Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-01-29
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Abel Cushman died near Atchison
the other day at the age of 81 years.
He had resided in the county thirty-two
years
A syndicate composed of Chicago, ST.
Louis, Wichita and Galveston capitalists
proposes to build large elevator at
Wichita.
w. w. Curdy, one of the largest dry
goods merchants of Topeka, made a
voluntary assignment in behalf of his
creditors. The total liabilities are $780,
333. 40.
The Glen Elder bank that closed its
doors temporarily on account of the
failure of the American National Bank
at Kansas City, Mo-, has resumed bust
ness.
The dead body of Mollie Woods, a
notorious woman, was recently found
in a lonely place at Galena- Two bullet
holes were in the head showing that
she had been murdered.
Paul Bedillion, aged 10 years, and
Thomas Morgan, aged Is, were both
drowned the other afternoon while
skating on Dutch creek. near Winfield
Paul broke through where the water
was fifteen feet deep, and cried piteous-
~ to Morgan to help him out. Morgan
threw off his coat and vest and skates
and plunged into the water. saying.
''Teli the folks goodbye" He seized
Paul by the shoulder and drew him to
the ice, but before he could get him out
he became chilled, and both sank and
were drowned.
A plot for Jail delivery was recent
1y discovered by Sheriff Cone at Wichi-
ia, who discovered in the cell of Mad
dox, Stanley and Jacobs, the three Okla
homa murderers, a lot Of saws, files and
a revolver. A fellow inmate of the cell
turned States evidence, and his in
formation led to the arrest of Pat Nor
ris, of Arkansas City, and w. II. Hart,
of Kansas City, both jail birds. A let
| ter giving the details of the inside of
| the Jail and the proposed murder of the
jailer, should the prisoners once get out
side the cell, was found in Norris
| pocket.
John Dillon. late Democratic candi-
| date for State Auditor, was recently in
Topeka looking after a county seat bill
calculated to put an end to the wars
which have been SO prevalent during
the past few years in Western Kansas.
! The measure proposes to make it ille-
| gal to call elections for changing the
location of county seats more than once
! in ten years. AS the county seat trou-
bles have been a never-ending source
| of annoyance to the entire State, it is
thought there will be little opposition
to the passage of this bill.
| In answer to the request Of the State
| Treasurer for an opinion as to how
| county treasurerS should settle with the
State where the tax collected is in excess
of the State levy, Attorney-General Ives
| has given an opinion that while the
| various statutes are somewhat conflict
| ing and ambiguous, yet under the law
Of 1886, which is the latest enactment,
county treasurers are only required to
pay into the State Treasury the gross
amount levied by the Board of Equal
cation, and any surplus collected result
ing from mistake or oversight, or
| from any other cause in the county clerk
| fixing the rate per cent, would belong
to the county. and not to the State, and
should be by the county treasurer COW
cred into the general fund.
About fifty of the grain dealers of
Southeastern Kansas and Southwestern
| Missouri met at Fort Scott recently to
devise ways and means to secure better
| inspection and more satisfactory weight
of fax seed and castor beans; to protest
against the increase of fax rates from
| Kansas and Missouri: to devise ways
and means to prevent the money OF
grain and seed dealers from going into
the hands of the railroads resulting
from overcharges in freight and weight;
to protest against the discrimination
| do oy.1 ~
passes, and to protest against the Civ.
ing of passes to real estate dealers, adj
vertising agents and politicians
Governor Humphrey sent special
message to the Legislature on the 10Th
urging immediate action IN regard tc
furnishing coal to the destitute in Ger
tain counties of the State referred to in
a communicate ton from the Railroad
Commissioners. The Governor said thai
Kansas is abundantly able to take care
of her own needy. and that the rail
roads Will transport any articles to the
sufferers free of charge. and he es
pecially urge d the authority for devot
ing the surplus output of coal at tht
penitentiary mine for shipment to the
needy. IN accordance with the recon
mendation both houses of the Lcgis
lature passed d resolution placing the
full output of the penitentiary Goa
mine at the disposal of the Governor
and the Board of Railroad Commits
siOnerS.
The House on the 22d adopted reso
luton instructing the Kansas Repre-
sentation in Congress to give immediate
and careful attention to the necessity O
irrigation for Western Kansas. and tina
/ as the relations of States and Territorie
on the west are such that grave comph
cations are arising, and will continue t.
arise, that the Kansas delegation exer
themselves to secure the enactment o
such laws as may be necessary to pro
vide for the settlement Of Interstate
irrigation questions, to prevent the pas
sage of measures inimical to the inter
ests of the people of this State and t.
urge upon Congress the appropriation
of such sums of money as may b'
reasonably devoted and ought to be de
voted to the developing means of irri
CATION in aid of actual settlers upon ari'
and semi-arid lands which were takel
as AGRICULTURAL lands.