Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1894-10-11

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noon OF the I'd. One engine was badly
wrecked and colored boy who was
stealing a ride on the trucks of the
baggage car had an arm cut off and
was otherwise injured. No passengers
were hurt.
Another Ticket Filed.
The Initiative and Referendum league
has fled its ticket with the secretary of
state. 1t is as follows: W. II. Benning-
ton, Topeka, associate justice; Cyrus
Corning, Topeka, governor; NJ. A. Pratt,
Wichita, acknowledgements; Alex
Young, Pittsburg. auditor; HI. A.
White, Augusta, attOrney-general; s.
L. Cherry, Parsons, treasurer:. Fred An
thony, Leavenworth, secretary of state;
Mrs. Eta Semple, Ottawa, superintend-
ent of public instruction.
State Moneys.
The regular monthly report of State
Treasurer Biddle showed the following
figures; Receipts during Septemb her,.
S17,909.56; disbursements, $40, I19.9S;
balance on hand, S961, 49,. 81; state
taxes paid in, So. 964. %; earnings of the
penitentiary, S., sos. 16; earnings of the
secretary of states office, SiOhs5;
school fund invested in bonds, IS 900;
bonds paid off. $4,000; total amount
invested in bonds, Sc, So, 449.77.
Court Scene.
AT Winfield the other day when
Judge Jackson, of the district court.
pronounced sentence of death upon
Judge Isaac G. Reed for the killing OF
Isaac Hopper, he wound up by saying,
land may God have mercy on you" In
stantly Judge Reed reioined: ''And
may God, in His infinite mercy, forgive
all who had part in the preparation
Of this mOnstrous injustice -
Topeka's Fix.
Mayor Harrison, of Topeka. issued
proclamation few days ago declaring
that the mayor and council were pow
erless to suppress crime and lawless-
ness in that city on account of the
metropolitan system which an unwise
legislature empowered the governor to
intiict upon the people of all cities of
the first class in Kansas. The procla-
nation created sensation.
Crop Prospects.
Reports from all sections of the
Golden Belt wheat section of Kansas
are that the wheat acreage sown will
be even larger than in 1892, the largest
on record. The corn fields being prac-
tically without crops made them
ready for the plow early and heavy
rains have put the ground in good
condition for seeding.
Work of Miscreants.
A Santa Fe passenger train came
near being wrecked 5 miles west of
Nortonville the other night. The train
was crowded with persons who had
been to Topeka to hear Gov. Mckinley
speak. Some miscreant had placed
ties across the track. Fortunately the
engineer saw the ties in time to save
serious wreck.
School Teachers Suicide.
L. S. Campbell, a school teacher at
Big Springs, in the west part of Doug
las county, committed suicide the other
night by shooting himself with shot
gun. Campbell was a young man of
about % years and was regarded as one
of the best school teachers in the cOun-
ty. There was no cause known for tbs
act.
Kansas PresbyterIans.
The Presbyterian synod of Kansas
held its annual meeting at Salina the
past week. Seven presbyteries are
comprised in the Kansas synod. 353
churches, 211 ministers and "a 936 mcm-
bers. Nearly 200 delegates were pres
ent.
Drowned.
Jerome z. Marshall. of Kansas City,
Kan, was drowned in the Missouri
river the other day by falling through
the flooring of an clubhouse which pro-
jected partly over the river in the rear
of a foundry in which he was employed.
He leaves a wife and FIVE children.
Burned to Death.
The Kansas City house at Pleasan-
ton was destroyed by fire about mid
night the other night, and Miss Dora
Webb, who had arrived with her father
from Ottawa on the o'clock train
that evening, was burned to death.
Tired of Life.
Philip w. Goodman committed sui
eide at Leavenworth the other night
by taking morphine. He was formerly
a member of the home He was a
member of company d, United States
volunteer infantry.
Minor State News.
The elevator of j. Il. Ward, at Card
ner, was recently burned. Loss, $40. OO00.
Mrs. 81. NJ. Gleason, wife of farmer,
was recently killed by being thrown
from a wagon near Atchison.
On the last day of September frost
killed sweet potato and tomato vines
in SOroa Of the central counties oe +l,o