Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-08-31
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

was IOCCAlIN QSSGTOlSo u IRE
The loss was about $50. 600.
The sugar works at Fort Scott com
menced work two weeks earlier than
usual on account of the Immense cane
crop.
Last year at this time over 1900 men
were at work in the Santa Fe shoys at
Topeka. Now the number is about
LOCO. The management has decided to
close the shops temporarily September
1 and only enough employees viii be
kept to make the necessary repairs; all
to curtail expenses
The total valuation of all property
in the state, not including railroad
property. which has been fixed by the
state board of railroad assessors, is $685.
965, CSC. 90. The total tax levy is $40
mills Last year the valuation was
S342. 6S2, S45.52 and the total tax levy
for all state purposes was 95-100 mills.
Comrades in the department of Kan
sas are cautioned by Department Com
rnander Kelly mot to pay money to any
persons associations who claim to
have special privileges for soldiers in
the opening OF the strip. These per-
sons who are making this claim can do
you no good, and every dollar paid to
them viii be thrown away. They are
obtaining money under false pretenSes,
and are thus perpetrating q fraud upon
every soldier from whom they take
money"
In pursuance Of recent order of the
state board OF health, DIR. H. A. Dykes,
the new secretary of the board, is pre-
pairing to enforce the health laws of
the state. The rules OF the board have
been printed and distributed over the
state and the second step will be to see
that local health officers do their duty.
It is also the intention of the board to
require magistrates, clergymen, physi-
clans and others to comply with the
statutes in respect to reporting mar
riages, births and deaths
A special pensioner from Washington
went to the soldiers home at Leavea-
worth recently and caused the arres.
of Wallis Lee. a pretended veteran OF the
rebellion, for perjury on fifteen differ
ent counts. Lee had obtained a pension
and admission to the home by person.
ating his brother, Morgan Lee. who
was the real soldier. He has been in
the home several years and has drawn
a pension since March, 1891. The
fraud was discovered by the application
of the brother for pension
In the makeup of the house COM
mittees as announced by Speaker Crisp,
Kansas congressman showed up IS fol-
lows: Mr.. Broderick got place on the
judiciary and printinC committees: MIR.
Baker mines and mining and pensions;
Mr.. Simpson agriculture and terri
tories; Mr. Funston, agriculture and
private land claims; Mr.. Davis, public
lands; Mr.. Curtis, mines and mining
and Indian affairs; Mr.. Hudson, pri-
vate land claims and railways and
canals: Mr.. Harris, Pacific railways.
In addition to nearly a score of re-
unions held already this season by old
soldiers, the following are yet on the
programme: At Holton, September Is;
at Jetmore, September Is; at Riverside,
HodgeInan county, September 10; at
Independence, September 20 to %: at
Phillipsburg, September &c: at Arkan-
sas City, September % to 30: at Cen
tralia, October 5 70 4: at Stockton,
October 6; at Osborn. Oatoi>er 10: at
Howard, October IL to 13: at Oberlin,
October 10: at St Francis, October Is;
al Pleasanton, October "a and %.
The Rock Island and the Santa Fe
roads have made arrangements to carry
the Kansas editors to and from Chicago
when they make their worlds fair trip
in September They will go by the
Santa Fe on the 18th and return by the
Rock Island ct any time before
the 3Oth. a rate of So cash
will be charged every person join
ing the excursion whether child or
adult. Advertising contracts will be
taken for the difference between the
regular worlds fair rate of SO from
la -, e.
this occasion.
Pensions granted Kansas veterans on
the Il: Original-John Millikan, Chap
man; Alfred Johnson, Peoria: George
w. Sain, Nicl1ersou; Rufus DeGarmo,
Oswego; George E. Cole, Wellington;
Ephron Nichols, Elk Falls, George n.
Hodge. Sterling; Albert G. Holmes,
Bluff City Increase-Jeriol NJ. Hoss,
Coffeyville. Reissue-John Hamilton,
deceased, Oberlin. Reissue and in
crease-John Lake, deceased, Colwiclx
Original widows, etc--Caroline Dodge,
Cottonwood Falls;Catharine p. Resting.
Ottawa; Catharine Messer, New Cam
bria; Sarah Koofer. mother, Prairie
Center; Elizabet Goodrich, mother,
Bluff City. Widows Indian wars-Nancy
w. Martin, Garden Plain
Department Commander Kelly has
issued a general order giving informa-
ton to veterans who expect to attend
the twenty-seventh encampment of the
G. A. r at indianapolis. September
to 9. Arrangements have been made
to take the department of Kansas to
the encampment via Santa Fe route to
Chicago. thence via Pennsylvania lines
to Indianapolis, leaving Kansas on
Saturday, September ?, arriving at In
dianapolis Sunday evening. Arrange
ments have been made with al lines in
Kansas to sell through tickets to In
dianapolis via Kansas City in connec-
ton with the A, T. & 5. E, Kansas
City to Chicago. thence Pennsylvania
lines to Indianapolis Reduced rates
have been secured from all Kansas
points
Seven counties in the state contain
over 10, 900 school children each They
are: Shawnee, I7,0T9; Wyandotte, &c.
342; Sedggick, 13, 7S7; Cowley, I2,I6S;
Crawford, II, 35s; Sumner, 10. s9T; Bour-
bon. 10, O59.
Gov. Lewelling has appointed the
following delegates to the international
irrigation congress to he held at Los