Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-04-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

THE Democratic State Central Committee
met at Leavenworth Oh the 5th for the pur-
pose OF fixing the time for holding the con-
veutions for selecting delegates to the Ma
tional convention and nominating candi-
dates for State officers, and selecting the
places Tor holding the conventions Wichita
was unanimously chosenas the place for
holding the convention to eject delegates TO
the Democratic National convention and
the time for the same May Ii. AID it was
suggested that county conventions be held
not later than May 5. Leavenworth was
chosen as the place and July as the date
for holding the convention to nominate
candidates for State officers The basis OF
representation was fixed at one delegate
for every 200 votes cast for Lieutenant
Governor in 1886 and one for every fraction
of 100 and over. A resolution was unani-
mously passed indorsing without reserva-
tion the Administration OF President Cleve-
land.
THE other morning at two o'clock two
Missouri Pacific freight trains collided on
the short curve under the Kansas and Mis-
souri, bridge, two miles and a half north OF
Leavcnworth. Both locomotives were
wrecked and one or two cars of each train
were totally demolished.
BILL MILLER, noted desderado, charged
with murder in the first degree was re-
Gently lodged in Jail at Topeka, by
deputy United States marshal, having
been arrested in Doniphan County,
his home. He is the ringleader Of gang
of desperadoes numbering thirty men or
more who have been the terror for years of
the northern and western part of the State.
The crime for which Miller was arrested
was the murder of John Hance, a boy, in
the Indian Territory last fall.
LATE post office changes in Kansas: Es-
tablished, Klink, Sherman County, Theo-
dore Schermerhorn, postmaster; Linndale,
Rush County, James b. Linn, postmaster;
Whitelaw. Greeley County, Fred A. Finder,
postmaster. Names changed, Burdgerville,
Wilson County, to Villas, Samuel STILES,
postmaster. Discontinued, Clifford, Smith
County; Hendricks, Finney County;
Logansport, Logan County; Tidy, Stafford
County.
In the Supreme Court at Topeka q mo-
ton was made on the 5th to advance the
case of Buford Crawford by Robert Craw-
lord, his next friend, against the Board of
Education of the city Of Fort Scott. This
is the case involving the question of the
right of the colored children of Fort Scott
10 enter the public schools in common with
the white children. The Court took the
case under advisement.
THE other morning g, 900 in currency was
stolen from the Pacific Express Office at
Horace, Greedy County, by j. II. Draper,
newly appointed night operator, The
money had been sent by express from
bank in Kansas City to the Kansas State
Bank, of Scott City, but by mistake of the
express messenger was carried on west to
Horace. The agent there had ordered the
night operator to put it on the next train
going East, but the sum was too tempting.
He skipped with it.
JACK BRAGG and Hank Hampton, MUIR
derers of Pete Nelson. were sentenced to
the penitentiary for life by Judge Nichol-
son at junction City the other day. Rosa
Blackford, the woman in the case, goes up
for fifteen years.
THE Kansas department, G. A. R., at the
National encampment to be held at Colum-
bus next September, has been assigned the
State Auditors room in the Ohio State
House, next to Indiana and Illinois, these
being the three States expected to send tn
largest delegations.
PATENTS issued to Kansas inventor
for the week ended April 6: Cover for
strainer pals, Samuel F. Foreman, OF
Randolph; butter tub, Alexander c. Howe,
of LLAMA; nut lock, William n. Sears, OF
Wellington; windmill, T. II. and .. A
Brewer, of Pawnee Rock; grapple, William
Potter, of Stockton; cultivator for listed
corn, Joseph W. Brown, of Miltonvale.
A MAN about thirty-fi years of age
walked out on the James street bridge,
across the Kaw river, at Kansas City,
Kan, the other afternoon and casting aside
a small linen bag leaped into the river. lie
was rescued by boatman and soon re-
WED. The bag was found to contain
81, 427 in bills, about half of which was in
Austrian and German currency. The man
was taken to police headquarters and gave
the name of William Miller. 1t was after
wards learned that his real name is Marks
Morgenstein, and that he is defaulting
cashier of an Austrian bank.
THE latest strike at Leavenworth is the
striking of petroleum at a depth of 1,S0G
feet.
MR.. JOHN TYREE has discovered on his
farm near Quenemo deposit of yellow
ochre, the equal of which is not known to
exist anywhere. The vein is said to be-
eight feet thick, and the deposit covers a.
least twenty acres.
THE convention of the Ladies' uxilary q.
A. R., recently in session at Topeka, elected
the following officers for the ensuing year:
Mrs Curtledge, of Topeka, department
president; Mrs. Slossen, Sabetha, senior
vice-president; Mrs. Anna NeIle, of Valley
Falls junior vice-president; Mrs. fuller.
of Chetopa, treasurer; Mrs Jennie Bailey,
OF Parsons chaplain; Mrs. Martin. Of Per-
ry, conductor; Mrs. Wood, of Merider.
guard. For council of administration the
following ladies were elected: Mrs. Fran
ces Wood, chairman; Mrs. Hodgden, of
Galesburg, and Miss Murry of Valley Falls;
tru stees, Mrs. McGregor, Mrs. Wade and
Mrs Russell. Mrs. Pendroy. of Perry, WAS
elected delegate to the National conven-
ton at Columbus, and Mrs. RUSSELL of Val
lev Falls. was chosen alternate.
\ CONVENTION has been called to meet
at Abilene, Tuesday, April "a to consider
the question of removing the capital from
Topeka. The call is issued under the au-
thority of the general committee heretofore
appointed for this purpose, and at the re-
quest of large number of well known cit
lzens throughout the central and western
part of the State" and signed by J. N.
Hodge, chairman.
SENATOR PLUMB's bill to pension William
Davis, of Burlington, D. r. Hoagland, of
Olathe, G. w. Denote, of Emporia, Max
well Carwell OF Paola, Kan, and w. n.
Clure, of Esrom, Mo-. has passed the