Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-09-01
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
Mr.. Gleed Talks Confidently.

Mr.. Gleed Talks Confidently.
j. Willis Gieed, president of the state
temperance union. was in Leavenworth
recently investigating conditions in the
''Klondike" dive district. He said:
am Thoroughly satisfied that the governor
and attorney general viii close the klondike II
IL taxes the removal of the sheriff and county
attorney OF Leavenworth county to do it and IL
1t takes the entire state militia, too, to aid. I
nave been surprised ut the amount OF indigna-
uon expressed by all classes OF people. prohi-
oleonlsts and prohibitioniStS throughout
the state over the klondike, and the governor
and attorney general know what has got TO be
done to prevent violence and mob law.
State Cash Is Running Low.
State Treasurer Frank Grimes an
nounced that he would begin stamping
warrants mot paid for want of funds
on September L. He had only SIS, 900
IN cash in the general revenue fund
August 25th, and it will take all of this
to straighten up the bills for the rest
OF the month. Arrangements will be
made with Topeka banks to carry the
state until the tax money comes in
next January.
May Own the waterworks.
The city of Wellington and the east
ern owners of the waterworls plant
there have been in controversy some
time over the efficiency of the service
Recently the owners agreed to accept
$4,000 for the plant and special cleo
ton will be held to vote $4,000 in
bonds-S5o, 900 to buy the plant, SIS, 600
to improve the system and S14, 900 to
build and equip lighting and power
system.
Ex-state Treasurer Hamilton Stabbed.
H.
brutal assault upon eX-State Treas
urer James w. Hamilton on a Santa
Fe train between Wichita and King
man. The young men had trouble
with the conductor and Hamilton
helped the conductor, knocking one of
them down. The other one struck
Hamilton over the head with heavy
poker, inf1icting serious injuries.
The Reward Is Ample.
Gov. Stanley is holding 81, 900 as a re-
ward for lawyers who will obliterate
the notorious ''Klondike' joints near
the soldiers home in Leavenworth
county. The governor is to pay 81, 600
from his contingent fund, Attorney
General GODDARD paid $500 and the sol
diers' home management $500. In adj
dition to this the governor has offered
rewards for evidence
Nativity of Twentieth Kansas Officers.
Of the IS line officers in the TWEEN
tieth Kansas regiment, Is are native
Kansans. Col. Metcalf was born in
Maine and Lieut. Col. E. c. Little in
Ohio. Four StateS-Indiana, Ohio,
Illinois and Iowa-each furnished four
officers, Missouri three, Minnesota,
New York and Pennsylvania two each
One officer was born in England and
one in Germany.
Too Much Drug Store Whisky.
J. A. McKeon, of Kansas City. report
ed to the Topeka police that he was
robbed of $3.50 there the other night.
He came up from Kansas City and col
lected the money ON some notes Then
he took three drinks of drug store
whisky. The next day when he came
to he was lying on the bank of Deer
creek, east of Topeka, penniless-
A Kansas Cattle Buyer Is Missing.
Robert Barr, Il cattle buyer near
Oberlin, left his ranch August and
started south to buy cattle. The fol-
lowing morning his horse was found
grazing in the field two miles east of
Oberlin, distance of 20 miles from the
ranch. 1t is believed that he was
thrown by the horse or was robbed and
his body secreted-
More Rejoicing at Chanute-
A gusher was struck in Chanute's
third gas well last week that will prove
to be one of the strongest wells in the
state. The pressure is twice that OF
the city's other two wells, and it is
flowing at the rate of 1000, 600 cubic
feet a day. The town was jubilant
over the good news and everybody was
celebrating.
Used a Golden Spike.
Assistant Superintendent Turner, OF
the Santa Fe, drove the last spike COM
pleting the only double-track division
in Kansas-that between Emporia juno
ton and Florence, 10 miles. It was a
golden spike, made expressly for this
purpose. The ceremonies took place
near Strong City, at bridge 112.
Declined to Consider the Case.
Gov. Stanley declined to consider the
case of Marion Asbell. in the peniten-
tiary for life for wife murder near Os-
wego. The murderer's father made ap-
plication for pardon, claiming he had
new evidence. Gov. Stanley told him
if he had new evidence to present it to
the Judge who had passed the sentence.
More Than Any Other State.
Adit Gen. Fox says Kansas sent more
soldiers to the SpaniSh-American war
and the Philippines in proportion to
population than any other state in the
union. This was also true during the
civil war, when Kansas had more SOL
diers in the field than she had men at