Weekly Republican-Traveler from Arkansas City, Kansas • Page 5

Qepvtolicaxx Grcanelrc. 6 MONDAY'S DAILY. COL BEN HENDERSON, the interview with Dr. Emerson. In this he said that Dr.

Pilcher claimed that he had the approval of Gov. Lewel Th Public Schools. This morning was a little different from those of the past three months. At 8:30 the school bells of the various wards began ringing and soon tha streets were filled with boys and girls bound for school." Today has been a busy one, getting ready for the year's work. The dealers in school booka have done a big business and in a day or so our schools will have settled down to good, solid work.

The attendance today was fair, in fact it was good for the tirst day. The following is a list of the teachers and their assignments: FIRST WARD. Miss Mary R. Hutchinson, principal? list party. "When Governor -Lewelling accepted the nomination of that convention after the adoption of our could not believe that he knew the real facts of the corruption in the large cities and state institutions, assuming, of course, that he was honest and sincere at the time of his speech accepting the nomination.

I was informed at the time of the convention that Governor Lewelling would thoroughly investigate the charges, not only against the police commissioners of the cities of the first class, but the charges against Warder Chase as well, and, as you well know, a resolution was offered to the convention demanding such investigation and withdrawn upon a promise from the governor's friends that such investigation should be made. I assumed that this was true and gave no further thought to the disgraceful charges of corruption and boodle made against Governor Leweliing's administration. I conscientiously believed that everything was moving nicely and that the governor was quietly laying his plans for discovering corruption in office, "if any could be found." give the antidote; if in about the same condition, to give it; the directions were on the bottle; when I cxme back with the medicine, he looked to me as if he were worse than he was when I went away, but I still thought he would pull through. I returned home; was there a few minutes and Mrs Favorite called me over and said he was much worse and believed he would die. I went over and found out that it was a fact and then went over after Mr.

Jacques. WThen was dead. It is my opinion that the deceased came to his death by the morphine he had taken. Testimony of Dr. Guinn: My name J.

H. Guinn; my business is the practice of medicine; C. C. Dougherty came to me at the wash stand in the hall in the Zadie block and said "My God! where will I lay down, I feel'as if was going to die." This was on Sept 1894, at about 11:30 o'clock a. m.

I said to him lie down on the cot in my office. He said the office was full of women. I said there is always room for one more, come in. The lady on the sofa got up and he laid down; he was very pale and white; complained of intense pain in the lower part of the abdomen; I then gaye him a heart tonic and Dover powder and in about twenty minutes I gave him a dose of morphine grain, and about 15 minutes of 1 o'clock he was still in pain and I gave him another dose of morphine, grain, and grain cocaine, when I returned from dinner at nearly 2 o'clock he was still in pain. He asked me to give him some morphine and said, you know I got no relief the other time until you gave me some morphine, and I said that I dad given him two or three doses already.

He said he would not live an hour if he did not get relief. I gave him another capsule of morphine li grain and a heart tonic and a G-grain Temperature. Temperature for the month of August taken at 1 p. nxin the shade by Dr. A.

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1893 Death of c. Dougherty. C. C' Dougherty died yesterday at his home in West Bolton township, one mile west of the city, from an overdose of morphine administered by himself. The drug was not taken with suicidal intent, but as a relief for pains in the stomach.

The deceased was well known here, having lived here for several years. He was a member of the A. O. U. W.

lodge. lie leaves a to mourn his demise. The following is the testimony taken at the inquest, held yesterday afternoon: Mrs. A. E.

Dougherty testified: C. C. Dougherty is my husband; he was taken with cramp colic on Thursday night, but was better on Friday morning; lie went to see the doctor on Friday af ernoon and got some powders that relieved him. Saturday morning he was7 taken worse went over to town about 11:30 a. did not come home until about nine in the evening of Saturday; when he came home he said he 'was not suffering any misery, that the medicine he had taken relieved him, but that he was very weak; that he had called on Dr.

