Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-06-01
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

oring to enforce the state eight-hour
law.
Hon. Thomas Ryan, late minister to
Mexico, has returned to his home IN
Topeka.
Lester Horton, 20 years old, was re-
Gently killed while hunting ten miles
west of Topeka, by the accidental dis
charge of his gun
Three men were lately fined 50 each
at Topeka for playing cards on Sunday
They were tried under an old law that
had been dug up" .
Mrs. Harriet johnson, widow en-
ployed in boarding house at Hutchin-
son, committed suicide the other morn
ing, taking morphine.
The people of Larned recently ap-
piled to the acknowledgement for a
twelve-pounder cannon with which to
shoot at the clouds and produce rain.
The board of managers of the ma
tional soldiers home lately arrived at
Leavenworth and commenced the in
vestigation of the charges preferred
against Gov. Smith, of the Leavenworth
home, by Chief Surgeon Viewer.
The board of mana gers have con-
cluded their investigation of the
CEdTR0S I1duc against OOV CIQItIl- VI
the soldiers home at Leavenworth by
Surgeon Weaver, and it is stated that
their finding will be in favor of Gov.
Smith.
The corpse of an unknown man, 1y-
ing upon its face and SO badly decom-
posed that the cause of death could not
be told, was found recently about $50
feet north of the Santa Fe depot at
Ho11iIory nd narfri6 ora
shell lay near by.
The state board of education at its
late Session in Topeka adopted a rule
that any college whose collegiate
course of study has been approved can
establish normal course, which shall
include the work done up to and en-
bracing the sophomore year.
Application has been made to Gov.
Lewelling for the pardon of Fred Bas-
sett, son of Judge Bassett, of Lawrence,
who was sentenced to the penitentiary
for six months for shooting and wound
ing university student who was cross
ing his fathers property about year
ago.
Kansas recently secured the follow.
ing fourth-class postmasters: At Paw
nee Rock, Barton county, Andrew
Daniels; at Talmo, Republic county.
a. E. Whan; at Athol, Smith county,
A. j. Hemon; at Dunlap, Morris county
G. c. Viclxers; at Meade, Meade county,
D. B. Stutsman.
A bulletin of great value to stock
raisers has been issued by the depart
ment of entomology of the University
of Kansas on the horn-fy of cattle. II
is issued as warning to farmers anc
stock-raisers against the horn-fy anf
presents valuable suggestions anc
methods for avoiding and destroying
this injurious insect.
Sealskin Wilkes, a valuable trOttins
stallion, owned by E. A Smith, of Nor
wood stock farm, just west OF Law
renee, died recently of laryngitis. The
horse was sired by the famous Georgs
Wilkes, was IL years old and cost S12,
900 eight years ago. Mr.. Smith wal
offered s11 900 for the stallion severa
times this spring, but refused to sell.
Acknowledgement Little has given al
opinion that the expense of elections
under the new law must be paid by the
cities and townships and not by the
counties. The booths shall be provided
by the cities and counties, one to every
sixty voters, and the cost of printing
paid by the county boards, but after
wards assessed proportionately to the
cities and townships.
Wiley Welsh. who was sent to n.
penitentiary twelve years ago from
WOOdson county for stealing an over
coat and a team of horses, has mad
application to the governor for n par
don. He says that he never committee
the crime, but that pubic sentimen
was so strong against him that fearin:
mob violence he confessed the Grim
and was sentenced to seventeen year
in the penitentiary.
The president has committed to i'm
prisonment for life the death sentenc
of Edward Pickens, q full bloode,
Chickasaw Indian, who was corvicte,
of murder in the district of Kansas
The ground for Communication is tina
Picllens is OF a very low order of intel
ligence, whose surroundings have no
been favorable to the development O
moral sense, and there was some prov
ocation. The court officers all recon-
mended clemency.
The governor has appointed the fol
lowing delegates to the national con
ference of charities and corrections t
be held at Chicago June 12: Mary E
Lease, Wichita; NJ. A. Householder
Columbus; Il. T. Walker, Olathe: C. E
Faulkner, Atchison w. S. Waite, Liz
coin Center; II. L. Kelly. Mcpherson
{. +. Wiles, Winfield: W. G.. Todd. To
peka: T. Hoyt Pitcher, Winfield: A. E
Hitchcock Columbus: W. T. zoe, indie
pendence; W. ]. Hrrd. Holton.
BY preconcerted arrangement be
tween the mayors of the cities of Well
ington, Winfield. Arkansas City. Soutl
Haven, Caldwell. Hutchinson and New
ton a simultaneous bombard:ncnt O
the heavens was commenced abou
noon on the 25th and, whether as re
suit or not, all the country between ana
for some miles beyond the radiu
marked by these towns was 6eluge'
with the heaviest rain that had falle1
for eight months But the heavies
rain for months also fell in other part
of the state and in Missouri at the sam
time.
The state pharmaceutical association
opened its. fifteenth annual convention
at Wichita on the 23d with the larges
attendance ever noted. Mayor Cox wei
coined the druggists in a cordial address
and 3. W. Woodward. of Lawrence tn
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