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


The post offices at Oliver, Haskell
| county, and Pioneer, Rush county, have
been discontinued.
Burglars entered Perchin's jeweIry
| store at Wichita the other night and
stole $500 worth of goods.
Shawnee county's population in
! creased nearly 10 per cent in the ten
years between 1880 and 1890.
Scarlet fever was recently prevailing
to a large extent at Argentine. Several
of the public schools were closed
The people OF Topeka gave Judge
| Martin grand reception and banquet
on the evening following his election as
senator.
The clothing of the six-year-old
| daughter of Gordon Hamilton, a farmer
| of Atchison county, caught fire while
| she was playing about the fire alone
| the other day, and she was burned to
| death.
Peter Parse, a farmer living near
Holton, attempted suicide the other
| day, telling his wife that he was tired
| of life He shot himself through the
left breast The ball missed his heart
| two inches. He was intoxicated at the
| time.
Gov. Lewelling has appointed S. W.
Chase warden of the penitentiary. He
viii take charge of the prison May 1.
The position pays $4,000. Ninety-three
men are employed in the penitentiary,
ninety of whom are appointed by the
warden.
| Senator Jumper has introduced bill
! in the Kansas senate, by request, pro-
| viding for board of railway supervis-
4-I- - <1,fac
| of railroad commissioners Five dis
| tricts are formed and the five members
of the new board are to be elected by
| the vote of the people.
The populist sensat ionaI caucus at
| Topeka nominated Judge John Martin
for senator on the fourteenth ballot.
| The contest had been spirited from the
start, but the fight finally narrowed
down between Frank Doster, of Marion
county, and Judge Martin, and the bal
| lot stood: Martin, "A; Doster, 49,
| Allen Fl. Lewis, farmer residing
near Downs, committed suicide the
other day by hanging. He went to
| feed his horses about II o'clock and
| when his wife went to call him for
dinner she found him hanging in the
barn dead. He was prosperous young
man, was not embarrassed in any way
! and no cause could be assigned for the
| suicide. He leaves a young wife.
| Senator Prices bill providing that
any educational institution of the state
| having a regular four years course can,
upon the proper graduation of stu
| dent, issue to him three or fve-year
teachers certificate without requiring
an examination, has been favorably re-
! ported to the senate, with an amend
ment that any person receiving life
! certificate who shall fail to teach for
! five consecutive years shall forfeit such
! certificate, and it can only be granted
to him again after taking the regular
| examination.
James Frost was recently found
| guilty of highway robbery at Topeka
and sentenced to ten years in the peni-
| tertiary. He insisted that he was not
| guilty and when returned to Jail he at
| tempted to commit suicide by cutting
| his throat with a razor. One of the
| prisoners was shaving. Frost was in
the same cell smoking a cigarette.
! When the prisoner finished using the
razor Frost arose and asked for it, say
ing that he might as well shave off his
mustache now as to wait till he got to
| the penitentiary. He took the razor
| and coolly cut cash across his throat
| He was prevented from making another
cut by prisoners.
p. ]. Bliss made a desperate attempt
| to kill his wife at Wichita the other
| day. About year ago Bliss deserted
! his wife and none of the family knew
! anything of his whereabouts until re-
. Gently when he returned and attempted
| reconciliation. Failing in this he
forced his way into his wife's residence
one night, accused her of infidelity and
threatened her life. He drew a pistol
with murderous intent when his son
entered the room, grappled with his
| father and a terrible conflict COM
menced between the two men, Bliss
! shooting at his wife every time he could
get his arm free. None Of the shots
| took effect and he was overpowered
and secured.
The republicans of the senate and
house met in joint session at Topeka
on the Goth to elect United States
| senator, but the session was five short
! of a Quorum, and u resolution was
adopted declaring that 100 members
holding legal certificates met in joint
| assembly on the 25th for the purpose of
electing a senator; that II of these
| the right to vote; that if these a mem
| bers had been permitted to vote no one
| would have a majority, and conse-
| quently no election. It was therefore
resolved that there had been no lega
! election and that 1--WE enter our solemn
protest against this revolutionary and
illegal transaction, and instruct the
president of this joint assembly to APP
point committee to consist of three
members of the house and two mem bers
of the senate to prepare a formal state
ment and emphatic protest to the SEN
ate Of the United States, TO be signed
by the members of this assembly, pro-
| testing against the seating of John
! Martin as senator from this state" The
! republican joint session then adjourned
| sine die.
The Kansas senate on the oath passed
Senator OfBryan's concurrent resolution
petitioning the United States senate to
amend the Cherokee strip bill so
as to allow all persons who haves held
government lands and have lost them
| by mortgage foreclosure, drought or
| voluntary REIMBURSEMENT to partici-
pate in the opening of the strip.