Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-29

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Tho Law n to ssOriginal Packages."
Attorney General Kellogg has adj
dressed letter to prosecuting officers
them as to their duty il
forcing the Prohibitory law, in sn. - =.
says:
The decision Of the Suprem~ ro,. -, ~.
United states In the "origip nacTaeess case
10 w =, ~. en- :. opPus." to the Prohfbitor1
unanimous opinio~ - 81. Srpro,ne Co,,e 81
tn.s State In the case of the state of kansas
vs.. nikers decided at the January term,
ioo@ II in opposition to the Views of .
a5orfty of the people of the State.
GOV TT The better law and the better reason
= to be found in the dissenting opinion OF
Justices Gray, Harlan and Brewer. I ac-
knowledge the authority OF this decision,
but am not disposed, by reason OF the fore
going facts, to acknowledge it's authority
further than tho facts in the case and the
language made use of by the court require.
1t IL the foreign or nonresident importer
who sells in the original, unbroken package
that is protected by the decision and none
else.
The decision, therefore, Is not applicable
to the case OF citizen and resilient of Kan
sas who might become an importer OF intox-
tcating liquors from another State into Kan
sas. The foreign or on-resident importer
will he subject to arrest and punishment un-
der the provisions of the Prohibitory Law
the moment he steps beyond the narrow line
OF making the first sale of the Intoxicating
liquor in the unbroken, orig nal package In
which It was imported. The sale of single
bottles OF beer, wine or other intoxicating
liquors taken out of the case or barrel, or
box in which they, with other bottles, were
imported, is a violation OF the law and
would subject the offender fine and inn
pr sOnment. Where there Is evidence that
the person claiming to sell Intoxicating IL
quOr In the "Originai packaXe' is not q for
of one, or whore there IS evidence showing
that the sale II not that OF the entire "orig-
fnal PACKAGE in its unbroken state, the
person should be promptly arrested and
paced upon trial.
II the seller permits the opening Of the
s'original package" and the drinking of tho
liquor upon his premises, he should be
promptly arrested and placed upon trial tor
keeping and maintaining common
nuisance under the provisions of the Pro-
hibitory law. No single bottle of intOx icat-
ing liquor, however securely it may be
corked or sealed, can constitute the orig
In ii Package" unless it is separately Inn
ported in that part ocular form. Where more
than one such bottles are imported together
and shipped in closed or open box, or in
separate compartments of a closed OF open
case, the entire box case and its contents
constitute the original package.
1t is my advice, ther efore, that every man
who sells Intoxicating liquors in "original
packages" should be closely watched and
promptly arrested If he swerves hairs
breadth from the line
Miscellaneous.
A PAUPER named Snyder, who was an
inmate of the Saline County poor farm,
committed suicide the other morning by
hanging. He was seventy years of age
and weak-minded.
HOWARD HARTZELI., a telegraph oper-
ator at the Wichita stock yards, shot
himself the other morning. He deliber-
ately descended to the cellar under his
Office with shotgun, emptied barrel
into his breast just above the heart re-
turned to the Office, exclaimed, 81 have
shot myself" and fell over. His wound
was considered fatal.
The Grand Commandery of Knights
Templar, recently in conclave at To-
peka, elected the following officers:
George w. Port, of Beloit, grand COM
mander; w. S. Corbett, of Wichita,
deputy grand commander; E. C. Culp, of
Gray, of Larned, captain general; T. C.
Upper, of Leavenworth, grand prelate;
Christian Beck, of Leavenwortl,, grand
treasurer; John II. Brown, OF Kansas
City, Kan, grand recorder; Alexander
B. Hoober, of independence, junior
warden.
Mrs. BENSON, of Leavenworth, wife of
petition for divorce and for decree
investing her with the title of the Ben
son home. She married Benson Feb
ruary 1, 1870, in Germany.
THE Grand Army investigation of the
Soldiers Home at Leavenworth result
ed in proving the charges of mismanage-
ment to be groundless. The men who
made the complaints failed to present
themselves.
The Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias,
in session at Topeka, elected officers as
follows: Past grand chancellor, Nor
gan Caraway, Great Bend; grand chan
cellor, N. L. Hallowel1, Kingman; grand
vice-chancellor, w. 7. Walker, Yelling
ton; grand prelate, Tully Scott, Ober-
lin; grand master of exchequer, L. d.
Sprague, Usage City; grand keeper of
records and seals, Gus j. Neubert, Kan
sas City; grand master-at-arms, L. Cope
land, Lexington; grand inner guard.
Joseph McGrath, Linwood; grand outer
guard, Charles Garretson. Manhattan.
A FARMER named Charles Gottschalk,
residing near Wichita, recently fell from
a hay rake under his horses heels and
was kicked to death.
THE barn of Louis LEM, near Wame-
go, was burned recently, together with
six horses.
IT is stated that nearly all the sugar
mills that were operated last year in
Southern Kansas will stand idle this
year.
A FACTORY is to be erected at Hutch
inson for the manufacture of beet sugar,
the plant to cost $50, ZOO.
WILLIE SLUsHER, an orphan ten years
old, who was living with his aunt at To-
peka, was drowned in tide Shunganunga
creek, in the suburbs of that city, the
other day.
GUsrAvE MALL, aged nineteen years,
shot himself at the residence of his
father, eight miles from Olathe, the
other day. He died instantly. His act