Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07

Gov. Roosevelt will enter Kansas
September %, and start his speaking
tour from Newton. Stops will be
made at Phillipsburg, Smith Center,
Mankato, Bellev1lle, Clay Center. Nam
haitian, Clyde, Salina, junction City
and Abilene. The special train will
reach Hutchinson at $3.50 p. M, where
Gov. Roosevelt will address the state
G. A. r. encampment. The follow
ing day will be spent in southeastern
Kansas, but the itinerary has not
yet been arranged.
Internal Revenue Receipts
The revenue collections for the dis
trict of Kansas for August were $76,-
TITO, an increase of more than SIS, 900
over August, 1899, but decrease of
over $4,000 from July. This great
decrease is caused by the falling off in
special tax collections, which are
made in advance at the beginning of
the fiscal year.
Reward for q Runaway Boy.
James Wilson, the 11-year-old son
of j. j. Wilson, disappeared from his
home in Arkansas City, August 90.
The boy got on a horse and asked
to go to the home of a relative, living
about a mile from the city. Since
that time no trace has been found of
him. A reward has been offered for
knowledge of his whereabouts.
stepped the Wrong Track.
John w. Hussey, so years old, was
killed by Union Pacific train eight
miles northwest of Salina. He was
walking on side track, which he
believed was the main line. AS the
train approached he stepped to the
other track, directly in front of the
train. His wife was on the train
which killed him.
And He Is a Bachelor.
w. J. Baily, congressman-at-larg
from Kansas, owns a fine farm of 500
acres seven miles north of Seneca. It
is fenced into farms of 80 and 16O
acres each, and his residence and
other buildings are all but modern.
Mr.. Bailey, though a comparative
young man, is reputed to be worth
100000. He was never married.
A Noted Kansas Clergyman Dead.
Rev. Francis S. McCabe died at To-
peka, aged ". He came to Topeka
from Peru, Ind, in 1868, and was pas
tor of~the First Presbyterian church
until 1892, when he resigned.
Fell Dead While SEEMING.
j. p. Williams, an old veteran who
had only recently been released from
the national soldiers home, died Of
heart disease while seining in water
waist deep near Winfield.
Body Found by His Sister.
While hunting on his fathers farm
seven miles east of Salina, Philip MUIR
ray was accidentally killed by the dis
charge of rifle. The dead body was
found by his sister.
Fort Scott Votes High School Bonds.
Fort Scott by special election voted
$4,000 bonds to buy the old Kansas
normal property for a high school.
The two buildings on the property
cost about $4,000.
Three Buildings Go Up In Smoke.
Fire at Galena destroyed three
frame business houses occupied by
Glover & Jones, druggists; Smith &
Ellis, grocers, and j. G. Inman, q
barber.
Kansas Cattlemau in Trouble.
M. G. Swartz, a stockman of Morris
county, was locked up in Jail charged
with swindling Trower Brothers, a
Kansas City live stock commission
firm.
Fort Scott without Street Cara.
The street railway company ceased
operating cars in Fort Scott and dis
charged all of it's employees. This ac-
ton was taken because of poor pat-
ronage.
Died While Cutting Corn.
w. A. Jones, farmer east of Har-
per, died of heart disease while cut
ting corn. He had been dead "a hours
before his body was found.
Coroner Took Too Much Morphine.
DR.. Barney E. Wheeler, coroner of
Pawnee county, died from the effects
of an overdose of morphine, which he
took by mistake.
What Ia Required of One Road.
The Santa Fe railroad must furnish
800 cars day for 60 days to- move
the wheat adjacent to its lines in
western Kansas.
Salinas Mayor Makes q Threat.
The mayor of Salina says the joints
must close OF he will resign. The
town has begun to discuss his success
or.
For New Courthouse at Clay Center.
!. A. F. Dexter, the original found
er of Clay Center, broke ground ono
day last week for new SIC, 900 court
house there.