The Wichita County Democrat from Leoti, Kansas • 3

BUSINESS MENTION. Messrs. J. F. Ward, Charles Bouse man.

Frank Ducher, George Watkins W1QHITA CO. DEMOCRAT. C. W. RLAND, ATTORNEY AT LAW if' fl II a B-B 8 a A'GOUNTY i THE CORONADO MASSACRE! SEVEN YOUNG MEN SHOT DOWN BY CORONADO FIENDS! Last Sunday Charles F.

Coulter was by some of the Coroiadoites to up a rrovrd of Leoti boys and -me to Coronado and have a good tiuie. Mr. Ccultn v. had bcrrov.ed a ense of beer from Dr. V.

ht of Coronado took a case cf beer from tore and went to Coronado accompanied by Billy Rains, lieorge Watkins, Emmett Denning, A. II. Johnson, Frank Jenness, and A. N. Boorey.

For awhile things passed off smoothly between the Corodadoites and 'Juir unsuspecting visitors, yet it is said Jr. Wright told Coulter to be careful and not linger in town too long as the Coronado boys had it in for him. He paid but little attention to such warning, as he was a man of great courage and suspected no treachery from the seemingly boys of the neighboring town. After spending an hour or so in Coronado the boys got into the spring wagon and started home and got as far as the bank when some Coi onado men who were evidently sent to begin the trouble, insulted Frank Voen, and Eli Campbell returned from Colorado last week, where they all ook Tree claims, except George Will Rigaa who went with the crowd re mained in Color lo. There are always foun 1 city about the hotels and on the street corners, a set of men claiming to be real estate agents, they are like a lot of vulters ior their prey.

They do not give a stranger time to reVt, eat or sleep until he is given a full diseription of all the cheap lands they have for sale. It is generally safe for a person to 6teer clear of aU persons who thus button hole them If you desire to purchase a farm or city property, consult some real estate agent at his office, where you are likely to obtain a reliable information, and if he has not got what you want he will not lie to you. about what he has not got, nor palm off up on you what you dtf not want. Always buy your lands through a reliable land office Ex. PLANT fiHADH TREES.

The continued growth and prosperity of Leoti is in a large measure owing to the enterprise of its business mrtn nnd thf nnVi lie spirit of its inhabitants. They have reuaj itnu iiDerauy aevotea time and mon- ey to tne accomplishment of all enterprise to increase its trade and add to its attrac tion. except one, and that, in our estimation the most important of all, and that is we should plant trees. A rvilliage of half unpaintea dwellings brown with dust set in a treelees plain without a bush shrub of any kind very little attention, this state of affairs need uot exist but itdoes, nothing can add half so much to the beauty and vaiue of property as a row of trees planted on each side of the street ahd kept in growing condition. THE ONLY DEMOCRATC PA PLR IN THE COUNTY AKIf il LEOTI STAGE HI.

Reol Estate Dealer, LEOTI, Wichita County, Kas. Special Attention Given to Titled Ih ventilations and Contests. Will Practice in State and Federal Conrts. WARD MEAD, AtoiTneyS At law REAL ESTATE AGENTS, LEOTI, Wichita County Kansa. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO CON TESTS WILL PRACTICE IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS.

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I uiUUUUIIi WUUb Isn.w, Ulotn and c-w w. iuuuc; ur jwtfuny.iTQpeaiuwiuM CITY H. L. SELDON. SPECIALTY.

LEGTI, Knasas, should call on or ad SHORTEST, QUICKEST AND CHEAPEST ROUTE FROM lOTD TO SANTA FE RAILROAD. Stage leaves LAKIN, MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS and FRIDAYS, at 8 a Arrives at LEOTI, at 4:30 m. Staff leaves THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS, atstsme h0uM W. OLDHAM, Proprietor. C.

W. GARLAND. RLAND Advertise in the Democrat. A good Jeans suit for at Deve akin Kansas. All Wool Suits from ST to S14 at Dev Lakin, Kansas.

E. M. Hill vo. of Hirt land, TC msa has the largest Hardware stock in the -1 west of Garden City. The fineest line of Cigars in the citv a the PALACE DRUG STORE.

