Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


on the LeAvenworth, Northern & Southern
railroad, near Atcbi>on, the other night.
TOPEKA now boasts that her new city d.
rec,ory shows u population of 5000.
PENSIONS granted Kansas veterans OF
the 18th: Original Invalid, William DoG-
son, Al mstrong; Charles +. Barnard, Lar
ned; Samuel b. Cathcart, Hutchison:- AL
yah r. Saia, Independence: Albert Hub
bard (deceased), Newton; Edward P. P.
Mccartney, Topeka; Thomas McKiddy,
Woodston; John Standenalr, Wathena;
Peter ". Jury. Humboldt; Alexander San
derson, Hepler; Dewitt {. Waite, Empo-
ria. Reissue and increase, James Decker,
National Military Home. Reissue, Amos
P. Lively, Jetmcre. Renewed, child of
Daniel Harsh, Holton: Mary A, mother Of
Theodore E. Tracy, Atciison; Lucretia j.,
widow Of VIM. b. North, Chetopa; Eliza
beth, mother CT Viii lam W. Kinnear, Os-
wego; Leonora O., widow OF Albert Hub
bard, Newton. Mexican survivors, joseph
Claypole Fredonia.
Mosr of the Kansas State officers attend
| ed the celebration OF the completion of
the State Capitol Of Texas, at Austin, on
the 10th.
AN explosion took place in the Capita!
Iron Foundry at Topeka the other after
noon by which vat Of hot metal was over
turned and scattered in all directions. Gus
Anderson, foundryman, was standing
within few feet of the vat and good
portion Of the hot metal splashed over his
face, arms and body. His clothing caught
fire and he jumpted into a tank of cold
water. He was terribly burned about the
face, the metal having burned through the
flesh to the bone. He was in great agony
hnnr W
lieved his sufferings.
GEORGE SToNKR, a St. Louis treveIing
man, jumped from the third story of his
hotel at Leave nworth the othes night and
was fatally injured. He had been on a p'o-
tracted spree and locked up at the police
| station during the day to keep him from
doing himself and others bodily harm. He
had quoted down somewhat and was taken
back to the hotel for the night and placed
III a room in the third story with two al
tendants. He slept quietly for several
hours, and, on awakening, made an excuse
to get up, and he was no sooner on his feet
than. with yell, he sprang through the
window, carrying the sash with him.
PRESIDENT I. Il. SEWARD has letter
from John p. Rea, Grand Commander of
the National G. A. R.. that he will be pres
ent and deliver an address on Grand Army
day Of the Winfield assembly, July 4. State
Commander j. W. Feighan and his entire
staff will also be present. 1t Is expected
to be great day for the old soldiers Of
Kansas.
Frost and ice were unwelcome visitors
to various localities in Kansas on the 18th.
E. w. POINDExTER, of Topeka, agent for
the Northwestern Insurance Company, was
recently arrested at Hutchinson ON the
charge of obtaining an insurance policy
under false pretcnse. Rev. c. II. Woods,
Baptist preacher, was insured in the
Northwestern for <1,OOO and died last
March. It is charged that Polndexter, as
agent of the company, waited on the widow
and by representing to her that the com.
pany had evidence that her deceased hus-
band had obtained the policy by misrep-
resentation induced her to accept $72 in
satisfaction of the claim. After she had
left the house she notified her friends of
the transaction, who Immediately swore
out a warrant for Poindcxter's arrest
TIE other day VIII lie Charles Peterson
was lowering a heavy stone on the big der
rick at the State house building, Topeka
he lost his hold and attempted to catch the
rope used for IA brake, whea he was struck
by the crank, VIII Gu was turning with
and his skull fractured.
AT the ninth annual meeting of the Kan
sas Pharmaceutical Association, recently
held at Abilene, the officers elected were:
Pre-ilent, W. W. Naylor, of Holton; first
>ice-president. H. NJ. Carey, of Salna;
second vice-president, Fred Mcdonald, of
Topeka; treasurer, Charles D. Barnes, of
Abilene. r ]. Brown, CT Leavenworth,
was elected delegate to the American
Pharmaceutical Association, and also to
the Missouri State Pharmaceutical Asso.
cation.
AT Columbus the other day Judge Chand.
Ter gave the following sentences in the
Blalock-Fry cases: Jonathan e. and Will
liam Blalock for the murder of Constable
David Gordon March 16 life sentences in
the penitentiary; Ellen Blalock, mother of
the boys three years for receivigg stolen
goods; Andrew Frye, father of the Frye
boys, five years for concealing stolen
goods; Alexander Frye, for burglary on
two counts, fifteen years; ]. D. Frye, bur.
glary, three counts, sixteen years: F. w.
Frye, burglary, one count, eight years;
Grant Alley. burglary, two counts thirteen
years.
THE expenses Of the State charitable in
situations for May were: Asylum for blind
at Wyandotte 81, 1SS; asylum for insane at
Ossawatomie, ST, III; asylum for insane at
Topeka, $500; asylum for deaf and dumb
at Olathe, 1870; soldiers orphans home,
ss12; asylum for imbecile youth, sl,o6a.
Hon. A. SHAW, one of the directors of the
peniteniiary, died recently at his home in
Olathe.
A LETTER from the Secretary of the
Treasury was submitted to Congress the
other day transmitting an estimate OF the
expense for the infantry and cavalry school
at Fort Leavenworth. The amount asked
IS Saa42, :96
THE grand ledge Z. Of P, at its late ses-
sion in Newton, elected the following Off |
GERS: Grand chancellor. A. 2. Riddle, OF
Minneapolis; grand vice chancellor NJ
Carraway, Of Great Bend; grand prelate,
n. L. Hallowcn, OF Kingman; grand mas
ter of arms. L. S. Sprague, of Usage City;
e and keeper OF records and seals, Gus j.
N,ibei t, Kansas City, Kan; grand master |
OF exchequer, George Luck, of Leaven-
worth: grand inner guard, c. s. Knight, |
of kIrwin; grand outer guard, j. j. Hines, |
of Leavenworth. Leav wentworth was Sc
lected as the place fer holding the next |
encampment, May IA, Is and Ii. 1889
REPUBLICANS Of the Third district have |
renomlnated Hon. b. W. Perkins for Goa.
giess.
A HEAVY storm recently did much dam
age in the vicinity of For; Scott. Many |
houses were unroofed and the barn OF |
James G. Ogden was struck by lightning
and ruined, valuable COW and team OF |
horses being killed
ANTHONY has struck salt.
THE committee having in charge he ar
rangement Of details for the transportation
Of the Kansas delegation to tho Chicago |
convention has completed its labors. The |