Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-11-28
General News.

Iexas last week.
Cummings, Atchison county has
new delivery route.
In Hawaii during the campaign,
public speakers climbed poles.
An attempt was made to burn the
Jail at Nortonville last week.
Colored soothsayers have been
swindliDg Atchison people.
Kentucky is praying for water. 1t
is not known what The people there
want with it.
wholesale dry goods firm failed
in New York this week. Liabilities
100000.
Lieut. Koontz of Garden City, Kan
sas, is among the dead reported from
the Philippines this week.
President Mckinley has asked
all me mbers of the cabinet to occupy
their positions another four years.
Ex-senator J. G. Stone of Leave Z
worth Gays there are at least 25 sa-
looms in operation in the Klondyke
district.
Mrs. Kate Gross, widow of the late
Emporia banker is raising Hereford
cattle on a small farm near Emporia.
Colorado is likely to reinstate capi-
tai punishmet and may make it the
penalty for assault
A skull supposed to be that of
Pearl Bryan has been found in a
thicket few rods from where her
body was found.
There were 396, $50 school children
enrolled in Kansas schools last year,
an increase of $50 over the previous
year.
Among other freak election bt ts
ohm Meadows OF Cedarvale ate q
boiled crow, and Tom Davis is to so
barefoot until Christmas.
The young man who marie d Miss
Rebecca Pickles Of Paola declared he
a!Ns id love swe ct pickles,
Marconi's system of wireless tele-
gray by is likely to be put into prac
tice by the English and French gov
ernments.
Instructions are being sent out to
all recruiting stations to procure as
many enlistments as possible for the
army in the Philippines.
Chancellor Snow of the state uni
versity has been granted leave of
absence for one year. w. G. Spang-
Ter takes his place. Snow may 60 to
South Africa.
Congress will be asked to appro-
pirate SIS 900, 600 to provide irrega-
tion in the west. This amount an
nually for ten years could reclaim
100, 900, 900 of land,
'Crook" Wright and 'Pearly"
Atkinson two noted Topeka toughs
have been convicted of highway rob-
berry in the first degree.
Two Filipino students will attend
the State Normal at Emporia next
winter. The government will pay
their expenses to Emporia and fami-
lies there will provide them homes.
1t cost ST. .7OO to hold the last
election in Shawnee county. There
were 166 judges and l12 clerks who
were paid $3.50. The printing of the
ballots cost $775. Judges and clerks
received $500 for the first 25O ballots
and $1.O0 per hundred after that.
Governor Stanley in an address TO
an association of bankers last week
advised them to come in touch with
their representatives and procure
prudent and wise legislation.
21,107 emigrants arrived at Havana a
during the last year, 200 came from
the United States, over II 900 from
Spain, SS from Mexico, 7s0 from
China via the U. s.
John Porter, q sixteen year old
negro Of Lawrence, KS, ravished and
murdered an eleven year old girl !,
Louise Frost at Denver Col. He con-
victed himself by telling where the
girls pocket book could be found.
The girls body showed fourteen kuife
wounds. The murderer was burned
at the stake.
A creamery which will cost SAC, 900
is being built in Topeka. Its capaci-
ty will be 1000 pounds Of butter a
day and car loads of eggs can be
handled per day easily. The cream
from 200 skimming stations will be
handled there. SO hands will be en-
ployed. 1t will be the largest in the
u. s.
Miss Louise Piermont Morgan, eld-
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