Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-07
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS. |
Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures
Kansas University Opens.

Kansas Unfversity Opens.
The state university at Lawrence c
3 opened for the school year Wednes- SeI
! ! day, but the first few. days will be tou
taken up with examinations. The ma
new chemistry building will be dedi- Ma
Gated shortly after school begins. The hat
3 | building is of native limestone and ant
!. has been erected especially for labora- rea
tory purposes. It consists of three Go
s stories besides basement. Kansas G.
g university offers new scholarships and ing
! | prizes this year. Chief among these Ka
] | are the D. III. Robinson memorial yet
scholarship of the alumni association
s of 500; the d. II. Robinson graduate ,
2 Latin scholarship of 500; the Law /.
; renee citizens Latin scholarship of ~. I'll,
; 500; the Lucinda Smith Buchan 80
memorial scholarship of 5000, and the owe
600 xU.,1. - . dec
q $25 for the best essay and there are Npe
e also several prizes offered to the stu .l-
a dents of the law department by the 'n>
e state bar association.
Cut ON the Child's Feet. Of
h The three-year-old boy of John bo,
;. Russell, two mile south of Olathe. Tb
!. slipped away from the house to watch ~
a | his father cut cane fodder with a OH
mower. Seeing the team approach +bs
ing, the child crept slyly out of sight bir
into the cane and the first Mr.. Russell L.,
knew of the child's presence was
T when he saw it topple over the sickle
). bar with both feet cut off at the in d
e step. XII
LogrolIing Rates Have Been Granted: wa
The executive committee of the bel
. Southeastern Kansas Logrolling asso- ira
citation, which declared off the Fort otI
= Scott logrolling on account OF rail- ira
= roads refusing rates, has now secured VIII
popular rates and declared it on again
and set the date for September 10.
f. New Bank for Armourdale. fro
ri F. w. Chapman, associated for years acI
e with Jacob Dold Packing company, is is
2, organizing a bank to be located in acr
J. | the central business ditrict of Ar otE
mourdale. Some of the largest man. Mr.
ufacturers in Armourdale are inter- yo'
ested in the project. SIC
n should Change His Name.
l. Ed Luck, of Galena, while driving, 1
Is was stunned by bolt of lightning pei
s. which killed his horse A man who 1ro
r saw the flash started to help Luck tor
y and was knocked down by another un
bolt. Luck will have his name
changed.-Iola Register. 7
II Accidentally Killed His Brother. MAJ
+ John Payne, aged Is, of Hutchinson, .ns
e was taking the loads from revolver nes
q when his finger slipped from the ham, wa
mer and discharged one load into the
1 stomach of his younger brother, kill Z
:. :, ing him. sew
n Kansas Boy Killed While Visiting. i~9
Charles Wagner, aged IA, of Fort e
Scott, while visiting his sister at Rich ~
- Hill, Mo-, attempted to board train ]
- when he fell beneath the cars, the T
=, wheels completely severing his head SIC
- from his body. no.
r. whole Day In Leavenworth. IL
st w. n. Bond, chairman of the Leav- No~
o. enworth Apple Carnival Cub, has the
as promise from the republican state !
to committee that Gov. Roosevelt will fra
IN be in Leavenworth one day of the car Gle
t. nival. Ell
bal
Exactly the Same Number.
ISL A singular coincidence is noted at
Hutchinson. During the past two \
months the marriage licenses granted col
% and the divorce suits filed numbered wi
exactly the same, there being 81 of IA
each. hr1
lg Must Answer for the Crime.
s. Laurin Blair, who recently killed
III City Marshal Brown, of Cherokee, by Up
ID striking him with jug and then es- ~ -"
n Gaping, was arrested later at Joplin, .o
Mo-, and brought back to the state. o1
r. Forced Topeka's Marshal Out. /,
+ James Ramsey, city marshal of To- ma,
Peha, Iorceo ny nsnt "aoe Oh III" tin
a by prohibitionists, rendered his resig he,
IN nation to the mayor. The resignation
X previously had been demanded.
Sc ]
es Named ex-Consressman Moore Tor Senator. Pa
w The populists of Douglas and JEFF of
4. ferson counties nominated Col. III. L. too
" Moore for state senator. Moore is a
el democrat and represented the Second /,
e. district in congress one term. -
's Abandoned Mine MIL Burned. thu
The Plaza mill, located on the we
ne 'sLost Forty" mine southwest of Ga
n lena and which had not been operated r