Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

" FARMER. naO ms nand torn OH the
other day by a corn-sheller.
Gov. Lewelling approved every act of
the legislature. OF the 200 bills which
were passed by the two houses, not one
was vetoed
John a. Brown, grand secretary of
the Kansas grand lodge, A Z. s. A. NJ
at the age of 6s years
The residence of Benjamin F1eisher.
of jackson county, was recently de-
stroyed by fire and three of his children
fatally burned The mother was terri
bly, burned in trying to save her chill
dren.
arms who fled claims for services dur
ing the war at Topeka was 66S. Their
claims were for three days services, or
So each. They were included in the ap-
preparation bill.
Edward Burgess. of Atchison was re-
| Gently drowned at La Platte, Neb. He
was employed in the bridge department
of the Missouri Pacific road and lost his
! life while trying to cut away some drift
wood in order to save a bridge
A committee of stalwart democrats
has been chosen to go to Washington
| ton that the stalwart wing of the party
! in Kansas be recognized in the distri-
button of patronage in preference to
| the fusion element
Seven men are reported to have per-
| ished in the prairie fires in Russell
! county. The names of the victims are
| William Bailey, Lave Hutchinson. AL
bert Moore, A. Mcdonald, a son of Mrs
Lefevre, proprietor of the Dorrance
| hotel, and a strange man, name un-
| known.
A disastrous prairie fire swept over
Rocks, Finney, Ellis and other portions
! of that locality recently. Much dam
| age was done to stock and buildings.
| An aged farmer named Anderson aud
his wife and Sylvester Scanne1 We're
burned to death. Many farmers lost
every thing.
1t is estimated that the total appro-
priation of the legislature which has
just adjourned will be 81, 800. 600, which
| is within a few thousand dollars of the
| appropriations of two years ago. The
! legislature ordered levy of three and
| five-tenths mills-the same as two years
| ago-to meet the appropriations it has
| made.
Among the appropriations made by
the legislature were $4,000 for the
| Kansas exhibit at the worlds fair;
| $3.50, OO0 on the state printing for the
next two years; $4,000 for the expenses
of the legislature; IS, 900 for the state
| horticultural society; 81. 600 to pay the
! bounty on sugar manufactured in Kan
! sas, and various other smaller appro-
priations.
While conversing with her husband
at the supper table in Florence the 9th
er evening, Mrs. Hanson Walters sud
| denly lost the power of speech. A
physician was called and said she was
suffering from paralysis of the tongue.
She had been enjoying good health be-
fore. Mr.. Walters has long since been
blind and followed the profession of 4
musician and vocalist
1t is asserted that the republicans
have given up the fight against Sena-
tor Martin and no further effort Will be
made to unseat him in the United
States senate The papers which have
/ been fled with the senate by the re-
! publicans of the legislature against
! Martin will not be withdrawn from the
elections committee of the senate, but
no attempt will be made by the repub-
! licans to press the contest.
The game law passed by the recent
legislature for the protection of birds
! is the most radical game law the state
has ever passed. 1t makes it unlawful
for any person at any time of year Il
kill quail, prairie chicken or any sing
ing birds. except upon his own land.
; 1t knocks out hunting all over the state
1t is asserted that as the law now
stands even the son or brother OF the
III
on the premises even though 1t Is the
desire of the owner. The penalty for
! violation is Il fine of from SO to So.
The state worlds fair commissioners
are repeated as not at all encouraged
by the outlook for the Kansas display.
They are handicapped by the small ap-
propria ton granted by the legislature,
and the result will be, unless the peo-
/ pie come forward with subscription
| of SIS, 900 or $50. 600. the Kansas display
will be skinny. The appropria ton is
| only sos, 600. of which S31, 900 must be
paid out to the old worlds fair associa-
! ton for the Kansas building and the
expenses of the association up to the
| time the new board took charge The
building cost s22, 600 and is about COM
| pleted.
The great bone of contention be-
| tween the two parties in the leCisla-
ture in trying t. agree upon the legis-
latiTe appropriation bill was the mat
! ter of paying the employees of the
| Dunsmore house. The item, however,
was finally agreed to. The amount
] paid the Dunsmore house was about
| $4,000. and all the employees, except
| Ben Rich, received their claims in full.
The matter of paying the fifteen fiat
members of the DunSmore house was
| by the terms of the bill, left TO Speaker
| Douglass and ex-Speaker Dunsnore as
! q special tribunal to determine
] whether there were reasonable grounds
| for beginning a contest Forty repub-
| licans voted against it. but % republic
ans together with the 81 populists and
/ 2 democrats passed the bill
| The other afternoon the tents and
other camp equipage of Capt Forbush's
troop of the Fifth United States cavalry.
which was in camp on the line five
miles south of Arkansas City, was en-
| tirely consumed by fire The captains
! tent was the first to burn, the flames
| being started by the camp stove. The
| guns, ammunition and clothing of the
entire troop was consumed