Guinn and asked him if he had any medicine to take and he said he was I not to take any unless he had pain, and as he had none he did not take any. The fore part of the night he did not sleep any and between 2 and 3 he went into a sound sleep and from that sleep I could not waken him. In the morning at 7 o'clock I tried to arouse him again but could not, so I sent to the neighbors and for the doctor. He continued that way all the forenoon, He brought some medicine home with him and when the doctor came he examined him and said he was just sleeping from over exhaustion and the medicine he had taken, but that he would sleep it off and that he send some medicine out for him. One of the neighbors went in and brought the medicine out.

The doctor had told me to give him some strong coffee, which I did and he drank about half a teacupfml, but he did not put it to his mouth and he swallowed. I tried repeatedly to waken him, but I could not, and when the medicine came, I gave him some and he swallowed part of it, but not all and in another hour I gave him another dose, but he did not swallow all of that. It was about half past twelve o'clock when I gave him the first dose and half past one o'clock when I gave him the second dose and he only lived a few minutes after that. He did not seem to have been conscious at any time from the time he went into the sound sleep He did not seem to realize anything. The doctor said when he came out'that he had prepared some morphine for him, a solution of morphine and left it in a glass for him to take and that he was called away into the country and when he returned in the evening he found that he had taken about four doses of the medicine, and he took a bottle and poured the contents of the glass into it ana nuea it up and gave it to him to take home with him and told him not to take any of it unless he was sufferine-, and I showed him the bottle this morning" and he said he had not taken any of it, and I still have the bottle.

The doctor thought he had taken more of the med icine than he should have taken. Testimony of Amos Walton: This morning about 7:30 or o'clock Mrs. Dougherty came over to my house called me up and said that Mr. Dough erty was very sick, and I went over to his house; found Mr. Dougherty lyin in oea in a aeep sleep; ms eyes were closed tight, body warm, and his pulse, as nearly as I could judge, seemed to be regular; breathing hard.

Mrs. Dougherty said that she had been try ing to rouse him up and she could make no impression upon him at all, and I tried myself by shaking him and work ing with him to arouse him, and we made no impression on him at all; the doctor being sent for he came about 8:30 o'clock; when he came he said there, was no danger; he would come out of it; he said strong coffee might do him some good and I told him I was going over after a little while to the city and I would report how he was and if he had anything to send over I would bring it out and he said he would pre pare something and have it ready when I came over. I went to the doctor's home about 12 o'clock. In the mean time ofter the doctor left, we turned Mr. Dougherty on his side and he seemed to breathe some easier and when I got to the told him that there was not much difference; if any, I thought that he was a little easier when I left and asked him for the antidote and he gave it to me and said again that he thought he would come out of it; said if he was more con scious when I got back we needn't I I is I 8 I 8 ling and Attorney-General Little for this tieatment of the male inmates of the asylum, after which interview Dr.

Pilcher had his attention especially called to this statement of Dr. Emerson and he did not deny it Therefore I am compelled to believe that the charges against Pilcher are true and that Governor Lewelling and Attorney General Little did consult with Pilcher and advised him to proceed to the mutilation of the inmates of the asylum. With this belief. I cannot heln but condemn all connected with this brutal assault upon the poor, helpless, senseless and friendless bovs. Dr.

Pilcher ought to be immediately re moved from the superintendencv of this asylum for these reasons: First. He is absolutely and utterly incompetent. Second. He drinks too much whiskey. Third.

He willfully neglects the duties of his office. Fourth. He is most inhuman and brutal and no more fitted for the position he holds than an ox, and most remarkable offall, Senator Householder and the entire membership of the board know these facts to be true. They have whitewashed him ones and they certainly will whitewash him again. The boys and girls of this institution need a tender-hearted, moral and sensible man as superintendent.

They need some one to add a little sunshine to the miserable life they are by nature compelled to live. LEWELLING FULLY COGNIZANT. Fifth Governor Lewelling knows tne iacts nerein stated, lie has re A 1 0 A 1 -V peatedly been notified of the incompe tency of these men and corruption practiced, and notwithstanding his knowledge thereof, he absolutely re fuses to raise his executive hand in be half of the people of the state of Kan sas in the enforcement of the reforms advocated by the people's party. For these reasons, and many others might mention, I cannot, as I said be fore, support Governor Lewelling for re-election, and hence course, enter into the campaign. I had thought I would do so, at any ratejadvocating measures and not men, but this, upon reflection, I cannot conscientiously do for this reason: I am reminded of 'the fact that 40 per cent of all taxes paid by the people of this state into the state treasury goes to tne support of the seven great charitable institutions of our commonwealth.

