The historic times., 1891-10-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS

dotte county, was robbed the other
night of stamps and postal cards to the
value of $500.
Masked men held up the superintend-
ent and robbed the Metropolitan street
railway barn in Kansas City, Kan, the
other night getting about about $500
Charles Fletcher, the tweve-year-
old son of Mrs S. f. Fletcher, of Fort
Scott, attempted to climb upon NOV
ing freight train at that town the
other day when he fell under the cars
and was killed.
The grand lodge / o. O F. met at
Hutchinson on the 18th with large
attendance. When the procession moved
more than /, 600 Odd Fellows were in
line. while the Daughters OF Rebekah
followed in carriages.
The Jury in the celebrated personal
injury case of William Pentield against
/ the Santa Fe railroad, at Atchison, re-
turned verdict for SS,710 in favor OF
! the plaintiff. The case has been tried
| twice, this trial lasting week.
The annual encampment of veterans
at Ellsworth was attended by about
| 1000 old soldiers. Most of the G. A. K.
posts were represented. Addresses
were made by Lew Hanback,, Senator
Plumb Commander Mccarthy and
others.
C. O. McCaskill, mail agent on the
central branch of the Missouri Pacific,
was lately arrested at Atchison charged
with tampering with the mails. He
denies any guilt and says nothing can
be proved to his discredit He is a
brother of exCongressman McCaskill,
of Mississippi
The Wood Monument association, OF
Woodsdale, filed its charter with the
secretary of state the other day. The
object of this association is to raise
funds for q suitable monument for Cox
S. n. Wood, and the capital stock Is
placed at $40, 600. 1t is proposed that
the money shall be raised by ten-cent
subscriptions
The railroad commissioners have or
dered the Missouri Pacific to replace its
mixed trains on the Denver, Memphis
& Atlantic branch, running between
Winfield and Larned, with regular
passenger and freight trains each way
daily The passenger trains must make
connection with the through Missouri
Pacific trains at Winfield.
Leavenworth society circles were
considerably worked up the other day
by the fling of petition for divorce
by Mrs Halderman against her hus-
band, Judge J. A. Haldermaf, formerly
minister to Siam Mrs Halderman and
her daughter have just started on trip
to Paris and Judge Halderman Is re-
ported to be travelling on the Continent.
Clyde Maddox was the other evening
found guilty in the federal court
at Wichita of the murder oi
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 &C
quilted
At Fort Scott the other afternoon
Smith Barker and his brother Sam 60
into an alteration with their brother
in-law, Mark Scott. of Carthage, Mo.
; stone, striking Scott on the head
smashing in his skull and killing hin
almost instantly. All the parties arr
colored The Barker boys flSd and hav
not been captured.
: The supreme court has decided tina
the eight-hour law enacted by the las
| legislature does not apply to the officer
and employees of state institutions. Ha
, the law been decised to apply to stat
institutions it would have been neces
sarv to call an extra session OF tn
:, legislature, as enough additional en-
ploves would be required to have mad
increased appropriations imperative.
Some time ago when ID. w. Wilde
held the office of insurance commi:
sioner assessment insurance companie
ATTEMPTED to secure licenses TO do bus
ness in Kansas, and the commissioue
refused to grant them the authority
A few weeks ago the question wa
brought to the attention Of the commi.
: sioner. this time through the applies
> tion Of the Bankers Life association {
>. Des Maines superintendent McBrid
> refused TO gran. the license, thereb
sustaining his predecessors ruling
a The supreme court has affirmed th
: decision OF the district court in ii
= Spendlove murder case and the defcnt
= ant will be compelled to serve his sci
tence of sixteen yea<s in the penitel
tiarr. In lss9 Joseph G. spendloT
shot and killed Gustave Warner at /
Q peka. He was tried. found guilty an
: sentenced 10 tweuty-on- years In
IS prisonncnt An appeal was taken
= the supreme court and a new tri
. granted lie was again found gull
r aad given sixteen years and again a
10 pealed
: About eleven o'clock the other NOR
a ing the dead body Of Herbert o. Wi
=. enor. collector for the Wyandotte Co
= Co. was found in the road north
a Kansas City. Kan. lie was on his VI
to collect . few bills from people wi
lived in the country. was riding in
buggy and carried his breech loads
~ | shotgun with him In some unknov
.. manner the gan wa discharged. u
:" load entering .aa victims body ju
70 below tha heart producing insss
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