Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-04-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
High Court of Impeachment.

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
High Court of Impeachment.
THE senate met at Topeka on the afternoon
OF the 10th as high court of impeachment
for the trial of Theodosius Botkn, Judge of
the Thirty third judicial district, against
whom the house last winter preferred
articles OF impeachment Only twenty-five
senators were present when the court was
called to order. The board of managers ap-
peared and announced that the prosecution
was ready and that it had engaged A. NJ.
Mackey and George L Douglass as counsel
to act in conjunction with Attorney General
Ives on the part of the people. Ex-Attorney.
General Bradford. one of Judge Botkin's at
torneys, acknowledged the presence of the
defendant and filed general demurrer to the
articles of impeachment. This set forth that
the conduct and misdemeanors alleged did
not constitute ground for the removal OF the
defendant from Office, even should they be
substantiated The attorney general asked
for time to prepare objections to the de-
murrer, and adjournment was taken until
next day.
THERE was nearly a full attendance of SEN
ators when the senate met as court OF i'm.
parchment on the afternoon of the 21st.
The attorneys for the defense asked for more
time to prepare arguments to sustain the
demurrer. which was granted, and the court
adjourned until the following day.
The senate as a court of impeachment,
with barely a quorum present. listened to
motions of attorneys on the 22d. Judge Bot
kin has asked that an appropriation be
made for de.raying his expenses, including
attorneys fees. In his plea he claims that
fair trial was not granted him before the
house Investigating committee and that, in
preparing for the house trial, he had ex
hausted his means
THE court of impeachment met on the 23d
| with Lieut. Gov Felt for the first time in the
| chair. Attorneys continued their arguments
| on the demurrer.
THE argument on the demurrer submitted
by Judge Botkin to the indictment against
| him was continued in the court of impeach-
| ment on the oath The attorneys for the
| state consumed the morning hour and Lewis
| Hanback, for the defense, closed after the
| noon hour The court then adjourned until
| Monday.
Miscellaneous.
| Farmers in Douglas county COM
planned that the late heavy rains SO
thoroughly soaked the ground that
spring planting would be materially re-
! tarded.
In the United States district court at
Topeka the other day T. c. Howe
pleaded guilty to robbing the post
Office at Manhattan and was sentenced
by Judge Foster to 10 months in the
penitentiary.
Burt Beck was arrested at Topeka
the other day on a Rock Island train.
together with young girl with whom
he was clipping. He was a school
teacher at Sprague, Neb., and the girl
was one of his pupils. He has wife
and three children at Lincoln, Neb.
c. G. Leeper, formerly stenographer
in the supreme court, died recently in
Lawrence of consumption. Mr.. Leeper
was musical genius. He owned and
could play thirteen different musical
instruments and had, with one or two
exceptions, the most complete musical
library in the state.
By the report of the auditor of state
for the year 1890 the municipal debt,
which includes county, city, township
and school districts, aggregates the
sum of ss7, 1897 This equals an in
debtedness on the valuation of the
property Of the state of only 2 Clio PEI
cent.
All Hee, four years a 1aundryman Of
Topeka, has started for his old home
near Canton, China, to preach the Cos
pei to his heather friends. For more
than a year Chinese class had beer
carried on at the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms il
Topeka, and one of the most earnest
members was All Hee.
The assessed value of the property Of
1865, $50, 227, 900; in 1870, 500, s2s, O99; IL
1875, 1921, 544, 344; in 1880, $780, $40. 76 1
in 1855, S24S, $40, 81, and in 1890, S34S,
459, 943. The property is assessed a
not more than one-fourth of its rea
value, which is estimated to be 81, 1913,
| $50, 772.
Henry Sherwood, of Girard, aged Go
is serving a term in the penitentiary a.
the convicted murderer of man nance
Letcher, who was shot near Independ
ence in 1879. His brothers have Sc
cured the affidavit of man namet
Donnelly that Letcher made an ante
norton statement generating Sher
wood, and are making efforts to secur
his pardon.
Miss Agnes Sommers, of Wichita
discovered two masked men in the room
of her young brother the other night
threatening to kill him unless he toll
where the family kept their valuables
She quietly procured revolver an
entering the room ordered them t
leave, and upon the robbers hesitatin
she sent bullet at them, which cause
the robbers to beat hasty retreat
closely pursued by another bullet
Charles, the 6ve-year-old son o
George Numa, living six miles west Q
| W1ch1ta, CHM De0 INTO the nay lou c
the barn the other morning and set tn
building on fire while playing wit
matches. His mother saw the barn
flames and as she approached she hear
the screams of the child. No one els
was about and the frantic mother mad
three efforts to get to her child, BIT
, was driven back by the flames afte
being terribly burned The child wa
burned to death.
The national conference to be held
Cincinnati May 10 for the purpose {
organizing third party will, it is pr
3 dicted contain an unlimited number {
2 representatives from Kansas Tt
S Farmers Alliance, the Citizens All
r ance and Industrial Union, Farmer
Mutual Benefit Association and knight
? of Labor have already made provision
e for delegates to the number of 1850
In addition Chairman Dumbauld, of til
: peoples party, requests the appoin
a ment of delegates, and the call col
templates the appointment of 2S9 del
, gates bringing the grand total up t
more than 8, ZOO.
L A tramp recently insulted two youn