The Globe-republican., 1891-07-29
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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George Wetzel. deputy city marshal
of Sterling. has been lodged in Jail at
Wichita on . charge of selling liquor
without q government license.
The preliminary examination Of
James Brennan for the killing of Col S.
N. Wood took place at Hugoton on the
ed before three justices of the peace.
Attorney-General Ives appeared az as
sistant to the prosecuting attorney Of
Stevens county. The defendant was
held to answer to the charge at the fall
term of the dis trict court and remanded
to Jail at Hutchinson without bail.
Edward Belden, the young man in
Jail at Wichita under sentence of death
for the murder of Grant in Oklahoma,
and whose sentence was committed by
the president to life Imprisonment, has
made q statement that Ben Grant was
murdered by John Foster in a quarrel
about their claims. Belden witnessed
the murder and claims that under a
threat of being shot he assisted Foster
to bury the body.
While but eighteen counties have
sent in their proportion of money for
the worlds fair exhibit, over seventy
counties have organized and reported.
The secretary of the agricultural board
is in receipt of many fine samples of
wheat, oats and such other agriculture
al products as are ready. The directors
feel that their work will be successful
and are assured that Kansas will have
an exhibit superior to the famous
Philadelphia exhibit.
Hermann Seibold. a wealthy brewer,
died suddenly at Atchison the other
day, aged IS. Seibold came into ma
tional notoriety few years ago as a
defendant in the case of the state
against Seibold & Hogelin. The case
was taken to the supreme court of the
United States and decided in favor of
the state. The principal question in
volved was states right to practically
confscate brewing property by adopt
ing prohibitory act.
The alliance managers are reported
to be engaged in preparations for big
state campaign during August, Septem-
Der and October. The big strike will
be made in September, when camp
meetings will be held in each of the
seven congressional districts. The first
of these camp meetings will be held at
Ottawa, in the First district, first week
in September and will last three days.
President Polk, Ignatius Donnelly and
other prominent speakers are expected
to be present.
The pontoon bridge at Leavenworth
is to be replaced by a substantial struc-
ture across the river. 1t is said the
bridge will be built for and with the
backing of the Chicago. Burlington &
Quincy railroad, and this road has
agreed to pay an annual rental of $780,
900 for the use of the bridge for its
trains. Other roads desire to use the
bridge and some of them are ready to
help build it A committee to organ
ize the bridge company and push mat
tiers for building it has been selected.
The Central Bank OF Kansas, better
known as R. w. Hilliker's bank, at the
junction of Central and Simpson ave-
nues. with a branch at the corner of
Central avenue and Ewing street, Kan
sas City, Kan, made a voluntary as
Segment the other morning for the
benefit of its creditors. The bank held
about So, 600 police funds and when the
commissioners made a demand for the
money the bank closed its doors and
made an assignment The liabilities
are between 81, 1000 and SIS. 600. The
assets are given out to be S65, 900.
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SO many counties been redeeming
school bonds before they were due as
now. Within the last thirty days more
than $40, 600 in school bonds, many Of
them not becoming due till 1895, have
been redeemed in order to stop the in
terest In but few cases have the
bonds been permitted to run beyond
the time when they mature, there being
no other penalty than the added inter-
est at the regular rate. School dis
tricts have, as a rule, been prompt, and
country districts, as well as city dis
tricts, have generally anticipated ma
turity by year and in some instances
five years.
Alexander Grourly, an inmate of the
national soldiers home at Leaven-
worth. died recently at the remarkable
age Of 50 years Grourly was a noted
character in his day. He participated
in many wars, and was a veteran in the
fullest sense of the word. His military
career began with service in the war Of
1912, when he was 10 years old. He
served throughout the Mexican war,
participating in it from the beginning
with Gen. Taylors command He also
took part in many Indian skirmishes
along the borders His last military
duty was done in the late war, during
which Grourly served four years, en-
listing in 1861 at the age Of 6s years.
A tragedy is reported as having re-
Gently been enacted at the penitentiary
which resulted in the death of con-
vict While returning from divine
service in the chapel and upon enter
| ing the cell house two colored convicts
happened to be together in the ranks.
One of these, either through accident