Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-01-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

A late fire destroyed the West Side !
mills at Wichita Loss, $4,000; insur- i
ance. s7,7o0
The total number of pieces of mail
matter handled by the Kansas City,
Kan, post Office the past year exceeded
eight million. The value of money or
ders issued was eS7, $50 and the value of
the same paid was s72, 961.
Henry B. Mitchell, late an employee
of the state auditors office, has got
himself into n peck of trouble He
got good salary, but fast women,
gambling and extravaganza led him in
to duplicating his salary vouchers and
other dishonest tricks
James McNeal, n Medicine Lodge
printer, was to have been married at
five o'clock January 2, but just before
that hour he was found in his room I'M
conscious from the effects of morphine
and died about the hour at which the
ceremony was to take place. No cause
given.
Charles Huttinger, aged %. fireman
on the Kansas City, Wyandotte Sc
Northwestern railroad, had is left leg
horribly crushed the other day at the
Home coal mine at Leavenworth by a
al car running down siding and col
1I0LhS with CABlHc. lit d1ISE
the leg had been amputated.
A commission has been agreed upon
By cattlemen interested in suits grow
ing out of losses caused by Spanish
fever brought to Kansas by Texas cattle
last summer. The commission consists
of T. G. whitley. of Emporia; John Min
Mich, of Cottonwood Falls, and William
Rogers, Kansas City. These gentlemen
will appraise all losses and make return
to court.
A shortage of So, 622 81 has been di
covered in the insurance department.
II occurred during the administration
of d. w. Wilder and James w. Billings
lea, his chief clerk, is the guilty party
Billingslea has turned over valua BILE
farm in Atchison county to Mr.. Wilder's
bondsmen, who win have to make the
amount good No blame is attached to
Mr. Wilder
When the whistle blew for the men
to go to work at the Home coal mine
at Leavenworth the other morning
none of the men put in an appearance.
1t was soon learned that they had de-
clared a formal strike and would not
return to the mine under the mana ye-
ment of the new superin tendent George
w. Kirlstead. One hundred and sew
enty-five men went out.
In the United States circuit court at
Topeka Judge Riner rendered a de ision
in the case of the Pullman company
again the Missouri, Kansas Sc Texas
railway in which the injunction asked
by the Pullman company is denied and
the restraining order dissolved This
permits the Missouri Kansas & Texas
TO use Wagner or any other Sleeping
cars for which they may contract.
at the late meeting of the teachers
association at Topeka, new officers were
elected as follows: President. George
w . Winans, of Junction City; vice
president, J. w. Cooper, of Newton:
secretary, Lizzie Barnhart, of Pitts
burg; treasurer, Isaac Morgan, of
Sabetha. Cloud county. having thirty
eight teachers in attendance, was
awarded the banner, held Inst year by
Greenwood county.
\ woman threw herself under q
Santa Fe freight train at kilrner, STA
ton seven miles from Topeka, the other
day and was cut to pieces. A scrap of
paper gave her name as lola Dilkes,
and an empty morphine bottle showed
that she had evidently taken the drug
and then east herself upon the track.
She was well dressed and about %
years of age. While clearly a case of
suicide the cause could not be learned.
Ex-Gov. Samuel j. Crawford has sub
united to the governor his final report
as state agent at Washington for the
prosecution of Kansas claims against
the general government. The report
shows that school lands were secured
to the number of 2T6, 37G acres; railroad
lands restored, $50 900 acres. The cash
items secured were as follows: Five
per cent. fund paid to state, S755. 9i9 81;
= military fund paid to the stats, s872.-
336. 3S direct tax fund paid to the state,
81 ,7s3.33- total. 81, 199. S99.52
Sam Mulvey, of Arkansas City, went
to Wichita some DAYS ago, bought a lot
N Maple Grove cemetery, paid the sex
ton to dig a grave, went to an under
takers, where he boaght u coffin and
paid S. for man to drive hearse
when called for. These preliminaries
concluded, he bought a quantity OF
morphine, spent q. day in writing let
ters and retired early in the evening.
During the night tke hotel clerk heard
noise In his room aud broke it open,
when he discovered Mulxey apparently
dying. A physician was summoned
ard his life saved. 4 letter stated that
he had become discouraged and wished
to die.
The teachers of the state while re-
Gently in session at Topeka adopted
resolutions that the law, levyin@ one
mill tax on all property in the state,
and disbursing this fund with the semi
annual dividend for school purposes
should be restored to a place on the
statute books; that the enforcement of
the compulsory attendance law be
placed in the hands of a trusted officer
specially appointed for the purpose.
otherwise. that said law be repealed;
that the Legislature authorize the state
board of education to issue Il uniform
course of study for the district schools
of the state, and that district boards be
required to adopt the same as the man
ual of instruction in their respective
schools; also favoring the establish
ment of the county high school
T. :. Rawlins. wanted in Chicago for
embezzlement, and for whose arrest re-
wards agsregating $1,000 have been
offered, was captured at Lawrence the
other night He had in his possession
three drafts, calling in all for 81, 965,
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