver, S076, 600, of which S74S, 900 was
standard dollars.
"A free fight was narrowly averted
at the Populist convention when a
Autograph picture of Waite was torn
up by Denver man. Fists were used
and one man drew big knife, but
quiet was finally restored.
A. w. Dickerson, cashier of the
broken Cass county bank of Atlantic,
Iowa, was sentenced to six years at
hard labor in the State peniten-
tiary. Diczerson had pleaded guilty
to fraudulent banking. Several hun
dred thousand were involved in the
failure.
There is still a strong feeling in
Hawaii in favor of annexation to the
United States.
John New, a convict at Lansing,
upon whose evidence parties were ar
rested for the Gibson Frazer murder
some years ago, refused to appear at
the preliminary examination of the
defendants and they were discharged
from custody.
V. S. Brown presiding Judge of the
Christian county. Mo, court, has been
held to the grand jury for over
charging for fee in pension case.
Ben S. Henderson of Winfield, tenn
porary chairman of the Kansas Popu-
list state convention in scathing let
ter to Chairman Breide nthal de-
nounces dwellings administration
and declines to support the state
ticket.
Judge Edward L. Edwards, a pioneer
lawyer and politician of Cole county,
Missouri, is dead. At the time of his
death he was the oldest living eX-cir-
cult judge in the state.
Mayor Hopkins has issued procla-
nation calling on the people of Chica-
go to contribute to the relief of the
forest fire sufferers. Liberal contri-
buttons are expected in response to
the appeal.
The New Mexico supreme court has
affirmed the decision of the lower
court sentencing Stephen M. Folsom,
late president of the Albuquerque
national bank to five years in the pen
itentiary for making false state ments
of the banks finances.
Operations on the Delaware and
of water All boats are tied up where
they happened to be. Several hun
dred are stalled between Housdale
and Kingston, and cannot be moved
until rains fall. The water has not
been SO low in many years.
General Schofield has ordered that
hereafter, in view of the small num-
Der of vacancies in the army and the
consequent restrictions upon recruit
ing, that no person under the age of
Fl will be enlisted except boys as
musicians or to learn music.
In Des Moines on Wedn esday Judge
Spurrier of the district court granted
temporary injunction against the
siXty-two saloons in operation in that
city under the Martin Mulct law on
the ground of defective petition.
A reward of 500 has been offered
for the discovery of President Ken
nedy of Amity college at College City,
Iowa, who mysteriously disappeared
month ago.
The case of Judge Charles d. Long
of Michigan against Secretary Hoke
Smith and Pension Commissioner
Lochren was before the district SUI
preIne court Wednesday. Assistant
Attorney General Maloney asked that
the motion for mandanlus be dis
missed. Arguments were postponed
until October 26. when they will be
heard oy Judge Bradley.
IN the Sandwich islands the apple
has become wild. AMI Forests of trees
OF many acres are fousd IN various
parts of the country. They extend
from the level OF the sea far Dip int
the mountain sides.