In view of this monstrous fact, every man in Kansas, regardless of his political faith, must consider the integrity and capability of the men to administer these trusts of as great consequence as the princi ples of the party to which he belongs. I know your hands to be perfectly clean of any corruption or of even any suspicion of corruption during the time that you have held office under the present administration and for which I admire you very much. My confidence in you and ray friendship cannot under any reasonable circumstances be shattered or destroyed. Knowing you as I have for many years and knowing your honestjr and integrity and your superior business qualifications renders it impossible in my judgment for this stain to be cast upon your reputation. In conclusion permit me to say if Governor Lewelling should be elected, I want it distinctly understood that I shall make no claims to any part of such victory, but will hang ray head in shame.

Very respectfully j-our friend Bex S. Henderson. J. V. Beekman and Dave Henderson, former of this city, were doing business in the city yesterday.

Dave says a cannon ball could be fired down Main street at any time of the day in Arkansas City, and nobody would be hurt. He meant of course that the streets of that city are deserted. Newkirk Democrat We are willing to wager that the above item was written by an ex-Win-field man. You can always tell by the venom they roll up in anything that is about Arkansas City. This city is not a lively as at, the tima of the strip opening and there are fewer people here.

Chicago, New St. Louis and other cities aare not so lively as they once were. Even Newkirk is duller now than it was a few months since. The editor of the Democrat and Dave Henderson may not know that business is depressed all over the country. However, Arkansas City has no cause for complaint She is lively when compared to other towns of her size.

There are none better and few that can equal us. However, if Dave Henderson thinks this city is too quiet for him, we can assure him there are no strings on him. Trains run in all directions out of this city. But who is Dave Henderson, any way? If he is a resident here he is virtually unknown, and if all towns were inhabited by men of his caliber, we are" safe tin sav ing that they would amount to but little. J.

F. Hoffman thinks there are no chickens the equal of the Black Lang-shangs since the following performance: On the 28th of March he took a brood of chickens off. They thrived wonderfully and one of the pullets Commenced laying eggs, August 1. Five months after this pullet wasj hatched she was setting on a nest of Black Lang Shang eggs. Who has a chicken that can beat this record.

Born. To Mr. and Mrs. O. S.

Gibson Saturday, a son. CHAIRMAN OF THE POP STATE Convention, Having Indisputable Evidence That Lewelling is A Boodler, He Refuses to Support Him, Either upon the Stump or At the Polls. Having Investigated the Penitentiary Scandal, the Charges of Police Corruption in Large Cities, the Charges Made by Justice Allen, the Ignorance and Corruption of the Managers Of the Charitable Institutions, Includ-ing the Pilcher Affair. He makes the Charge, Upon Populist Authority, That Householder and the Late Mr. Kelley are Bood-lers, and That Dr.

Pilcher Ought to be in the Penitentiary. The last bombyto explode populist camp, like the most others, was thrown by a man their own breasworks. Justice in the of, the within Allen, Mrs. Lease; Corning, Senator Taylor, Judge Stevens and a score of others testified to the corruption and rascality of Lewelling and the cotorie of lunch grabbers who hover around the pie counter at Topeka, Now comes Colonel Ben Henderson, of this county, with a letter full of direct charges, supported by facts secured from populist sources. Read it and think, then think and read it again, Ben S.

Henderson, 1 Attorney-at-Law, Winfield, Kansas, Rooms 15 and 16 First National Bank Building. Winfield, Aug. 28, 1S94. Hon. John W.

