Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-03-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

= N. r. Frame, prominent attorney.
was seriously injured in a runaway ac-
cident at Atchison the other day.
The governor has approved the reso-
luton submitting to the people the
proposition to call constitutional con-
yention.
The bill appropriating 8, 500 to enable
Prof. Snow to continue his chinch bug
experiments was signed by the governor
on the 5th.
The social science club of Kansas and
western Missouri will hold its semi
annual convention I'm Kansas City about
the first week In May.
The woman suffragists of Fort Scott
have nominated full ticket for city
officers. The nominees Tor the school
board are all women.
Robert Esham, prominent citizen OF
Nortonville. got his foot caught in ma
chinery the other day and it was
mangled SO badly that it had to be ann
putated.
The basement of the ST. Joseph
Catholic church at Leavenworth was
entered by thieves the other night and
gold chalice and other altar orna-
ments stolen.
A recent fire at Garrett destroyed the
Watson stables, including twenty-five
horses and ten buggies and carriages.
The loss was estimated at $50, 900, with
but little insurance.
The house, by large majority. ex-
onerated Col Buclzner, superintendent
of the blind institute at Kansas City,
from charges preferred against him
claiming that he was unfit to manage
the institution.
The following Kansas fourth-class
postmasters were appointed on the Sd:
j. Denver, Acme, Geary county; j. S.
Trembley, Arlington, Reno county; A.
NJ. Case, Bavaria, Saline county; Lucy
A. Johnson, Silver Lake, Shawnee
county.
There were five fires at Leavenworth
the other evening, the most destructive
being the brewery of Brandon & Krie-
meyer and the stables of the Leaven-
worth Coal Co. The brewery was to-
tally destroyed, together with a num-
Der of connecting sheds.
THE other morning the body of a
sheep herder named Clenmire was
found on the prairie west of Ellis.
Coyotes had attacked the body and
nearly devoured it. Clenmire had
billiards and frozen to death.
Robert and Lena Going, children of
Henry Going, we're burned to death the
other day in a fire which destroyed the
family residence at Silver Lake. The
mother had gone to neighbours, and
while absent the house caught fire.
The children were aged one and three
years.
The house reconsidered its action re-
jecting the report Of the conference
committee upon the seed grain appro-
priation bill and passed the bill as
amended by the senate. 1t appropriates
$50, 900 to be loaned to counties contain
ing needy settlers to be used in purchaS-
ing seed grain.
The senate bill providing for board
of Kansas grain inspectors passed the
house on the 2Sth. The only effect Of
the bill is to place the grading of Kan
sas grain in the Kansas City, Kan,
warehouses in charge of Kansas in
spectors. This duty has heretofore de-
volved On the Missouri board.
The counties in Kansas that have over
$4,000 population are: Wyandotte, 54,-
! 407: Shawnee. ~, 17e; Sedg,vick, Dc, e26;
Leavenworth, IS, 4s5: Cowley. "a, 47s;
Crawford, 3O.2S6; Sumner, 30,217. Wy
andotte county, although containing
the smallest territory of any county in
| the state, has the largest population
The house on the 5th passed the con-
gressional apportionment bill making
eight districts. The senate bill was re-
jected and the house bill substituted
without change, except that Harper and
Kingman counties were taken from the
fourth and added to the eighth, and Nc
Pherson is taken from the eighth and
put in the fourth.
Gov. Humphreys first veto was sent
to the senate on the 9Th. He disap-
proved the bill providing for the indie
pendent government of the institution
for the education of the deaf and dumb.
He objected to the measure because it
took the institution out of the hands Of
the state board of charities, thus in
creasing the managing boards.
Thomas Culliman, aged so years, of
Sedalia, Mo-, was struck and instantly
killed the other night at $3.50 o'clock by
the south bound Omaha express on the
Missouri Pacific road just under the
Central avenue viaduct, Kansas City,
Kan. The dead man had been en-
ployed as boiler-maker in the Missouri
Pacific shops and leaves a family in
Sedalla.
The house board of managers APP
pointed to prosecute Judge Theodosius
Botkin on the I'd presented articles Of
impeachment, found by the house,
to the senate. The senate by reso-
luton set Monday, March Q, as a
day for trial, when it will organ
ize as high court Of impeachment. 1t
will meet April 90 and the trial will be-
gin and continue until a decision is
reached.
Jesse Robinson, aged 16, and William
Curl, aged II, sons of respectable par
ents, were recently arrested at Arkan-
sas City on suspicion of having stolen
some tools from the Santa Fe shops.
When the home of the former was
searched a veritable mine of stolen
goods was found, including tools, guns,
revolvers, powder, razors, knives, etc,
amounting in value to nearly 1,000
The boys confessed to having stolen all
the goods in Arkansas City, Winfield
and other towns.