Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-07-24


In the district court at Erie Ed An
derson, who murdered Swan Peterson
near Erie July S, and who confessed to
the murder at the coroner's inquest,
was found guilty of murder in the first
degree.
A young man well known in Wichita,
Edward Tush, who recently moved to
Houston, Tex, was drowned a few
days ago while on fishing trip near
Houston. He was IS years old. His
remains were buried on the battle field
of San Jacinto, the most interesting
historic spot in Texas.
Judge Meyers, in the district court
at Leavenworth, Tuesday morning set
tied six years litigation over the de-
funct Missouri Valley Life Insurance
company, by confirming the reports of
Referee Charles Hayden of Holton,
overruling all motions for new trial
and entering judgment in favor of all
policy holders and their assignees,
numbering in all about 1000, most of
whom are in Kansas. They will not
ReG over 20 Genus on the QOlldr.
Ex-State Senator w. J. Buehan of
Leavenworth, has been appointed mas
ter of the case of the Rochester brew
cry of Kansas City, Mo-, against the
Interstate National bank of Kansas
City, Kan, by Judge Williams. This
is the big brewery case involving over
$50, 900 and is the outcome of the war
between the Rochester brewery and the
beer trust in Kansas City, Mo. The
appointment was fled Tuesday in the
United States circuit court at Topeka.
David NJ. Bair, a prosperous farmer
about 35 years of age and unmarried,
living near Dighton, Kan, suicided by
shooting himself through the heart
with an old muslxet He wrote several
notes, but the only one that gave any
clue to his rash act was one in which
he said he was haunted by wrong
committed when lad, but the nature
of the crime was not disclosed. His af-
fairs were in excellent condition and
he was well liked by all who knew
him.
K. Dome Geza, the well known and
eccentric violinist, once an instructor
at the State university, has returned
to Kansas after an absence of several
months. He entered monastery in
Kentucky, determined to spend his life
as monk. This step was caused by
sorrow at the death of a young lady
with whom he was in love. He found
the penance imposed upon him at the
monastery too severe, and conse-
quently gave up the idea of becoming a
monk.
| At Wichita Saturday morning, Liz
zie Thomas, a girl about % years old,
| jumped off the Lewis street bridge,
drowning herself in the Arkansas river.
She had lived in Wichita several years,
working as domestic in hotels and
private families. She had been out of
work for some time, and there was
found in her pocket book one penny. A
note was found in her room addressed
to nephew in Ohio. A subscription
was raised by charitable citizens of
Wichita, and she was buried in the
cemetery there.
|
cine Lodge, is a cadet at the naval acad-
envy at Annapolis, appointed by Jerry
Simpson. Cadet Landis figured as a
hero one day last week, when two of
the crews We're practicing on the Sew
ern river in the little steam launches
of the academy. One of the cadets
while watching for a signal made a
misstep and fell backwards into the
water. The following from the An
napolis Capitol tells the rest of the
story: ''Without an instant's hesitation
Cadet Lands, with that cool nerve and
magnificent heroism that has ever
marked the sons of the West in mo-
ments of danger, plunged overheard,
and by dint of wonderful eXertions,
succeeded in getting his almost eX-
hausted companion to the boat. To
the fact that Cadet Lands is accounted
the best swimmer at the academy may
| be attributed the rescue of Cadet Boyd
from drowning or from far more hor-
rible death by the mangling, death
dealing screw. 1t is our earnest opin-
ion that medal should be awarded to
this brave and coura geous life-saver by
Congress-
G. L. Mohler, young musician and
vocal instructor who has been familiar
in society and musical affairs in Fort
Scott for several months, shocked the
people of that town by robbing his
landlady, Mrs Amanda Hartman, of a
pair of diamond earrings, valued at
$500. He tried the ruse of eXcitedly
I aloY hat hoA rrh
bed also, but the chief of police, after
an investigation, accused young Mob
Ter of the theft. He Indignantly de-
MED it, but finally confessed and gave
up the diamonds.
A Leavenworth county farmer who
sells hay to citizens of Leavenworth,
has an eye to business. 1t is said that
every time load of hay was taken to
town, the farmers wife, who weighs
$50 pound, accompanied her husband,
but was not always visible. 1t is stated
that when the load of hay was weigh
ed the woman was down in it, and when
the hay NOW was reached she would
crawl out. The scheme was discovered
last Saturday by Mr.. Mckee, who has
recently bought four loads of hay of
the farmer, who refused, however, to
refund payment for the 1000 pounds of
human flesh that he had sold for hay.
The following Kansans have been
appointed cadets at the naval academy
at Annapolis: L. C. Broughton, Mayes-
vile; Frank L. Rockwell, alternate,
Junction City; C. P. Huff, Butler; f. b.
Larrimer, Wichita; Z. j. Sadler, alter
nate, Sedan; Z. d. Scott, alternate.
Marysville.
Gus Burger of Neodesha, barber,
whose parents reside at Columbia,
Tex, died Sunday night from the eff
fects of being struck on the head by a
stone thrown by George Pyle on the