Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.


EVENTS. 81
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Burglar Adopts New scheme.
Some one, supposed to have con-
templated burglary, sprayed chloro-
form into parlor window at the
home of N. P. Lovall, grocer of Fort
Scott, evidently desiring to put Miss
Ella Lovall, a young schoolteacher, to
sleep. She was playing on the piano
at the time, and cd not perceive the
effect until she finally reused from .
short stupor and staggered out of the
room. The house was found to be al
most filed with the stupefying vapor.
and the tracks of a man were found
at the parlor window.
Not u Success.
Mrs. Jennie Akers, postmaster at
Elmdale, received letter saying if
she did not place $3.50 in gold in her
lot in the cemetery her little boy
would be kidnapped, and that if she re-
vealed the threat to anyone her house
would be destroyed. The sheriff was
notified of the matter. A purse was
filled with shot and placed in the lot
and he and his deputies placed them
selves on guard. They captured C. NJ
Rose, farmer. After he was captured
the feeling ran so high it became nee
essary to spirit him away.
Lightning Kills Live stock.
In northwest Kansas farmers have
lost much stock by being struck by
lightning. The cattle drift up against
the wire fence, and when the light
ming strikes and follows along the
fence it usually kills number. In q
recent thunderstorm John Guenther,
living six miles from Oberlin, lost Is
head of cattle by one stroke of light
ming. Other farmers in that vicinity
have lost from one to five or six head.
Disease Secured Him "a Pardon.
Matt Ailip, negro sent to the Kan
sas prison from Wyandotte cou ity for
= years for highway robbery, has
been pardoned by Gov. Stanley. The
negro is dying with loathsone dis
case and his presence in the institu.
tion is a menace to the health of the
other convicts. His brother in Galena
promises to give him home until he
dies.
Have Trouble at Home.
Judge Smart, who returned last
night from Wisconsin, says that Wis
consin and northern Illinois were
h.
the judge wonders why the Chicago
papers and all the other papers of that
neighborhood pay so much attention
to the Kansas drought when they had
a worse one right up there under their
very eyes.-Ottawa Herald.
Harris Not q ReorEani1er.
In an interview at Leavenworth, w.
A. Harris, senior senator from Kan
sas, expressed loyalty to Mr.. Bryan
and scored the men who are trying
to reorganiZe the democratic party.
The senator said taxation should be
the leading democratic issue in 1904.
He favors graduated income tax and
a revision of the tariff laws, with rec
iprocity features.
Bad Fire at Everest.
A fire at Everest destroyed the
opera house, Knights of Pythias hall,
an implement house belonging to
Mrs. J. Lyons, blacksmith shop and
the residence of j. Marack. The fire
started in the blacksmith shop dur
ing the dinner hour and had a good
start before it was discovered.
Baby Had Miraculous Escape.
Mrs. Frank Mermiss, from near
Walker, was killed in a runaway at
Russell. .ir. Mermiss had taken the
it took fright. His wife let her two
year-old child fall. from the buggy
and it was uninjured. She was thrown
out later.
Father FIogged His soa.
The whipping post was established
in police court at Fort Scott when
j. FL. Donaldson was ordered by the
court to whip his ten-year-old son for
stealing. The father stripped the lad
from his waist down and fogged him
so severely that the police interfered.
Baby Born In Union Depot.
A baby was born in the Kansas City
Union station at four o'clock the other
morning. It's mother, Mrs. Eta Cor
dier, whose home is at Osawatomie,
was on her way from Topeka, where
she had been visiting friends.
Named for Gov. Stanley.
A new S22, 900 industrial building
viii be erected at Western (negro)
university at Quindaro. 1t will be
known as STANLEY hail." after the,
governor of Kansas.
Carried Money I'm HIS Shoes.
Charles Smith, "A harvester, present
ed two mutilated s5 bills to Salina
bank for redemption. He had carried
the money around in his shoes for
four months.
Coke Industry In Kansas.
In Kansas there are nine coke estab-
lishnents, with Oh ovens. Last year
they produced 5,94s tons of coke, val.
ued at $3.50 per ton.
Preacher Had saloon Closed.
On the evidence furnished by the
Methodist minister of Cuba the prin-