Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-02-15
Left $500, 900 to a Chndless wife.

/ Left 100000 to a Chndiess Wife.
in James Jordan, the richest man in
oy Cowley county, died last week, leav-
as ing property worth 100000 to a
u childless wife whom he married in
i'll 1890. Jordan was born in England in
n 1910 and was left an orphan at eight
or years Of age. Since that time the
1g world has been against James Jordan
tie and he against the world, neither
It giving nor asking quarter. Although
ed uneducated he was shrewd and soon
an laid the foundation OF q fortune. He
to came to Winfield about 30 years ago.
Implicated N Miss Doney's Murder.
DR.. Giles Davis is under arrest at
Wichita on the charge of having per-
g formed the operation upon Miss Pearl
- Doney, who died there suddenly. Mrs.
d. L. A. Plymouth, the nurse employed
VI in the case and Charles Grouse, the
re dead girls alleged affianced husband,
ne were also arrested charged with be-
y ing accessory to the fact.
X Urging Gen. Funston's Claims.
op The republican members of con-
re gress from Kansas are urging that
ne Gen. Fred Funston be appointed
IL brigadier general in the regular army.
A war department official is quoted
y,
40 bill, Funston can only be appointed
al to a ieutenancy, position the Kan
Sc san would not accept.
Fight on George W. Martin.
- When the bill to raise the salary
- of George w. Martin, secretary of
- the state historical society, from
81 81 500 to 81 500 came before the house,
- Representative Butler raised the is
- sue that Martin was the worst enemy
organized labor had in the state. But
ler's motion to strike out the $500
prevailed, A to 40.
ill
ba To End q Family Snap.
he Representative Seaton presented
an bill to dissolve school district in
a.. Scott county. There is only one family
,at in the district and the mother acts as
.oe teacher and instructs her three chill
32 dren in her own home. One railroad
on company has paid 81, 400 taxes to sup
,he port that school during the past two
Oh years.
Killed Her by Pieces.
80 The obituary of the 17-year-old
ia. Pottawatomie Indian bride who was
ion killed by her husband near Holton
her gives her name as Wahbwalk. On one
The occasion before the assault which
)ut caused her death one of her eyes
he was put out by her husband, and on
,m- another he broke her arm.
Must Pay Duty Wheat.
Kansas farmers who desire to ex-
ing pertinent with Russian seed wheat
rch will have to pay the tariff or let the
ers foreigners do it. Chairman Payne, of
ted the house ways and means committee,
not will not consent to knocking off the
her duty, he says it would set bad
ure precedent.
lol-
They All Ride Passes.
The mileage for members of the
house, as finally agreed to, is $s,4OO.
sed The senate's mileage account will
SOL amount to $4,000 or over. All of the
in members ride on passes, so their mile
res age is simply "velvet."
dis Carver Declines the Place.
of T. F. Carver, of Topeka, has de-
ave clined the presidency of the State
Temperance union, to which he lately
was elected. The executive commit
tee will have to elect some one for
hes president.
in
1t Had His Eye Removed.
tao S. l.. Bender, a prominent farmer
lest near Sedgwick, was cutting hedge
| u
his eye, destroying the sight. The
pain was so great he had the eye re-
um moved.
the
of johnson Reflected Secretary.
ung Lee johnson was reelected secre-
and tary of the Kansas society of Labor
and Industry. B. p. Scott was chosen
assistant secretary. Francis Keegan
was reelected state mine inspector.
neil
of Preacher Charged with Grog Selling.
had j. 81. Bosserman, postmaster at
and Clinton, Douglas county, and a local
the preacher, is under arrest charged
with selling whisky contrary to law.
Few Unc0nverted In Hlawatha.
49, The big revival at Hiawatha closed
ond with record of $40 converts. There
are was not much as a shout during
Lid the entire four weeks service.
bar
Military Strength OF Kansas.
Kansas militia consists of general
and staff officers, z; light battery, 81;
om- infantry, 1910; total, 1904; and an
fter available strength of 100000.
the
nor Gift for Kansas University Museum.
tito A young boa constructor has been
sent to the museum of Kansas uni
versity from Hays City, where it waa
found in a bunch of bananas.