Dodge City times., 1891-12-18
KANSAS srA7E NEWS.


NAss9AS STATE NEWS.
A.se f.y Iszss.
Ihe aftotney-generd has just re-
eeived notification Of the end Of very
important case In the United States
supreme court which is Of great inter-
est to KAnsaA Some time prior to No
vember. 1885. the Pullman Palace Car
Co brought proceedings against .ae
various county treasurera of Kansas =,
restrain the collection Of taxes agains.
their property. It cams up in the
United States circuit court and was de-
cided Novem Der g, 1885. adverse to the
plaintiffs The company at once ap-
pealed the case to the United States
supreme court, where the decision Of
the lower court was finally sustained.
The Pullman company filed a motion
for . rehearing. which the court has
denied. The matter is consequently
settled and the company will be re-
quired to pay the back taxes accrued
since the suit was instituted
Kansas at Chicago.
The Kansas board of managers o.
the worlds fair met recently at Topeka
and instructed the secretary to apply
for 5000 feet of space in the horticult-
ural building; 5000 feet Of space in the
agricultural building; 9. 500 feet of space
in the mines and mining building: 500
feet Of wall space and 400 feet of floor
space in the art palace; 5000 feet of
space in manufacturer and liberal art
building; 200 feet of space in the dairy
building; 500 feet of space in the
electrical building; 1000 feet of space
in the transportation building, and !, COO
feet Of space in the machinery hall
Benson's Latest.
C. A. Benson, under sentence of
death at Leavenworth for the murder
Of Mira Teresa Mettman. made an
unsuccessful attempt to escape from
Jail the other night He had fixed
up . dummy that bore a remark
able resemblance to q man and placed
It In his bed while he was hid in the
cell of another prisoner who was to es-
cape with him. It was only by acci-
dent that the scheme was discovered
When he found that his scheme had
failed Benson pretended that he was
only playing joke on the jailor.
An Engines Work.
A Rock Island locomotive is charged
with . destructive fire which recent
iy destroyed q great quantity of |
wheat corn, hay and several buildings |
near Haysville. One farmer lost MS |
stables and granaries con tanning much |
1000 bushels of corn and |
lot of wheat; others lost considerable |
quantity of wheat and their corn fields, |
., SUI u"naSAe"' "efo "',"'y eanaseu
1o0S =. 0onS oA nay "ie saia W
""'e 'e"
Robbers Arrested
The five men who on October 20 en-
tered the express car of Central
Branch accommodation train at Lenora,
Norton county, and stole the messen-
gers safe, containing $500, have all
been arrested and are now in Jail.
They are Charles O'Counor. of Atch-
sou, y; o. wen anu Two sons: jim
sno nnl: oi norton county anu Aionzo
y ~ Tfsnks' VINO recently escaped from
lne Logan county JAIL
Halt in Prosecution.
It is stated that the attorney-general
will take no immediate steps to further
prosecute the case against the Union
racinc 70 compel II 70 relay the tracks
u tne Aansas Centra' faiiroad. lie Is
niormeo tnat the company mas begun
no work orue,ea oy .ne raiiroau com.
niss,0ners, ana tnas II II Is continued
VIII Ce nnishe" oe'ore the Judgment
rom tne supreme court couio oe oo-
slneo'
snos himse'h
HE"nk T. nhis' .armer' WHO hao
cen divorced from ms wiie' was seen !
uafrenng WIN nes on the porch OF
ouse "ns.e nc nso oeen room ,ng at
:. .mP s"o 0'nel 10Y, On" S"oruy
l'e1~.a sno' was nearu, anu ne 7
'n 20 ..U ..s y" S'o p'" w''n
III .r.,s LIZ sT"s" T "n' .oa ne ua9 =
w L.s Ao'o ioN iiquof n''" 8
GO" A''' '"-
A Pioneer Dead. 81
Capt b J.. F. Hannah, one of the C.
loneers of Kansas. q prominent editor
1d pol1ncian and q membe OF the a
gislature from Trego county two Il
,ars ago. died at the residence of his
N in Washington City the other night n,
the age of sixty-seven years in
n,-,.d - n...h n
Mrs Cb.rle. Newsome the wife of
..venworth boiler maker was bor.
Mo hrr,od the ,th.. .vor;rn hr h.- a,
othe. t.lr;no f;ra from, the stove She Il
,ed orIv+wo hon-. Tho rnfor,,n..o b,
-. 49, 49, -..;,s-S. a. OF
!. -. a." 49, "a 's 81
-o''' '-"A 'ee- oN' cl