Barbour County index., 1906-08-29
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wants OeleqateS Appointeos-JOhn
Stahl, secretary of the Farmers Ma
tional Congress, has asked Gov. Hoch
to appoint 300 delegates to the next
congress, which will meet next month
in Rock Island, Ill. Mr.. Stahl ex-
plains that the delegates will have to
pay their own expenses.
Was Killed by His Wife. - John
Donahue, a wealthy farmer, was shot
and killed at his home near Coy
vile by his wife, whom he had at
tackled with butcher knife. Dona-
hue was 20 years of age and had
lived near Coyville more than quar-
ter of century. Mrs Donahue has
not yet been arrested
| Decapitated by Train. = Joe
Crown, section foreman employed
on the Missouri, Kansas & Texas,
went to the Frisco stock yards at
Parsons and when the eastbound
freight train approached threw him
self under the engine and his head
was severed from his body No in
quest was held, as there was every
evidence of suicide.
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Cause of Fire Unknown.-The store
of Stevenson & Son burned at Oneida;
cause unknown. Mr. Stevenson's son
Is night operator in the telephone
office, which is thirty feet in the rear
OF the store. He was awakened by
the explosion of tank of kerosene in
a back room and when he looked out
the fire was burning from all the WIN
dows both in the cellar and ground
floor. The building and goods were
entirely consumed. Both are covered
by insurance.
Stabbed at Ball Game. = Roy
Walters, young man of Nashville.
fifteen miles east of Pittsburg, was
stabbed. it is charged, by another
young man named Callahan, and is
in precarcious condition. The fight
occurred at the baseball park. Wal
ters was stabbed in three places, one
wound being made in the small of
the back, another in the chest and
third in the back of the thigh Cal
lahan lives near the German church,
eight miles northeast of Nashville.
Didn't Know About Reward-Shaw-
nee county officers will try to collect
the reward offered by the state Of
Missouri for the arrest of c. H. Wal
ker. an alleged horsethief The local
officers did not know that Walker
was wanted in Missouri and they ar
rested him on charge of stealing
horse in Labette county. After Wal
ker was taken to Labette the officers
there discovered that he was wanted
in Missouri, and there probably will
be litigation between the officers of
the counties over the reward.
Project Is Revived. The Kansas
Oklahoma electrical interurban rail-
way. which was to have been built
by" eastern capitalists, is being re-
vived. The concern which started
out to finance the road dropped it be.
cause of lack of funds, and now an.
other company of capitalists has be-
gun work buying up the right of way,
which: had been secured by the for
mer contern. Options have also been
secured on the present street car
lines in Arkansas City and Winfield.
The proposed line extends from Ar
kansas City to Winfield, Geuda
/ Springs and Chilocco.
Can Be Severely Punished.-Dr s
]. Crumbine, secretary Of the state
board of health, has been asked by
the county attorney of Jewell county
how he can compel obstinate county
health officers to obev the rules of
the state board. Mr. Crumbine has
notified the county attorney that the
offending county health officer will be
in danger of fine and Imprisonment.
Dr. Crumbine has also received
form of regulations issued by the
county board of health of Lyon coun,
ty. The regulations require all school
boards to- put their school buildings,
out buildings, wells and ground in
shape before tie opening of the fall
term. Other county boards will be
asked to issue similar orders.
Product of Independents.-The re-
port of the state oil inspector, l.. T.
Hussey. filed. shows that the produc-
tion of kerosene and gasoline by the
Independent oil refineries of the state
during the month of July was 1888
barrels. The production of the inde-
pendent refineries was distributed as
follows: Uncle Sam, 4S1 barrels;
Great Western, 500; Webster, 6S:
Stewart, Is; Kansas City, Oil and Gas
Company. 1888; Superior, 286; Sun
flower, 200; Paola. 100. The total
amount of fees collected during the
month was s2,567.335, and after the
expenses of the department for July
were paid the inspector turned over
to the state treasurer the sum of
s2.0S0.92.
| Elevator Destroyed by Fire.-Fire
completely destroyed p NJ Kelley's
elevator at Hiawatha The loss will