Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-06-14
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
Played a .Joker ON His Men.

Played a s<Joke'' ON His Men.
George Afulligan, of Liberal, presf-
dent of the Eagle City Mining & Ex-
ploration company, who was in Seat
tie waiting the sailing of vessel for
the Yukon, reported to the police tina.
he was robbed of $4,000. He said
he was drawn into a dark alley By
two men as he was passing down n
brightly lighted street, sanbagged ana
despoiled Of the money by the ripping
open of his shirt underneath which
the money was concealed. The money
belonged to the 80 members of the
party of Kansans whom Mr.. MulligaE
is taking to the Klondike. The police
didn't take much stock in the story,
and while they did not arrest Multi
gan, they refused to let him leave tho
police station. Chief of Police Mere
dith searched him and found $751; 500
of the alleged stolen money in the
lining of Mulligan's overcoat. Multi
gan claims he was playing a joke on
his men.
Loss In G. A. r.. Membershfp.
According to the Report of Adjs-
Gen. Lyons, of the Kansas Grand Army
department., submitted to the juno
ton City encampment this week.
| there has been a net loss Of 80 in the
| membership of the Kansas G. A. Z.
| during the past year. The present
membership is 1865, compared to
1880 last year. There are now
423 posts in the state, a net loss OF
one during the year. During tho
year 297 members died. The depart
| ment gained 473 by muster, 297 by
transfer and s3s by reinstatement.
The loss was 297 by death, 81 by hon
orable discharge, $50 by transfer, by
dishonorable discharge and 50 by sur
render of charters.
Women Clean Ont n Joint.
Women of the w. c. T. g. of Kansas
| City cleaned out the Joint of Charles
| Wyrick at SIG Minnesota avenue, but
they did it armed with legal writs in
stead of hatchetS. Everything in the
| joint except the bar and fixtures was
| taken out, loaded into farm wagons
and taken to the homestead of James
| NJ. Mason, a country justice of the
peace for Quindaro township.
Kansas Cattleman in Trouble.
| J. NJ. Whitaker, a cattle dealer and
owner of considerable land in Labette
| and johnson counties, was arrested
| near Pawnee, Bourbon county, for
selling mortgaged cattle. The charge
is made by Kansas City commission
firm. 1t is alleged that Whitaker has
been hiding from the officers for sew
| eral months.
| Ballots VIII BE Counted.
The attorneys for both sides of tho
Parker-Hughes mayoralty contest
case at Topeka agreed upon James E.
Larimer as commissioner to count
the ballots cast at the spring election
All disputed ballots will be designated
and will ultimately go before the ST.
preme court for the dispute to b.
| settled.
/ Mss Ruth Plumb, second daughter
of the late Senator Plumb, was mar
ried at her home in Emporia to
Schuyler Colfax Brewster. of lola,
clerk of the district court of Allen
county Young Brewster is graduate
of Kansas and Yale universities and
served in the Twentieth Kansas.
Kansas Normal Graduates.
At the thirty-seventh commence
ment exercises of the Kansas state
| normal school at Emporia 40 received
| diplomas, which are life certificates
for teaching in Kansas. The class
embraces representatives from %
| counties in Kansas, as well as 16 other
states and territories of the union.
Value of Kansas State Property.
State Auditor Cole has succeeded in
compiling a statement of the value
of the state buildings, grounds and
other improvements. The total value
is placed at $9,O25,4 OF this S..
| 276, POS is in buildings and grounds
and S749, 234 is in furniture and fix
| lures.
| brings Physicfans to Kansas
DIR. Robey, secretary of the state
| board of medical examiners, says that
| a third of the applications from physi'
clans for permits to practice are out
of the state. He estimates that the
new medical law will bring 1000 ply.
| siclans to Kansas within year.
First Crop q Record-Breaker.
Secretary Coburn, of the state
board of agriculture, says the first
cutting of alfalfa this year was a
record-breaker. 1t has gone into the
stack or NOW clean and without q
drop of rain getting upon it.
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