Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-09-06
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
NO. Is.

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Bad Wreck Near Erie.
broken axle caused the deraiI-
ment of a Katy" stock train two
miles south of Erie. Two members of
party of five tramps who were steal
ing ride were killed, two others were
injured and so head of cattle were
killed and many were injured. One of
the dead men was Malcolm Dougherty,
of Commerce, Mo-, and the other is sup
posed to have been Robert j. Rutliff, a
member of the Sixth Missouri volun-
teers The wreck tore out a small
bridge and completely demolished nine
cars. of which six were loaded with
cattle, two with hogs and one with
merchandise.
Awful Accident at Garnett.
AT Garnett while III. K. Winans and
his two sons, aged II and Is, were pre-
pairing gas for moving fiashlight pic
lures in a show they have been run
ming, the machine exploded with terri
BILE force, parts of it going through the
walls of the house and outbuildings
like cannon balls. Mr.. Winans was
knocked several yards and his BODY
burned to crisp in places. He was
fatally hurt. One son was literally
torn to pieces and lived only few
minutes. The other was badly burned.
but will recover. Mr.. Winans was one
of the pioneer residents of Kansas.
Years Record with q Cow.
The best cow owned by the Kansas
agricultural college gave last year Q, 116
pounds of milk and 3sS.7 pounds of
butter fat; value of products for the
year was S73.17. For the best month
last year she gave 977 pounds of milk
and 37.12 pounds of butter fat For
the first month of this year her milk
yield was 1250.1 pounds, which made
A. SO pounds of butter fat. This is an
improvement over her best month last
year of 273 pounds of milk and 7.77
pounds of butter fat, or 81 per cent.
Such gains show what can be done by
feed and care.
Hausserman and Haisch Promoted.
Gov. Stanley received word from the
war department announcing that John
w. Hausserman, lieutenant in the
Leavenworth company of the Twenti-
eth Kansas volunteers, had been ap-
pointed lieutenant in the new United
States volunteers now forming in the
Philippines. Another telegram an
nounced that Second Lieutenant John
II. Haisch, of the Twentieth Kansas,
| had also been made a first lieutenant
| in the new United States volunteers.
Wonderful Escape from Death.
The east and westbound passenger
trains on the Rock Island road collided
at point between Muncie and Ed
wardsville, and although both engines
and the two mail cars were wrecked,
not passenger or member of either
train crew was killed and not more
than half dozen passengers were in
jured. Passengers who were on the
| trains spoke of it as most wonderful
| escape from terrible tragedy.
New Agricultural College Professors.
The board of regents of the state
| agricultural college elected DR.. j. III.
Lockwood, of Marshall county. to the
chair of English and E. A. Popenoe, OF
Topeka, professor of horticulture and
| entomology. The board will meet
| again September os and will either
elect new president or arrange to let
f. X. Nichols, the temporary president,
run the college during the next.schooI
year.
Will Depend on the Railroads.
Gov. Stanley said he would not call
special session of the legislature to ap-
propriate money to pay the railroad
fare and subsistence of the members of
the Twentieth Kansas from San Fran
cisco to Topeka. The governor said:
"a special session is unnecessary, be-
cause 1 now believe that the railroads
will bring the boys home and look to
the next legislature for their pay"
The Thief Was Not Idle.
Miss Eddie Idle, of Stanley, was
| robbed of S23 at the Union depot in
| Kansas City by a clever sneak thief
Miss Idle fell asleep in chair in
the ladies' waiting room, leaving her
| purse in her lap. The thief took the
purse, appropriated it's contents and
replaced it. Miss Idle was penniless
when she went to police headquarters
and reported her loss.
Were Glad to See the Soldier.
The Franklin county G. A. r. IS an
nual picnic was held in Forest park,
Ottawa, on the 31st. Just before the
company broke up Corporal A. C. Han
son, company K, Twentieth Kansas.
| appeared on the ground, having just
| arrived from Manila. He was carried
to the platform and nearly smothered
with greetings. Many of the woman
| kissed him.
The Same Old Story.
While visiting her friend, Miss Edna
Kern, near Smith Center, Miss Ida
Beldon pointed ''didn dn't-know-it-was-
loaded" revolver at Miss Kern in fun,
intending to scare her. The revolver
went off. the ball striking Miss Kern
under the right eve. killing her in
stantly.
Wichita Puts Up = Big Bonus.
1t is announced that the Shawnee.
Oklahoma & Indian territory railroad
will be built from Denison, Tex. to
Shawnee, Ok, thence north to Wichita,
where terminals will be built. The
Wichita Commercial club pledged s5o,-
600 aid for the road.
Consressman Reeder Has Scheme.
Congressman w. A. Reeder, of the
Sixth district, wants every other ses-
sion of congress held in the west and