Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-02
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

veteran made an address to his old
comrades at the camp fire.
The Kansas Oratorical association
has elected Forest Woodside, of the
state normal school, president and j.
W. Curry, of Winfield, secretary and
treasurer.
George NJ. Howells, the Atchison
lumber dealer who was pardoned from
prison by the president, has paid the
fine of $1,000 and costs imposed upon
him, in addition to Imprisonment, and
is free again.
John Dubois, a Liberal livery man,
was horribly burned the other morning
by vitriol thrown into his face by a Mrs
Krudwig. wife of a plasterer. 1t was
the result of a scandal The woman
was arrested.
political fracas at Clifton on Wash
ington's birthday resulted in the shoot
ing of S Hamilton. a lawyer, by J. d.
Brockway, a farmer. The quarrel
grew out OF the trouble at Topeka
Hamilton's wound was serious
Gov. Lewelling has named W. ].
Hurd, of Jackson county, and t w.
Hauub black, of Comanche county, as di-
rectors of the penitentiary, succeed
ing John S Gilmore. of Wilson county,
and w. NJ Rice, of Bourbon county.
The populist house on the 22d adopted
a concurrent resolution that lit is the
sense of this house that as soon as prac-
ticable, lawful steps be taken by which
the state capital can be moved in law
full and constitutional manner to the
city of Kanopolis.
Leland J. Webb died in his Office in
Topeka the other afternoon from an
overdose of cocaine. He was found
lying on his Office floor between and 6
o'clock. 1t is not known whether he
committed suicide o. misjudged the
amount of the drug which he took.
Mrs Brown, wife of the superintend-
ent of the Brighton coal mine at Leav-
enworth, committed suicide at an early
hour the other morning by jumping
into a well. For some time she had
been suffering with mild form of in
insanity, and was under the care OF the
sisters of charity. from whom she es-
capped and committed the deed.
The governor has removed John
|. Smith, Sol Miller and j. S. Emery as
members of the state board OF public
works and appointed in their stead S.
NJ. Scott, of Mcpherson; William
! Wylzes, of Sumner, and r S Keppley,
of Shawnee. The latter is a democrat
and succeeds ]. S. Emery. The other
two are populists. They will assume
their duties on April 1.
Because his children had been taken
from him by an order of court, B. u.
FlaclS, an Armourdale cooper, ended
his life the other night by taking lsu-
danum. His body was found in a box
car. he and his wife had separated
and he had brought suit against his
wife for divorce, charging intimacy
with an Armourdale physician The
court had given the custody of l.e chill
dren to the mother and he had suit
pending against the physician, claiming
$4,000 fo-- the alienation OF his wife's
affections
A decision which, if sustained, will
be far-reaching in its consequences was
rendered by n justice of the peace at
Wichita the other day. Three court
house employees sued for pay, the past
two years. for hours employed over and
above the eight hours which the law
provides shall constitute d legal day.
The court rendered Judgment in their
favor. awarding them nearly $500 for
over time The case was appealed and
if the judgment is sustained it is
claimed that state, county and munich
pal employees throughout Kansas will
be able to recover more than $500, 600.
The state encampment, @. A. r +,
closed its session at Pittsburg by elect
ing the following off GERS: Commander,
Rev. Bernard Kelley; senior vice COM
| mander, T. Is. Gerow, OF Atchison: ju-
nior vice commander Ira D. Brougher.
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Sparks, of Pittsburg; medical director,
E. w. Ballard. of Seneca The Women's
Relief corps elected the following Off
| GERS: President. Mrs Lucy R. Jones,
of Newton; senior vice president, Mrs
president, Miss Ollie Myers, OF Olathe;
treasurer. Mrs Rosa Bradford, of Con-
cordia; chaplain, Mrs. Ramey, of Bur-
! linpton- The Sons of Veterans elected
WY. Morgan, of Emporia, commander;
Charles Coleman, of Vermillion. senior
vice commander, and J. J. Miller. of
Santa Fe, junior vice commander.
Hutchinson was selected as the next
| place of meeting.
| In the injunction proceedings brough:
| before the district court at Topeka
/ against W. H Biddle as state treasurer
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| prevent the paying out of money on the
! appropriation bill passed by the popu-
list house and senate and signed by the
| governor, Judge Haze.l held that he had
| the right and power to inquire into the
| manner in which house of representa-
! tives is organized. On the other hand,
| however, the court decided that it was
not vested with the right of power OF
/ inquiring into how members were elect
| ed to the legislature. but would be
| guided by the credentials which they
held as members It was therefore de
! cided that the J. NJ. D1nsnore house
of representatives, not having been
! legally organized. was not a legal
house of representatives, and that the
| treasurer be and is hereby restrained
| from paying out money provided for in
the salary bill acted on by the Duns-
, more house
/ George NJ. Howell, of the Howell
| Lumber Co. of Atchison, convicted of
| violation of the interstate commerce
! law in the United States court at St
| Joseph last December and sentenced to
| imprisonment in the penitentiary for
| one year. has been pardoned by the
| president. Howell will be compelled