Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-11-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The Kansas Equal Suffrage associa-
ton commenced its annual meeting at
Topeka, on the 18th Mrs. w. G. Todd.
of Topeka, delivered the address of
welcome, which was responded to by
Mrs Mary B. Brown. of Salina-
S. f. Burdette, grand scribe of the
Kansas encampment L o. @. F., and
who filled the office of grand secretary
of the grand lodge for twenty-six years,
was stricken with paralysis at Leaven-
worth the other evening while at a
social party and was in critical con-
dition-
C. w. Morrow, Leavenworth coun-
ty farmer. lately discovered four ne
groes in his pig pen killing pig. They
fed in their wagon and Morrow pur-
sued them for eight miles, when they
fred upon and severely if not MORALLY
wounded him. The negroes escaped.
Chancellor Snow. of the Kansas
| university, has returned from Boston
bringing With him the Spooner bequest
of $91, 61a O3 for the benefit of the univer-
slty. This is said to be the largest gift
ever made to a state institution by a
private individual Only the interest
of this bequest will be used.
of Topeka, recently destroyed a large
amount Of property in the shape OF
growing timber, corn, corn fodder and
| oat straw It started from a fire set in
| a hollow tree by some hunters from
! Topeka, to s'smoke OUT a squirrel
| The total loss amounted to nearly
50, 900.
| Rev. Harrison George. who several
years ago acquired much notoriety in
Topeka as a kleptomaniac and who
| was forced to resign his charge in that
| city, was recently tried at Catskill, N.
Y, and convicted of completely in pro-
| curing an abortion on his adopted
daughter, resulting in her death, and
sentenced to the penitentiary for fif-
teen years.
| About six o'clock the other evening
the prisoners in the jail at Topeka m ade
a desperate effort to escape. but their
scheme was defeated by the jailor and
his assistant j. R Pates, who is
awaiting. trial for forgery, led the re-
volt and attempted to shoot the jailor,
but his pistol snapped and after a des-
perate struggle he was disarmed and he
and his confederates locked up.
| An oily-tongued negro named Sutton
| recently appeared at Fort Scott pre-
| tending to be from oklahoma, and sue
ceeded in selling a large numbe of lots
to many of his credulous race, receiv-
| ing cash advances Several colored
| purchasers packed up and moved to
| Oklahoma only to learn that they had
been swindled. One man telegraphed
| to his wife to have Sutton arrested, but
| the bird took wing.
j. w. Ady, United States district at
| torney for Kansas, received a dispatch
the other morning from Attorney
| General Miller, stating that the death
sentence of Eddie Belden had been
committed to Imprisonment for life.
Belden is mere boy and in March last
| was convicted at Wichita of the MUIR
der of Charles Grant in Oklahoma
Belden will be taken to the house of
| CORE ction in Detroit
The Episcopal diocesan convention
lately in session at Atchison elected
Rev. William Henderson, of Topeka.
| treasurer; Rev. John Bennett, of Fort
Scott, secretary, and j. o. Lincoln, OF
| Topeka. registrar. The standing com
mittee is composed of Rev. DR.. Beatty.
| of Lawrence; Rev. John Bennett, of Fort
Scott; Rev. w. D. Christian. of Abilene;
Rev. j. w. Colwell, of Topeka; E. A.
Sawyer, of Leavenworth; d. B. Blish,
of Atchison. and C. C. Goddard. o1
| Leavenworth.
The Equal Suffrage associate n. at it,
late session in Topeka, elected officers
| as follows: President, Mrs Laura NJ
Johns, of Salina; vice-president, Mrs
| Noble Prentiss, of Newton; recording
secretary, Mrs. Anna c. Wait, Lincoln
corresponding secretary, Mrs Elizabetl
Hopkins, Salina; treasurer. Mrs. Marths
[. Berry, Cawker City; district presi
dent. Mrs. NJ. 81. Case, Topeka; com
mittee on constitutional revision. Mrs
Johns, Mrs Case and Mrs L A
Thurston.
The council of administration o,
Kansas department of the Grand Army
of the Republic has fixed the time OF
the next state encampment for Feb
ruary "a, 25 and 26 at Atchison- It wa
ordered that all posts in arrears fol
dues for one year or more which repor
before January 1. 1892. and pay the pei
capita tax for the six months inme
diately preceding the report, be re
tanned on the roll, and all back dues b
RENTED, and all posts SO in arrear
that cannot be revived on this basis b
dropped from the roll Further, tina
all posts six months in arrears be pub
|
While the rain-making experiment
of Frank Melbourne were in progress
at Goodland, last summer a letter wa
received by Gov. Humphrey from
Michael Cahill, of Stockton, Cal, stat
ing that he was the originator OF tn
artificial production of rain. and tina
Melbourne had stolen the secret from
him. He wanted to enter into q con
tract to provide rain next year TO
Kansas for $50. 900. Another letter wa
received from Cahill the other day il
which he says he will not prosecute
Melbourne and Dyrenforth for at
tempting to make rain. He now con
siders that their failures to make raj
will be the best possible way OF ad
vancing his own claims before the pub
lie. The only thing he fears from Mel
bourne and Dyrenforth's experiment
. is that they may cause floods an
earthquakes, and thereby great loss @
life and property. The man is though
, to be crank.
/ The Catholics of Wyandotte count
rendered grand reception to Bisho
Fink upon the occasion of his remova