Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-05-04
sUNFL0WERS.
Grown In the Different Coun,
ties of Kansas.
The People Shall Continue To Rule
In Kansas .as Reward for Work
Well and Faithfully Performed.

teers.
H. c. Lindsay. of Topeka, has been
appointed by Gov. Leedy major of the
First Kansas regiment. s ~ -.s
o. Swanson, of Topeka, has been
awarded the contract to build the Kan
sas club house at Omaha.
The seventy-niuth anniversary of
the founding of Odd Fellowship was
observed in Emporia Thursday even
ing.
Eureka, Kansas, has petitioned the
governor for the removal of the re-
cruiting Station from FL Dorado to
Eureka. .....g.-
Victor Erikson, resident of Scran-
ton, Kan, committed suicide by cut
ting his throat from ear to ear at Mus
kogee, L. T.
Henry F. Leib has been appointed
land at Chanute, and Ewing Herbert
at Hiawatha.
The Kansas Fifth district repub1i-
can convention was unanimous (maY
be- in its choice of w. A. Ca1derhead
for congress.
The Kansas volunteers are now
mobolizing in Topeka, and the camp
at the fair grounds is presenting a
very warlike appearance.
DIR. Harrison H. Keith, of Mineral,
Kan, is under arrest on a United
States warrant; charged with opening
mail addressed to others.
Mrs. w. H. Reader, mother of ]. H.
and H. c. Reader, of Hays City, died
at the home of her son, DIR. ]. c. Read
er, at Montezuma. Ind, Monday night.
Gov. John P. ST. John spoke to a
large audience III Topeka Monday
night on "War and Silver The
speech was enthusiastically received.
If Maj. Hudson is appointed gener-
al of volunteers from Kansas he will
receive salary of $500 a year be.
sides few very acceptable perquis-
ties.
Geo. r. Gard, of Humboldt, Edward
c. Sinner, OF westmore1and, and
Charles E. Cowduy, of Buffalo, have
been admitted to practice before the
Interior Departm ent.
M. B. Mullaney, Humboldt, commit.
ted suicide Thursday by jumping into
| the Neosfo river. He has been con.
sidered mentally unbalanced for some
time on account of sickness.
| Fred E. Buchan, of Kansas City
Kan, was the first Kansas man to en-.
list for the war with Spain. He has
now organized the first Kansas com
pany, of which he has been elected
| captain. ..--' s..- -
! A Leavenworth merchant has beer
fined for keeping his store open or
Sunday. The action was brought a
the instance of the Clerks Union, and
was under Section 2,398 of the Gener
al Statutes. .-l,...- .a..-s
In response to telegram from Sec
retary of War Alger Gov. Leedy ha.
recommended Maj. J. K. Hudson, O
Topeka, as suitable man for the po
sition of Brigadier General of tn,
Kansas troops.
Under instructions from the fedora
authorities the Fort Scott hors,
market has large force of men il
the field buying mules for the Army
Now is the time for good patriots T.
put fancy prices on all their mules.
George Rising, the young Kansa
University Student who was appoint
ed as Captain of the Kansas Univers
ity Volunteers, is a Salina boy. H
is % years old and is graduate O
ST. Johns Military College of Salins
Bids for the construction of juno
ton City's G. A. r. monument hay
been advertised for. The monumer
will cost $500. will be IS feet high
surmounted by a bronze figure of
, volunteer soldier, a cannon and
stand of arms.
J; tGov. Leedy ordered a voucher draw
: in favor of Fred Funston. for Sl25, (
> pay expenses of his recruiting static
at Wichita. Assistant State Audit,
: Charles Taylor refused to pay
Z, holding that the fund was provide
for the defense of the state and not
the nation, but Attorney Gener
Boyle disagrees with Mr.. Taylor
Pomp Graham's hound "Gibe" a
y companied Company b, 10Th infant
= to Chickamauga. After rounding
!. the troops at that point and leavir
orders for all the politicians aud bon
holders to get fixed before any furth
T move is made, '.Gibe', struck o
L across lots, without asking for fl
n lough, and has arrived at his home
Leavenworth.