Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-08-10
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the national bank at Hutch
inson TO reopen
The colored people in various parts
of the state celebrated emancipation
day in becoming style.
In family quarrel near Marysville
| the other day Richard Harke was killed
| by his son-in-law. William Giles
Topelza's electric light works were
recently damaged by fire to the extent
Ct sI2,e91. The fire was caused by
wires being crossed.
| "Shortness OF currency has COM
PEELED the firm of Johnston, Tinker &
Co. general merchants of Gypsum City,
to make an assignment
| The recent arrest of George Rogers
and George Ell. Shirley upon the charge
of burning the Harvey county records
some time ago created quite stir at
Newton.
When Topeka timers leave their
houses unguarded burglars slip in and
steal their diamond cuff buttons and
surplus cash that had been drawn out
of bank and left carelessly scattered
| around.
| One of the boilers at the Anthony
water works pump house exploded the
other morning about IL o'clock, killing
| the engineer. C. L. Perry, seriously in
| juring Lew Sargent and entirely de-
molishing the building and machinery.
/ While reading book the other night
j. NJ. Fishbacl>, station agent of the
| Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road at
Stafford. was suddenly confronted by a
tramp who fred pistol and seriously
wounded Fishback in the neck The
tramp escaped
Billy Zane. foreman of switching
gang. had both legs cut off by switch
engine in the Kansas City, Kan, yards
of the Union Pacific road the other
day. He missed his footing in attempt
| ing to step on the foot-board of an en-
CINE and fell under the wheels
A cloudbUrs near Atwood the other
| day deluged the face of the country.
Mrs. Aldridge was crossing the dry bed
Of a stream when a wall of water tif-
teen feet high swept down upon her
| carrying away horses and carriage.
| The 'wo1nan's body was subsequently
recovered.
| John Thorpe, an official of the Kan
sas peniten tiary coal mine, received Sc
rious and probably fatal injuries the
| other day while inspecting the bottom
f! of the shaft. He was examining some
| bracing tjnbers when a large amount
of slate fell on his head and body. 1t
was thought his injuries were fatal.
| Fl. j. Maybe, of St. Joseph, Mo, who
has city bridge contracs at Topeka,
was notified by the state labor COM
missioner to cease working his men ten
| hours, He had made his estimates on
basis of ten hours and was going
! ahead in defiance of the state law. He
at first was disposed to fight the law,
but finally yielded.
| The Western university, the colored
| peoples educational institution near
| Quindaro, Will open in October. The
| board of trustees announce that one
wing of the building will be put in or
| der ct once, so that at least 100 pupils
can be accommodated during the fall
and winter. 1t is under the jurisdic-
ton of the African NJ. E. church.
| The other day two men went to the
home of Thomas Curry, market gar
dener living near Muncie. nine miles
west Of Kansas City, and told .pitia-
bic story of their hardships, they claim.
ing to have been miners in Colorado.
Curry gave them a good dinner The
| scoundrels then suddenly attacked
him with revolvers and compelled him
| to give up $3.50 that he had in the house.
They then fed.
| The Kansas waif aid society has or
! organized an employment bureau at
Topeka for the benefit of ev-prisoners,
who experience difficulty in obtaining
work when first released from the pen
| itentiary. There are about $50 dis
| charged from the state prison every
year, many of them young men and
| boys under 90 years of age and owing
| TO prejudice find it difficult to secure
employment. The society will try and
eclaim them. A branch will be estab-
-ishcd in each county.
According to a report issued by Sec
rotary Mohler, of the state agricultural
department, there are nearly 1000, 900
acres of unoccupied government lands
in Kansas still open for settlement
The counties containing the greatest
number of acres of public lands are:
Kearney. 1889; Finney, 62,549: Chey-
enne, 59,694; Seward, IS. 233; Morton.
40. 500: Meade, 49, 304: Hamilton, IS, 919,
Wallace, As, 40; Stevens, IS, $50, Logan,
sc, $50; Cove, %, 40: Rawlins, IL. AGO;
Haskell, 15,6T2; Ellis, 1900: Greeley,
II, 2S2; Grant. Ii, las. There are public
lands in twenty-eight other counties,
ranging from IL, $50 acres in Clark coun-
ty to 10 acres in Rush county.
The court martial of Col. Hughes, of
the Third regiment. at Topeka for dis
bedience of orders is the first court
nartial held to try officer for dis
obedience of orders since the organiza-
ton of the Kansas National guard The
trial is the outcome of Col. Hughes
refusal to disperse the republican house
OF the state Legislature last winter,
when he was called into service by the
governor The charges are: First
Disobedience of orders to superior Off
GERS Second-Speaking words Undue
ing others in the military service OF the
state to misbehave before the enemy
Third-Giving intelligence to the enc
my. Fourth-Conduct to the prejudice
of good order and military discipline,
and demeanor unbecoming a gentle
man and soldier.
In his wea Their report for the month
just ended Chancellor SnoH, OF Kansas
university, says that it was a July
somewhat above the average in tenn