Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-08-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


month of June
John T. Roberts of Washington City,
D. c.. has been appointed to solicit sub
scriptions from Kansans at the national
capital to aid the Plum monument to
be erected at Emporia by the Plumb
Monument association.
Charles Millsap, a young man, was
recently bitten by a rattlesnake near
Edwardsvil1e, and came near losing his
life The snake was an unusually large
one, measuring eight inches in circum-
ference. 1t was killed
The republicans of Shawnee county
will nominate their candidates for
| judge of the district court and state
senator by the Crawford primary cleo
| ton system, the time for holding the
! primaries having been fixed for Au-
| gust 30.
a Kansas man who has learned that
his hope of getting into the legislature
| is an ''iridescent dream" consoles him
| self with the reflection that, counting
| all Of his necessary announcements, cleo
| pioneering and other expenses, the av-
erage Kansas legislator is left just
S11S.5 so in the hole, besides his loss of
| time.
| Henry Jackson, colored, shot and
killed his wife at Kansas City, Kan, OF
| the night of the Goth. The two had
| separated and on the evening of the
murder jackson suddenly appeared at
the house of his wife and dragging her
into the back yard shot her four times,
| causing her death. The murderer was
promptly arrested.
The other evening jeff Mcmillan, of
Lawrence, was taken violently insane
and began to smash the furniture in
his house. Mcmillan, who is very
large and powerful man, made such a
desperate fight that the sheriff was
| obliged to call assistance. After hard
| struggle the maniac was overpowered
and taken to the jail.
The other morning the barn of Mr..
| A. G. McMinds, farmer living about
seven miles northwest of Smith Center,
was burned to the ground, also six head
of horses that were in the barn at the
| time of the fire. One belonged to
neigh bors who were sitting up with the
farmers sick daughter. Children play
ing with matches started the fire.
Miss Mary F. Stimson, only daugh-
ter of Prof. F. E. Stimson, of Law
renee, was killed ia that city the other
day by jumping from buggy. Miss
Stimson and several others were out
riding when the horses became fright
ened and started to run. The young
lady jumped out and falling on her head
broke her neck. She was 81 years of
age and graduate of the university.
The annual statement Of the United
States pension agency in Topeka shows
that the disbursements for the past
year reached nearly $1,000. 600. The
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states of Kansas, Missouri, Colorado,
Arkansas, New Mexico and the Indian
territory, and the report shows that
this agency leads all others in the
United States in the amount paid out.
During the recent severe weather the
local physician of the Santa Fe road
caused work in the railroad yards at
Topeka to be suspended, and General
! Manager Robinson, Of the Santa Fe,
sent word to the men that if the
weather continued hot work in the shop
and yards would be abandoned, so far
as possible, but that no man would be
locked for his time on account of his
inability to work.
The total deposits of the Kansas
banks, including individual deposits
banks and bankers deposits, demand
certificates and time certificates at the
four calls made by Mr.. johnson, state
bank examiner, are as follows: October
! IS, 1891, SIS, 773, 43s. 80; January 2. 1892
; S17,377, 977. 90; March 80, 1892, SIS, 121,
$50. As; June 4, 1892, SIS, 434. 1902. The
total number of banks reporting, pri
, vate and state, was 443.
An attempt will be made to secure
the arrest of r. C. Meade, the AtchisoI
insurance agent who disappeared some
time ago, taking with him several thou
sand dollars belonging to AtchisoI
women, who had entrusted him will
the money for investment A subscrip
ton paper is being circulated to raist
reward money and the county commits
sioners will. be asked to appropriat.
$500 for the purpose. The A. o. U. W
will also take steps to secure Meade
2 arrest It is believed that he has gon
to some foreign country.
William Fleming, d carpenter EN-
ployed at the new Armour plant. wa
arrested in Kansas City. Kan, the othe
1 | morning on a warrant sworn out Il
e Texas, charging him with forging deed
1 to property in the Lone Star state. II
e was turned over to an officer fror
: Texas who took him to that state 70
trial The arrest of Fleming brings t
S light a gigantic scheme laid by a mum
+ Der of sharpers for disposing of exter
0 sive lands belonging to other parties b
forging deeds to the same and thu
realizing goodly profit
e A religious debate at country churc
l a few miles from Hutchinson betwee
0 two ministers, one of the Methods
and the other of the Christian faith
d had tragic termination the othe
night AS j. W. Randall, who defend
ed the Christian doctrine, was comple'
t ing his argument he dropped dead
q When the awe-striclzen spectators ha
d recovered their presence of mind
: physician was summoned, who pr
nounced death the result OF heart fai
e ure The remains Of the deceased mil
d lister were shipped to Paris, Mo-, HI
home.
According to reports received frol
grain men who have returned from tn
e western part Of the state the corn Gro
of that section. which promised so we
I. q short time ago. will be practically
10 total failure There had been no raj
for some time and the hot winds frol
e the Panhandle had withered all I'll