Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-12-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

FIRE the other night destroyed the
barns broom corn house, factory and
farming implements on C F. Hartman's
Green Park stock farm. near Wash
ington. The origin of the fire is I'M
known Loss, SIS, 200; insurance, 81, 200
ABOUT 10 o'clock the other night
Roger Dick, aged Il. SON of James L.
Dick, treasurer of Ellsworth County,
was accidentally killed by the discharge
of a gun in the hands of his companion.
at whose house they had stopped, when
returning from hunting.
The Governor has pardoned John
Brophy. sent to the peniten tiary from
Wyandotte County in 1883 for ten years
for highway robbery. Brophy was only
Is years old when sentenced and the
evidence showed that while he was
technically guilty, his greatest crime
was being caught in bad company, and
he got into the trouble while spreeing
with his associates
A CHARTER was recently fled with
the Secretary of State for the Omaha,
Kansas Central & Galveston Railroad
Company, organized to construct and
maintain railroad of standard gauge
and telegraph line from Omaha
through Kansas to Galveston The
counties in Kansas through which the
road is intended to run are Republic,
Jewell, Smith, Cloud. Mitchell, Osborn,
Ottawa. Lincoln, Russell, Saline, Ellis
worth, Barton, Mcpherson, Rice, Har-
vey, Reno, Stafford, Sedgwick, King
man, Pratt, Sumner, Harper and Bar
ber.e The estimated length of the road
is 900 miles.
PATENTS lately issued to Kansas in
ventors: Cultivator, Samuel Brooks
Mackville; surface cultivator and pull
verizer. Charles c. Crumb. Burlington;
shears for dehorning animals, James d.
Green, Arcad a; meat tenderer, Samuel
c. Hunter. Hiawatha; mail indicate
and advertising board, Thomas 3. Pea
cock, Topeka; wind wheel, Vincent
Knox & Rynerson, Topeka.
THE officers of the Kansas State Fed
GRAFTON of Labor have issued a call for a
State convent ton, to be held February
16 in Topeka, during the session of the
Legislature. for the special purpose of
acquainting the Legislature with the
objects of the State Federation, and to
secure legislative action on measures
urged by labor men.
THE other morning George Weston,
an Atchison express driver beat his
wife's brains out with a Ratchet and
then gave himself up to the sheriff.
Weston is SIS years old. he came from
England to Atchison twenty years ago
with large family. After the death of
his first wife he returned to England
and married good-looking woman of
"a. Coming back to Atchison they went
to keeping house in building portion
of which was used for barn. The wife
was not satisfied with such quarters and
objected Then came frequent quarrels
and fights and finally the tragedy.
THE official declarati on of the result
for State officers. at the late election
gives the following pluralities: Hum
phrey, Governor. S.053; Felt Lieuten-
ant-Governor. 4.915; Higgins, Secretary
of State. 5.O36; Hovey, Auditor. 8. 443;
Slower. Treasurer, 5. 43O; Ives, Attorney
General (Fusion), 47.913; Winans. State
Superintendent 7,1S9; Horton, Chief
Justice, 5. 400.
SIX heavily loaded freight cars went
over an embankment at the foot of Min
nesota avenue. Kansas City, Kan, the
other afternoon. creating a sort of a
panic among the inhabitants of the lit
tie huts in that immediate neighbour
hood and almost totally destroying the
cars. A Missouri Pacific engine was
engaged in pushing Northwestern
transfer train over to the latter COM
pany's yards when the front car became
ment followed by five others Three
cars were loaded with hay and three
with curbing stone.
In1 70 fbn
tional Farmers Alliance consists of
forty members and left Topeka on the
25th for Ocala, Fla, to attend the meet
ing. Many prominent leaders in the
Peoples party accompanied the delega-
ton. among them John f. Willis, late
candidate for Governor. Congressman
elect Jere Simpson and others Ali
favor third party organization, to in
clude the Knights of Labor and the
Farmers Alliance.
Two freight trains. west-bound, left
Kansas City the other evening about s
o'clock on the Rock Island. one train
closely following the other. When
seven miles west of the State line the
first train broke in two. and before the
rear train could be signalled it crashed
into the cars in front of it, causing the
utS Ou VI SObOId L CftIS. hO CdOOOSS
took fire and was burned with all the
con tents. No one was injured
THE other day John Godfrey was al
most disem bowled, on the streets Of
Newton. by Red Woodfork, colored
man, with whom he had an alteration.
Godfrey was intoxicated and ran against
Woodfork, who slashed him several
times across the abdomen. Godfrey's
wounds were very serious and perhaps
fatal The negro made his escape
through a crowded street and had not
been captured.
THE State Board of Railroad Commits
sioners recently rendered an important
decision declaring that the special rate
on slack coal applies only to salt indus
tries. The railroad companies were given
rate of S1.5O on slack coal to all towns
in which there were salt works and
made it apply to all intervening towns
The Comm issioners held that the rail-
roads could give a special rate to the
salt works companies. but could not ap-
ply it to any other manufactures or
industries.
FRED DUNBAR was assaulted by foot
pads at Wichita the other night and
robbed of $3.50 and a gold watch. He