The Globe-republican., 1895-07-18


The Golden Belt Medical associa lion
Is in session at Salina. Medical men
are in attendance from various points
In central Kansas.
Two prisoners in the county Jail at
Salina, Ramsey and Bostick, escaped
Friday by breaking through the cell
Ing of the room where they were con
fined into garnet and thence to the
outside They we're waiting sentence
for burglary.
Police Officer Frank Clark, who shot
Ind killed E. J. Byrnc at Leavenworth
June 81, was acquitted ut his prelim-
mary trial Saturday. Byrne was re-
sisting arrest.
Burglars blew two safes at Durham
last Friday--at the postofficc and 4
hardware store. From the former
they secured 500 in money, $50 worth
Of stamps and some watches. The
other safe only contained So. There
Is no cleH.
Monday evening four car loads Of
Kansas members of the Christian En-
deavor society left Kansas City for
Boston to attend the national meet
ing of the United society. The Kan
sas delegation numbers l3O people. L.
L. Roby, of Topeka, has it in charge.
The 16-year-old daughter, Fredia, of
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Fietz of Leaven-
worth, was taking some clothes from
wardrobe Tuesday morning, and
knocked revolver off q shelf. In
falling it struck 4 chair, vas discharg-
ed and the bullet passed through her
stomach. inflicting fatal wound.
1t is purposed to have the state
meet of the League of American
Wheelmen at Topeka August 10th and
18th. Arrangements are almost COM
pletcd. and an interesting meeting is
There are 80 members OF
the League in Topeka, and 500 wheel
men are expected from all over the
State.
. Saturday evening Miss Anna
Schwagler, we'll known young lady
of Leavenworth, shot herself fatally,
it is supposed with suicidal intent. She
was engaged to NJ. B. Donovan, a
prominent young business man of
and after lovers quar-
rel she went to Douovan's house and
seized a revolver and shot herself.
At Wichita Saturday morning, Liz
zie Thomas, girl about 25 years old,
jumped off the Lewis street bridge,
drowning herself in the Arkansas
river. Sno had lived in Wichita sew
eral years, working as domestic in
hotels and private families. She had
lad no work for some time, and had
just one penny in her pocket book. A
note was found in her room addressed
to a nephew in Ohio.
Charles Ramsey, II years old, saved
George Rhodes, q 15-year-old Topeka
boy, from drowning last Sunday.
Young Rhodes was bathing in the
Kansas river with a party of other
boys, and became exhausted. He
swan as long Us he could, and went
under the water several times He
tainted just as Ramsey reached him,
but the Young man succeeded in reach
the shore with him safely, though
they were 1875 feet out
Dispatches from all over Kansas
show the rain ana wind storm of
last Sunday to have been very severe
in its effects. The rain fell in tor
rents, accompanied by high Winds
almost equalling in force q hurricane
or tornado in some places. It did as
sumo the proportions of o tornado at
the little town of Caution, near To-
peka, and nearly every house in town
damaged, the High school building es-
pecially. At La Fontaine, near FIRE.
donna, the Christian church, in course
of construction, was demolished, and
brick school house damaged to the
amount of $1,000. Bridgeport, on the
Smoky Hill river near Salina, is en-
tlrcly under water. owing to the rise
Of the river. At Independence several
barns we're blown over. At Che
topa the smoke stack of the electric
light plant was blown over, and the
city was in darkness during the storm.
At Burton the streets are ponds Of
water. At Neodesha the Commercial
hotel, the school building and banl.
we're partially unroofed. and
flooded with water, and q wind mill
md Is oil dcrriclss blown down.
Jerry Williams and his sister, Mrs
0. + Ellis. were struck by fast Kan
,as City, Fort Scott & Memphis train
sarly Friday morning at Olatne. Mrs.
Ellis was instantly killed and Mr..
williams was fatally injured.
Heavy rains are reported as falling
Kansas Thursday night,
causing several washouts on the rail.
roads A portion of the north part OF
Fort Scott is under water, caused by
Tho rapid rising of the Marmaton river
Ind Mill creek. Many families were
to move out of their homes.
Ind much damage was done. Work
vas suspended at the Missouri Pacific