5t- Call at the Commercial Hotel and get quare meal. Commercial Hotel is on south main treet and is the best hotel in the city, ilk, Satin, Velveteen srd gliliictc. rimmings at Koontz Jone The Lester Fine Shoes are the best in Pebel Kid and Kangaroo at Koontz Jones'. C. Lauck of Haitian Kansas dealers in Lumber solicits the trade of Wichita county.

9 i Camel's Hair and Scarlet Underwear in endless varieties and at lowest prices at Koontz Jones. Go to the Lumber yard of C. E. Lauck Hartland Kansas, for the best mat. rial and the very lowest pries s.

J. R. Hicks has opened a full and complete stock of Hardware at Clark's old and. Ladie's. Hats, Bdnhets, and Children's Hats, Caps and Hoods at Mrs.

J. R. Hicks The Commercial hotel is full and running over every night. C. H.

Borders is the, proprietor of the" Commercial Hotel and iB one of the clever est and most accommodating of landlords in western Kansas. 11. M. Hill Co. dealers in Hardware i Hartland, Kansas, manufactures a pats stove Flue that can't be beat.

Call and xam ine before building your flues J. Hi Waterman of Lakiri will meet any prices in Flour FeCd Coal; Stoves of pny firm on the Arkansas River, and polices traf by the Leoti people, Ca 11 at the Leoti Restaurant and get a square meal and fresh oysters, warm pies and cakes Overcoats cheaper than the cheapest a Koontz Jones; (o to the Leoti Restaurant if you want ixood day-beard at a very reasonable price. Beckett Gould has money to loan bn door south of the Wichita House. C. E.

Lauck of Hartland. Kansas, dealers in Lumber, Lathe, Shingles, Limes Hair, Doors; Sash, Mould, Plaster Paris, Flue Tilling etc; can give the best bargain in Western Kansas. For Hardware, Cutltfy, Stoves, Tinwar Farm Machinery and the boss patent Stov Flues go to E. M. Hill Hartland Kanesa.

The Leoti Restaurant takes the lead in the way of getting up a meal. Call, eJt, drink, and be merry c. The alack Drug Stork carri e9 th only complete line of Drugs, Druggist, Sundries. Toilet Articles, Pai ts, Oil Stationery, in Wichita county 'and don't you forget it." 5tfnt Nails, Locks and all kinds builders hardware at J. R.

HiclSs' Hardware store Clark'- 'ild stand. Try a package of Charm Buckwheat It cant be beat. Koontz Jbhe Ladies Tobo'gan Caps at the new store of Koontz AJohe. Get hold of Waterman's invitation card You can get good poard at the Restaurant $4. per week.

Groceries, Ctisap Cheaper Cheapest at Koontz Jones Flour of the Best Brand and Warranted at, Koonti 3k Jen'es. Our Line ct Fine Shoes Is Simply Immense. Wichita pounty People trade with Waterman Lakin Kansas. The Commercial hotel is crowded all th lme. DR.

F. COTTERAL Office in Standard build ing-. CALLS PfeoilPTTY ATTENDED i)AY OR NlfeiilT. KITT G0ULt1? iEALER IK ELERY; Watches and Clocks All Kinds of Silrf-rsmlthing and Repairing' on ehrt notica. Call on in at tbe Drug Store, LEOTI Kansas I.HOTICITT.Kas..

MARCH TIME U. S. Mail. fll learea Leoti for Wallace daily, (Sv.uur t.x-Mpted,) at 7 a. ra.

tJtil laras LaotI for Lakin on Thursday and Saturday, at 7 a. m. Vail arrlrsa from Wallace daily, (Sunday ei-optod) at 4 p. m. Vail art-ires from Lakin on Wednesday and Saturday, at 4 p.

in. RAILROAD TIME CARD. P. Railway Wat.i.acb Station. GOING WESTi (Central Arrives.

Ho. 201 Colorado Express 12.35a. m. Vo.203 Pacific Express p. m.

lf. 211, Express Freight p. m. going east Depart. To.

202, Eastern Express 4.09, a. ra. Mo. 204, Atlantic Express 10,00 a. m.

Ko. 212. Expreas Fteight. .2,05, a. an.

Xo'a 303 and 204 do not run west of Wal-aoe. SaktaFs RaIl Road Garden City Station. goixg WfcsT. (Mountain time.) Ho. lj San Francisco Express.

