Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1889-08-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
TIM committee appointed by the Grant
Monument Association OF Leavenworth to
make the necessary arrangements tor the
unveiling Of the statue SePtember IA 10
making elaborats preparations for the oc-
casion. Senator IuRall4 Major william
Warner. George r. Peck and General c
W. Blair have agreed to be present and
speak upon the life Of the great soldier.
Efforts are to BE- made to secure special
rates ON al roads and . large attendance
IL expected.
w. A CHURCH . stranger, was killed
by the west bound Santa Fe passenger
train In the Atchison yards the other
night He was walking on the track. and
In trying 10 get out Of the way OF
the train stumbled and before he
could get mp was crushed by the wheels.
He only lived long enough TO tell his
name and that he had . wife and family.
Papers On his person indicated that he
was . man Of some prominence Of Ozark,
No.
An unknown man was recently killed
by the Santa Fe cars near Turner. In
Wyandotte County. There was nothing
by which he could be identified.
II was recently reported that Charles
Francis 4eserve, Of Springfield, Mass.
had been appointed superintendent Of
Haskell Institute (the Indian schooD at
Lawrence.
Ar the recent meeting Of the State as.
sembly Of the Knights Of Labor, held At
Leavenworth, the following officers were
elected: State master workman. r ]. St
Clair. Of Atchison; worthy foreman, I.
A. Grange Of Topeka; recording secre-
tary, W. & Anderson, OF Atchison; treas
urer. w. Z Henderson, Of Topeka; sta
tistician. A j. Callahan. Of junction City;
auditor; Charles Aeeker, of Atchison; ex-
ecutive board. w. Il Shouse. Of Leaven-
worth, W. e. Henderson, of Topeka, r. O.
Farrell, of junction City. and w. A. Snow,
Kinsley.
THE report of the Adjutant. General Of
the Kansas department Of tho Grand
Army Of the Republic for the second
quarter Of 1889 shows a net increase Of
667 members during the quarter. The re-
port gives the following figures: In good
standing last quarter. 423 posts. 1850
members; mustered In during second
quarter, II posts 773 members; gained by
transfers, 14S; gained by reinstatement
243; reinstatement Of delinquents, II
posts. 399 members; total department en-
rollment 454 posts. 18 613 members
A LITTLE girl about ten years old was
recently found with q camp Of gypsies
near Brookfeld. Mo-, and taken from
Gu0" OSC0uSo Oh tu6lF If68tIQ0u6
She gave her name as Sarah Ann Robin
| son, and says she was stolen from some
| point in Kansas, but did not know exactly
| where. She has light hair and complexion
| and blue eyes.
The Metropolitan Trust Company Of
| New York commenced action recently in
the United States Court at Topeka against
the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific and
Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railroad
for mn ov,
! of q mortgage on the companies' lines.
OK the afternoon of the 11th q frightful
collision occurred on the Rock Island road
one mile east Of Topeka between the east-
bound passenger train from Caldwell and
. construction train bound west with the
company's huge pile driver, bound for
| Valencia to repair . washout The result
was the total wreck Of two Locomotives
and he1f dozen cars, including the pile
driver. the instant death OF L. II. Courier,
express messenger. the probable fatal in.
jury Of Pat Barney, fireman on the ex-
press. and the serious injury Of Lon
Bailey. belonging to the bridge gang that
was on the construction train Both
trains were running at q high rate Of
speed and the escape OF the passengers,
none Of whom were injured, was marvel
GUS. The coroner's jury declared the ac-
cident to be the result Of carelessness on
the part Of the engineer and conductor Of
the construction train.
ROBERT SNYDKR, keeper OF . whisky
joint at FL Dorado, whose wife had left
him on account OF his treatment Of her,
recently went to the residence of his
m other-in.law while intoxicated, aud be-
ing refused admission broke open the door
and fatally shot his wife and her mother.
He then attempted to escape, but was cap
tured. The murderous brute had already
served term In the penitentiafy for bank
robbery.
MARION SYLVESTER, Q Rock Island
freight conductors, was arrested at Topeka
the other day on the charge of taking Q
mirror from . Rock Island parlor car.
Systematic pilfering from the Rock Island
has been in progress for some months until
over s., 600 worth OF property IL missing.
Sylvester's residence was searched and
the French plato mirror was found. He
declared that the arrest was spite work
and that he was only keeping the mirror
for . brakema n, who had no convenient
place to put II.
TIE Indian Commission. consisting Of A.
D. Walker. Of Holton, A. J. Aten, of Hia-
watha, and B. j. Horton, of Lawrence
appointed by the Government to treat
with the Kickapoo and Pottawatomie In
dians concerning their lands in Brown and
Jackson Counties recently met the Kicka-
poos in council It II the aim of the COM
| missioners to induce the Indians to take
lands in severaliy and by this means
break up the tribal relations. The Indians
strongly oppose the plan Some years
ago o small number Of them took allot-
ments Of land, but they were easily I'm
duced by specula' ors to part with their
! interests and soon had nothing left They
went back to live with the tribe on the
reservations and now exert q powerful in
| duence in opposing the commissioners.
An account has been examined and ad-
! justed between the United States and the
| State of Kansas under the provisions Of
| the Deficiency bill Of March 2 for the i've
per cent upon the net proceeds OF the
| sales Of lands from July I. 1884 to June
| 30. 1885 inclusive, within the limits Of the
State, heretofore embraced In certain In
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