Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-04-11

The president has approved the
joint resolution making provision for
the salaries and expenses of addition
al deputy collectors of revenue to en-
force the Chinese exclusion act.
Tho coroner's jury at Darlington, s.
C., has rendered verdict to hold Nc
LendOn for the killing of Norment,
Kane for the killing of Redmond, and
that Redmond killed Pepper. The
military court will first submit its re-
port to Governor Tillman, but it is un-
derstood to concur as to the facts as
they have been published.
A dispatch from Darlington. S. c.,
says that an opinion in the disrensa-
ry cases has already been drawn up
and signed by Justices McIver and
MCGOWAN and has been sent to JUS
tice Pope, in whose hands it remains.
The State says that the opinion de-
clarcs the act unconstitutional. but
whether in whole or part, is not as
certained.
The fruit prospect in Saline county,
according to the report of the county
horticultural society, is as follows:
Peaches, total failure; apples GO per
cent; cherries, Early Richmond, 20
per cent, English Morello, rs per cent;
plums, except Miner and Damson,
nearly. ruined; pears, none; grapes,
full crop.
Mrs. Lucy Drake of Wichita, was
burned fatally Tuesday in curious
way. Early in the evening she had
been cleaning dress with gasoline
and later put it on and went out. On
her return she was lighting a lamp
when the flames from the match com
municated with her clothes and be-
fore help could reach her she was
burned to crisp.
A cut of S., 600, 600 has been agreed
upon by the house committee on naval
affairs on the item for armor plate
and armament in the naval appropria-
ton bill. The navy departments es-
innate was $4,000 600. This was to
wind up large outstanding contracts
with the Carnegie and the Bethlehem
concerns for armor for the new war
vessels. The subcommittee first cut
the allowance $780, 900, which was the
amount of the fine realized by the
navy department from the Carnegie
company. Now the full committee
have made this additional heavy cut,
carrying the item down to 81, 500, 900.
L. +. L. Cause, one of the best
known Germans of Chicago has disap-
peared from his home and despite the
efforts of his friends and the police
no trace of him has been found. He
left home n week ago Saturday in a
hlghly nervous state as the result of
overwork. He intended to visit a
physician. Nothing has been heard
OF nam since, except an incoherent let
ter received from him the following
day. 1t is feared he has made awav
with himself. No explanation can be
made for his disappearance, for so far
as known, his affairs are in good con-
dition, and his home life pleasant. Mr..
Cause occupied the position of first
assistant public librarian, and was
well known in German newspaper and
literary circles.
The women of Cherokee are endeay-
oring to found free reading room.
The collapse of the large wooden
bridge at Radford, Va, Friday after
noon was greater than at first ap-
peared. Eight men went down eighty
feet. Three were instantly killed
Charles Thomas Edward Mabes and
c. Andrews, all white. The wives of
two of the men saw the bridge 90
down with them. T. NJ. MCCULLOUGH
the contractor has since died Thorn
as Price. contractor, with Johnston
and James Carners. the latter colored.
cannot recover. The disaster was due
to lack of engineering skill on the
part of the contractor.
The burglar who was shot at Inde-
pendence. Kan, last Tuesday while in
the act of breaking into the postoffice
is believed by the authorities to be a
professional crook and safe breaker.
judging from the set of tools. dvna-
! mite powder, etc, that he carried.
HIS coat bore the mark of T. L. Sif, of
st. Louis, as maker, and a letter was
sent to Sif in regard to the person for
whom he had made the suit. A tele-
gram was received stating that his
name was I. W. Raymond, but
that he knew nothing further of him.
As this corresponds with the initials
in India ink on his arm. it is probably
his name.