Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1893-02-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS:

Boomers are reported to be moving
on all sides of the Cherokee strip pre-
paratory to making a rush when the
! coveted lands are thrown open to settle
ment
At the recent annual meeting of the
| State Bar association, held at Topeka,
officers were chosen as follows: Presi-
dent, James Humphrey. of Junction
City; vice president, H L. Alden, Kan
/ sas City; secretary, C. j. Brown, Tope-
ska; treasurer Howell Jones, Topeka.
A bill introduced in the Kansas SEN
ate by Senator True provides that a.
| railroad shall be compelled to put il .
! private crossing whenever ii. is required
! by property holder, and further pro-
| viding that property holder may have
an open crossing put in at his OWE eX-
! pense.
! DR.. T. W. Brock attempted to cross
| the Missouri river at Leavenworth on
| the ice the other day in n double buggy
when the ice broke and precipitatcd the
! doctor and team into the river. He
| had a narrow ascape from death. 1t
| was an hour before one of the horses
was gotten out
| The mayor of Waverly has issued an
| appeal to the people and banks Of the
| country asking contributors to the
! fund being raised for the benefit of the
| family of Augustus P. Inglemen, killed
| January 81. while trying to intercept
! the men who robbed the Bank of Wav-
erly. Ingiemen left a widow and d
| large family of small children in desti-
| tute circums tances.
! Bessie Kearnels 4 years old, was re-
Gently shot and killed near Fort Scott
| by some boys. The parents were from
| Logan county, ILL.,, and were on their
way to the Cherokee strip While pass
ng along the road two boys, who were
| hunting in a field, began shooting at
/ the stovepipe which protruded from the
canvas cover on the wagon and killed
the child. The father of the girl capt
ured the young hoodlums
| a bill introduced into the senate a
few days ago authorizes the governor
to appoint a board of worlds fair man.
| ayers to consist Of seven citizens, not
more than three OF whom shall belong
| to the same political party. for the pur-
pose of exhibiting the resources of Kan
sas at the Chicago worlds fair The
managers are to receive no pay from
| the state except actual expenses, and
| are to have charge of all collections
and exhibits and everything else per-
! tanning to the fair. The sum of $50, 900
| is appropriated to carry out the provis-
| ions of the act
The Kansas Day club, the organize
ton of young repu blicans which had it's
birth in Topeka one year ago, gave its
/ second annual banquet in that city on
! the evening of the 3Oth. About $50
young men, representing forty-fve
| counties of the state, were present
| The officers elected for the ensuing
| year were: President, Ewing Herbert,
! Hiawatha; vice presidents, II. L. WOODS
| Wellington: VIII 7. Walker, Kansas
| City; A. L. Sponsler Hutchinson: secre-
| tary, Arthur Capper, Topeka: assistant
secretary, Ralph Ingalls,, Topeka; treas
urer, Ebert w. ..Hoyt, Lyons
Mr.. Crumley. of Elk county, has in
troduced into the populist house bill
to regulate and establish reasona bic
| maximum charges for the tranSporta
| ton of passengers freight and express
on the different lines of railroads in the
state of Kansas, and providing for a
state board Of railroad commissioners
with general powers of supervision
| over the transportation lines within
! the state and giving to such commission
| full power and authority within certain
| limits to control, fix and regulate the
| charges and rates to be collected by
railroads and transportation lines for
| carrying passengers, freight and eX-
press over such roads and lines in Kan
sas, and to prevent IN Just and unreas-
enable discrimination in such charges.
| Secretary of State Osborn viii ask
| the legislature to Investigate the ad
ministration of his predecessor William
| that Mr.. Higgins turned in no fees to
| the state treasurer. as required by the
act of 1891. He finds that the averare
receipts of fess in the office is about SO
| a day and, taking that as Il basis, Hig-
! gins owes the state about s., 900. Hig-
| gins admits that no fees were turned in
| and says that this action was talen not
| only by the secret ary OF state, but by
! all the state officers affected by the
laws of 1891, on the ground that the
| fees were part of their salaries before
| the law was passed and they could not,
| under the constitution, be deprived of
them during the term for which they
| had been elected
The lady managers of the Kansas eS-
| hibit at the worlds fair have made
| their report to the state board of man
| ayers The committee on woInan's
work has visited eighty-six counties OF
| the state and organized women's clubs
| at each county seat. The Kansas state
building at Chicago will be furnished
mainly through the efforts of the Wom-
ems Columbian clubs. They donate
tables OF carved and inlaid wood and
| polished stone, also a unique table
! made of straw, numerous chairs richly
| upholstered, with name of county indi-
| Gated. Carved wood and horn chairs
and comfortable splint-bottom chairs
| will be provided, as well as carved and
| handsomely upholstered lounges and
| divans, large rugs for the parlors, beau
tiful screens choice paintings and rich
| draperies, with other decorative articles,
| provided to make our Kansas building
! both attractive and comforta bic.
! William Dain. leading local politi-
| clan and owner of Chapman mills and
| several farms, committed suicide at
i Chapman the other morning by shoot
! ing himself. A coroner's inquest found
| no reason for the deed except grieving
| over business losses
| Judge McCarty, Bruce Ridenour, E
| Golden, John Shriver and Henry Sum-
| mer left FL Dorado the. other morning