.2,57, a. m. J5T o. 8 Colorado and Utah Express 3,53 fo. 7.

Local Freight 4,26, a. m. going east. 30. 2.

Atlantic Express 11.03 m. iU. 4, New York Express 10.03 a m. Wo. 3.

Local Freight 5.10 a m. STACE LIMES-. The Leoti City and Wallace, Stage Line, Vawcett Rinr. proprietors, leaves Leoti Saily, except Sur. day, at 7 a.m., arid arrives lit 6, p.

ni. Carries daily mi. Green's Cannon Bail Sta.g-9 Lii- rat)9 Uaily except Sunday, utweenLeeti and harden City, leaving these respective points at 7, a. m. and arriving at 6 p.

il. Leoti City and Lakin Mail and Stage Line leaves Leoti every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 7, a. m. and arrives every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 5, p. local Mention.

Little Davy borders is much Letter. Mr. D. Wools baby is getting well. Mayor Mc Call is improving from his Bicknss.

Mr; Beltrodd ahd part of hi family are yet Very sick. February concluded that winter could hot pass by without trying its hand. KittGouidand Will Ellis went to the half way house last Slonday. John Ragan came back to Leoti. A jrreat nia riy commercial men have visited Leoti ir- the last few days.

Mr. Phillips of Wallace vras ih Leoti Ihe past week. We Are glad to say Jerry Neterer has returned from his visit to his old home in Indiana. M. Grubb has returned from Indiana, and Joooks well.

All his friends are glad to see him baek; i- Mrs; Bass Sutler and the Misses Doc Und Edna Siiiif were in town Tuesday. Beckett and Gonld hav written up a jfreat many policies this week Will Penning left. for Colorado Monday but will return in a few days. John H. Edwards our enthusiastic sheriff, will move to Leoti iu a few days.

The Garland building opposite the town hall is being repaired, the new bank will 'soon pilt in itl Mr. Mead of Leoti Lance has gone Anna Illinois with vMrsl Watkins and he remain other husband. Miss Ella Cocayrie wtnt to Cocayne ast Monday. The mail is coming in more regularly "now since the snew melted. Quite a number of.

land seekers arrived during the week and delighted -with this thtt garden of Kansas: If there is shy we like better than a good dinner we are not aware of it and porne how MrsSliank discuverd bur weak ness. Last Sunday the Democrat outfit and E. C. Thomas had the pleasure of sitting at her hospitable board and partook of the best dinner jve hve had in a long time Mrs. ihank knwt so wUhow to prepare a good dinner.

We ate with unseemly appetite but it was our golden opportunity and made the most of it, we can assure you. Lucy Cocayne went to E5f claim on Monday and fovnd that some young usur- per had taken jKssessioh of her hoitse and had put in his stove and bed and making himself at home: Kitt'Gould and Will El-" lis being-there told the gentleman to get a move on him but he said he had been in the west some time having been in Colorado four years and did not propose to be run out by snide" tender foots- but 1 when he sow a six shooter confront him from Ellis hands he said gently I 11 get out. His house hid goods were politely put on the prairie and Miss Lucy took posses ion of her bouse with out further trouble EAL ESTATE AND COLLECTION AGENTS, LEOTt CITY KANSAS, WE HAVE ON HAND THE ONLY COMPLETE SET OF ABSTRACT Rains and Coulter who were too brave to suffer such slings and scorns without) resenting, and got out and came to Slows with the men. They thus stepped into the trap set for them. Three shots wexu tired from some building.

Rains fell and Couiter fell wi'h a broken leg. And almost instantly a volley of about thiJty shot3 from winchcsieis and revolvers were fired at the Leoti boys. Johnson was hit a little below the left temple and fell from the wagon, Watkins wa hit in three places ball taking effect in or about the ston. -eh and befell from the wagon after bci dragged a-bout fifteen yards; Booiey was hit in three places but remained in tire wagon and us the horses ran awc. lie was carried out of town, Denning who from the wagon and ran was sl.ee in the left leg about two inches abov the knee und bmkeit; Jenness fell and up and ran and finally reached the agon alter receiving five wounds.

