Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-04-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
w. C. 4. q. an the liquor joints at King
man is denied
FORMAL complaint has been made
| and Mrs Routzahn, the daughter,
charging them with the murder of Mrs
Mettman. who was recently found dead
and SO horribly mutilated at Leaven-
| worth. The accusation and arrest COM
| pletely Frustrated Mrs. Routzahn, and
she was said to be physically and
mentally in critical condition
THE other night Officers Wilson and
Wellman went to arrest William Had
dock, young Topeka negro, for grand
larceny. Wellman produced a warrant
for his arrest and Haddock Immediately
| raised a musket and said: 1.-THE first
man that offers to cross this door is a
dead man." No sooner had he said this
than Wellman fired, the ball entering
the negro's left breast coming out at
the back and producing a fatal wound.
The Manhattan Bank. owned by E.
B. Purcell, recently made an assign
ment with liabilities of 1851, 900; assets
not stated. Mr.. Purcell was regarded
as one of the wealthiest men of the
State and the failure created consider
able surprise. The bank is one of the
oldest in the State, and the assignment
was precipitated by the action of the
British Land & Mortgage Company,
which advertised public sale of collat-
eral given by Mr.. Purcell to secure his
obligation to the company for $500, 600
due April and which he failed to pay.
FRANCIS w. BERKs, the defaulting
cashier of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
F'e Railroad Company at Ell Paso, Tex,
has been captured at Salina. Kan, and
returned to Ell Paso for trial Berks
had been in the employ of the company
for some time and his defalcation ex-
tended over a considerable period and
amounted to about $18. 600.
THE State encampment of the Ladies of
the G. A. R., met recently at Topeka with
delegates present from every circle in the
State. The annual report of the depart
ment president showed that seven cir
cles have been organized in the depart
ment during the past year with 1876
members, making the whole number at
present seventeen circles and 736 men,
bers- The department. secretary pre-
sented her annual report showing that
there had been a gain in membership
during the year of 404, and the total
amount expended for relief was 1886. 20.
THE Governor has appointed R. w.
Finley, of Decatur County, member of
the board of regents of the State Agri-
cultural College, vice Thomas Henshall,
of Wyandotte County, whose term has
expired.
THE other night the city street car
stables at Arkansas City, together with
twenty-three horses, four cars and lot
of feed were destroyed by fire, entailing
a loss to the company of about $1S, 900,
on which there was an insurance of S.
600.
The other evening Sergeant Cole
brook shot and instantly killed Private
Patten while taking him to Fort Riley.
Patten had been on a drunken spree,
and tried to escape. He was ordered to
stop. but kept on, when Coleman shot
him through the heart.
The annual salary list of the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fee Railroad Com
pany has been reduced $500, 600, and
other expenses have been cut down ST.
600, 900.
The farmers of Thomas County, Kan,
have organized County Alliance.
There are 321 branches in the County.
PENSIONS granted Kansas veterans on
the 10th: William K. Copeland, of La
blanche; Nathaniel j. Floyd, of Lowe;
John Cahi1l, of Edwin; George w. Diehl,
of St George; Alexander 7. Mclean,
of Almena: James Elkins, of Somerset;
David Straub, of Monet; William p.
Owens, of Council Grove; John w.
Sampson, of Atchison. John Ingle, of
Cherryvale; Andrew NJ. Easton, of
Grainfield; James Gilmore, of Dandy;
Dennis Bolts, of White Cloud; Harrison
Robinson, of Topeka; James Carroll, of
Alma; Clinton Lewis, of Hunnewell;
Oliver Cotrell, of Stanton; Jesse w.
Arnold, of Lorraine; John A. Suther-
land, of Caldwell; Joseph Machin, OF
the National Military Home; Benjamin
Moody, of Pittsburgh; Francis M.
Choote. of Orworth: Samue. McCutch-
con, (deceased) of Wichita; Melissa Co
ran, of Dunlap; Martha Marley, of Bell
aire; Anna McCutcheon, of Wichita;
Martha Morris, of Wathena, and Rebec-
ca j. Courtney, of Horton.
PROF. HAY, State Geologist, was re-
Gently in Lawrence to get some of the
meteorites lately obtained by Prof.
Snow in Kiowa County. He said that
the man upon whose land the meteorites
fell was about to lose his farm by the
foreclosure of mortgage when he dis
covered the meteorites. He has sold
over $1,000 worth and paid off the mort
gage.
AT recent meeting of the regents of
the State University Prof. Frank 81.
Snow, who for nearly a quarter of CEN
fury has held professorship in the in
stitution, was unanimously chosen chan
ce1lor and the salary fixed at 81, OOO
Prof. Snow has accepted the position.
AT the recent meeting of the ladies of
the G. A. r. at Topeka officers were
chosen as follows: Mrs. Emma Cart
lidge, president; senior vice-president,
Mrs. Irene Snider, of Oskaloosa; junior
vice-president, Mrs. Leona Nugent, of
Horton; treasurer, Mrs. Fanny Davis of
Topeka; chaplain, Mrs Emma johnson,
of Leavenworth; secretary, Miss Ella
Wade, of Topeka; council Ct admins
tration, Mrs. Wall, of Grenola, Mrs
Mcclellan, of Meriden, and Mrs. Farms
worth, of Richland.