Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-03-09

Cowley, Chautauqua. Elk, Harvey, Harper.
| Sedgwick and Sumner.
miscellaneous.
The street railways at Leaven worth
have been merged into one company.
The ice gorge in the Kaw river above
Lawrence broke and passed away with
out doing any damage.
James Mcpherson, a wealthy farmer
residing near Wichita, was gored to
death by vicious bull the other day.
While men were lately removing a
pile of manure in an alley at Wichita
they dug up part of a human skeleton
with portions of clothing still covering
it.
After an illness of only three days
Samuel Houck, wholesale and retail
hardware merchant of Wichita and
president of the Kansas National bank.
died in that city the other day of pneu-
monia.
The sheriff of Atchison county has
gone to Los Angeles, Cal, in response
to a telegram stating that f. NJ. Fow-
/ Ter, the lawyer who recently ran away
from Atchison, leaving his family and
many debts behind, had been arrested.
The sheriff was armed with a warrant
charging Fowler with embezzlement
Pending action in the supreme court
to decide which was the legal house
State Treasurer Biddle refused to pay
out money on an appropriation made
by the senate and populist house for
the regents of the state normal school.
The bill was signed by the governor,
and had been published in the official
state paper.
March 1 was payday in the state
house at Topeka and every officer and
employee in the building received his or
her money except Railroad Commits
sioners Hall and Vincent and their con-
testants, Anthony and Mitchell. No
demand was made for these salaries
and none will be until the supreme
court passes upon the disputed question.
Mrs Mary E. Lease has been APP
pointed member of the state board of
charities by Gov. Lewelling. Senator
NJ A. Householder, of Cherokee, and
w. S. Waite, of Lincoln, were also ap-
pointed on the board, the three ap-
pointees to take the places of L. K
Kirk, of Garnett; t. f. Rhodes, of
Frankfort, and NJ. M. Miller, of Usage
City
At the annual meeting of the A. O.
U. w. of the state held at Hutchinson
officers were elected as follows: E. E
Murphy. of Leavenworth, G. NJ. W.;
w. NJ. Wallace, of Kingman, G. F. B. !;
T. Bailey, of Parsons, G. o. E; M.
Forde. of Emporia, G. R.; T. A. Beck,
of Topeka, G. receiver; NJ. Delano, of
Frankfort, G. e.; Hugh Stewart, of
Council Grove, G. W.; D. S. Cassell, of
Belleville, G. t.; DR.. A w. Mckinney,
of Hutchinson, 6. M. d.
The February weather report of
Chancellor Snow, of the state univer-
sity, says: 1.-The month was character
lied by low temperature, a high bar
ometer, high wind velocity and a
heavy snow fall The mean temper
ature is the lowest since 1885, and has
been exceeded but three times in the
twenty-six years of record. The snow
fall is nearly twice the average, being
the heaviest since 1885, and has been
exceeded but three times on our record -
At recent meeting of delegates of
the various organizations of railway
employees, held at Wichita. plans were
, perfected to form vast federation of
employees of all the mechanical depart
ments OF the Santa Fe system. A spe-
cial committee was appointed to draw
up articles to govern a system of feder-
alton, to include all the employees Of
the Santa Fe system proper and all
operated lines, and the report Of this
committee will be submitted to the
subordinate lodges for confirmation.
On the 18th the new populist railroad
commissioners, headed by Secretary OF
State Osborne, marched into the rail-
: road commissioners office at Topeka
and demanded possession of the rooms
and furniture Commissioner Mitchell
and Secretary Charles Elliott were the
only persons in the office at the time,
ex-Gov. Anthony and Commissioner
Greene being absent The secretary OF
state handed Mr. Mitchell the resolu-
tons adopted by the executive council,
declaring the old commissioners offices
vacant aud demanding possession of
the rooms and furniture. Mr.. Mitchell
refused to give possession, declaring
5 the executive council had no right to
remove him. The courts will have to
2 / decide this case also.
5 Secretary of State Osborne was the
3 first of the state officers to officially
recognize the Douglass house of repre-
sentatives. requisition for some pa
S per for the use of the clerk was drawn
on him by Speaker Douglass and was
2 duly honored.
i Superintendent of Insurance Mcbride
has refused to re-license the CONNER
cia1 Union Assurance Co. of London
!, England, and the Peoples Fire Insur
7 ance Co. of Manchester, n. H, to de-
business in the state The companie:
, are charged with violating the Law
which forbids companies to write poll
2 cies on Kansas property except through
5 agents residing in the state
The report of Bank Commissions
johnson makes remarkable showing.
The increase of deposits in the state
banks over the report made last Sep
TENDER is almost 81, 600, 000 This i
considered very fine showing and fal
, exceeds any previous report made Il
the bank commissioner.
A resolution has been introduced int
the legislature looking to an investiga
ton of the state grain inspector. He i.
charged with exacting extortionate fees
Prof. DIN, superintendent of school.
| in Kansas City, Kan, has been ap
: pointed by the governor one of the re
| gents of the state university.