Breidenthal, Topeka, Kan. My Dear Sir and Brother: Under no circumstances do I wish the language used in this letter to be twisted into the thought that I am contemplating a 'leap" from the populist party. Upon the other hand I wish it understood that I adhere strictly to the doctrine enunciated in the New Declaration of Independence adopted July 4, 1892, by the peoples party national convention Some time ago I promised you that I would speak at Marion on the 25th of this month; on the 24th I wired you that I could not fill the ensrasrement. I also promised you that in the latter part of September I would engage in the campaign, speaking every day dur- ng the month of October. This prom ise I cannot comply with, neither can I support Governor Lewelling, for the following reasons, to-wit: THE PENITENTIARY SCANDAL.

First, The present management of the penitentiary is a matter demanding the careful and considerate attention of all true reformers and of every hon est and loyal citizen of this state. The warden in his report points with pride to the enormous amount of coal mined under his management, but he fails to tell that the man, Hiatt, who had the contract of all the coal mined by con vict labor was the one who made the handsome profit from the sale of this coal and not the state. During the time that so much coal was being1 mined by convict labor, Governor Lew elling was encouraging1 the miners of the state to stand firmly in their strike for justice and at the same time mak ing it impossible for them to win their strike by taking convicts out of the various manufacturing departments of the penitentiary by the score and putting" them in the mines, working both nig-ht and day. According to Wrarden Chase's re cent report, tnis wrong to tne miners of the state was done not only with Governor Leweliing's knowledge, but with his consent. Then again, thous ands of populists in this state are anx ious for a fair and honest investigation of the charges against Warden Chase, including his brutal attack upon old man McDonald.

They think if Chase is innocent an honest, and fair investi gation will do him no harm. Upon the other hand, if the charges are true, Chase should promptly be removed from office, and in so doing Governor Lewelling would receive the commen dation of every good citizen. POLICE CORRUPTION. Second. At the time I was talking with you as to the part I should take in tne campaign, were were rumors afloat that the police commissioners of the large cities were "thoroughly corrupt." I did not then believe these stories were true, but believed there i were some grounds therefor.

This opinion I possessed at the time I was a a 1 eieciea temporary cnairman oi our state convention, hence the reason tha I spoke so emphatically and deter, mined upon the question of-woman suffrage, believing that the adoption of that plank into our platform would plainly indicate that the slum vote and influence was not wanted in the popru- sixth grade: Miss Maggie Ford, fifth grade; Miss Nellie Mclntyre, fourth grade; Miss Agnes Hull, third grade. Miss Kate L. White, third grade. Miss Nellie Dean, second grade; Miss Margaret Boyd, first grade. SECOND WARD.

Miss Lizzie Wark, principal, sixth grade; Miss Ella Johnson, fifth grade; Miss Katie DeTurk, fourth grade; Miss Delia White, third grade; Miss Alice Young, second grade, Miss Rose Nor- ris, nrst grade. THIRD WARD. Miss Margaret Erwin.7 principal. sixth grade; Mrs. Alice Barron, fourth, and fifth grades: Miss Jennie Leech.

third grade; Miss Cora Leonard, second grade; Miss Emily Hyatt, first grade. FOURTH GRADE. Miss Lola M. Berry, principal, sixth grade; Miss Grace Carrithers, fifth grade; Miss Ma Clark, fourth grade; Miss Minnie Sherman, third grade; Miss Annie Hight, second grade; Miss Alice Cornish, first grade; Miss Mary Myers, first grade. HIGH SCHOOL L.

E. Eddy, principal; Thos.lt. Henry, mathematics; Inez Wood, language; and Mabel Dean, Maude Stewart and Ada Nelson, grammar grades. T. Conway, superintendent The following pupils of the senior class were enrolled this morning: Ab bie Heath, Daisy Hull, Sarah Crumley, Myrtle Hamilton, Agnes Thurston, Bertha Eddy, Mary Coryell, Mary Ross, Grace Mansfield Alberta Sheldon, William Dilts, Frank Post and Curtis Cooper.

That was an excellent rain we had here Sunday morning. Chilocco Indian schools opened last Saturday with an attendance of 28( lit tle Indiins. The band concert and balloon ascen sion at tne park Jaturuay afternoon did not draw a very large crowd, still there was quite a sprinkling of people in attendance. The concert came off and was much enjoyed but the balloon ascension was a failure. An attempt was made to inflate the balloon but the usual leak was sprung and after an hour or so of tiresome waiting the crowd was told that there would be no ascension until the repairs could be made.

