Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-09-26

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vations of the water basins OF Otta-
was new water plnnt.
| Mrs. Donahue ACQUITTED. - Mrs
Martha DoDahue. charged with the
murder of John Donahue her hus-
band, was acquitted by the jury at
Fredonia after only three ballots the
first two of which stood nine for ac-
quittal and three for conviction.
Caught Greek Murderers After a
chase continuing for nearly eight
months and extending from Wallase,
Kan. to Montreal, Theodore Kat
simans and John Dangos two Greek
murderers, were captured at Spring
field ILL.,. and Governor Hoch issued
a requisition for their return TO
Wallace county.
| Shot and Killed Himself. = Henry
Sehrt. a shoemaker. living on farm
near Parsons shot and killed him.
self He discharged both barrels of
d shotgun into his breast. Domestic
trouble is supposed to have been the
cause, as he quarreled with his son
4 a few days ago and the boy left for
| Kansas City
Saline County Jcintists "Stuck."-
Two more jointists We're convicted in
| the district court at Salina. Henry
| Anderson and Curly Smith were both
| found guilty of maintaining nuisances
and violating the prohibitory law.
Both the cases were tried at the last
term of court. The juries disag greed
The cases will not he appealed
Suicide at Mcpherson. - Pete Mel
son, a Swedish farmer living north.
west of Mcpherson. committed sui
eide by drinking blue yitrol. He was
a wellto-do farmer ard no cause is
known for his taking his life aside
his family. his second wife having
died a few weeks ago. MIR. Nelson
was about 60 years of age.
Saves Money Fer State. Indica
tons are that the state will save q
third more during the present fiscal
year on it's printing work than it did
last year. The saving last year was
S21 600, and T. A McNeal. state
printer. believes that this year it will
be fully $4,000. If he is correct the
cost of the state printing plant will
have been almost saved during the
| first biennial Period.
His Body in Fragments. = Frag
ments of the body of NJ. L. Ruchen
| scattered over $50 yards of tract
were found near jamestown. He
| had been ground to pieces while steal
ing ride and manv trains hat
mangled the body. His head wa.
completely severed from his body ant
one leg is entirely missing. Ruchen':
home was at Hutchinson.
=. Finley Gets Short Term-Govern
or Hoch has appointed Gordan L. Fin
ley of Dodge City. as Judge of the
Thirty-frst judicial district to sue
coed Judge Madison, who resigned tt
run for congress. Judge Franz
Price, of Iceland, has been nominal
ed for judge of the district, but h,
did not care for the short term ap
|
ley fer the short term
Calf Spreads Texas Fever. = D.
John B. Baker, safe live stock sani
tary commissioner, has received a re
port of an outbreak of Texas fever il
Sumner county. which was caused il
an odd manner A few weeks ago
calf with herd being shipped
through Caldwell, escaped from tn,
car. 1t spent it's time in pastures ad
Joining the town and now Texas feve
ticks have been found on numbe
of the milk cows used to supply tn,
town with milk
Charged With Labor Law Violation
Suit has been fled in the Lyol
county district court by the state com
missioner of labor. ". l.. A. Johnson
charging the contracting firm of Has
kins & Ralsey with violating the eigh
hour labor law. This firm is putin,
down pavement in Emporia. Viol
tors of the law are liable to. a fine O
from $50 to 81 eco.
Four-Milion Gas Well Brouuh. In
The Fred Horton drilling Compan,
has Just brought il /, four million ga,
well on the Your ACE, two mile
north of lola. The we'll was drille.
in for the Iapyon Zinc Company. TIL.
Horton Drilling Company has ais,
brought in a well on the Kruege
place east of the Kansas Portlan.
Element plant which WI measure il
the neighborhood of 1000. 900 cubi,
feet 7of gas per day. The well wa,
drill-d in for the La Harpe Smelte
company and the Cherokee-Lanyon.
Gets swift Punishment RobeT
Mcdaniel. negro. has been sen
fenced to a life term in the perltenti
airy for the murder of Santa Fe Office
Bodley in the railroad yards in Otta
wa. two weeks ago.
Two Years for Hors. Thief.-Ar.l