The Globe-republican., 1890-10-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS


Kansas City, Kan
Sedgwick County, recently celebrated
their golden wedding.
H. d. TRICKEY, living west of Rose
dale, has lost his mind because of do.
mestic trouble.
| The return of the prisoner Benson,
| charged with the murder of Mrs Nett
man, was unattended by any great ex
element at Leavenworth. He vocifer-
ously protested his innocence.
The population of the State of Kan
sas, according to the official count com
| pleted at the census Office, is l, 42S, 4S5,
as compared with 926, OO6 in 1850, being
an increase in ten years of 49, OF
20 81 per cent
The census report gives Hutchinson
population of s,67S, increase, 7.13S;
Newton, $500; increase, S,001: Yelling
ton, 4. 33S. increase, 1,695, and Wichita,
H,735. increase, IS S24
The Seventh annual convention Of
the Topeka branch of the Woman's For
eign Missionary Society of the NJ. E
Church closed at Kansas City, Kan,
with series of short addresses The
convention selected Beatrice, Neh, as
the place for holding the next annual
convention. Mrs. F. Nlnde. of Topeka,
was reelected president and Mrs. NJ
Watson, Of Nebraska, as corresponding
secretary.
THE State Temperance Union has
issued an address urging absolute sup
port Of candidates favoring the Prohibi-
ton law.
IT appears that William Sims, the
present State Treasurer by appointment
can only hold his position until the first
general election. In view of the fact
the Republican State Central Committee
nominated S. g. Stone, the regular Re-
publican candi late for State Treasurer,
for the pos ton for the short term. In
case of S election he will assume the
duties of the Office immed lately after
the election.
OLDIE MARTIN, or Florence Snyder,
whose sister was murdered by her hus-
band r. Snyd der, in Eldorado, year
ago, committed suicide in Wichita re-
sort recently.
GOVERNOR HUMPHREY has appointed
an entire new board of police commits
siOnerS for Leavenworth, removing ID.
r. Anthony. This action gave Offenso
to local Republicans, consequently at
the county convention resolutions in
dorsing the Governor failed to pass and
Anthony was nominated for Represent
alive.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the
verdict against j. Loeford Brady, the
Salina newspaper man who libeled ex-
Governor Harvey by saying he had par
doned his own brother out of the peni-
Tertiary. This is the first libel case
ever affirmed by the Supreme Court in
the history of the State.
d. w. KENT candidate for Attorney
General on the Prohibition ticket has
issued a circular letter announcing his
withdra wal from the race in favor of L.
3. Kellogg, the Republican nominee.
THE other afternoon David Hausner,
a boy of sixteen years, was standing in
the door Of his fathers store at Atchi-
son. when William Jackson. a negro
boy, began stealing apples from bar
rel Young Hausner caught the negro
by the shoulder. when jackson drew
his knife and plunged it into the breast
of the other in the region of the heart
inflicting probably fatal wound. Jack. /
son escaped to the woods.
THE Wichita electric railway barn )
was destroyed by fire the other night, :
three motors and two trail cars being
ID mil
lot Of wire and supplies. The loss was
about $40, 900; insurance, So, 900.
WILL HOPPER, alias Walter Breese,
was shot and probably fatally wounded
BY Richard Wilson, special policeman
Of the Livestock Exchange at the Kan
'as City, Kan, stock yards, the other
morning. Hopper was cattle thief and
arrest by drawing revolver.
when the officer shot him. Hopper had
stolen herd from Hedderman, OF Cow
ey County.
JAMES LARKIN was arrested at
Wichita the other day charged with
having assaulted Mrs Holman, seven
niles west of Oklahoma City, few days
previous. He was trying to evade az
est He formerly lived at Wichita.
FRANK WooDRUFE, of Cronin notorie-
y, who was recently released from
prison in Chicago, was Immediately re-
arrested and taken to Johnson County,
Kan, to be tried for horse stealing.
THE Grand Lodge l. O. O. F., lately
n session at Topeka elected the follow
NC officers: Grand master, William
of Wichita; deputy grand
master. NJ b. Ward. OF Topeka; grand
warden, w. II. Pond, of Fort Scott;
rand secretary, George W. Jones, of
Hound City; grand treasurer, L. c.
slime, of Ottawa.
THE case recently decided by the
United States Circuit Court at Topeka
which nullifies the Prob! bitory law, az
egards original packages, was suit
rought by Charles Rahrer. of Topeka
gent for Maynard, Hopkins & Co..
Kansas City liquor dealers, who was ar
ested, charged with selling liquor after
he passage of the Wilson bill. The !
defendant admitted that he had sold
he liquor as charged, and applied for
writ of habeas corpus before the United ,,
tate Circuit Court, on the ground that