Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-06-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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Nora Dick, II years old. died recent
~ at Hutchinson from the effect of q
dose of morphine administered by her
father in mistake for quinine-
John Lynch, q contractor of Salt
Lake City, was arrested at Wichita the
other morning, charged with the en-
bezzlement of funds Of the firm of De
woody & Lynch The shortage is said
to be 81, 600.
Edward Hogeman, a constable, re-
Gently went to the farm of Cyrus Al
drich in Norton county to take posses
sion of some mortgaged horses, when
Aldrich resisted and a fight ensued in
which Hogeman was killed and Aldrich
fatally wounded. The two men fought
desperately, firing at each other Eve or
six times
Patents recently issued to Kansas in
ventors: Grain securer, A. c. Brant-
ingham, Winfield; envelope moistener,
etc. William E Brown, Kansas City;
corn planter, Samuel Huffman, Niota;
car coupling, C. j. Haffey, Eureka; car
coupling, F. G.. Nixon, Chalk Mound;
carriage rail, j. G. Parker, Woodston;
folding bed, j. A. Simpson, Kansas
City.
The coroner's jury called to inquire
into the cause of the death of Mrs
Blanche Mackey and her little child,
who were recently found hanging in a
secluded place in the woods near Ga
lena, found that the woman undoubt-
eddy hanged her child and then herself.
William Alvord, who was arrested On
suspicion, and who tried to hang him
self in his cell, was held entirely inno-
cent and set at liberty.
AS the family of Lewis Peters, who
resides near Reno, were preparing to
set down to supper during storm the
other evening, lightning struck the
building and Frustrated all of them,
ten in number. All soon recovered ex-
cept Carrie, a twelve-year-oldd daughter,
who was instantly killed. Her hair
was burned from the back of her head
and it was plain that she had received
the full force of the bolt There was a
cash in her forehead as if cut by a
knife.
A dispatch states that about forty
farmers ia Washington township, jew
ell county, recently drove Oscar Killes-
pieger, tenant who had taken charge
of a farm under a mortgage of fore
closure, from the place and reinstated
Joe Bennett, who had been elected by
the sheriff. Bennett borrowed money
two years ago to improve his place and
defaulted in his first payment. Fore
closure proceedings were instituted and
the place ordered sold. He refused to
go and was backed by the farmers.
The money was loaned to Bennett by a
young lady school teacher.
The May report of Secretary Mohler,
of the state board of agriculture, shows
that the area sown to spring wheat this
year is two per cent less than that of a
year ago, making the total area for the
present year 173, 5O7 acres, which added
to the area now in winter wheat, 2,S94.-
4s7 acres. makes the aggregate wheat
area (winter and spring. for the state
1907, 1894 acres. The area sown to oats
this spring is thirteen per cent less
than that of a year ago, a decrease of
159, $50 acres, and making the oat area
for the state this year 1,067, s12 acres
At ten o'clock the other morning the
four-room cottage occupied by w. A.
Updegraff, a teamster, and located in
the outskirts of North Topeka, was
burned and after the fire the remains of
Mrs Updegraff and the three children,
aged 5, and 4 years, were found in the
ruins Mrs. Updegraf was again about
to become a mother. From the testi-
mony of number of persons. and the
surrounding circumstances, the belief
was reached that the woman, in a fit OF
Dependency, had drugged or killed her
children and then fred the house.
Everything about the place indicated
that a careful preparation had been
made for burning the house and its liv-
ing contents.
Mrs. Blanche Machey and two small
children, of Colorado, recently visited
her mother at Galena- Later William
Alvord. of Colorado, also appeared, and
the other day Alvord, Mrs Mackey and
her children took a walk. One child
(the older, about 6 years old) returned
alone. AS the mother and child did not
return a search was organized and the
body of the woman and child (the lat
ter about eighteen months old) were
found hanging in a dense forest abou,
a mile from town. Alvord had been ar
rested on suspicion and when he heard
of the finding of the bodies attempted
suicide, although protesting that he was
! ignorant of how the mother and child
met their tragic end.
The session laws passed by the late
legislature have been issued by the state
printer and such laws as took effec
from their publication in the statute
books are now in force The more i'm.
portant of these are the alien land law
which under certain conditions prohib
its the ownership of lands in Kansas by
foreigners and provides for the forfeit
ure to the state; the legislative appor
tionment bill; the eight-hour law
which constitutes eight hours as days
work for all laborers, workingmen
mechanics and other persons employed
by the state. or by any county or othel
municipality, or by contractors doing
work for the state; the law governing
and regulating primary election
throughout the state; the irrigation
law, the law making the first Monday
[ of each year labor day and declaring
the same a holiday, and the appropria
tons for the maintenance of the vari
! Gus state departments and institutions
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