Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-11-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

A NOTION was made in the Supreme
Court of the United States on the 9Th
| to advance the three cases from Kansas
| growing out of the late decision regard
ing the Prohibitory law las to original
| packages). when the Chief Justice said
the cases would not be taken up until
| successor to the late Justice Miller has
been appointed.
! A PARTY of Kansas City, Kan, hunt
ers recently found the dead BODY of a
man lying on the bank of the river at
Pomeroy. The body was perfectly nude
and was lying partially in the water.
About twenty feet away were clothes
supposed to be those of the dead man.
The body showed no marks of violence
and it was thought that the man COM
mitted suicide with some poison.
THE other night safe-crackers visited
Mount Hope and cracked the safe of j.
7. Frost. a merchant, and got 500.
They also broke the safe of c. C.
Thomas, a merchant and got SEQ. The
first door to the safe of the Mount Hope
Bank was blown off and two drills were
found stuck in the second and inner
door. They were unable to get any
money from the bank. One OF the
thieves, who is Chicago crook by the
name of Billy Morris, was arrested the
next day at Wichita
| THE twenty-second annual meeting of
| the A. o. U. w. of Kansas was held re-
| Gently at Hutchinson with delegations
in attendance from all parts of the
State. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: j. A Rea,
Hutchinson, president; Thomas b. AL
len, Hays City, vice-president; w. n.
Wallace, Kingman, secretary and treas
urer; A. w. Mckinney and F. NJ. Chap
lain, embers of the executive commit
tee. The next meeting will be at King
| man.
| PENSIONS we re granted to the follow
| ing Kansas veterans on the 2Sth: John
NJ. Jones, of Moline; Henry c. Jewett
of Whitewater; George Ne Mills. of
Wichita; Nathan Barlow, of Rutland;
Jesse S. Rodgers. of Fort Scott; Thomas
| Cougheton. of Circleville; Hiram NJ
Shaffer, of Gridley; John Patterson, of
Burlington; Erastus w. Forbes. of
! Wichita; Richard J. Rudisill, of EN-
pora; Lorimore Ardery. of Hutchison;
John w. Oliver, of Fredonia; John R
| Hoover, of Montana; Edward A. Bald
win. of Topeka; John L. Quiet, of
Pennington; Charles W. Poston, of
Longton; Daniel M. Morley. of Clyde,
|
j. Goldsborough, of Cheney; Ephraim
NJ. Bussert, of Cherryvale; Jesse 81.
| Getty. of Lebo; Charles Bascom. of OF
tawa: Elizabeth M. Smith, of Leaven-
worth, and the minor child of William
| Stewart, of Leavenworth.
The power and round house of the
| West Side Circle railway, at Topeka,
| burned to the ground at two o'clock the
| other morning. Three steam motors,
| valued at s., 500 each, and several cars
| were destroyed. The total loss was
| about $4,000. partially covered by in
surance.
THE Edwards County Bank at Kins'ey
closed its doors the other day. It be-
| came involved during the boom three
years ago. since which time it had not
been able to recover. Its local deposits
| are said not to be large and in all proba-
bility will all be adjusted, specially as
| it's assets are far in excess of its 1iabili-
ties.
THE other day Gottlieb Knepfer, an
old citizen of Kansas City. Kan. was in
| jured by being thrown from a buggy,
! which resulte in his death a few days
| later.
Mrs. MARTHA FAUBIoN and her daugh-
| ter, of Argen tine, were recently bitten
by mad dog-a family pet.
EDDIE SAvENGER, only Q years Old
was recently arrested at topeka for
| stealing trunk containing SIS worth
| of hats belonging to Willie Sells, of
| Sells Bros circus. The boy said he
| broke window and was assisted in the
| theft by two other boys.
! The other night Bill Ford and Harry
| Dill started out at Wichita to paint the
| complete got into quarrel which re-
| suited in Dill stabbing Ford with prob
| ably fatal effect
ment for the murder of Mrs. Mettman,
has been removed by the United States
| marshal from the Jail at Leavenworth
to the Topeka Jail.
GEORGE BEAL was rece nt1y thrown
from his horse at Wichita and instantly
| killed.
| ROBERT RoONAN, a young bricklayer
| of Leavenworth. was recently muir
| dered in a gambling den in Denver
| The body was taken to Leavelworth for
| internment.
| A MAN by the name of T. 81. Acllert
| lately victimized several parties in Kan
sas City, Kan, by purchasing several
bills of goods and giving forged checks
in payment The police were eager to
make his acquaintance but he studiousiy
kept out of their way.
| THE shareholders of the Atchison,
| Topeka & Santa Fee Railway Company
held a meeting at Topeka the other day
and ratified the purchase Of the Colo
RADIO Midland railway.
| THE Enterprise Normal College has
suspended operations the students be-
| ing notified that the schools useful
| ness is over.
GEORGE COOPER. colored, shot at
| Jake Overstreet, also colored, in a
| quarrel at Lawrence the other even
| ing, and hit Charles Ashley in the RICH
| arm.
| LATE fire at Belleville destroyed
| the First National Bank building. in
| which were a number of business firms,
the Phillips building and other property
| valued at fully $50 600.
The old canning factory on the levee
at Leavenworth. operated by the Michael
Doyle Elevator Company of Rochester,
n. Y, burned to the ground the other
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