Ji ami Boorey were shot at until they go1 out of the reacn of Winchesters. Johnson got up and ran and the cry of "shoot him was heard ou svery hand; and a volley vas discharged at him, two shots of which took effect in his leg and he fell again, when a villain ran up to him and told him to ihrow up his hands and intended to kill hun but tor a Mr. Flack who pleaded io; ius rite, Coulter and Rains were killed out right the former receiving fourteen shots and the latter eleven in his bo ly many of which were fatal After bein, dead they were maliciously aact brutaiij mutilated. The main part of the touting tame from Chubbuck's building, uulk building, and the building outh of the bank. No shots were fired by Leoii boys unless one or two by Coultei The dead and wounded were brought to Leoti Sunday night where they were given all the attention possioie.

AfUr a great deal of suffering George Watkins died Tuesday morning at live otlock. It is thought that the remaiug eur of whom Denning and Johnson seem to suffer the most will recover. AahUough Frank enness received five woundn he does riot appear to be hurt as bad a- of the others owing to Booreys strong nerve it is difficult to tell how badly he is hurt. Billy Rains who was in the livery business here wasburied in Leoti ceietrey Tuesday at 3 oclock. He leaves a wife and one infant child.

George Watkins was a pharmacist was 25 years well educated ahd the son of wealthy parents 'of Joncsboro Illinois whore his remains were sent accompanied by his affectionate and heart stricken wife and Mr. Mead of the Lance. Charles F. Coultef was a single tfan about 29 years old. He had no relatives here.

His body was sent to Yallace Tuesday where it was interred. He was a partner of Mayor McCall in th Drug business! the remaining four are siu. ie. Mr. Bobrey has a lumber yard here; Mr.

Jenness Is a son of R. E. Jenness the president of the town Company. Mr Johnson is from a fine family of Worcster Ohio he i8 a pop flax and exemplary matt. Emmett Denning is a son of John-Denning who lives one mile south of Leoti has a high moral and social standing, the relatives of the dead ahd wounded hare the heurt fait sympithy of atli; For some time there has ben a rivalry existing between Leoti and Coronado on account of the county seat fight in which Leoti has been the winning town.

Coronado people naturally felt sore and to give vent to their feelings fhey beyound a doubt as circumstances fro to show prearranged and pre-'rteditatcd the sad tradgy Of last Sunday, intending to kill Coulter and Rains because thes had a grudge against them. They invited the boys over there, they provoked two of them into a wrangle, and they ffred. from ambush in consert, killing and wounding those that we're not in the quarrel. Three of the Leoti boys had no guns which goes to show that they did not intend to cause any trouble as insinuated by ahd last weeh w-frjl was sent from Coronado to two Coronodoites who working at the half way house between here and Lakin to come up on SunJaas they iutended to have some fun that ay. Sunday came and they had what tiiev call fun, they nave commitea a crime tnat jaas not even its parallel in the annala of Considering the high moral standing and the innocence of the Leoti boys, and their unsuspecting friendship and confi denoe in their Coronado neighbors, it was acriine in it?" planning and execution more treacherous and heartless than that of the Mountain Sleadow Massecre.

Tom Allen of Wallace was in Leoti the TOWN LOTS A Any ne desiringto invest ih property in dress us. Leoti is now It fell the )00UMTYSEAT, The Banner county of yeBtern ffansas. TOWN PROPERTY IS ADVANCING IN VALUE RAPIDLY Now is the time to invest. C0M AND SEE NETEKER, LA Wj 1,0 A ond COL 'ECTION OFFICE, BCHOOL LAND, DEEDED LiND AND T0W LOTS A SPECIALTT. A.

MAAiCER fiEAL tSTATE Dlft. I 1 Oomb ii iiicl QfQ On Final Prof Made, Settlers Located en Can Consulted in German or English. English and German Correspondence Solicited. Will practice in all th Courta of the State. EOTI CITY.

Wichita rimeri K. Beckett, ATTORNEY. et Government Land. Contest a Specialty County. Kansas.

Kitt Gould; ABSTRACTOR the borrower pay off BElETMOlL. Does a Generol LAND ond LOAn Busi- ness. They represent tHe only Ion Compony in the -'I county tHat will permit the dehi at any time without A bonus'. CONTESTING CLAIMS A SPECIALTY. ft 1 T-i -JSHrQ rst of the week.

Judge Garland make a good Probate," ndge his mama ge ceremony is short and eet. bNE DOOR SOUTH OF WICHITAiHOUSE "7.