Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-01-02
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Kansas Mines.


KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Kansas Mines.
Commissioner Bolton of the State
Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statis-
tics has completed his chapter on coal
mining in his annual report, from which
the following facts are cleaned:
The mining district located in Crawford
and Cherokee counties still holds supremacy
as the chief coal-producing section of the
State, although from their rapid develop
ment the LeavenwOrth coal fields bid fair to
soon bacOme formidable rival. The chief
coal companies of Cherokee and Crawford
counties are the Kansas & Texas and the
Cherokee & Pittsburg. The first named
operates six shafts located at Wfer, Pitts
burg ahd Litchfield, and employs 66S men,
and the latter has four shafts at Fronte
nae, with $50 men. 1t will be remembered
that one of these, Frontenac shaft, was the
scene of a frightful accident about a year
ago. The Keith & Perry and several other
companies are operating shafts in this dis
trict, all OF whom make very full reports.
Eleven companies report from Usage COun-
ty, the next most extensive coal section of
the State, chief of which is the Usage Car
bon Company with mines located at Usage
City, Scranton and Peterton- This company
employed a total of $50 hands and operated
their shafts about 250 days during the year.
Three companies report from Leaveworth,
employing 63S hands, but as one of these
companies did not commence tax ing out coal
until July 1, 1883, the commissioner did not
include its business in the report. In addi-
ton to the private companies the State en-
plOyS $50 cOnVlctS in coal mining at the penl-
Tertiary. wEc took out about 2 .OOO, 600 bushels
during the year. Some $2,OO0.000 capital is
shown by these reports to be invested in the
State in the mining of coal, and during .le
year ending June 30, about Al, 600 600 bushels
were prOduced. The industry employed ove1
5000 men and paid over s., 100000 in wages.
Kansas Asks For Ten
Kansas members have introduced in
Congress bills for ten public buildings in
the State. Mr.. Morrill, thinks Atchison
is of sufficient Importance to demand a
public building, and Mr.. Anderson is
similarly impressed with the claims of
Sa1ina. Mr.. Perkins wants two new
buildings in his district-one at Win
field and the other at Arkansas City.
Mr.. Funston introduced bill for q
$3.50. 1000 building at Kansas City. We'll
1ington, Hutchinson and Newton, in Mr..
Peters district, each wants public
building. Mr.. Kelley desires the en-
largement of the Topeka post-office, and
also will ask for a public building at
Emporia.
Going TO Work.
Secretary +. L. Dana has issued the
following call:
GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. 24-DEAR SIR-The
board of engineers asked for by the Denver
resolutions has reported to the Secretary of
War that Galveston is the most suitable
place upon the Texas coast for the construc
tioni of the deep harbor asked for; there
fore president Evans instructs me to call the
general committee together to meet in Gal
weston, January IA, 1890, at ten O'Clock d. ~,
in the parlOrs of the TrcGsolc Rotel, 70 con-
slider the report and provide for further
carrying out of the Denver resolutions. 1
am making arrangements for transportation
with every hope Of success. Correspond
with me at Topeka, kas., until December 20,
afterwards at Denver, Col, until January 2.
Your presence is earnestly desired at the
meeting. Hoping to see you there, 1 am,
truly yours, F. L. DANA, Secretary.
Fatal Playing of Santa Claus.
C. H. Long, of Wichita, leading citi-
zen, who personated Santa Claus at the
First Christian Church entertainment
Christmas eve, died few hours after
ward. His physicians say the mask
worn at the Entertainment caused him to
breath bad air and bring ON heart
trouble.
Judge Dostler's Decision.
An item is going the rounds of the
press stating that Judge Frank Dostler,
of Marion, had decided that a mortgage
could not buy property at a sherif's sale,
| under foreclosure proceedings. The fol-
lowing extract from letter written by
Judge Dostler explains his decision:
DEAR SIR-Yours of the 18th instant with
clippings from paper saying had decided
| MORTGAGE could not buy mortSaged prop
erty received. 1, of course, did not de-
eide as far mortgage of real estate is con-
cerncd. 1 did decide that a chattle
| mortgagee could no: buy ut his
sale, where he had refused competitive
bids. and where instead of selling in
he sold in gross, after being requested by
by-standers to sell in parcels, and in such
case he must account to mortgagor for value
of property and not it's purchase price
simply. In this case probably instructed
that a chattel mortgageecould not buy at his
own sale, but such instruction was intended
to apply to the particular facts of the case.
few days after this case was tried the
Supreme court decided, so the syllabus
reads, that a chattel MORTGAGE may buy 1T
his own sale, but the burden is upon him to
show that such sale was fair and bona fde,
ETC., etc.
Shot by His Own Gun.
A hunting party twenty miles west of
Wichita, while chasing a jack rabbit,
was startled by the explosion of a gun
and John Dillman falling from his horse.
He was accidentally shot in the side by
his own gun, and soon afterward died.
Caught on n Train.
o. M. Browder, who four months ago,
through misrepresentation, mortgaged
some property belonging to his father
in-law at Ell Dorado, was arrested few
days since at Bentley, twenty miles
north of Wichita, on a train going west.
He was en- route to California, having
spent the time since his disappearance
at St. Louis.
A Preacher Suicides.
Rev. Joseph Tramble, of Wichita, a
spiritual preacher. committed suicide
few nights ago by shooting in the right
temple. Domestic trouble, together
with suit in court which is looked up
| on Matchmaking scheme, is said to
| have been the cause. He had lived in
Wichita eight years, coming from Cleve-
| land, o.
An Old Soldier Killed.
An old veteran stationed at the Leav-
enworth Soldiers Home, named Alex-
ander blackburn, was foully murdered
and robbed in that city few nights ago
| for small amount of pension money he