The Globe-republican., 1890-10-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Inc department IOmmanQer or Nam
sas received message to the effect that
President Harrison will be 1T the old
soldiers reunion at Topeka.
GEORGE ALLEN, aged eighteen years,
was recently killed at Garden City by
his horse falling on him.
THE result of the census of the first
district of Kansas has been
The total population of the
district is 81, 4SS as against 277. 500 ten
years ago; an increase of go s92. The
of eight Of the principal
cities and towns of the district is as fol.
lows: Fort Scott. II, S37, increase in ten
years, 6. 465; Burlington, 1883, increase,
22S; Arkansas City, 1854, increase.
Z. 342; Winfield, 5,14T, increase, 2, 3OS;
Oswego, 9, 522, increase, III; Parsons,
g. 736, increase, 1857; Emporia, $50, in
crease. 1919; Independence, 3.lal, in
crease, zoo.
ATCHIsoS is at last to have public
building. The Secretary of the Treasury
has advertised for site.
THE Railroad Commissioners recently
visited Manhattan to investigate an APP
plication of the citizens for the removal
of the side tracks, switches and depOts
of the Union Pacific road from their
present location to another. AS now
placed they are thought to be dangerous
to the public.
STATIsTICIAN HILTON has obtained Of
fetal statistics from twenty-One cOun-
ties in Eastern Kansas, showing that
since January 4,O61 mortgages have
been recorded, and $500 released. 1t
shows a decrease of the mortgage in
debtedness of these counties of seven
teen per cent in a period of less than
six months. The percentage of de-
crease is greater since May l. He esti-
mates that the decrease for these coun-
ties will be double for the entire year,
or 81. 537. 532 The amount of chattel
mortgages released will probably ex-
coed that of real estate, and January l,
1891. will see the farmers of Kansas at
least $40, 600, 900 less in debt than last
January.
A MAN who was known as Arthur Eel
ton was recently arrested at Camden,
N. j., who is supposed to be c. A. Ben
son, the murderer of Mrs. Mettman at
Leavenworth.
WHILE several enlisted men belong
ing to the Tenth infantry were recently
out hunting near White Cloud, Private
Reed was accidentally shot by Private
Harrington. Reed received charge OF
shot fired at quail and lost one eye,
hut woS NOT fatally in iurpd
The President has nominated the fol-
lowing Kansas postmasters: Henry f..
Cowgirl, at Baldwin, Wilson Tiff, at
Weir and Sydney A. Breese, at Cotton
wood Falls.
The arguments in the Rohrer habeas
corpus case. to test the constitutional
ity of the Wilson Original Package law,
was concluded in the United States
court at Topeka the other day. Hon.
L. h Kellogg, Acknowledgement. and
r. B. Welch, county attorney Of Shaw
nee County. appeared in behalf of the
State, and Hon. David Overmeyer and
JudgeZ. L. Hazen for the petitioner The
arguments of the counsel on both sides
were very able. Two questions were
prominent in the case: FIRST whether
Congress exceeded its powers in passing
the bill, and second. whether the Pro-
hibitory law of the State was effective
without re-enactment The court took
the case under advisement.
| In accordance with the act of Congress
creating board of lady managers Of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition, c. K.
Holiday, Jr., one of the commissioners,
has nominated as lady commissioners
from the State of Kansas, Mrs. Jennie
Mitchell. of Kearney County. widow o.
General Robert Mitchell, and as alter
nate, Mrs. B. Blair Lynch, of Leaven
worth, wife of Frank 7. Lynch, editor
of the Leavenworth Standard, and q
daughter of General Charles w. Blair
The capture of Benson, who is
charged with the murder of Mrs. Nett
man, of Leavenworth. has raised de-
batable question as to judicial jurisdic'
ton. If the murder was comm! tied on
the Fort Leavenworth military reserva-
ton he VII be tried in the United
States court, and cow ction will carry
the penalty of death, but if the case is
tried by the State court the penalty
while nominally death, is really only
life imprisonment
The old people OF Kansas had theil
inning at the late Kansas City, Mo.
fair. Prizes were offered by severa
business houses and silk umbrella
offered to the oldest person from Wyan
dotte County Kan J, was awarded t.
Mrs. Harriet B. Ravens, aged 81 year
and months. A gold-headed cane t.
the oldest man from Kansas was award
ell to Mr.. Thompson Mcdaniel. Of Sa
lima, aged So years and months. A
special premium of gold-headed cane
was awarded to Mr.. Isaiah Moore, o
Kansas City, Kan, age. "a years and
months \ hat to the handsomest NAL
VINO could wear it was given to MIR
Toms. of Pratt The hat was UNUSUAL.
large, being * in size.
WILLIAM DwYER coach washer, wa
killed IN attempting to board a SAINT
Fe train at Argentine the other even
inc. He had started to Kansas City +
attend lodge meeting of the Selec
Knights A. O. U. w.. and had on hi
nm, form, at the time of the accident