Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-05-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Chelsea Park at Kansas City, Kan, on
Sunday, the 28th, and during the exer-
cises suspension bridge across the neck
Of the lake, upon which people crowded,
| suddenly collapsed, precipitating some
seventy five persons into the water. They
were quickly rescued. but three or four
narrowly escaped drowning. The great
sst damage was to Sunday dresses and
Easter bonnets, in addition to the great
fright.
THE other night q desperate shooting
affair took place at Topeka in which Vice
Simons, a man of ifty-five years. proba-
bly, fatally wounded Mrs. Mary Martin,
. widow of thirty-five. Mrs. Martin kept
boarding house and Simons boarded
with her. He became infatuated with the
| widow and proposed marriage, which she
declined. He grew insanely Jealous, and
several times when she had callers burst
in the door and acted like a maniac. On
| the night of the shooting he dressed him
self in two suits of clothing and going to
her room while she was about retiring
land her fourteen-year-ol son was in
bed) and again demanded that she marry
him.. Upon her again refusing him Simons
drew a pistol and, with an oath, fred.
The bullet entered the woman's throat
and as she fed he fired another shot into
her body. Simons then escaped.
THE opera house at Glasco was destroyed
by fire carly the other morning together
with all the furniture and much other val
| liable property left by citizens who had
decorated the building for a school enter
tainment the previous evening. The house
cost $4,000
renee, has been appointed to a position In
the Department of Agriculture at WASH
ington.
TOPEKA celebrated the centennial anE.-
versary of the Inauguration of George
Washington with grand street parade.
speeches. music and other patriotic
demonstrations.
SUIT has been begun in the district court
at Leavenworth to secure the appointment
of a receiver for the old Missouri Valley
Life Insurance Company, and the appli-
cation of the funds in the hands of the
State Treasurer belonging to that COM
pany to the payment of its debts. 1t is
said that the funds of the company
amount to $40, 600.
The ninth annual session of the Social
| Science Club of Kansas and Western Mis-
souri, was recently held at Leavenworth.
THE twenty-first anniversary of the
| establishment of the Home of the Friend
less Women in Leavenworth was cele-
brated recently at the home by a number
| OF ladies, some OF whom were instru-
| mental in the organization of the institu-
| tion.
IRWIN TAYLOR, chief clerk in the office
| of the Attorney-General and known as
| Assistant AttorneyGeneral, has retired
| and been succeeded by Mrs. j. M.
Kellogg, wife of the Attorney General,
who was admitted to the bar of the Su-
preme Court eight years ago and is a
| member of the State Bar Association. She
was her husbands former law partner at
| mn 10 mi to ho hrpr, n flHy
qualified to fill the position.
AT the recent meeting of the Kansas
Loyal Legion, held at Leavenworth, the
| following officers were elected DR..
Charles Page, q. S. A., commander; ex-
! Governor Martin, senior vice. commander;
| Captain j. D. Barker, junior vice-com
mander; Colonel T. j. Weed, treasurer;
Captain J. B.. Rowley, register; Colonel
R. 81. Hunt, chancellor; Rev. Bernard
Kelley, chaplain; Colonel John Conover,
Colonel q. A. Smith, Captain W. III. For
tesque, Colonel A j. Smith and DR.. s. F.
| Neey. board of directors.
| MISS LOTTIE DARLING, the young lady
who was accidentally shot in the breast at
Argentine the other evening by her lover,
| w. E. Forester, a Santa Fe fireman, died
after lingering fifty-six hours.
THE man Simons, OK Bious, who re.
Gently made the murderous assault upon
Widow Martin at Topeka, because she
| refused to marry him, and escaped, was
captured few days later. He gave an
excuse for shooting the woman that he
was sout of his head and did not really
know what he had DONE"
THE district court of Shawnee County
recently sustained a motion to quash the
information in the famous 'John Balti-
more" case, otherwise known by the title
Of the State of Kansas VS.. w. 7. Cava-
| naugh. The matter was submitted to
| Judge Guthrie on written brief. The
Judge held that there was no offense COM
mitted under the statute in writing the
alleged blackmailing letter to State Printer
G. G. Baker. The defendant, who has
! been Assistant Secretary of State and at
the time of sending the famous alleged
blackmailing letter was a clerk to an i'm
portant Legislative committee, has re-
| moved with his family to Washing gton n
Territory.
KENNETH MCDONALD, of Louisville
KY, State-house architect, has resigned
his position, it being understood that g
ma jority of the board favored the appoint.
ment Of Kansas man.
Iris Stated that Prof. Stanley, superin.
tendent of the Lawrence city schools, re-
Gently received letter from Washington
asking if he would accept the superin.
tendency of the Indian schools at Albu.
querQue, N NJ, at salary OF SI,0UV. onC
also that his wife would have an oppor
tunity to make 5000 to $500 per year As
teacher. Mr.. Stanley declined the offer.
The four-year-ol old SON of Robert Slaes-
Ter. baker, was run over by the cars at
the Wichita stock yards the other day an6
had both legs AMI an arm cut of.
AFTER balloting for three days the Re.
publican Congressional convention at EN-.
poria finally nominated Hon. Harrison
Kelley, of Coffey County, to succeed Hon
Thomas Ryan as Congressman from tht
Fourth district Mr.. Kelley is farmer
and has been a resident of the State since
1858. He has been a member of the Stat,
Senate, and also of the House, and ha,
held several important offices under tn,
| State Government. He is native o
} Wood County, Ohio; is ifty-three year,
| of age; has been married twice, and is tn,
| father of four children. He served throug
} | the late war in the Fourth Kansas cavalry
enlisting as private and being mustered
out as Captain.
ROBERT HENDERSON at Leavenworth tn
other night shot and killed his stepfather
Charles Bailey, on the ground that Bale,
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