Barbour County index., 1906-08-29
Lost Everything But His Life.


Eugene C. Calhoun, son of M. C. Cal
houn, of Wichita. was at Valparaiso
during the earthquake. Mr.. Calhoun
received telegram assuring him Of
his sons safety, but stating that he
lost everything but his life. The
young man is in the employ of an
| English construction company.
Explosion Causes Fire.-Ffre from
exploding alcohol in the Ecker drug
store in Ottawa caused about $10,-
900 damages to the building and con-
tents. ]. w. Eastman. a druggist,
was severely burned by the explosion,
which occurred as he was drawing
alcohol from barrel. The Becker
alcohol from a barrel. The Becker
| drug store is the principal loser. /
Good Prospects For Farmers.
the prevailing price Of 60 cents a
bushel the Kansas wheat crop will be
worth to the farmers of this state in
the neighborhood Of s50,0o0,oOo. The
price is better now than it has been
at the close Of harvest for number
of years, and it is probable that the
greater part Of the states crop of
91,000,oO0 bushels will be sold with
in sixty days.
Prize Winners at kingman.-At the
Cattlemen's Picnic at Kingman Glen
Barkley, of Fort Worth, Tex, won the
| first prize in the broncho riding;
Samuel b. Hayes, Barlow, Kan, sec
| ond, and Oscar Walcott, Isabel, Kan,
third. In the roping contests Jim
| Warren, of Cedarvale, Kan, won first
| price; time in roping two steers,
1:36 IL. Pitts Beatty, Fairfax, o. T.,
second, and J. E. Morris, Fairfax, O..
| T., third.
Chambers in Cherokee. - A report
has reached the Office of the state live
stock sanitary commissioner that
there is an outbreak of glanders
| among the horses of Cherokee coun-
ty. The report comes from Columbus
and John Barber, live stock sanitary
| commissioner, has instructed the
sheriff of the county to keep the
horses in close quarantine and has or
| dered the state veterinarian to go to
| Cherokee and make an investigation.
Three Attempted Suicide. - Three
attempts at suicide have been made
in Topeka within twenty-four hours.
The physicians say that Otto Huhn,
one of the trio, will die. Huhn quar-
relied with his wife and took poison.
Carl Boode, a Dane, who became in
sane, was found with a bottle of
strychnine with which he intended to
take his life. Bessie Lane. a negro
character, tried suicide by inhaling
gas in the city prison, but was found
and revived.
Street Railway Sold. - The Union
street railway in Winfield has been
sold to H. D. Siggins, of Warren, Pa.
interurban line that is building from
Independence to Cherryvale and pro
pose to build an electric line here
that will eventually connect with
Kansas City and Chilocco. They are
negotiating with former interurban
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way and franchises already secured
Exchanged Twelve Shots. = In a
revolver duel at Arkansas City John
Brice was wounded in the leg by
Bert Harris Twelve shots were ex-
changed. The fight was the outcome
of a neighborhood quarrel. The men
had a fist fight which led to the
shooting later. They live across the
street from each other and were
standing in front of their homes
when the shooting began. Brice is
under arrest. Harris has not been
arrested.
The Gift of Helen Gould.-Ground
has been broken for the erection of a
large Y. M. c. A. building at Fort
Leavenworth. The building will cost
$4,000, the money for which is Civ
en- by Miss Helen Gould. Work on the
building will be pushed so as to have
it completed early next spring. Miss
Gould is expected to visit Fort Leav-
enworth at the time of the dedica-
ton, when reception and special
military ceremonies will be arranged
for the occasion.
Want More Definite Information
The members of the board of county
commissioners of Kearney county
have been asked by the attorney gen.
eral to make more definite statements
concerning alleged corrupt trans
actions which occurred in that county
nearly twenty years ago. The state
has suit for the collection Of Kear-
ney county bonds and the commits
sioners have refused. to pay 1920 of
the debt because it is alleged that the
bonds were issued for an Illegal
debt.
Charged With Stealing an Engine.
IA reuuisition has been issued by
Gov. Hoch for the return to Cowley