Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-02-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


Frank and Dave Fox were arrested
at Ellsworth the other day for break
ing open a mail box in Salina
The annual session OF the Masonic
grand lodge of Kansas opened at Leav-
| enworth on the 18th with large at
tendance. Delegates were present rep
resenting all the subordinate lodges IN
the state
A ten-year-old boy has brought suit
Through his next friend" against q
business man of Kansas City, Kan, for
SANDER. The man called the boy q
thief and the boys friend thinks he
ought to have 1000 damages
The governor has appointed the fol-
lowing regents for the state agricultur-
al college: f. NJ. Chaffee, OF Wycoff,
Lyon county, to succeed Morgan Caro-
| way, of Great Bend, term expiring
April L; p. P. Kelley. of Eureka, To
succeed John E. Hessin, of Manhattan.
The monthly statement of the war
den of the penitentiary shows that the
state institutions during January re-
ceived 81, PAS bushels of coal; cash sales
and roy alties were received on as, O57
bushels, making total of 159, 500 BUSH
els for the month. Since the peniten-
tlary mines were opened Il. 020. 7S3
bushels of coal have been taken out
A thrilling story comes from Sher-
| man county (by the way of Wichita
which gives it a flavor of fish, to the
effect that stockman named Pratt
| and his daughter had been killed by
wild dogs, after a conflict that lasted
for some time, in which the man killed
a mum Der of the dogs The team was
| also devoured. according to the story.
Educational circles at Emporia were
lately very much excited by the dis
| covery that the markings of one of the
judges in the state oratoricai contest
which took place in Topeka, had been
changed, which change resulted in Civ
ing the state normal fourth place in
| stead OF third, TO which it was entitled.
and putting Enporia college in third
instead of fourth place.
The case OF the widow of Patrick
Cullen VS.. the Union Pacific railway
| which was recently tried at Lawrence,
resulted in verdict in favor of the
railroad. This was case of damages
for the death of her husband by a col
lision OF the Rock Island and Union
Pacific on the former road, of which he
was an engineer. The former trial
gave her $40, 600, 600 damages.
Lille, the six-year-old daughter Of
81. II. Kern, a farmer residing near
Bonner Springs. was burned to death
the other day in the presence of her
older sister. The children started to
drive up the cows from a pasture near
by and stopped on the wav TO play
around pile of burning rubbish, from
which the child's clothing took fire.
Her father was at work short distance
away, but before he could reach her
she was dead.
The thirty-sixth annual meeting of
the Masonic grand lodge closed its Ia
bors at Leavenworth with the election
and installation of the following Off
GERS: David 3. Fuller, Eureka, NJ. w.
grand master; William D. Thompson,
Minneapolis, R w. deputy grand mas
ter: George w. Clark. Lyons. r w.
grand senior warden; James K. Mccall,
Wichita r. w grand junior warden;
Robert E Torrington, Emporia, grand
treasurer, and John Fl. Brown, Kansas
City, Kan, grand secretary.
When the case against Bi Orner, one
OF the six men accused of participation
in the recent murder of Sheriff Dunn,
was reached in the circuit court at
Springfield, Judge Botkin stated that
he did not want to sit as judge in the
case, as he had freely expressed him
self as to the prisoners guilt. Judge
Ellis, attorney for the accused, then
fled affidavits against Judge Botkin
and the latter prepared counter affida-
wits denying prejudice or bias. A mo-
ton for special Judge for all the cases
was then overruled. Thirty armed
bailiffs were in attendance.
Superintendent Winans has issued a
circular to school officers and teachers
relative to raising the $4,000 wanted
for making the educational exhibit for
Kansas at the worlds fair. About
month ago circular was sent out, to
which about two hundred replies were
eceived and with hardly any excep-
ton they contained assurances that
the school men AMI women of the state
are more than willing to go to work to
raise the money needed. 1t is intend
ed that the exhibit shall represent
every feature of the educational work
of the state, and it is hoped and eX-
pected that all the schools. public or
private. of all grades. will cheerfully
do what they can toward defraying the
necessary expense.
Robert r. Rose, of Buchanan county.
Mo. sued the city or Atch1SOn eight
years ago for $4,000 for injuries
alleged to have been sustained by fall
ing on a defective sidewalk TIE case
dragged along in the courts until last
fall, when he got final judgment for
s.. 500. The money was paid to his at
torney and Rose was lately notified to
appear and get his money. Rose went
to Atchison and surrendered to the
sheriff saying that he had committed
perjury; that he walked into the hole
on purpose in order to sue the city:
that his conscience troubled him and
he had decided not to take the money.
In a short time brother arrived in
search of him, saving that he had been
in demented condition since his re-
covery from an attack of fever last
spring
The little daughter of Sed2wick
county farmer named Franklin was
burned to death the otaer day. Frank
lin was burning off field of cornstalks
and did not know his child was near
until he heard her screams He was
too late to rescue her.
Three men confined in the Leaven-
worth Jail for vagrancy were identi-