Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-04-27
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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1t is stated that the strike on the
Santa Fe is seriously affecting the NOV
ing of freight.
The Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.,
of Holyrood, has been given authority
to do business
Gov. Lewelling has appointed DIR. E.
L. Pattee, of Manhattan, surgeon-gen-
eral of the Kansas national guard.
The late rains which fell in the east
ern part of Kansas, We're reported not
to be general throughout the state.
The total casualties by the late storm
at Usage City footed up three killed
and sixteen injured, several severely.
The killed were Andrew Waggoner and
wife, cOlored, and an unknown infant.
Hiram l.. Rounds, of Kingman, an
old veteran of an Ohio regiment, was
recently found guilty in the United
States court at Topeka of fraudulently
obtaining pension. He cannot read
or write and was, according to his
story, the victim of imposters.
Lawrence Ochs, 81 years old, was
found hanging to the end of a clothes
line suspended from a rafter of his barn
in Kansas City, Kan, the other morn
ing. The deed was due to despond-
ency. His wife died last September
and he has broodsd over it ever since.
c. III. j. Taylor, the colored demo
cratic lawyer OF Kansas City, Kan, has
been appointed by President Cleveland
recorder of deeds for the District of
Columbia. The position is said to be
worth from $4,000 to $4,000 a year.
Fred Douglass held it few years ago.
A man giving his name as George
b. Washington, and his home
Trenton, Tenn, committed suicide
at the Commercial hotel in Leaven.
worth the other day because woman
of ill-repute with whom he had become
infatuated would not go with him to
st. Louis.
The sergeant-at-arms of the senate in
vestigating committee finally succeeded
in serving a subpoena upon Pete Kline,
the Kansas City, Kan, policy man, also
upon McGoniga1, and they will be re-
quired to appear before the committee
at Topeka May to tell what they know
about Doodle.
The barn belonging to Haskell insti-
tute at Lawrence was burned the other
day with its contents. Two driving
teams and several buggies and harness
were consumed. The loss was about
$4,000. The explosion of lamp that
one of the Indian boys was using in the
stable was the cause of the fire.
Judge Reed, of Wichita, has rendered
a decision on the new mortgage re-
demption law and holds that the part
of limiting sheriff's fees in foreclosure
cases to so is in force on existing con-
tracts, but that the eighteen months re-
demption does not affect the mortgages
made before the law went into effect.
Mrs Gertrude Collestor, -25 years old,
was recently struck by q train on the
Northwestern road at Kansas City,
Kan, and instantly killed. She had
started to a neighbours house, near by,
in the rain with a shawl closely drawn
about her head and stopped on the
track in front of the train without no
ticing it's approach.
Gov. Lewelling recently granted three
unconditional pardons to convicts in
the state penitentiary. Henry Craig,
who was serving a four years sentence
for DEMONSTRATING, from Montgomery
county; Willard jackson and Richard
Youman, under sentence of fifteen years
for robbery, from Dickinson county
d.. Craig's term would have expired in four
days, while Jackson and Youman each
had eleven years to serve.
Cyrus Leland, United States collector
of internal revenue, swOre out war
rant at Topeka the other day for the
arrest of Z. s. Osborne, secretary of
state, on charge of criminal libel liz
stating that he (LelanD had received
coal from the state mines at Lansing at
a nominal cost and sold the same to
parties in DOniph2n county. Leland
says there is not particle OF truth in
the statements of Secretary Osborne.
Dan Adams, a negro, the other morn
ing made q murderous assault upon
Troy Shout, freight agent of the Union
Pacific road at Salina. severely cutting
him with a razor. He was captured.
pleaded guilty in the district court and
was sentenced to the penitentiary for
seven years within few hours after
committing the deed. After the sheriff
had taken Adams on the cars for the
penitentiary mob took him from the
officers and hanged him.
The encouragement has decided
that the superintendent of insurance
has the power to compel insurance
companies to submit to the jurisdiction
of the courts of the state in litigating
their losses. and may revoke their au-
thority to do business in the state for
removing, or attempting to remove,
actions commenced against them in
the state courts to the federal courts,
when such attempted removal is in
tended to delay the trial of the cause.
About thirty editors of all parties
met at Topeka the other day and or
ganized the Kansas Editorial associa-
ton by electing Charles f. Scott, of
lola, president: DIR. S. McLallin, of
Topeka, vice president; J. E. Junk
in, of Sterling, secretary, and c.
G. Cowgirl, of Topeka, treasurer
Thirtytwo delegates We're chosen to
attend the national editorial conven-
ton which is to sit in Chicago from
May is to %. The next meeting of the
Kansas association is to be in October
The board of pardons has recon-
mended that A. C. Cofer, of Barton
county, who is serving a term of fifteen
years in the penitentiary. be pardoned.
He was convicted of murder in the sec
ond degree. A neighbours cattle tres
passed upon Cofer's farm, and law
suit followed. On the day of the trial,
while waiting for the case to be taken
up, Cofer sta bbed his opponent with a
pocket knife He has been in the peni-
Tertiary five years and is now insane