Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-02-27

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Last Tuesday night the postofice at
Andale was robbed. The safe was
blown to pieces and between sixty
and seventy dollars was secured. No
clue to the robbers as yet.
At the intercollegiate oratorical con.
test held in Cooper chapel Friday
night at Sterling, honors were car
ried off by the Enterprise college.
The contestants were Otto Newly of
Cooper Miss Flickinger of Mcpherson,
and j. w. Engel of Enterprise.
special from Abilene, Kansas,
says; Rev. E. L. Prather, paster of
the First Baptist church Wednesday
filed two suits for SO, 900 damages for
SANDER against L. D. Tolliver and C.
U. Spangler, leading members of his
church, whom he charges with MAX
Ing false charges against his morality.
The district court at Wellington has
been occupied since Feb. 8, with the
case of The Consolidated Cattle COM
pany against the Santa Fe railroad
for damage on n train load of cattle
en- route from the Panhandle of Texas
to Kansas City. The damage claimed
is $l.5oO, by negligence in overlooking
and delaying. The attorneys will oc-
cupy about two days in the arguments.
United States Marshal Neeley has
informed Clyde MattoX to prepare to
go to Wichita about the first of the
month to receive the sentence of death
in the United States court which con-
venes there about that time. 1t is ex-
pected that the date of his execution
will be set for some time in May or
early in June, the same to take place
in the jail of Sedgwick county.
Tuesday night the second hand
store of Brown Emmett, 1171z West
Douglas, Wichita, was broken into
by thieves and about SO worth of fire
arms was stolen. 1t is supposed that
some tramp, who was out of money,
had adopted this means of securing
something which had value. No clue
has as yet come to the ears of the of
fcers.
The session of the grand Union of
the Equitable Aid union for Kansas
adjourned Wednesday morning. The
following officers were elected for the
next year: William Fletcher, Kansas
City, Kansas, president; Mrs. Jennie
b. White, Paola, vice-president; L. II.
Barker, Kansas City, Kansas, secre-
tary; j. II. Weber, Kansas City, Kan
sas, accountant; d. II. Justus, Mime
apolis, treasurer.
The seventh annual meeting of the
Missouri and Kansas association of
Lumber Dealers convened at Kansas
City Tuesday at the headquarters of
the association. Matters of interest
to the trade were discussed. The
convention was convened Wednesday
and in the evening grand concaten-
alton of Hoo Hoos was held in the
the club rooms. The association is
composed of retail dealers of Missouri
and Kansas.
A Fort Scott, Kansas. special says:
S. II. Coffet, young student at the
Kansas normal college in this city
whose home is in Moon City, Mo-, was
arrested Monday, charged with send
ing obscene letters through the mails
to Miss Crabtree, young lady student
at the normal college at Great Bend.
Coffet formerly attended at the Great
Bend school and visited Miss Crabtree
Coffet pleaded guilty before United
States Commissioner Mosher ana was
sent to Jail to await sentence at the
next term OF court.
The supreme council of the Modern
Knights, Fidelity League held its an
nual meeting in Kansas City. The
greater part of the session was devot-
ed to changing the constitution and
by laws of the order. The following
officers were chosen for the coming
year: Supreme moderator, j. B. r.
Powell, Kansas City. Kansas; supreme
vice moderator, j. W. Finder, Parsons,
Kansas; supreme secretary, E. Ho-
muth, Kansas City, Kansas; supreme
treasurer, J. F. Barker, Argentine,
Kansas; supreme guide. Mrs. R. NJ.
Sibley, Jefferson, Ohio; supreme chap
lain, o. L. Peake, Springfield, Mis-
souri,; supreme vidette, Charles L.
Quirey, San Francisco, California.
Hartwell P. Heath, or Editor Frank
II. Truesdell, as the case may be, who
was jailed at Emporia Tuesday for at
tempting to pass forged drafts, still
maintains his cool self-possession, and
refuses to talk to anyone. He gave
an unwilling sitting for a photograph
Tuesday afternoon. A dispatch has
been received by Marshal Flemming
from the Chief of Police of Syracuse.
N. Y, requesting Heath's picture and
urging his detention, as the Syracuse
authorities say they want him on two
charges of forgery. County Attorney
Simpson thinks Lyons county will not
care to incur the expense of bringing
witnesses from California in order to
convict the prisoner, but the bankers
say California witnesses will be here.
and that he will be prosecuted to the
full extent of the law.
Hartwell P. Heath, of Pasadena.
Cal, was arrested at Emporia Monday
for swindling banks. His scheme was
a novel one. A partner of his address
ing letters to the different banks, re-
presenting himself as cashier of the
First National of Pasadena. A few
days after the receipt of the letter
Heath would show up and endeavor
to cash draft on that bank. His
game was nipped in the bud, and it
now transpires he was figuring on do
ing up a number of other places as
the Wichita bankers have also been
recipients of letters introducing this
sleek gentleman.
A special from Washington saws:
A petition from Kansas citizens ask.
ing a constitutional amendment to
prohibit the union of church and
state was presented by Vest of Mis-
souri, Monday. He also offered the
petition of the citizens of ST Louis.
Kansas City and Cornelia for a consti-
tutional amendment to prohibit aliens
from voting.