The Globe-republican., 1891-10-15
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

| KANSAS STATE NEWS.
The jury IN the. celebrated. persona
injury case Of William Pen6eTd Agains'
the Santa Fs railroad. at Atchisou. re
turned verdict for SS,7l0 in favor Of
the plaintiff The case has been triet
twice. this trial lasting q week.
The other morning . train on The
Rock Island collided with . rapid tran
sit train at a crossing near Leaven'
worth, by which both engines were
disabled and two men badly but moi
fatally injured
Tie annual encampment Of veteran,
at Ellsworth was attended by abou
5000 old soldiers Most Of the G. A. r
posts were represented. ADDRESSED
were made by Lew Hanback,, Senate,
Plumb, Commander Mccarthy and
others
William Harris. of Kansas City, Kan,
took his family to witness the Priests Of
Pallas parade at Kansas City, No, and
left lamp burning in his house. Upon
returning he found his property de-
| stroyed by fire. the lamp having ex'
ploded The loss was 81. 600; insured.
The Wood Monument association. of
Woodsdale. fled its charter with the
secretary of state the other day. TIE
object of this association is to raise
funds for a suitable monument for Col
S. n. Wood, and the capital stock is
placed at $40. It is proposed that
the money shall bs raised by ten-cent
subscriptions
At an early hour the other morning
an old veteran named John Williams,
stationed at the soldiers home, was
run over and instantly killed by ON en-
CINE ON the Kansas City, Wyandotte s.
Northwestern railroad. He is sup
posed to have been under the influence
of liquor, and is said to have been lying
across the track asleep.
At Medicine Lodge the other day
Judge Mckay sentenced Cora Bennett.
who killed Billie Morris at Kiowa a
few weeks ago, to six months in the
county Jail. Morris was the jointist
king of southern Kansas and during
the last eight years he had accumulated
$40, 600. Cora Bennett had been his
mistress for the last three years and
shot him for casting her off for another
woman.
Clyde Maddox was the other evening
found guilty in the federal court
at Wichita of the murder of
John Mullen. in Oklahoma City,
in December, 1889. Mullen was
shot dead while standing at his
own door. Maddox was tried at the
last term of the court for the murder
of Deputy United States Marshal How
ard in Oklahoma City, but was ac-
Quilted
John Woods, of Oklahoma City, was
found guilty of manslaughter in the
United States court at Wichita the
other day. The jury was out three
and a-half days Two years ago Woods
shot and killed building contractor
named Shuck at Oklahoma City. At
the last term of the United States court
he was tried for murder and the jury
failed to agree. This time the indict-
meut was modified to manslaughter.
Some time ago when D. w. Wilder
held the Office of insurance commits
sioner assessment insurance companies
attempted to secure licenses to do bus;-
ness in Kansas. and the commissioner
refused to grant them the authority.
A few weeks ago the question was
brought to the attention of the commits
sioner, this time through the applica-
ton of the Bankers Life association of
Des Moines Superintendent Mcbride
refused to grant the license, thereby
sustaining his predecessors ruling.
j. II. hurry wss found dead in bed
at the Continental hotel in Leaven-
worth about four o'clock the other
afternoon. He registered at the hotel
the previous night as from Kansas City,
and was at once shown to his room.
Not making an appearance his room
was entered, when he was found dead.
BY his side was a small piece Of writing
paper, upon which was plainly written
with a lead pencil the following: II an
afraid have taken too large a dose of
morphine; if anything happens to me
wire Hicks, Gephart & Co.. bankers, at
Valley Falls, Kan. They will pay all"
The statute of 1891 concerning the
issuing of city. school district and
other bonds has already interfered with
the improvement by bond business in
Kansas. The former law restricted tho
issuance of bonds to ten per cent Of
the valuation of property. but the last
legislature reduced the limit to six per
cent thereof. Arkansas City is the
first corporation to run against the new
statute. Before the law was passed it
had issued in bonds more than six per
cent of its property valuation, and
now it sends to the auditor of state for
registration $40, 900 in waterworks
bonds and they cannot be registered, of
course.
Detectives recently arrested Amos
Avery, of Fort Scott charging him
with the murder of a travelling man
named j. A. Miles, near the town of
Arcadia A few days previous Miles
body was found in hay stack with q
bullet hole in his head. The murdered
man and q companion were travelling in
q cart. and the companion, horse and