The ascension was then post poned untill this afternoon "when tho professor said he would go up free of charge. About the time the concert ended there was a little scrap between some negro boys and white fellows It came near being general and tho colored youths used knives pretty freely. This morning four of the scrappers were arrested and fined in polico court. TUESDAY'S DAILY District court convened today Winfield. Born Last night to Mr.

and Mrs. A. N. Brown, a son. And now Col Ben Henderson Lewelling is two rotten even for says him.

lie will not vote for him. It is said that the democratic central committee has decided to a complete county ticket in the field this falL Oil was struck again Saturday night near Sedan at a depth of 1070 feet. This makes the third oil well recently developed near Sedan. The bankers were about the only ones who observed labor day in this city. A great many of our people forgot- that yesterday was labor day.

i The remains of Master Carl Mowry were brought to this city this morning from Osage Mission. The hour of the funeral had not been designated this afternoon. John Dean, postmaster at Bitter Creek, was in the city today. He says the farmers in his neigh borhood are' recovering their spirits since the rain and are plowing for wheat The ground is in good condition now and the farmers are taking advantage of it Editor C. M.

Barnes was in the city today from Geuda and he says that vicinity was also visited by a good rain- fall last night It was accompanied by a hard wind which did some damage, blowing in several store windows, overturning outhouses etc None of the damage done was serious. The down pour of rain last It night in was the this vicinity was a "Jo 4 hardestjrain thatjhas fallen here for some time and will do' a vast amount of good. Already the blue grass on the lawns has commenced turning green. This morning a white man got off of the train and. in his arms he carried a black baby girl.

When asked to whom the baby belonged he said it was his. I It was, too, and his wife was a ne- It was, too, and his wife gress. The man appeared to be very happy and was proud of his offsprings THE ALLEN LETTER. While so continuing my confidence in Governor Lewelling, imagine, if you can, tne restlessness ana uneasiness the shock of the publication of Judge Allen's letter gave me, knowing him to be a cool, considerate and conservative man, and in his letter was a direct charge that Governor Lewrelling not only knew of the corruption of the ad ministration of the officers in the cities of the class, but that he sanctioned it. This was more than I could stand.

can i Deiieve tnat "our governor is A "I 1 A 1 A A M. as honest and sincere as I thought him to be when he was re-nominated. Be ing in Topeka a few days thereafter, I was approached by populists "high up" in the councils of the administration. who assured me "that Judge Allen had been listening to the enemies of Gover nor Lewelling and wrote his letter to Lieuteuant Governor Daniels without proper investigation of the charges which he has since made, and upon his return he will make the statement for publication to the effect -that he had done Governor Lew elling an injustice." No such state ment, howTever, has yet been published from Judge Allen. I accepted the alleged explanation, however, as true, yet with a fixed determination to make some investigation myself, which I have done within the past two weeks and the result is startling.

Judge Al-len'sletter is indeed very mild. It throws the mantle of charity around and protects the most contemptible acts of the police commissioners appointed by Governor Lewelling and since the pub- licatibn of Judge Allen's letter and in fact within the past four weeks, a com mittee of respectable citizens of Wyandotte county waited upon the governor and told him of many cases of corruption among the police commissioners of Kansas City, and demanded of him and plead with him that a change in the police commissioners be immediately made in the interest of law and the respectable element of the populist party of Wyandotte county. To this appeal and demand the governor gave no heed, knowing, too, that this com mittee was composed of men whose reputation and character for truthful ness and fairness were unquestioned and he also knew that their loyalty to the principles of the people's party was undoubted. TnE INFORMATION FROM POPULISTS. Now this information comes to me, not from the enemies of the populist party, but from populists of good stand ing in Kansas City, Kan.

