Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-07-20
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Texas fever has broken out in Chau-
tauqua county and several head of cat
tie have died.
The Commercial house, the only no
tel at Sedgwicx, was recently burned
Loss, SIS, 900; insurance, $1,000.
John Kay has been appointed post
master at Randolph, Riley county, and
Erastus Clements at Parker, Linn
county.
Acknowledgement Little has removed
Assistant Acknowledgement Noah Allen
and appointed George w. Clark as his
successor.
Acknowledgement Little has decided
that county boards cannot loan money
to farmers to buy seed, as proposed by
Gov. Lewelling.
Richard Browning, colored, was shot
and fatally wounded at Kansas City,
Kan, the other evening by BILL" Null
len, policy man.
Superintendent of Insurance Snyder
has rendered his opinion in the Nor
wood & Co. insurance case in favor OF
the insurance companies
The supreme court has decided in IA
vor of Mayor Barnes. of Kansas City,
Kan, holding that Thomas f. Hannah
had no right to dispute his claim.
The Leavenworth Home mine. which
had resumed operations. shut down
again day or two after commencing
work. The influence OF the strik-
ing miners and their wives resulted in
all the men who had gone to work
again quitting.
w. +. Walsh attempted suicide at
Larned by taking poison, but timely
medical aid saved his life. Walsh is
man about SO years of age, with wife
and several children. He was at one
time a Methodist preacher, but had OF
late been canvassing for the sale OF
fruit trees.
The state military board has formal
ly ordered disbandment of six compa-
MES of the state militia. The compa-
MES are a, of Olathe; c. of Topeka: G., of
Marion; II. of Sterling; q, of Seneca. and
A, of Clyde. One more company, yet
to be selected. will be mustered out in
the near future.
The Kansas department of the Grand
Army of the Republic is making ar
rangements to go before the national
court of claims with test case involv-
ing the recent dropping of names from
the pension rolls from the Topeka
be reached through the court of claims
earlier than through any other trib-
unal. The authority of the secretary
of the interior to pass upon the merits
of existing pension allowances is to be
tested.
Mrs. Maher, of Kansas City, Kan, is
the first woman lawyer to make an
argument before the state board of par
dons. She appeared before the board
the other day and spoke for an hour
and a-half ia behalf of a pardon for
Thomas Mahon. who was convicted
some time ago in the district court of
WyandOtte county of assault with in
tent to kill and was sentenced to the
penitentiary for three years. Mrs.
Maher made an eloquent appeal for the
prisoner, and the members of the board
of pardons say it was splendid argu-
ment.
J. Il. White, of the state board OF
live stock commissioners. said recently
that the scare of stockrnen of Chautau-
qua county over Texas fever appears t
be without cause. The commission no
made 4 thorough investigation there
and found that eleven cattle in a herd
of $50 had died from some unknown
cause. They had mingled with bunch
of cattle brought from Texas and nat
uraIly the disease was supposed to be
Texas fever. That it was not the
dreaded epidemic is evidenced by tn,
fact that no more of the cattle have
been affected.
The clerks in the state auditors of
fee have carried out the figures of the
state board of railroad assessors on the
lines of the Santa Fe and the grand to-
4o1 l., = ~ ~
panys own valuation as reported to the
board was IS, 80, 020. Last year the
boards valuation was SO, 727, 500 Be-
fore the preceding board made its
famous reduction, the valua ton was
S1T,799. 195. The figures given are on
1851 miles of road and do not include
the St Louis &c San Francisco or the
Manhattan, Alma & Burlingame, both
of which belong to the Santa Fe.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal has
safely been investigating the condi-
tion and prospects of the banks under
his jurisdiction. For n while he was
apprehensive that the failures which
came in such quick succession would
cause a suspension of confidence
among the people and start general
run on all banks, but such has not been
the ease. The banks are now in bet
ter condition to meet the demands on
depositors than they were three months
ago. He estimates the aggregate
deposits now in the state and priva te
BANKS of the state at S15, 900, 600 and ir
the national banks at about 81, 600, 600.
R. B. Norris, the new collector for
Kansas, has entered upon the discharge
OF his duties He has appointed Charles
Howard, Ell Reno, Ok. collector for
Indian territory; e. E. Murphy. Leav-
enworth: John z. Watrous, Burling-
ton; w. S. Swartzei, Parsons: Thomas
NJ. Dolan, Clifton, and W. E. huffman,
Wichita, deputy collectors for Kansas
Edward Fenlon, Jr., was appointed
oleomargarine collector, while II. Fee
gans, who has been in the office for
over twenty years remains as chief
clerk and Miss Anna Leland assistant.
Capt Taylor, custodian of the public
building, also remains in that position.
The Bankers Life association. of Des
Moines, has applied to the superintend-
emit of insurance for license to do bust
ness in Kansas. 1t is an assessment
company, and both Superintendent