Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-15
State News.

new trial to John Collins.
Governor Stanley vetoed the phar-
macy bill. This is his first veto.
The body of Captain Elliott will be
returned to Coffeyville for burial
The legislature gave the Hutchison
'af"rmatory SIC, 600 for new building.
The levy to complete the state
mouse passed the house. 1t will raise
about $4,000 a year.
Up to the present time the Twer IT,
eth Kansas has had six killed and
thirty-slx wounded.
The Winner electric railroad will
soon be in operation between the Sol
di-rs Home and Lansing.
The legislature cabled coDgratu-
lations for gallant conduct on the field
t. the Twentieth Kansas.
Capt. D. S. Elliot Of the Twentieth
Kansas was shot and killed FeS. %
in Il battle with the Filipinos.
Natural gas has been discovered in
Riley county 3 miles west of Manhat-
tap. 1t is not yet known in what
quantities it exists.
Two more Kansas boys have died at
Manila, they are Sim F. Baker, who
died of variola, and Harold Olds who
who died of wounds.
Only 200 of the $50 house bills in
troduced passed both branches of II e
Legislature, and the majority of bills
passed we're local measures.
Robbers used skeleton key on an
express car lock at Cher ryvale recent
~, while the messenger was at break
FAST, and secured large amount of
money.
John D. Gibbs, prominent travel
'ng man died at his home in Topeka
recently. He was something of poet
And wIote the verses entitled "The
travelling Man."
Grand Harnaday of Fort Scott who
will be chairman of the board of
charities April lst, has p an for find
ing homes for the children in the
Soldiers Orphans's Home.
Private Larry Jones of the Twenti-
eth Kansas was seriously wounded in
the head, and private Campbell Scott
seriously wounded in the arm in the
.ate encounter near Caloocan.
Mrs. Mary Stewart, widow of a
prominent citizen of Mulvanin, cele-
brated her 101 birthday with dance
in which she took part herself.
At the recent primary held in To
peka the people overwhelmingly voted
to operate their own water works.
Charles ]. Drew was the candidate
nominated for mayor upon this issue.
During the months of January and
February the income of Webb Nc
Nails department of insurance was
$99, 3S7.OS Of this mount $55, 5,O42 "a
was brought IN by McNall's 2 per
cent tax law, passed by the special
session.
The telegraph companies doing
business in Kansas have refused to
abide by the provisions of the law re-
ducing telegraph tolls passed by the
special session. the telegraph COM
panies also refused to pay their share
OF the war tax.
A horse thief, giving his name a.
Fred Mcdowell, was arrested in Tope
Sa. He had been operating with a
gang in Douglass county. and when
taken there was threatened with lynch.
,ng. He has been removed to some
unknown place for safety.
Miss Sarah McConley died recently
1t her home in Hammond. She was
The last of five sisters. They had all
promised their mother on her death
led that they would never marry, and
all kept the promise. An estate is
left with no one to claim it.
John Gilbert who had been miss
ing since the murder of his wife and
four children in Clay county, was
arrested Saturday in. Emporia. At
first he denied the crime and pre-.
tended not to know for what he was
arrested, but later he broke down and
confessed to sheriff O'Conner.
The Topeka Democrats have put uI
the following ticket: For mayor, DIR
William Taylor; city attorney, J. A.
Rosen; city clerk. Major A. P. Shreve
city treasurer, F. B. Chase; judge
city court, Joseph T. Ward, clerl
city court, R. M. Spivey and marsha
city court, Morris c. Jenkins. Fol
councilmen: First ward, ]. D. Hanley
second ward, T. G. Adams; third
ward, A. III. Case; fourth ward, J. j
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