The Globe-republican., 1895-06-07

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won the 2-ycar-old race At Gravesend,
n. T.. Thursday, winning . uarse Of
S.. 600.
At the annual meeting of the rail-
Saturday, May 25, Walker w. Powell
OF Wichita, Grand Chief of the Rail
road Telegraphcrs of North America,
was reelected to serve another term.
Barney Gibbons, who shot and kill
ed his wife in Wichita last January,
was placed ON trial to prove his san
ity. A jury of six men returned a
! verdict that he Is of sound mind,
therefore he must stand trial for his
crime.
The Democratic State Central coz
mit;ee met in Topeka Wednesday 70
issue an address to the people. The
address declares for the free coinage
of silver and denounces the action of
the Supreme Court in the Income tax
matter. The address appeals TO ali
friends of silver to join with the Dem
ocrsts in the great battle fo.' the res
toration of the white metal next year.
1t IS also stated that the committee
| will adjourn for two months to await
| the action OF the sii7erites, whole
| State convention will bc held IN July.
About week ago Fred Bowen, OF
| Lincoln county. stole road cart and
eloped with Miss Kitty Hartford
| Smith, the pretty daughter of veal
| thy northern Kansas parents The
sheriff of Lincoln county has been
| hunting them ever since and when he
got off the train at Garden Plain
| Thursday night he ran onto them just
as they were boarding the same train.
and arrested them. They had beer
SO busy eluding the sheriff they had
not had time to get married
Private Joseph Fenncll, Of Battery
a, X. N. c.. had his right arm blown
to pieces, and Private Walker lost o
thumb by the premature explosion o,
a gun at the Decora ton day exercises
1T the cemetery at Wichita. This gun
has history. It was used in both the
Mexican and Civil wars, and has beer
twice condemned. 1t is known te
have killed six men and injured five
others, but it is now forever silenccd.
Early Friday morning some man witt
small hammer and rat tail file
spiked this gun and another one. sc
effort is being made to find out who
did it. as he is considered bcnefac.
tor.
The citizens of Topeka have ,iiscov.
cred that they have been mulcted tc
the amount of sos, 900. The city at.
torney received notice to appear in
New York City, where dispositions are
to be taken in the case of w. B. Strong,
as trustee OF the bond holders of the
the first mortgage bonds of the Tope-
ka Water Company, agains. the city.
The city has been paying rental for
hydrapts to the company instead of to
the fiscal agency of New York foe II
years. the total sum being 100000. A
special meeting of the city council
was held and City Attorney Bird was
directed to 60 to New York and repre-.
sent the city. w. 4. Strong, the
trustee, was for several years presi.
dent of the Atchison, Topeka and San
ia Fe Railroad. General Solicitor
George Peck of the Santa Fe is his at.
tO-ney.
John johnson of Springfield, NO.,
was found Wednesday evening in the
brush in an almost dying condition in
lonely spot on Little river near
Wichita, Kansas. The police were
notified and an ambulance sent to the
place and the man was taken to the
hospital where ne was attended by
the city physician. The man was a BILE to
talk and told that he camc here from
Springfield and that on Monday night
he was knocked down and robbed
near the Missouri Pacific depot of all
his money, consisting of sa4.15. The
robbers we're two colorcd men and
white man. After robbing him, thcv
agreed not to kill him if he would
leave town, which he agreed to do.
He reached the bridge and give out,
but fearing that the robbers would
find and kill him, crawlcd off into the
brush, where he was when found.
The officers have clew.
Biighting hot winds blew IN Kansas
for thirty-six hours, commencing
Monday morning. A strong wind
from the south drove clouds of dust
and sand across the Central and West
ern parts of the State. Travellers on
the through lines of road say that
they we're compelled to keep car win
dows closed for 500 miles to prevent
suffccation. The wind blighted tic
growing crops. and dispatches from
Central Kansas say the farmers do
not hope 10 raise anything. In hun
dreds of orchards the ground is COW
cred with young fruit, which has been
blown from the trees.
The Kansas Photographic society
was organized last week at a meeting
of photographers at Topeka. An in