Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
The Stat. Teachers.


the State Teachers Association, recent
ly in session at Topeka, elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, d. S. Pence,
of Wichita: vice-preiident, G. Y. Roop,
of Salina; Secretary, Mrs c. F. Men
ninger, of Topeka; Treasurer, E. T.
Ham, of Parsons; executive commi ttee,
E. P. Taylor, Kansas City, F. NJ. Rossi-
ter, Hiawatha, E. l.. Cowdrick,
Clay Center. Committee on school ex-
hibit from Kansas at the Worlds Fair,
j. M. Bloss, Topeka, r. w. Stevenson,
Wichita. Miss Florence Dickinson,
Alma, Miss Lou Hopper. Garden City,
w. A. Quale, Baldwin City, d. E. Sand
ers, Fort Scott. Resolutions were
adopted that more attention should be
paid in our schools to the cultivation of
correct habits and sound morality, and
that the youth of our State should be
taught that all honest labor is honor
able and that idleness is disgraceful;
that the joint training of the head and
hand should receive more attention, and
that the rights, duties and privileges of
citizens should be thoroughly taught in
all schools; against the State adoption
and publication of textbooks, and in
favor of cities and districts purchasing
and owning textbooks and loaning
or selling them to pupils at cost: favor
ing State public library in every
school district: that no person should be
eligible to the position of county super
intendent who does not hold first
grade certificate or its equivalent: that
schools should be supported by county
taxation; favOring a more stringent
compulsory attendance law: favoring a
liberal apprO priatiOn for a complete eX-
hibit Of the school work of the State at
the Colum bian Exposition in 1898, and
indorsing the report concerning text
books recently made by the Senate
cOdifying committee.
Miscellaneous.
Henry Marshall, an aged employe of
| the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
railroad was struck by passenger
| train and instantly killed near Rosedale
several days ago.
| Isaac Van Brunt was recently con-
victed of the murder of George Broer, a
| farmer living south of Newton, and
| sentenced to be confined in the State
penitentiary for one year, and then,
when SO ordered by the Governor, to be
hanged.
| Minnie Warren, domestic out of en-
ployment, recently entered the store OF
Ferguson Bros. at Topeka and asked to
look at pistol in the show case. ]. J.
Ferguson handed it to her, telling her
it was loaded. While handling it the
weapon was discharged the ball passing
through FergusOn's nose. She was ar
rested but Ferguson refusing to prose.
cute her she was released. The young
woman claimed the shooting was acct
! dental.
The executive council of the Farmers
| Alliance. at its late session in Topeka,
decided to send four State lecturers in.
| stead of two into the field. Van Prather
of Columbus, will be sent into the Third
and Seventh di stricts; j. d. Adkins, OF
| Hutchinson, into the Fifth and Seventh
j. d. Codding, of Pottawatomie, into
the First and Fifth, and w. III. Biddle,
| late candidate for Treasurer, into the
First and Third
Over 500 of the teachers attending the
recent meeting Of the State Teachers
| Association at Topeka, signed a petition
asking the Legislature to so amend the
school laws that a teachers certificate
can not be issued to any one who uses
profanity, Intoxicating liquors or to-
bacco in any form.
The six-year-old daughter of Leslie
Woolbert, farmer residing near Wash
ington, recently wandered off to Mill
creek, fell in and was drowned.
The State teachers convention met al
! Topeka on the Goth with an attendance
of about 500. The address of welcome
was delivered by Rev. j. b. Thomas.
Thomas Vote. a well-known stock
man, was killed near Wichita the othe1
| bxyh &c fno of 2
bridge across a creek.
Charley Jones. a painter, was lately
put in the calaboose at Empire City for
1 being intoxicated. He set fire to the
house and was burned to death.
Wheeler, the Alliance candidate fol
the State Senate in the Thirty-secont
district, to FILL a vacancy. was elected by
about ], 900 majority over his Republican
competitor.
John Reiger, German about As year.
of age, recently threw himself in from
of Santa Fe passenger train at Garde1
City and was instantly killed. He wa
from Pueblo, Col, and had been in Gar
den City only about a week. He wa
evidently insane.
State SugarInSpector Kellogg has FLEE
his report with Secretary Mohler of thu
|
of the plants are as follows: Medicin,
Lodge, 500, 1893 pounds; Fort Scott, $50,
761 pounds: Topeka, 277, 742 pounds; AT
tica, 81, 1927 pounds. At smaller factorie
in the State 55.9O7 pounds were pro
duced, making the total product for tn
year 1,371, $3.50 pounds upon which tn
two cents per pound bounty will b
paid by the State. This years crop i
1850 pounds in excess of the crop o
last year. Experiments have been mad,
with beets which have proven highl,
satisfactory in every particular, tn
quality of the product being Of a yer.
high grade.
| Albert j. Aubin, bookkeeper for tn
Equitable Life insurance Company Q
: New York, is missing from the loca
Office at Wichita. 1t is reported tina
several hundred dollars could not be az
counted for.
Thomas Maloney, foreman for Levi
& Peppers, grading contractors Of KaI
sas City, Kan, was recently arreste
upon the charge of forgery and embez
, element. The firm made several seriou
charges ag ainst him.
By the explosion of a fue in a steam