The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-02-09
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Sharu COnyietA

Sharp Convieta.
A sharp trick was lately attempted x
be PLAYED upon the officers OF the pent'
Tertiary and came near :. ing suc-
eessful On December % the sheriff
Of Cowley county took to the prison
Morgan Wright and WILDER Norton.
under sentence of death, and Charles
Roberts for three years for burglary.
The prison officials claim that in re-
,ording the new arrivals, in the
presence of the sheriff, Roberts and
Norton changed names and assumed
each others sentence. Accordingly Rob
.rts was put in the coal shafts and
treated as life prisoner, while Norton
was worked outside. Lately he at
tempted to escape and it came to the
knowledge of the officials that there
was conspiracy among the Cow
iey county trio for Norton to get out on
the three-year sentence when he, Rob
.rts, would soon after give his right
identity. and if necessary be taken out
on writ of habeas corpus Roberts
made full confession of the plot when
brought before the warden.
Insurance Report.
The state superintendent of insur.
auce has received the annual re.
ports of twenty-three insurance COM
panies, which is about half the total
humber of fire companies doing bust.
ness in the state. The reports in near.
~ every instance show general loss in
the whole country. although the com.
panies, as a rule. report profitable
business in Kansas. Many of the com
panies show decreases in the surplu:
amounting, in some cases, to 100000.
Kansas Governors.
Kansas has had eighteen governors
territorial governors were Andrew II
Reeder. Wilson Shannon, John w.
Geary, Robert J. Walker, James W.
Denver and Samuel Medary. They are
all dead. In the early days Colorado
was part of Kansas, and the city Of
Denver was Incorporated by the Kan
sas territorial legislature of 1859 and
named in honor of Gov. Denver. Nine
of the state governors are living.
BE- Royalty Claimed.
Eugene Hagan, appointed a specia
master to investigate the case of the
government against the Leavenwortt
coal mine. has finished his examination
and will make his report soon. The
government is suing the company fol-
coal taken under the reservation and il
is said that should the suit be decided
in accordance with the findings OF
Special Master Hagan the company
will have to pay 800. 900 royalty and be
q heavy loser in other ways,
Found Dead.
Frank Kramer, said to have beer
formerly cashier of a bank in Nebras-
ka, but later connected with bank al
Wakenda. Mo-. was recently found il
the river at Lawrence. He had evil
IDENTIFY committed suicide. The cashier
of the Wakenda bank visited Lawrence
and said Kramer had been acting in E
strange manner and had started to Wis
it his family at Carbonate.
Worse Than a savings Bank.
Fire at Leavenworth the other day
destroyed the business house of Fred
erick Knopp. and two adjoining build
ings owned by him. His loss above in
surance was about $4,000. In addition
to losing the buildings Knopp is out
81. 900 in cash which he had secreted
under the carpet of his room and which
went up in the blaze.
G. 4. X. Encampmen1
The thirteenth annual encampment
of the department of Kansas G. A. r
will convene at the city of Newton or
February 90. 1894. and will continue
from day to day until the business OF
the encampment is completed. The
railroads of Kansas lrave granted rate
of one fare for the round trip.
Revolutionary Sons.
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