Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-07-27

and candidates succeeded in quiet
ing the be ligerents.
TOPEKA,-Tte Topeka carnival
crew have wired Lieutenant Colonel
Little at San Francisco 10 obtain a
car nibal queen of some island in the
Philippines and ship her for an attrac-
tion for the fall festivities.
DENVER, Col, A meeting of the
joint committee on cooperation OF
the silver republican, democratic and
populist parties of the state of Colo
RADIO was held here. It was arranged
that the state conventions of the
three parties will be held at Colorado O
Springs on September 8, when a flu
sion ticket will be named. The ap-
pointment of candidates will be
made August 10.
AICHIsoN ,-Conard Mihms farm
er who lived south of Nortonville,
Jefferson county, was struck by light
ming during Sc we're electrical storm
Tuesday evening and instantly killed.
The fatal flush knocked him from a
load of hay, upon which he was riding
The hay was tired by the flash Id
burned, together with the rack. The
hors IS broke loose from the wagon
and escaped.
FORT SCOTT:-Miss My rtle Durham
has been added to the mysterious dis
appearance list. Wednesday upon
leaving on shopping expedition, she
said that she would return early but
has not been seen since. Her sister,
Mrs. T. L. Myers, reported the case
to the police of Kansas City, and they
are now looking fo trim built bru-
nette, attired in a tailor made costume
who weighs 81 pounds and pleads
guilty to being 26 years old.
TOPEKA report has reached here
from Camp Alger to the affect that the
company IF college young men in
Kansas had, by a unanimous vote.
asked their captain. W. C. Stevenson,
of Emporia, to resign. Stevenson is
reported to have had some trouble
with MajDr Doster, battalion COM
mander. The captain then suggested
to the volunteers in the company that
they vote on proposition to be trans
ferred to another battalion or upon
his resignation. The boys decided to
stand BY Doster and voted unanimous.
ly in favor of Stevenson resigning.
ToPEKA,-The prisoners in the city
lookup struck Thursday, but didn't
walk out. They claimed that they
were not receiving wholesome food
and declared they would not work on
the rockpile until they got better grub.
The officers asserted that the food was
all right. The prisoners refused to
pound rock and they were given bread
and water dinner. They gave In dur
ing the afternoon and returned to work
at the old schedule. Their chief COM
plant was that they were fed liver
smothered with onions too often.
WICHITA, Kan, July 1S:-The
Frisco train eastbound was held up
Saturday about 1920 O'Clock at
Andover, a small station IL miles
east OF here, by two masked men
When the train slowed down for the
station the robbers sprang into the
express car and disarmed the messen-
gers, securing several hundred dol
lars, the exact amount not ascertain
ed. After the robbery they made
away at full speed, keeping up gun
fusilade backward in the direction of
the train. A citizen OF Andover who
saw what was going on and attempt
ed to warn the passengers was shot
by one of the robbers. Particulars
are meager at this hour, as the rail-
road officials are excessively reticent
and the telegraph Office at Andover
is closed.