Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-05-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


eral of the best stores in the town.
Nelson Bidderback, of Wichita, was
recently robbed by footpads in Topeka.
Kansas is coming to the front. She
got two more fourth-class postmasters
. a few days ago.
Salina was gaily decorated upon the
recent meeting of the grand lodge X.
of P. in that city.
The burning of the town of Hepler is
said to have been the work of incendi-
aries. Officers were on the track of the
accused parties, who, it is said, fed to
the territory.
S. C. Mason, professor of horticulture
in the state agricultural college, has
published an address in which he urges
the people of Kansas to plant more trees,
and says if this is not done the supply
of timber for fuel and farm use will
soon be scant.
The state authorities have instructed
the county attorney of Douglas county
to investigate the affairs of the paper
mill at Lawrence, with the view of as
certaining if it belongs to the paper
trust, and if such is found to be the
case to arrest the agents of the trust.
G.. w. Strickland, residing near Rus
sell Springs, was recently injured in
the right hand by the explosion of
cartridge while he was loading his gun,
and the same day son of Gus. Law
son in the same county, had his right
arm badly injured by the accidental
discharge of a gun.
IT is stated that Senator PETER will
soon start out on lecture tour, he hav-
ing already contracted to deliver thirty
lectures during the summer months.
He will open the season in the Chicago
South Side Chautauqua assembly, where
he has been engaged to deliver six
lectures, two in June, two in July and
two in September.
During the absence of Alfred Page
and wife, residing near Topeka, their
residence took fire the other day. The
children were in the house. Mrs. Page,
who was at a neighbours, saw the fire
and there was general rush to save
the little ones. She and the neighbors
got to the house just in time to get
the children out, but nothing else was
saved.
Labor Commissioner Todd is prepar-
ing to add to his office a labor en-
ployment agency. There is no ap-
preparation for this work, but he
hopes to meet the expense of post
age from both the unemployed and
the employers who will be invited to
inclose small sum in stamps in their
letters. He and the clerk in his Office
will do the work.
Leavenworth will have big time on
decoration day. Arrangements are be-
ing made for a grand street parade
that will be participated in by the mil
itary from Fort Leavenworth, the old
veterans from the soldiers home, Grand
Army posts, Sons of Veterans, and a
number of civic societies. The parade
will be followed by an Grafton, and at
night there will be a big campfire.
The Encouragement has officially
advised superintendent of Insurance
Snyder that the insurance business of
Kansas must be done by regularly es-
tablished agents of the companies or
corporations within the state. He says
the nonresident section of the Kansas
insurance law was intended to compel
fire insurance companies authorized to
do business in the state to transact it
through resident agents.
The state convention of the Kansas
Sabbath union, lately in session at Tope-
ka, adopted resolutions condemning tho
Sunday opening of the worlds fair, and
advising all Christians to remain away
from the exposition. The convention
also condemned the Sunday newspaper
as one of the principal causes of Sab
bath dissertation. The following officers
were elected: President, DIR. w. NJ
Bishop, of Salina; secretary: Rev. A. n.
See, of Salina; treasurer, Rev. T. NJ
Porch, of Topeka.
Gov. Lewelling has appoin ted the fol-
lowing delegates to Ignatius Donnellys
anti-coal combine convention to be held
at Chicago June 5: L. Houeh, Hutchin-
son: b. Nichols. Wichita: G. c. Clemens,
Topeka: +. Burleigh johnson. Topeka;
S. McLallin, Topeka; Noah Allen,
Wichita; E. Bierer, Hiawatha; E. C.
Clark, Hutchinson: w. III. Ryan,
Brazilton: Lyman Naugle, Wellington;
w. II. I. Wakefield, Lawrence; Rich
ard Hawkins, Marysville: G.. Il. Bur-
nett, Topeka.
The grand lodge, X. of P, in ses-
sion at Salina, chose the following
officers: Grand chancellor, w. H
Briden baugh, of Wichita: vice chan
cellor, Z. c. Loomis, Galena: grand
prelate, c. c. Garrettson, Manhattan:
grand master, f. S. Larab bee. Stafford;
grand keeper OF records and seal. G.. j.
Neubert, Kansas City, Kan: grand NJ.
of W., L. Beardsley. Ottawa: grand in
ner guard, George Earb, Ulysses:
grand outer guard, A. w. Bird. To
pela. F. 5. Newsletter was reelected
supreme representative.
The session laws enacted by the leg
islature last winter have finally been
printed and all acts not heretofore
published officially are now in full
force. The principal ones are in rela-
ton to railroads. One requires that
scales shall be put it at every station
in the state from which as much as 100
ears of grain are shipped in year.
The other requires the maintenance of
n telegraph Office at every county seat
touched by a railroad. Senator For
ney's game law also becomes operative,
rs does the law reducing the penalty
on delinquent taxes from 25 per cent.
to Is per cent
The twenty-ffth anniversary of the
founding of the home of the friendless
IN Leavenworth was celebrated on the
18th with fitting ceremonies. The
ladies in charge of the institution held
a reception that was attended by many
of the leading citizens After the re-