Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-08-03

VINO was caught IN the act of eXtortlng
money from dissolute women under
threats of arrestiug them, got off with
a 800 fine. He was arrested for NAL
feasance in Office, which is a peniten
tiary offense. The Republican author
tiles withdrew the charge and Helm
pleaded guilty to misdemeanor and
was fined only $l0O.
LEAvENwoRTH,-New comes here
of the poisoning of two families con-
sisting of thiI teen people on the De-
coursey farm, south of Leayenworth
Saturday night. One child, years
old, is dead and Others may not re-
cover. The families poisoned were
those of William and George Berg
man, who drank freely of buttermilk
said to have contained ptomaine poi
son. Those who drank the milk
went into commissions.
ToPEKA,-A requisition from Gov
ernor Tanner of Illinois for John Day
now in Jail at Medicine Lodge, was
honored by Governor Leedy. Day
will be taken by Deputy Sheriff Dor
othy to Carthage Ill. to be tried for
rape. The maximum penalty for his
crime is life imprisonment. He fed
from Illinois for fear of lynching.
He is farmer 48 years old.
The Atchison Champion, the Oldest
daily paper in Kansas, is again
the property of A. J. Felt. 1t was
sold at public sale under mort
gage given by G. NJ. Sheldon and the
Champion Publishing Company to
Mr.. Felt, who bid in the paper under
his mortgage. Felt, owing to i'll
health, offered the paper for sale,
and Sheldon purchased and took pos,
session of it three months ago. His
venture in the newspaper business
was not success.
Attorney General Boyle has Civ
en- an opinion that, i'll counties where
there was a union ticket las: year
and no ticket headed either Demo
crat or Populist appeared OH the
ballot, it will be necessary to file pc
titions to properly place either or
both of the last named tickets on
the ballot this year. Of course a
convention can be held and ticket
can be named as usual, but after
that petition will be necessary in
such cases.
ATCHlSoN, Kan. The Missouri
is not navigable at the present time
at point few miles above Atchi-
son. The steamboat J. w. Spen-
Ger passed the Atchison bridge
several days ago, bound for St.
Joe, but came back and tied up
here. A sandbar extends across
the river six miles above town and
the pilot claims a man can wade
across the river on it. lie tried all
day to find an opening across the
bar, bat was unsuccessful.
WICHITA, Kan. Eight months
ago j. G. Cunningham made a con-
tract with the commissioners to find
unlisted property, mortgages, notes
and bonds, for half the amount due
on such property for taxes. Cum
ningham has been at work for two
months and reported nearly $4,000
of unlisted property in Wichita.
The county attorney held that the
contract was illegal for the reason
that the statutes specify how all
taxes shall be applied, which pre-
vents diversion to any other purpose
than that provided. The commits
sioners rescinded tha contract.
TOPEKA, The prisoners in the city
lookup struck Thursday, but didn'i
walk out. They claimed that they
we're not receiving wholesome food
and declared they would not work OF,
the rockpile until they got better grub
The officers asserted that the food was
all right. The prisoners refused to
pound rock and they we're given bread
and water dinner. They gave in dur
ing the afternoon and returned to work
at the old schedule. Their chief com-
plaint was that they were fed liver
smothertd with onions too often.
TOPEKA, July 27.-(Special.) The
Modoc Club, of this city, has under
taken to inaugurate estate Orator.
cal and Musical Jubilec.''
The initial entertainment and con-
tests are to take place on September,
IA, Is and 10, at Garfield park, and
the contests are to be open to the state.
The following list of prizes has
been arranged:
Twelve contestants in elocution, lin
ited to ladies. First prize valued at
$500; second prizs valued at $lOO.
Vocal solos, twelve contestants.
First prize valued at $500; second
prize valued at 800.
Twelve contestants in piano solo.
First prize, 5000; second prizs, 500.
Twenty -four contestants on mixed
instruments. First prize, 500, second
prize, 800.
Drs. Thornton & Minor-the ia.