Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Appointments For State Institutions.
The governor has appointed and the |
senate confirmed the following officers: |
For trustees Of the state board Of
charitable institutions for the term !
commencing April L, 1891, 81. q. Kelly. |
of Mcpherson county, and w. Z. Yoe, |
of Montgomery county.
Regents of the state agricultural col
lege for the term commencing April 1.
1891, Joshua Wheeler, of Atchison coun-
ty, and P. Forsythe, of Montgomery
county.
Regents of the state normal school
for the term commencing April 1. 1891,
S. II. Dodge, of Mitchell county, II.
d. Dickson, of Lyon county, and Mel
son Case, of Labette county.
Director of the penitentiary for the
term commencing April 1, 1891, Will
liam Martindale, of Lyon county.
Member Of the live stock sanitary
commission, John 7. White, of Ottawa
county.
State veterinarian, W. 81. Going, of
Geary county.
Commissioner of labor statistics,
Frank Il. Betton. Of Wyandotte county.
Commissioner of forestry, G. B. Bart
lett, of Ford county.
Members of the state board of health
for the term commencing March %,
j. w. Jenny, of Saline county; D. 81.
Hill, of Butler county, and Frank
Swallow, of jefferson county.
Miscellaneous.
The governor has appointed W. w.
Martin, of Fort Scott, state agent at
Washington, in place of S. j. Crawford,
resigned.
Spe aker Elder has appointed the fol-
lowind delegates from the house to the
commercial congress at Kansas City,
April Is: Messrs. Rodgers, of Washing
ton, w. II. Ellington, S. F. Nicely. Rice
of Bourbon, and Lupfer.
Before adjourning the house passed a
resolution requesting congress to in
crease the pension of veterans of the war
of 1912 to S25 per month, there being
only 413 survivors of that war on the
pension rolls June 80, 1890.
Senator Towards primary election
bill has passed both branches of the
legislature. It throws the same safe
guards about primaries that it does
about general elections, and party
qualifications are required in addition
to the regular qualifications of voter.
The governor has appointed II. L.
Alden judge of the district court of
Wyandotte county, in place of Judge
Miller, resigned. Col. T. P. Anderson,
of Kansas City, Kan, was appointed by
the governor judge of the court of COM
mon pleas, tribunal esta blished for
Wyandotte county by the legislature.
Judge Caldwell of the United States
circuit court has signed the decree of
foreclosure in the case of the Rock
Island railroad against the Chicago,
Kansas & Nebraska road, and the line
will now be sold at public sail to satisfy
the Rock Islands mortgage of Sa7, 0OO,-
900. The date of the sale has not yet
been fixed.
Before the legislature adjourned
Speaker Elder appointed as delegates
to the commercial congress at Kansas
City, Messrs- Rodgers of Washington,
EVERY, Nelly, Rice of Bourbon, and
Lupfer. The delegates on the part Of
the senate are Senators Kelley (Mc-
Pherson), Bentley, Senior and Kirk
patrick.
The funeral exercises over the re
mains of Col. n. S. Goss, state ornithol-
ogist, were h ED in the senate chamber
at Topeka at 1 o'clock March IL. They
were simple and not of religious char
acter. The friends Of the deceased
made short speeches, after which the
remains were conveyed to the Topeka
cemetery for interment. Col. GoSs left
an estate valued at $4,000
Some ten Or fifteen Armourdale boys,
ranging in age from 10 to 16 years, were
recently arrested for breaking open
freight cars and stealing grain. Their
offerings amounted to about one hum
dred bushels per week. They would
get an expressman to sell it to grain
| men. The expressman was also ar
rested and several other parties were on
the ragged edge"
Col. n. S. Goss, state ornithologist,
| dropped dead at Neosho Falls the other
morning of heart disease. When the
| news was conveyed in the legislature at
| Topeka resolutions of respect were im-
mediately passed and recess taken.
| Col. Goss was IS years old, and his col
lection of birds, which by his death be-
| comes the property of the state, is one
| of the most valuable in the country.
Its value is fully 100000, and Col. Goss
had devoted years to its accumulation.
| The residence of Irwin Way at White
Church, Wyandottee county, was burned
the other night. The family was sound
asleep when the fire broke out, but Mrs.
Way was awakened by the gas and
smoke just in time to save the children
from burning to death. She leaped
from the bed and aroused the members
| of the family and did not leave the
building until she was sure that all
were out of it. The children managed
to clothe themselves, but Mrs. Way just
had time to put on dress. The rest OF
| the goods were lost.
The penitentiary appropriation bill as
reported by the ways and means com
mittee of the house fixed the warden's
salary at 81, 500 year and he is to board
himself. The salary of the guards is
increased from $500 to 5000 per year and
they are to board themselves. The bill
| also suspends the public dining room
and aside from the warden, who keeps
house within the prison walls, only the
| convicts are regular boarders in the
| prison. 1t is claimed that the public
dining room at the prison was a tax o.
$50, 900 yearly on the state.
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