Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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hat firm, is wanted at Wichita upon the
charge of having Incorporated 5000
of the firms money.
A FARMERS Alliance of Riley County
is receiving bids from different stores
Of the vicinity and proposes to give the
entire patronage of its membership to
the store making the most favorable
proposition
veterans: Original invalid, Samuel III.
McClay, National Military Home; John
A. Larkins, Garden City; E. Ames, St.
Mary's: Thomas Hindman, Grainfield;
william Grubb, Haviland; Reuben A.
Burgess. Alpha; James Chithero, Mil
tonvale; Charles Miller, Huntsville;
Levi Gray. National Military Home.
Increase: Francis NJ. Cunningham, Fall
River; William NJ. Smith, Highland;
Hiram Reynolds, Wi1sey; jackson Per
rim, Wyandotte; Andrew J. Humphrey.
Nicola; Charles K. Ford, Arcadia; Will
lam III. Folsom, Emporia; Lewis Paris,
Junction City. Original widows. Lydia
A., widow of C. D. Lint, Hiawatha.
THE coroner's jury at Atchison. which
Investigated the cause of the death of
Henry Schoen, who, while crazy, ran
naked into the storm the other night and
persisted with cold, returned, verdict
laying the blame upon the manufact-
urers of a certain patent medicine who
do business in New York City. Shoen
had been troubled with a throat affec-
ton which local physicians could not
cure and he sent for patent medicine
which he saw advertised. This he used
according to directions and he lnme-
diately began to show signs Of insanity.
finally becoming maniac.
SrURLOCK & DRAKE, hardware mer-
chants of Long Island. have been closed
up by their creditors. Their liabilities
are placed at $4,000.
AT late meeting of the executive
committee of the Republican State
league it was decided to call a conven-
ton of the Republican leagues of Kan
sas, to be held at Topeka February co. to
elect delegates to the National conven-
ton at Nashville.
WILLIAM RANDALL, proprietor of the
Armourdale Hotel at Fifth street and
Kansas avenue. Kansas City, Kan. was
arrested late the other night on tho
charge of grand larceny. The alleged
offense was committed at Seattle.
Wash, and Randall was taken back to
that city a prisoner. 1t is alleged that
he was given 81, $50 last August to pay
off gang of railroad hands under his
charge, but instead of paying the mon
skipped with the funds.
A MEETING of the State Board of Edu-
cation was held recently at the Office of
the State Superintendent in Topeka.
President Taylor, of the State Normal;
President George T. Fairchild, of the
State Agricultural College, and State
Superintendent Winans were present
Renewals of State certificates were
granted to Miss Phoebe !. Clark, Mime
apolis; Miss Mary Bell Parker, Law
renee, and A. d. Chambers. North To-
peka. Eighty institute conductors and
about $50 instructors certificates were
granted.
WILLIAM HETHERINGTON. president of
| the Exchange National Bank at Atchi-
son, died the other day He was one of
| the pioneers of Kansas.
j. NJ FORMER, the defaulting treas
urer of Riley County, was recently ar
rested in Texas and taking to the Jail at
Manhattan.
FORMER, the defAulting Riley County
treasurer, it is said, has determined to
| kill himself, and as all other means OF
| accomplishing his. purpose are denied
| him in Jail, he has, it is stated, deter
| mined to starve himself to death, and to
| this end refuses either food or drink
THE other morning about $3.50 o'clock
| Thomas Carey. a Joint" keeper of Kan
| sas City, Kan, shot and killed John
Kinney in the yard of the latter's lodg-
| ing house, on Wood street. The men
had been drinking all night, but just
how the killing was brought about is
| not publicly known.
J. w. HAMILTON, State Treasurer. has
| handed his resignation to the Governor
| to take effect when his successor is ap
| pointed.
THE resignation of J. r. Clogston as
| Supreme Court Commissioner has been
accepted by Governor Humphrey.
DANIEL E. HEGBIN, of Fleetwood, has
| begun suit in the United States District
| Court at Topeka, against the Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company
for SIS, $50, which he claims as a royalty
on cattle chutes used by the company
on the entire system, and which he
claims is his patent.
| SAMUEL d. CRAIGMIRE, an old resident,
was instantly killed by Santa Fe pas
| senger train at Lawrence the other
morning. He was standing on trestlt'
| work watching the ice cutting and did
| not hear the train. He was seventy
years of age and carpenter by trade.
P. T. THORNTON, assistant miller at
Baden's Touring mills in Winfield. was
caught in the machinery the other day,
and before the power could be shut off
every vestige of clothing was torn from
his body, bones in both arms broken in
number of places, the breast and sides
crushed and the body fearfully bruised.
When his clothing caught he braced
himself against boiling chest and en-
deavored to get free, but was drawn into
the cog wheels and whirled around. This
was his third serious accident within
the last three months in the Same mill.
IT is stated that case was tried at
Kinsley the other day before justice OF
the peace in which the Murray Liquor
law was involved, in which the justice
ruled that prohibition was unconstitu-
tional and dismissed the case.
SECRETARY MoHLER, of the Agricult-
ural Department. says that reports re-
ceived from all sections of the State
show that the winter wheat crop is in