Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-01


Warden j. B. Tomlinson, of the Kan
nished the following statistics of the
prison up to May 1: The prison in
closure contains ten acres. The
youngest convict is Is years old and
the Oldest is "a. Twenty-three Kansas
counties have no convict. Nine con-
victs have died during the last year.
There are &c old soldiers serving sem
tence. The library contains 5,156
books and 941 bound magazines. The
daily capacity of the bakery is 600
four-pound loaves of bread. There are
"a old soldiers employed as officers.
The three cell houses contain 1,O32
cells. This is the only penal insti-
tuition in the United States where coal
is mined. The average cost day for
maintenance of the prison is $500.
Wyandotte has the largest number of
convicts-64. Upon an average one
prisoner enters and one prisoner
leaves the institution each day. Dur
ing the last month lips letters were
received by .convicts and 1,276 letters
were written by them. The number
OF convicts having served sentence,
together with those now confined is
1887. The coal mine is no feet be-
low the surface. 1t requires 500 small
cars to handle the product Of the
mine, which is about 1000 bushels
daily, when a full force is working.
The coal vein is % inches thick. The
entire product Of the mine is used in
the state institutions and none OF it
is sold. There are 1000 prisoners con-
| mo in ho D$ I
are from Oklahoma, which has no
prison OF it's own. There are $50 white
male prisoners, seven white female
prisoners, pa male negroes, Ia female
negroes, 3 Mexicans and 2 Indians.
Wants Something Eqaally Coed.
The populist committee Of the
Seventh district has submitted this
proposition to Claude Duval, the dem
ocratic nomineeefor congress: P. ].
Campbell consents to withdraw from
the race for congress in the Seventh
district and allow Claude Duval to be
made the fusion candidate il Duval
will sign written agreement to di-
vide the dictation Of the federal pat
ronage in the district equally with
Campbell in the event Of Bryan's cleo
administration to secure q govern
ment position for Campbell az good as
that of congressman in the event Of
the election Of Duva1 to congress
Has the RAflroaas A.y Clains
The receivers of the Central branch,
Union Pacific railroad, recently adver-
tised that they would sell over $4,000
acres Of land along the Central branch
lines in Atchison, Brown, jackson and
Marshall counties under order OF the
United States circuit court. This has
created the greatest interest, as it in
wolves the homes Of hundreds Of farm
ers who secured their property by
transfers made years ago. Attorneys
have assured them that their titles
are perfectly good and that the rail-
road has no claim.
Inssnity Ne Osase fer Divorce
Rosa Fenkler asked the district
court in Atchison county to divorce
her on the ground that her husband
was insane. The court decided that
Mr.. Fenkler was insane at the time
of his marriage and that therefore
the union was null and void without
Q divorce. Insanity is not . ground
for divorce in Kansas, but the law
holds that an insane person is in
competent to make the marriage con-
tract, and that there is no binding
force about such a union.
Then They Decided 70 ConDremis&
After fighting in the courts for
seven years over a strip of land aver
aging three feet wide between farms,
John Estrel and Henry Dihle, Saline
county farmers, agreed to settle the
case by each paying half the great
accumulation of costs. The suit was
boundary line dispute. 1t has been
through the district court of Saline
county three times, once through the
the court of appeals.
Kansas Professor Was Kissed.
At the National Congress of
Mothers in Des Moines, Ia, recently
there was a sensational scene when
several hundred women Kissed Prof.
Oscar Crisman, of Kansas, who in his
address declared that "men never
love. What is called love in men is
| simply physical passion" He con-
tinued to say that women we're made
for love, and men for reason. This
| was greeted by an indignant protest
from ], ZOO threats.
Registers of Deeds Organise.
The county recorders of Kansas
met at Wichita and formed an organi-
zation. Legislation for the benefit of
| this particular Office will be urged up
on the next legislature.
Deaf Man Drove ON the Track.