Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-06-29
Kans.. Prohibltion Convention.

4 Kansas Prohibitions Convention.
The prohibition conycSation Wednes-
day named this ticket: Governor.
Frank Holsinger, Rosedale; lieutenant
governor, w. L. Coreyell, Medicine
Lodge; attorney general, NJ. Y. BEN
nett, Columbus: secretary of, state.
treasurer, H. c.. link, McRherson;
auditor. w. NJ HOWE, Garrett; state
superintendent, G. I. Winans, Clay
Center; superintendent of insurance,
A H Griesa, Law ence; congressman
at-large, B. C. Hoyt, Goodrich. The
resolutions request Gov. Stanley to re-
move the state prison officials for
permitting a Hnt to run at Lam
sing" and ''deplote the open and mani
fest Indifference of the state and
county officials to the open violation
of the prohibitory law, and we charge
ocratic parties in Kansas with utterly
ignoring this issue, both in platforms
and principle"
Kan.ans q. Philadelphia
At the Philadelphia convention the
Kansas delegation selected the fol-
lowing gentlemen to serve on COM
| mittees: Resolutions. NJ. ga. Low;
credentials, 7. 3. Wall; rules. j. r.
BurtonS permanent organization. f.
G. Hunsaker; to notify nominee for
president, w. G. Holt; chairsnan of
| state delegation, j. II. Burton The
following Kansans had positionsfh the
| convention: Assistant secretaries
John Q. Royce, Phillipsburg; A. l.
| Coleman, Seneca; j. NJ. Chisham,
Atchison; E. E. Reese, Wichita: o. s.
Carman, HortSn; Nick Chiles, Topeka;
A. A. Richards, Wellington, and John
B. Kennedy, Troy. Assistant door
keepers-W. J. Stewart, Wichita. and
| Isaac n. Try, Fort Scott. Assistant
sergeants-at-arms-W j. Wright,
sKansas City; Stephen Hayden. Fort
Scott, and John d. Davis, Wichita.
New Cars for the Rock Islan~.
The Rock Island has placed an
order for 500 box cars at the Horton
shops. This is made necessary on &C
count of the anticipated Increase In
traffic this fall. Besides this an order
fors1 coal cars has also been placed
with the same shops. The BOX cars
will be equipped with the Trojan
coupling and all the latest safety APP
planes.
Interesting Insurance Decision-
| John Thiebud died at independence
last year of a gSlnshot wound. He
carried insurance in the /. o. o. F.,
Modern Woodmen and Mutual Benefit.
The I. o. o. F. paid its $4,000 policy,
but the other companies erefused.
Mrs. Thiebud brought suit to re-
cover, but jury returned verdict
in favor of the company.
| India's Debt to Kansas.
Another train of corn for starving
India left Topeka last week. 1t con-
sisted of 25 cars, carrying POTTS
bushels. 1t cost Sc, 104 loaded on the
train, or about 81 cents per ebushel.
The Indian relief fund committee will
Vie treasury, about $1,000, to the re-
lief bureau at Bombay.
| Fredonia's Sew Methodist Churrh.
| A new M. E. church at Fredoniaowas
dedicated Sunday by Bishop Warren,
of Denver, assisted by Revs. Chaffee
and Cook and eX-Congressmen. L. J.
Hudson. The building is of brick
geneering, hard oil finish, artistic,
modern parlor attachments, fully car
| peted, with a seating capacity of 400,
and cost $4,000.
MI. Gaines Charges Libel
AT Salina warrant for the arrest
of James w. Murphy, charging GRIM
inal libel, was issued by Fl. n. Gaines,
eX-state school superintendent. Muir
ply formerly worked on Gaines news
paper and wrote a letter attacking
Gaines personally. Gaines charges
| that the article contains 25 libeious
| statements.
| Suicide OF q Young GirI.
| Miss Augusta Zacharia, living ten
miles west of Leavenworth, commit
ted suicide by hanging herself from n
locust tree. She had also cut the
veins in both her arms with a
butcher knife, so that she would
| bleed to death. She was Keeping
| house for two bachelor brothers.
Fears for . KHnsas Couple.
| The relatives in Fort Scott of Frank
Brown and his wife-formerly Miss
Lizzie Farr. teacher in the city
| schools-botk of whom are now mis-
sionaries in the inland of China, were
| greatly worried over their safety.
Didn'e Get Out of the Way.
Near Leavenworth an aged wood
| SAWYER Reed Sheldon was killed by a