Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1885-07-16
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

GOVERNOR MARTIN has written letter
to the Secretary of War in regard to tho
threatening attitude of the Indians, In
which he calls the attention of the War
Department to the condition of affairs, and
says that eff the National Government
locates in the Indian Territory large num-
bers of savage, discontinued and danger
GUS Indians it is its plain duty to provide
an ample force to restrain them within the
boundaries of that Territory, and on their
reservation. The State of Kansas can not
afford to maintain standing army on its
southern border, and ought not to be COM
PEELED to maintain such an army IN order
| to protect its borders from invasion by the
Indians and to give assurances OF safety
and protection to it's citizens. This is
duty which the General Government, not
the State, should discharge" The Cover
nor says that to him it seems to be the
plain duty of the National Government Ito
station permanent and adequate military
force on the southwestern borders of Kan
sas. Posts should be located and main
tanned at convenient points from the west
line of Barber to Seward County, and
these points should be so connected with
each other, by pickets or vidette outposts,
as to guard all that section of Kansas"
He further says that if the troops recently
ordered to the southwest border are dis
| posed as suggested and permanently main
tanned they will be ample to give the citi.
Gems of the exposed country assurances Of
protection.
AN Atchison dispatch of the sth gave an
account of a mysterious murder committed
in that city the night before, Miss Mary
Baldwin, an estimable young lady, being
the victim. Miss Baldwin resided in two
story frame dwelling in a retired portion
of the city. Her father died recently, leav-
ing large estate, and it was reported that
considerable money had been secreted
about the premises. Her mother was alb
sent visiting in the East, and young man
named Fitzgerald, who roomed in an iso-
lated portion of the dwelling, had gone to
a dance, but returned and quietly retired.
He left his room in the morning and re-
turned at seven O'Clock in the evening with
a young man named Spalding. On enter
! ing the house the two men found evidence
| OF forcible entrance, and noticing that
Miss Baldwin's room door was open, looked
in and saw her lying across the bed AMI the
room in great disorder. The Coroner was
notified and the room thoroughly searched,
resulting in the finding of the murdered
| girls missing jewelry, which, it was at
first supposed, the murderer had stolen.
Her diamonds were snugly tucked away in
| the toe of one Of her shoes. The girl had
evidently been murdered by the use of
| chloroform by some one who had secreted
himself in her room for the purpose. She
was reported as betrothed to young man,
who had visited her on the evening pre-
ceding the murder.
The receipts at the Penitentiary for June
were $6,32S.a3, and the expenditures SILL
40, so that the institution for the last
month cost the State $o,140.07.
Topeka now claims that the four wards
of the city proper and the additions which
belong to the city, foot up a total popula-
ton of 3O,11s.
JUDGE JACOB Stafford, the first Judge
of the Shawnee County District and subse-
quently Judge of the Supreme Court for
| six years, died at Topeka the other day.
GEORGE NELSON suicided at Big Strang-
er, Leavenworth County, on the 4th. He
was section hand, and attended a dance
the night before, had been sick with ague
some time and was thought to be deranged.
He ended his existence with Smith &
Wesson revolver. His mother committed
suicide by poison some years ago.
Two Shawnee County farmers receHtly
got into quarrel because one alleged that
the other had poisoned his hogs. A fight
resulted, and the accused was getting the
better of the accuser until the wife of the
latter reinforced her husband and with a
| hoe broke the other mans arm, and banged
his hair in a manner not laid down in the
| fashion plates.
REPORTS of the corn crop made to Sec
retary Sims show an area of about 4,922,-
| 900 acres, an increase of 10000 over last
months report and $4,000 over the crop
planted in 1884. The reports also show
condition of 80 per cent. as compared with
condition June 30, 1884. Probable product
1853, III 900 bushels, or 81, 100000 short of
last years crop.
ARTICLES of incorporation of the Kansas
Investment and Guaranty Company, OF
Newton, were filed with the Secretary OF
State recently.s
THE charter Of the Meade Center Town
| Association, of Meade County, was re-
Gently filed with the Secretary of State.
The capital stock is $4,000. The following
directors were chosen for the first year:
w. P. Hackney, w. S. Mendenhall, Will
liam Field, F. E. Gillette, Kingman; X. L.
Walker, Wichita; Ledru Guthrie, Well
ington.
ANOTHER woman has put in her appear.
ance at II peka who claims to be the fourth
victim of the notorious bigamist, Chastine
Hughes. She gave her name as Miss
Lavender, and declares Hughes drugged
and then compelled her to marry him.
CHAsTINE HUGHES, who for some time
past has been amusing himself by marry
ing numerous women, was recently ar
rested in Iowa and taken to Topeka for
trial. Mrs. Wheat, his Wyandotte wife,
was with him when arrested.
SOME two months since John Nystrom,
prominent citizen of North Topeka, left
with his family to visit his old home in
Sweden. On arriving there, their young
est child, aged four years, took the scarlet
fever and died within week after his ar
rival; two days later the next Oldest child,
aged six years, died with Group.
TOPEKA and Leavenworth dailies are
complaining of discrimination against
them in favor of Kansas City papers by
newsdealers on the railroads, and Gov
ernor Martin has written letter to the
Railroad Commissioners on the subject.
KANSAS is not drouthy this year.
GENERAL AUGUR who, as commander OF
the Department of the Missouri, has for
long time been stationed at Fort Leaven-
worth, has been placed on the retired list.