Honest men, successful and honest business men. not engaged in the lottery business, nor in the joint business. I have, for several months, contemplated locating in Kansas City, and with that end in view have made several trips to that city, and hence have formed the acquaintance of some excellent gentlemen of that city, members of the populist party, and I know of my own personal knowledge that my inform ants are among the very best citizens of Kansas City, Kan. CHARITABLE BOARD BOODLERS, xnira some lew weeks ago was employed by the present superintend ent and steward of the insane asylum of Osawatomie to protect their inter ests in some legal matters. At the time I accepted thiscemployment I had no idea that corruption could possibly be unearthed against either member of the present or old board of charities, but I am sorry to say that I learned from reliable authority that Senator Kelley, recently converted to our party and at one time a member of the board of charities, and Senator Householder, the present chairman of the board, have not only accepted but have ex acted boodle from some of the officers of the charitable institutions under the immediate management and control of the board referred to.

THE ROTTONNESS AT WINFIELD. Fourth Now as to the Pilcher scandal. I thought at the time I heard of that and still think that his acts are the most damnable I have ever known an officer to be guilty of, and I have said that if the reports are true, which are now admitted, he ought to be in the penitentiary. Some of "our friends thought I was a little severe but my indignation knew no. bounds when I gleaned from the Courier the report of dover powder and he seemed to get some relief from that until 5:30.

At that time he began to complain again and I was getting ready to go to the country. I then gave him a solution of morphine in a glass, telling him to take teaspoonful at 5:30 and another teaspoonf ul at 7, and he said all right, and I left- I returned between 7:30 and o'clock, and he was sitting up on the cot and talking to a woman. I asked him how he felt; he said he felt better, but had to take four doses of medicine before he got relief. then gave him a solution of morphine to take home with him to take in case of pain and the bottle now presented by the coroner is the same bottle and none of it has been taken in my left my office about 8:30 or 9 o'clock; I told him that I was afraid he had taken too much of the morphine while I was gone and he said that he could not have lived another hour if he had not got relief and I gave him a prescription for medicine to prevent those attacks but he did not get the medicine; I next saw him between and 9 o'clock Sunday morning at his home and I found his pulse very near normal and strong with somewhat slow breathing and a deep or profound sleep, eyes closed, skin and body warm. with all the appearance of a person under the influence of morphine; his wife stated his condition seemed very much better than it had previously been; with the exception of the warm body there was every indication of morphine morcosis; I stated to the wife that I believed that he was suffering from the morphine he had taken and from a prostration and that I be lieved that he would come out of it; I told her to give him some strong coffee and send some one in and I would send out an andidote for the morphine; when I reached my office I looked at the medicine that I had poured back into the bottle from the glass and be lieved from the amount that was gone that he had taken about four teaspoon- fulls instead of one in the four doses; 1 am satisfied that the death is the re sult of the amount of morphine he had taken.

THE VERDICT. We, the jurors duly sworn in the matter of inquest over the dead bodv of the deceased, C. C. Dougherty, of Bolton township, Cowley county, find that the deceased came to his death b3r over doses of morphine taken by himself in the absence of the phy sician. L.

D. Lea sure, 1L S. Teeter, II. M. Mas ley, WT.

F. Klopf, J. W. Gilbert, J. A.

Show alter. September 2, 1S94. Jurors. The funeral of Mr. Dougherty occurred this afternoon at 3 clock from the First Presbyterian church under the auspices of the A.O.

U. W. lodge. The deceased was 45 years of age. We have had Jack the kisser; Jack the ripper; Jack the hugger but it was left to Winfield and the pops to give us Pil cher the cutter.

Wichita would be lost sight of in te shuffle in this world if it were not for Lewelling, Mrs Lease and her husband, and the scrap about who the title of.Buff alo BilLbelongs to. Wichita might as well laydown, as to the title for she can never convince the public that there is any other Buffalo Bill than Col Cody. DIED. DIED. At Osage Mission, Sunday, Sapt 2, at 2 o'clock of typhoid I fever, Carl Wilmot Howry, son of Mowry, of this city, age 10 years.

Died At MaplcfcCity, Saturday, of consumption, 9 a Mrs. Margaret Carr, aged 56 years. The funeral occured yesterday. 4.