The Globe-republican., 1890-01-15
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
A New Enterprise.

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
New Enterprise.
Articles OF Incorporation, announcing
. capital stock of $500, 900, have been
fled by the Consolidated Land and Cat
tie Company Of Kansas City with thu
Secretary of State at Topeka. The Ga.
ject OF the company is the breedi NJ.
raising, buying and selling Of cattle and
horses, and in connection therewitA the
buying, owning, holding, leasirs NJ and
selling of real estate throughout the
United States.
Women's Wages.
Labor Commissioner Bfytton's report
will be issued about February 1. The
commissioner has been. making a spe-
cialty Of investigating the wages Of
working women in t'le larger cities of
the State, and this. department Of the
report will prove Of unusual interest to
the large numbe + Of women throughout
the State who claim that they should
receive equal. wages with the sterner
sex for simil Ar labor performed.
bet IN. Flag winners.
1tner ,hers of jackson County on
their rIturn from the Teachers conven-
ton ( Topeka after the capture Of the
nag. were met at the depot in Holton by
the. Third Regiment Band and large
Company of citizens. From the depot
'Aey were escorted to the courthouse,
where they were given a warm recep-
ton.
To Investigate.
State Sugar Inspector Kellogg left
Topeka . few days ago for Meade and
Mineola to investigate the alleged sugar
frauds. The investigation is made at
the request of the people of Meade
County, where the frauds are alleged to
have been perpetrated.
Pressed Brick Works Burned.
The Topeka Pressed Brick Works were
destroyed by fire few evenings ago.
The loss will aggregate about $4,000,
which is covered by insurance. The
works were located several miles west
of Topeka.
An Atchison Failure.
E. J. August, an Atchison retail boot
and shoe dealer, has assigned, with liza
bilities aggregating $4,000; assets the
same. The principal creditors are in
st. Louis and Chicago. The failure is
attributed to the mild weather.
Death of an Old Settler.
Frederick Drought, who recently died
in Kansas City at the age of hundred
and one, was one of the first settlers of
Kansas. The past rainy season was too
much for him.
HOrtner Heard From.
James w. Hortner, the defaulting
treasurer of Riley County who went to
Canada with $50, 1000, writes long let
ter to citizen Of Manhattan, in which
he makes bitter attack on the County
Commissioners. He declares himself
responsible for the defalcation and that
no one else should be blamed. He con-
fesses that he took the county money
and used it for speculation; that he was
too ''mulish" and cowardly to confess to
his bondsmen in time to save them, and
that he told his wife when he was ar
rested for embezzlement that he "woald
not give nor accept bail, and would
never go to Jail, but 60 to hell"
Through her earnest entreaty," he
states, 81 finally concluded to commit
the cowardly act of coming to Canada"
The letter is strange mixture OF self
condemnation and self-justification.
The Abilene First National Bank.
It is said that tn affairs of the First
National Bank of Abilene, which recent
~ suspended, are found to be in such a
condition that, though the depositors
will be paid in full, the stockholders
will realize absolutely nothing. The
officers, it is said, have completely
Quilted the institution, and have loaned
their friends and themselves every
available cent, the securities being
worthless. The examiner will not make
public the details of the evidence he
has found in examining the books, but
admits that things are exceptionally
crooked.
Trade with Home Merchants.
1t pays to trade with home merchants
and to turn the watchdog on 'oily
tongued' fellows who want to take Youl
order for goods from houses in Chicago
or other large cities. In several locali-
ties in the State agents claiming to repre-
sent Chicago dry-goods and grocery
houses are making the rounds Of the
country and are taking orders. The
farmers are made to believe that by
purchasing job lots they are getting
great reduction on goods. These ''oily-
tongued" agents claim, Of course, their
Foods to be of the very best grade,