Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

By a recent accident on the Southern
Kansas road. near Cherryvale, three
passenger coaches. an express car and
a mail and baggage car were wrecked
and consumed by fire. Nearly thirty
persons were injured, several quite
seriously.
A telegram signed by every repub-
lican state officer, by the chairman OF
| the state central committee and by the
secretary of the state republican league
has been sent to President Harrison in
Endorsement of George T. Anthony for
interstate railroad commissioner.
The National Citizens Industrial Al
lance having issued call for a general
convention to be held at ST. Louis
| February 20, two days before the in
dustrial council convenes, in pursuance
to the national call, w. F. Rightmire.
secretary for Kansas, has issued a call
for each assembly, in the state, number
ing 200. to elect one delegate.
| II. NJ. Johnson, farm hand, was
knocked down by unknown persons at
Parnel the other night and robbed.
His assailants placed him on the rail-
| road track, but he was discovered and
| removed, still in an unconscious condi-
! ton, about fifteen minutes before
| train came along. He was reported as
being in very precarious condition.
Charles Gage was recently arrested
at Wichita upon the charge of robbing
| farmers of Cowley, Sumner and Harper
counties of their wheat He would
| boldly drive onto a farm after night,
| load up one or two wagons with
wheat drive off and sell it at the near
est town. 1t is estimat ed that his steal
ings in the past month have aggregated
1000 bushels.
The old stone and wood warehouse
on the levee at Fort Leavenworth was
burned the other night together with
its contents, comprising old government
| wagons, condemned harness and other
stores. The building was one of the
historical landmarks of the place, and
in the old steamb boat days was the head
quarters of the post commissary. 1t
| was built by the government in 1910.
Mr.. PETER has introduced in the sem
ate bill providing for the taking of a
special supplementary census of the
United States for the purpose of asking
each person, firm, association and cor
poration questions relative to their
| property, debts, etc. Their answers, it
| is provided, shall be published as
| people may know how to legislate on
| the money question.
The report Of the comptroller of the
currency shows that dividends have
| been paid to the creditors of insolvent
Kansas national banks during the year
as follows: State National, of Yelling
ton, IS per cent; Harper National, 60
per cent. First National, of Abilene, 20
per cent; First National, of Belleville,
SIS per cent; Kingman National, 62. so
per cent; First National, of Ellsworth,
Is per cent; Pratt County National, 90
per cent; American National, of Ar
kansas City, 20 per cent.
Senator Plumb has introduced bill
in the senate which grants a part of
the Fort Hays military reservation to
the state Of Kansas for another soldiers
home. It gives the state title to 800
acres Of the reservation on condition
that the home is established within
two years. In addition to that, it
grants 1,5OO acres of timber land in
Guided in this reservation. which is to
be maintained by the state as state
park, the remaining 10000 acres to be
Immediately opened to settlement I'M
der the homestead laws
Charles F. Johnson, state bank ex-
aminer, has completed his first State
ment of the condition of the state and
private banks under the new law.
The report embodies the statements OF
249 state and 165 private banks. This in
cludes all banks in the state except the
125 national banks. The report shows
total resources of the state and private
banks aggregating $50. 600. 600. OF this
amount $50, 600, 900 is represented by the
state hanks and SO, 900. 600 by the pri
vate banks Bank Commissioner John
son stated that the banks were in much
better condition now than when the
first examination was made and that
the banks all over the state are de
!, creasing their real estate holdings.
The stockholders of the Bethel col
lege, which the Mennonites are erect.
ing at Newton, held a meeting in tina
city recently. Most of them are resi-
J dents of Kansas though a few art
/ from other states, it being national
institution, in which Mennonites from
every state in the union are contribut
ing. The endowment of the college is
now SIS. 600. 1t was decided that the
college should be opened in the fall Of
1892 Three new directors were elect
ed: P. P. Steiner, of Indiana; Chris
l Showalter, of Iowa, and j. R. Toeys
| OF MCLdlu, hdu. hC Va
l fcers were elected: President, j. J.
> Krehbiel; secretary, Rev. D. Goerz
treasurer, B. Warkentin
The Kansas Alliance Cooperative
: Mortgage association has filed it.
: charter with the secretary OF state i
3 is organized for the purpose of carry
: ing out the plan conceived by Franz
, McGrath when president of the Kansa
b Farmers Alliance, and its plan is t.
| permit farmers to negotiate directl,
p with eastern money lenders and dis
+ pense with the services of brokers, thu
securing for the borrower the loves
, possible rate of interest The capita
e of the company is $1,000, 600 and tn
q incorporators are Frank McGrath, o
;. Beloit; p. Z. Maxon, of Emporia; o.
S Hiatt, of Fairmount: Hiram Baugh
d man, of Burton: w. s. Hanna, of Otta
wa; j. NJ Neville, of Garrett and S.
s McNaughton. of Beno.
Ex-Gov. George W. Click, of Atch
t ison, who is a member of the stat
n board of agriculture, has lately beel
making an extensive investigation a
II | ~ <La oopI;fion of tho wheat crOn Ii