Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-21

menG OF Old soldiers to pubic OfnceS.
The candidacy of Gen. Siclles for
commander-in-chief of the national
G. A. r. was Endorsed.
Oldest Merchant I'm Kansas.
Fred w. Reed, who enjoyed the dis
tinction of being the oldest dry goods
merchant in Kansas, died recently at
his home in Lawrence. Mr.. Reed
came to Kansas in 1857, and estab-
lished the dry goods firm of Bullene
& Reed. This house was the forerun-
ner of the Bullene, Moore e Emery
house in Kansas City. Mr. Reed
passed passed through all the troubles
of the Kansas pioneers. His store
was completely destroyed by Guam
trell in his raid of the town, the only
thing escaping the destroyer being
a mug, which Mr.. Reed always spoke
of as his $4,000 mug, as it represented
his entire stock of that value. The
mug was given to the state historical
society some years ago by Mr.. Reed.
Coburn's Crop Report.
Secretary of Agriculture Coburn
estimates the wheat acreage in the
state at over 100000 acres. the larg-
est in the states history except 1893.
While dry weather has cut the crop
he estimates the harvest will be
larger than 1900, which was a record
breaker. The present area in corn
as estimated by correspondents is ap-
proximately 100000 acres, or 10000
less than one year ago. The conditions
in the state is S1.38, as against 93.2
one year ago. The backward and ex-
tremely cool spring, followed by pro-
tracted dry weather have delayed
planting, termination and cultivation
nearly everywhere.
KIusmire VIII Fight 1t Out.
William H. Klusmire, the accused
| wife murderer of Holton, who is con-
fined in the Topeka Jail, has retained
two law firms of Holton as his coun-
sci. The employment of these firms in
dictates that Klusmire expects to
make a determined fight for his iber-
| ty It is not known whether he will
proceed on the suicide theory or adopt
the insanity plea.
Editor Tomlinson Dies from Grip.
W. P. Tomlinson, editor of the To-
peka Democrat, died from an attack
| of grip. He had been ill several
| months. Mr.. Tomlinson came to To-
peka in 1872 from New York, where
| he had previously been employed on
| the New York Tribune and Post as
European correspondent. He was 65
years of age.
| An Unknown Benefactor.
| The trustees of Paramount college
at Wichita are wondering very much
over the identity of the giver of $685.
900 to their institution. All they
know is that an eastern lawyer writes
| that one of his clients has subscribed
this sum to the college, and that he
doesn't want his name to be known.
MartfndaIe's Son in Trouble.
| Howard Martindale, a prominent
young stockman of Madison, and son
of Hon. William Martindale, of En-
poria, was arrested for alleged assault
1t is alleged that Martindale while
intoxicated climbed upon a porch and
into Mrs. Stanley's room.
Parker's Majority Is Three.
| A recapitulation of the recount in
the Topeka mayoralty contest con-
| Quoted under the orders of the SUI
preme court show that Parker has a
majority of three. Hughes attor-
| neys expect to get some of the votes
cast for Parker thrown out because
of identification marks.
The Much-Coveted Sheepskin.
The graduating exercises at the
state university this year were I'M
usually interesting and 1853 seniors re-
ceived the much-coveted sheepskin-
IL from the engineering school, nine
from the law department, 20 phar-
macists, seven fine arts, five medics
and lis school of arts.
Death of Russell b. Armstrong.
Russell B. Armstrong, born in West
port in 1S43, reared in the first cabin
built on the historic site of old Wyan-
dotte and founder Of the Kansas City
Daily Gazette, died at his home in
Kansas City. His father came west
with the Wyandotte Indians and was
adopted into the tribe.
Parents Gave Their Consent.
At Atchison the other day Alvin
Hurley and Rosa Bond, each aged II
years, were made man and wife. And
close behind stood the father of the
groom and the mother of the bride,
giving consent to the marriage of
1.-The infants.
Carload of Kansas Butter.
The Parsons creamery shipped
carload Of butter to New York, the
first ever shipped to that city from
Labette county, and was an outright
lsale and not a consignment