The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-07-10
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Z peka.
Tie Savings Bank of Kansas, of Kansa:
City. Kansas, filed articles of incorporation
with me Secretary of State at Topeka re
Gently.
n NEW company was being formed al
/ Topeka, to revive the Critic, and run it as
campaign sheet until after the election, anC
perhaps longer.
NEW secret military organization was
! reported being formed in Kansas, with head
quarters Ill LeavenwOrth, known as The
Army OF Liberty and its object is the SUI,
preston OF the temperance movement al
the polls. Each of the members take q
solemn oath TO do everything in his power
to elect an AUTHORIZATION Governor this
TALL The members are, however, left free
as to national politics. The companies are
| Ofilcered with captains, lieutcnantS and cor
! pOralS, and regiments are commanded by
| colonies.
| DIR. y. n. HOLCOMBE:. State Veterinarian,
recently ordered Sheriff ThGmas, of Shawnee
/ County. to kill horse belonging to the To
! peka Omnibus Company that was affected
! with farcy. The Sheriff refused to execute
| the order, and Judge w. c. Webb sent an
opinion TO the bus company, in which he
says: Surgeon Holcombe had no lawful
right or authority to issue said order. and if
the Sheriff Is notified or informed by you
that said order was not issued by the
authority of the Board of Sanitary Com
misSionerS lie will be a treSpaSSer. If he
executes said order both the Sher. and
Surgeon FOlcOmb will be liable in an action
for damages for causing said animal to be
killed. The Judge held that Dr. Hol-
combe had no right to order any animal
killed unless it had first been examined by
the Board.
THE State House grounds at Topeka, on
the Library corner were recently being i'm
proved and beautifed by a carriage drive
fences and walks. All the furniture in the
Government buildings was invOiced the
other day, and an additional order sent to
the Treasury Department for more that is
needed.
TOPEKA was recently specially infested
with burglars and almost every day cases of
robbery were reported, but the police force
appeared unable to do anything etfectuaI
toward arreSting the criminals. The other
night the residence Of DIR. Dick and w. f..
Bowman on Tenth street were entered. AT
the former place the thieves secured about
ten dollars i'll money. but at the latter place
they aroused a member of the family, after
getting into the house, and were compelled
THE following notaries public have been
appointed by Governor Click: w. II.
Clark, Mound City, Linn County: y. b.
KarkadOn, Saratoga, Pratt County; Thomas
ii. Dixon, Mortified. Sumner County: Dell
Fuller, Topeka Shawnee County; George
w. Her, Garrett, Anderson County; Owen
Lee FredOnia, Wilson County; q. Rumsev
KiOwa, Barbour County; Lloyd Selby,
Stockton, Rocks County; George p. Willis
Erie, NeoShO County.
j. S. MICHAEL, who was arrested recently
Oh the charge of burglariZing sleeping cal
on the AtchiSOn, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail
road, was released on 4 writ of habeas cor
pnS issued from the Probate Court at To
peka.
RILEY BEARD, While working in the har-
vest field in Mcpherson County recently.
was struck by lightning and killed.
An eight-year-old son of w. j. Ingr.-
ham, of Parsons, used kerosene oil to light |
the fire the other morning, and was buried
next day.
WILLIAMS COLLEGE of WilliamstOwn. |
Mass, has conferred the degree of LII. d. |
upon United States Senator Ingalls,.
THE Sedgwick County Republican Con- |
vention held at Wichita on the 2d elected |
five delegates to the Republican State Con- !
yention, namely: Hon. w. f. Stanley. Col !
Onel II. L. Walker, w. w. Hays. W. H. |
Taylor Robert f. Lawrence and Professor
b. ID. Hammond, with the following alter.
mates: Hon. +. VI. Dotflemeyer, A f. |
Johnson, Judge Z. B. Jewett Thomas !
Glover, J. W. Vineyard and II. r. Hatfield |
The convention invited Hon. Z. B. Allen, Il
resident of this city and a candidate foI
Secretary of State, to name the delegates.
which he did. The delegates by unani-
nous vote, endorsed Colonel John A. Mar.
tin, of Atchson, as the Republican candi-
late for Governor, and f. u. McCabe fol
Auditor. Among the resolutions adopted
was one endorsing the National Republican,
Platform and its nominees. and another
favoring Constitutional Convention for the
State OF Kansas.
John Breton, a hack driver, attacked Os-
ar Swayze, the Capital reporter, at Topeka
recently because he was displeaSed with the
way Swayze reported a Scrape he was in
Breton got Swayze by the throat and was
.hOking the life out of him when bystanders
nterfered and separated them. SwayZe
ell to the ground insensible, but was re-
by friends who took him to "A
unch counter.
THE Supreme Court at Topeka recently
al Importance in the prOsecutiOnLof cases arts
NJ under the prOhibitory liquor law. 1t Ia.
,een the p a ,tice in probably most of the coun
les in the State for the County Attorney to
lie information against parties for selling
intoxicating liquors and to verify the same
With an affidavit that he believes the facts
tated in the information to be true This
5 authorized by the law. but the Supreme
'Ourt decides that such an affidavit does
lot justify an arrest OF the supposed of
euder. Se:tion fifteen of this bill of rights
n the Constitution prohibits the arrest of
my person, except on probable CAUSE The
upreme Court holds that nothing but 4 posi-
i've affidavit makes a case of probable
ause under the Constitution. The
mere belief of the County Attorney,
ven if sworn to, does not justify the arrest
f a person for crime. If the County At
Orney does not know that party has com ,
litted acts that make him guilty of viOlat
~ the law, the Court says he must gei
OmeOne To verify the information that doe.
now. Under this decision of the Court il
'as thought doubtful whether anyone could /
e arrested for the illegal sale of intoXicat- ,
~ liquors unless a complaint or infOrma- ,
on was sworn by someone who had bought
ltOXicating liquors or who had seen them 4
Did contrary to law. Neither could a per- .
ln who had positive knowledge of but one /,
collation. 0f the law swear truthfully to an ,
formation that contained dozen or more !
IuntS. :
Political clubs in order, 4
y NUMBER of rOughS attacked police Off
II Stannard in AtchiSOn. the other night.
ne of them named Ed. Clark, a Santa Fe
rakeman, had the officer on the ground e
Dunding him, when the latter drew his V
stol and shot Clark in the pit of the il
omach. Clark was reported fatally i'll i,
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