Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-01-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

AsTHE bound train on the Santa Fe
pulled into Hutchinson the other night
James Hale, q passenger en- route for Cali
fornia was instantly killed by the dis
charge of q large revolver. which ne acct
dentally let fall. He hailed from Spring
dale. Ark.
The story recently circulated that the
Scott County Bank had failed is declared
to be untrue
Some time ago a description was left with
the sheriff of Leavenworth County OF NJ A
Tilden, who it was alleged had EN- bezZled
the sum OF 81, 900 while employed by an in
surance agent at Denison, Tex, and had
aosconded. Recently Tilden was located
at Kickapoo, where he and his wife were Nv
ing with a relative, and when officers went
to make the arrest they found Mrs Thden,
who told them her husband was not IN the
house. and when the officers said some
thing about making search she drew
a revolver and said that the first who made
the attempt would fail in his tracks. One
of the officers, however, parleyed with the
woman while another made flank move
ment and captured their man and he was
led away in triumph.
THE State Teachers Association, lately
in session at Topeka, adopted resolutions
OF respect to the late d ID. mccarthy; ex-
pressing a hearty belief in the desir1bility
of good reading circle among the teach
ers OF the State, and pledging hearty sup
a more honest and equitable administration
of the tax laws, and deprecating the prac-
teal inequality and ineficIency OF the pres
ent taxing system; urging the establish
ment of county high schools; favoring the
passage of law for the grading of rural
schools; favoring the increase of the State
Board OF Educatiov to six members; favor
ing the making OF he Offices of State and
county superintendent hon partisan, and
indorsing the selection OF San Francisco as
the place of meeting of the next National
Educational Association.
A RECENT fire at Wichita destroyed the
Wichita House. The fire was caused by
the explosion Of gasoline stove in the
kitchen.
OF Sumner and one of the most peculiar
characters that ever lived in Kansas, died
the other morning in his cabin on the old
town site of Sumner, Atchison County.
The town several years ago was destroyed
by cyclone, and when the people were
deserving the ruined village they elected
Long mayor as joke, and he appointed
John j. Ingalls, now United States Senator,
his city attorney. In the early days Sem
ator Ingalls, resided at Sumner and made
Long the subject of u famous sketch in the
Kansas Magazine OF fifteen years ago, enti-
tied Catfish Aristocracy. Long was
nearly seventy years old, was a soldier
army during the late war. He stood six
feet seven inches in his stockings, but
weighed only lis pounds.
SEVEN farmers were lately arrested in
Lane County by deputy United States
marshal and taken to Topeka for trial, hav-
ing been indicted by the United States
grand jury at Leavenworth in October for
conspiracy to injure and intimidate Martin
Hoover while in the exercise OF his civil
rights" The specific charge is that they
tried to drive Hoover from his homestead
by threats and other unlawful acts.
Nix. F. ID. CoBURN, of Wyandotte, for six
years past editorial manager Of the Kan
sas City livestock Indicator, withdrew
from the editorial management of that pa
per On January !, although retaining his
ownership in the concern. Mr.. Coburn has
evet taken great interest in the livestock
and agricultural development of Kansas,
Of which State he has been resident for
over twenty years, and while IL much
needed rest W Ii greatly improve his health,
it will make him lose none of his zeal for
the work he has long devoted his time and
energies TO.
TIE State Bar Association commenced
its fifth annual meeting at Topeka on the
evening Of the 81. Judge s. o. Thacher,
of Lawrence, delivered the opening address
on the subject, ''Milestones of the Law"
and Judge Hubbard, of Iowa, entertained
the association with the dramatic Side or
a Jury Trial"
LETTERS lately received from Western
Kansas state that tho narrowing stories
told of recent restitution and suffering are
pure fabrications.
UPON complaint of F. NJ. Lavering to the
Railroad Commissioners that after apply
ing to the st. Joseph Il Grand Island road
for a ticket without success, he boarded
the train and was charged the excess fare,
the board decided that the excess was
wrongfully collected.
In the Wyandotte district court the other
day the decidedly sensational Splitlog-
Clay-Murphy cases were summary dis
posed of by u verdict in each case in favor
of the Splitlogs. The ca ses have attracted
wide attention on account OF their connec-
ton with the vast landed interests of Ma
thias Splitlog, the m llionaire Wyandotte
Indian, and also by the alleged fraudulent
transactions of Moses W. Clay, a French
Canadian, In securing an option OF seventy
one acres of the Splitlog property and dis
posing of it to George 8. Murphy, OF the
the Rock Island road, by contract, and also
to Colonel Fellows, upon fraudulent pow
or of attorney from Splitiog.
AT the late meeting of the State Teach
ers' Association at Topeka, the following
officers were elected: President, Il. q.
Larimer, Topeka; vice-president, b. L.
Davis, Anthony; secretary, A. Z. War
rngton, Minneapolis; executive commit
tee, L. II. Dnsmore, Emporia; II. G. Will
son, Topeka: State superintendent j. II.
Lawhead, Topeka The convention will
meet in Topeka in December, 1883.
THE State treasury contained sos, 079. "a
in hard cash on the first of the year.
THE Secreetry of State granted charters
to 2,272 corporations during the past year
Isl to building, and loan and trust COM
panies, 23l to town companies and I'D to
railroad companies.
THE permanent school fund OF the State
is now nearly 5000, 0OO.
A BOY by the name of Flanagan. residing
in Kansas City. Kan. was recently Killed