The Globe-republican., 1891-05-06

Deeds of Haskell county testified that the
Judge was also a hard swearer.
THE testimony in the impeachment trial
On Mayl was prime ;paEy of witnesses who
had seen. Judge Botkin drink and somcwha,
expert testimony as to now much liquor II
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 H. 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 complete list of Of
ficers chosen by the WOman's Relic!
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
other day stating that the wheat in
that county was turning yellow and APP
peared to be dying 1t 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-
ing the absence of his parents the
other day secured revolver, and hav-
ing, as he thought, extracted all the
cartridges, proceeded to brighten 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, q boy who was sentenced to
October IL, 1889, for five years. He had
pleaded guilty to charge of burglary
in the second degree. His crime was
that of attempting to get a rail-
road ticket to go to Colorado to
see his mother, whom he had
not seen for eight years He was
only 16 years old, but said he was 10.
and pleaded guilty to keep his friends
from learning of his crime. He had
| been stolen from his mother when
| eight years old and has not seen her
| since.
The G. A. r. encampment at Hutchin-
son completed the election of officers
by choosing A. R. Greene, of Lecomp-
| ton, senior vice-commander; George K.
| Spencer, of Manhattan, junior vice; n.
E. Harmon, of Wichita, chaplain, and
! D. Sidlinger, of Hutchinson, medical
director. The following delegates were
| chosen to the national encampment in
Detroit: At large, W. B. Shockley; First
| distict, A. NJ. Russell and j. A. Camp
| bell; Second, George P. Washburn and
j. P. Hines; Third, George w. Mckee
and c. C. Kincaid: Fourth, J. B. John
son and w. A. Morgan; Fifth. D. C.
Miller and D. c. Chapman; Sixth, D. S.
Tilton and E. D. York; Seventh. Major
J. r Swigart w. A. Ogden and b. B.
Eggleston.
Gov. Humphrey has appointed the
following delegates to represent Kan
| sas at the commercial congress to be
held at Denver May 10: George 7. An
thony, Ottawa: Cyrus Leland, Troy; j.
r. Burton, Abilene; B. p. Waggener,
Atchison; Frank McGrath, Beloit; P.
G. Noel. Topeka; A. G. Stacey, Topeka;
| P. G. Lowe, Leavenworth; James H.
Reeder, Hays City; W. F. Ford, Pitts
burg; w. c. Robinson, Winfield; R NJ.
Easley, Hutchinson; T. n. Sedgwicl<,
Emporia: Samuel Carlin, Salina; ID. n.
| Heller, Great Bend; }. D. McCleverty,
Fort Scott; G. w. Hawk, Parsons; A.
| L. Selig, Lawrence; L. E. Carter, Cha
mute; James L. Richie, Manhattan; p.
| A. Rohbaugh. Wichita; L. p. King,
Tannehill; Willis X. Folks, Wellington;
| H. L. Willard, Sterling; ]. w. Gregory,
Garden City; J. D. Cruise. Kansas City;
S. w. Veatch, Washington; J. U.
Brown, Tribune; T. j. Palmer, Meade.
Chancellor Snow and Secretary
Mohler, who recently went to Russell
county to investigate the new pest re-
ported to have been developed in the
wheat, reported that the bad wheat
fields in the county are simply the re-
suit of shiftless farming, the ground
not even having been plowed after last
| years harvest, the seed being merely
drilled in. The ambition of the farm
| ers seemed to be to secure a large acre
| age without regard to the manner Of
seeding.