Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-05-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
High Court of Impeachment.

High Court of Impeachment.
THE court of impeachment met on the 9th
with only q senators present The proceed
ings were OF little interest. arguments ON the
demurrer being continued.
THE court of impeachment on the 18th de-
cided to sustain the demurrer on articles 8,
and and try only the charges contained
in the remaining seven articles The articles
thrown out accuse the respondent. Judge
Botkin, of drunkenness at place outside OF
his judicial distr ct and of purchasing liquors
in joints running contrary to the law.
THE taking of testimony was commenced
in the court OF impeachment on the 18th By
resolution it was decided to divide the ap-
preparation equally between witnesses for
the prosecution and defense and pay each
pro rata. as the amount will be insufficient
to pay in full Several witnesses testified as
to the size of drinks Judge Botkin had been
in the habit of taking, but Notwithstanding
the size of his drinks none had ever seen
him intoxicated
THE prosecution continued the taking of
testimony before the court of impeachment
on the a0th. Hon. W. r Hackney appeared
as additional counsel for the respondent
All the testimony given was to the effect
that Judge BOtkin was q hard drfnker and
that druggists" who sold him liquor were
| eager to get his custom The register of
deeds of Haskell county testified that the
Judge W as also a hard swearer.
THE testimony in the impeachment trial
| on May was prime pally OF witnesses who
had seen Judge Botkin drink and somewhat
| expert testimony as to how much liquor it
| required to becloud the average judicial
| mind. The article charging the respondent
| with unjust and oppressive use of his official
powers was testified to by 81. f. Thompson,
of the Springfield Republican.
| miscellaneous.
! The other day John T. Mcfarland, an
| old citizen of Topeka, died suddenly
| while sitting in his chair.
| Following is a complete list of of
fcers chosen by the Woman's Relief
corps at its late meeting at Hutchinson:
| Mrs. Junlederman, of Wichita, presi-
dent; Mrs. o. L. Moore, senior vice;
Mrs Straight, junior vice; Mrs Lund,
| treasurer; Mrs. Julia Chase. chaplain;
Lamor E. Meyers, of Wichita, secre-
| tary: Elizabeth Wharry, Of Topeka,
counsellor; Mrs. B. E. Pond, of Fort
Scott inspector.
Secretary Mohler received a letter
| from a banker in Russell county the
other day stating that the wheat in
that county was turning yellow and ap-
peared to be dying. It was stated that
small, greenish insect, not yet ma
tured, had been found in the wheat and
was undoubtedly the cause of the
blight. Senator Hays states on the au-
| thority of the sheriff of Rice county
that some of the fields there were also
turning yellow.
The bureau of promotion appointed
| by the worlds fair convention to take
charge of the Kansas worlds fair fund,
met recently at Topeka to effect per-
| manent organization and to frame an
address to the people calling for public
subscriptions. H. c. Speer, of Topeka,
was made the permanent president; A.
B. Montgomery, of Sherman county,
vice president: William Sims, of Tope-
ka, secretary, and Samuel T. Howe, OF
Topeka, treasurer.
The eleven-year-old son of +. NJ. Du.
vail, editor of the Norton Courier, dur
ing the absence of his parents the
other day secured a revolver, and hav.
ing, as he thought, extracted all the
cartridges, proceeded to frighten the
other children by swapping it at them
To assure them there was no danger he
placed the muzzle against his forehead
and pulled the trigger, when a bullet
went crashing through his brain, he
having failed to extract all the bullets
The governor has pardoned Bernard
Douglass, boy who was sentenced te
the penitentiary from Shawnee county
October IL, 1889, for five years He ha6
| pleaded guilty>to a charge of burglary
in the second degree. His crime wa.
that of attempting to get rail
road ticket to go to Colorado tx
see his mother, whom he hai
not seen for eight years. He wa
only 16 years old, but said he was 10
and pleaded guilty to keep his friends
from learning of his crime. He hat
been stolen from his mother whe1
eight years old and has not seen he1
5 since.
The G. A. R. encampment at Hutchin
l son completed the election Of officer
: by choosing A. R. Greene, of Lecomp
ton, senior vice-commander; George K
5 Spencer, of Manhattan, junior vice; n
E. Harmon, of Wichita, chaplain, ant
D. Sidlinger, of Hutchinson, medica
director The following delegates were
chosen to the national encampment il
Detroit: At large, w. B Shockley; FRS
distict, A. NJ. Russell and J. A. Camp
bell; Second, George p. Washburn ant
J. P. Hines; Third, George w. Mckee
and C. C. Kincaid: Fourth, j. B. John
= son and w. A. Morgan; Fifth, D. c
I Miller and D. c. Chapman; Sixth, D. S
j. R. Swigart, w. A. Ogden and B. B
3 Eggleston.
I Gov. Humphrey has appointed tbs
following delegates to represent Kan
sas at the commercial congress to b
: held at Denver May 10: George T. An
thony, Ottawa; Cyrus Leland, Troy; j
l R. Burton, Abilene; B. P. Waggener
Atchison; Frank McGrath, Beloit; F
G. Noel, Topeka; A. G. Stacey, Topeka
P. 6. Lowe, Leavenworth; James Il
2 Reeder Havs CITY: w. F. Ford. Pitts
! burg; w. C. Robinson, Winfield; R NJ
: Easley, Hutchinson; T. N. Sedgwich
Emporia; Samuel Carlin, Salina; D. n
$ Heller, Great Bend: j. d. McCleverty
Fort Scott; G. w. Hawk, Parsons; A
( L. Selig, Lawrence; L. E. Carter, Cha
: mute; James L. Richie, Manhattan;
A. Rohbaugh, Wichita; L. P. King
? Tannehill; Willis Z. Folks, Wellington
II. L. Willard, Sterling; j. w. Gregory
= Garden City; J. D. Cruise, Kansas City
: S. w. Veatch, Washington; j. c
: Brown, Tribune; T. j. Palmer, Meade
Chancellor Snow and Secretar