The Globe-republican., 1904-09-01
News From
The STATE SOLDIERS HOME
At Fort Dodge, Kas.

i At Fort Dodge, kas.
COmrade Carson, 10th lud. INF. Visited
the Fort the 23rd before leaving for In.
diana. He has been visiting southwest
Kansas since May.
Mrs. Parsons visited In the Home for
several days. She intends visiting y
daughter at Cabool, NO., to be gone sev.
eral months. She takes Miss Hattie Ba.
ker VINO will live at Cabool.
Much wind and some rain on the oath.
Commissioner Ware Of tho pension
office has just issued bis report for the
fiscal year ending June 3Oth. The gov
ernment appropriated for pensions
$l46,4l9,2O6, On account OF pensions
there was expended $144, 4,7l2,7Sy, leaving
an unexpended balance Of $l.7O6.5O9
During the year 47,374 have been added
to the rolls and 49,l57 have been dropped
a difference Of 1888. $4,000 pensioners
have asked for an increase and ouly
2S.SO6 have applied under tho age order.
Less than 8 per cent of the appropriation
Of $l,5OO, 200 was used to pay claimants
under the order the balance being turned
back into the treasury.
Visitors: Mrs. William Hurley, Dan
vile, Ill; Mrs. P. H. Sughrue, Dodge
City; ). s. Georgia, Pittsburg; Florence
Shafer, Denver Alex Gay, Cimarrou;
Mrs. Charles HeHer, Ford City; Marie
Lawrence. Dodge City; L. W. Lynch
and wife, Jetmore; NJ. D. Kimberly,
Havland: W. II. Leard, Greensburg;
Miss Nellie Sughrue, Dodge City; Mrs.
John Riuey, Mrs. Al Berg and baby.
| The Quantrell men bad reunion the
other day and thereby hangs a tale Of
murder-one that has never been pub
llshed to our knowledge. My grand.
fathers people, the Gardners, left Indiana
in 1850 and settled in Iowa. In 1850
they moved to Bourbon county, Kansas,
though my Uncle Bill Gardner, as | al.
ways called him, settled over on the
Missouri side. When | came home from
the war my stepmother told me that
Uncle Dill was killed by the rebels In
Southwest Missouri, and | never knew
the facts In the case until | saw George
P. Cromwell at the home at Leaven.
|
worth. George lived in the same neigh.
borlood in Owen County, Ind, from
about 1915 to 1850, when George was a
young man. My Uncle Bill had a
crooked foot ond could not have Joined
the army had he wanted to. Bill Gard.
ner, Bill Cummings, (brother- in-law Of
George Cromwel), George Fendo and
young Bill Cummings, and Marion Cum
mings were all ordered out OF Missouri
by the rebel element, and went over the
line into Kansas. This was In the fall Of
1868. They went back to Missouri after
their stock and one morning just as they
came down into little valley, they were
suddenly surrounded by this Quantrell
gang who made them dig their own
graves and then shot them to death.
George tells me thathe and several Others
went to the place where they were buried
in 1868 and moved them to Little Blue
cemetery in Jackson county, Missouri.
| can not do justice to this subject but
have thought many times if 1t were not
for killing many innocent people it would
have been better II the war had lasted
long enough until all this gang had been
filled full of lead However Frank
James has announced for Roosevelt and
there Is therefore some hope for him, as
minister Informed rich man once.
This man was about to die aud having
never made profession Of christianity,
He asked the preacher II it would do him
any good sh ould he give $4,000 to the
church, The minister said be could not
say for certain but be thought 1t an ex-
pertinent well worth trying.
Soldiers notes as per reporter Of the
Times: Elias B, Stone, |. 10Th Kas. Cav,
to M. barracks. George W. Solomon, N.
lst Ark. Cav. to H; Henry G. Cooper,
G. 1O2 Ills Inf. to L; Chas. Brlnson, A.
ll0 Ills. Inf. toll; George W. Terrlll,
G.. 4th California Inf. and William S,
Hlnckley, NJ. | New Mexico Cav. both
60 to M; Wn. D. PARTS, Sth Ills. Inf
and Scott H. Hickman, X. 9th Mo. Cav.
to N.
The old boys In the Pacific branch at
Santa Monica, California, have elected
| tho,r dalagataa IN tho nnuntu and lnuia-