The Globe-republican., 1894-04-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS.



Plant Trees.
Gov. Lewelling has issued the follow.
ing proclamation dated at Topeka.
March 80:
hshed custom. I, L D. Lewelling, gov
ernor OF the state OF Kansas. do hereby desig-
nate and appoint Friday. April IL as Arbor
day. Let our people manifest an increasing
interest in the observance of this beautiful
holdav. and len1 willing hands in adorning
parks roadways lawns and the grounds
around our sch1olhouses with forest and orna-
mental trees That the boys and girls OF
Kansas NAV learn to love the trees and know
their usefulness well their beautv. es-
pecially recommen that the day be observed
in the schools Of the state with appropriate in
structi n. and that parents joil with their chill
dren in the ceremonies Of the dav.
In witness whered / have hereunto sub
scr bed nv name and caused 70 be aft1xed the
great seal Of the s:ate Of Kansas.
l. D. LEwFLLISG. Governor
Pensions Granted.
Penc:ons recently granted to Kan
sas veterans: Original, Sherod Harris,
Vermillion; Robert Adams, Englevale:
William Embree, North Topeka: Will
liam H. German, National Military
Home Additional, George w. Bechel,
Salina. Increase, William King, Ma
tional Military Home. Reissue, Ed.
ward Glennan, Mineral Point Orig
inal widows, etc, Anna NJ. Sellers.
Horace: Josephine Miller, Girard
Sarah J. Stephenson, Gaylord; William
b. Stewart (father). Linn: Samuel +.
Wiser (fatherl. Gaylord; Ang line A.
Chaffee, Arkansas City: Lydia Mills,
Window; minor of John Howard Mil
Ter, Howard: minor of James f. Davis,
Parsons. Mexican war survivors. in.
crease, Joseph o. Mann, Solomon City.
Saving the Fish.
The state fish commissioner has is
sued the following: No person is al.
lowed to fish or attempt to fish by any
method whatsoever in any of the
waters in the state of Kansas during
the months of May and June, as these
are the spawning months and fishing is
prohibited by the statute. Parties buy
ing or selling fish during these months
will be considered guilty of violating
the law. Any person seeing anyone
fishing or attempting to fish will re.
port to the county attorney, whose
business it will be TO prosecute the
case
Bad ELEPHANT.
A big elephant belonging to Howe &
Cushing's show got on a rampage al
Wichita a few days ago and SO severely
injured his keeper that the man had to
be sent to the hospital A new keeper
took charge and had the elephant
strapped down and beat with stake
pins and bored with red-hot iron. A
terrible struggle took place between
the keepers and the animal, and then
in the fight that ensued the elephant
was badly hurt and died soon after.
Another Railroad Scheme.
Articles of incorporation We're re.
Gently filed with the secretary of state
by the Galveston & Northern Railway
Co.: authorized capital. $4,000, 600. The
corporation proposes to build a line of
standard railway from Niobrara, Neb.,
to Galveston, Tex. The road will run
through the counties of Jewell. Mitch
ell, Lincoln. Ellsworth. Rice, Reno
Kingman. Barber, Harper and Sumner
in Kansas, and the estimated length of
the road is 1.OOo-miles
Burglar Killed.
The other night Officer BurnSworth
discovered two suspicious men prOwl-
ing around the post office at Independ-
ence and ordered them to leave, wher
one of them stepped up to the officer
and pointing a revolver in his face or.
dered him to throw up his hands. The
officer did so. but at the same time fired
his pistol and shot the fellow dead. A
satchel containing burglar tools was
found strapped over his shoulder He
was not Identified.
Fatally Burned.
Mrs. Lucy Drake was burned fatally
at Wichita in curious way the other
night Early in the evening she had
been cleaning a dress with gasoline
and later put it on and went out. On
her return she was lighting lamr
when the flames from the match com.
municated with her clothes and before
help could reach her she was burned to
a crisp.
Need Not Pay
The superintendent of insurance stat
ed recently that it had come to his no
tice that the assignee of the Burlington
Insurance Co had sent out notices ano
is endeavoring to collect the unearned
premium notes of policy holders in tha,
company in this state. Mr. Snider says
that the policy holders are not liable
for these notes and should not pay
them
New postmaSters.
The president has nominated the fol-
lowing Kansas postmasters: w. E.
Stoke, at Great Bend: T.. NJ. Lock
wood. at Burlington: F. Il. Ober. at
Washington: George Hill. at Inde.
pendence; George Jones, at Lawrence;
George Collett. at Ellsworth: A. j.
Davis, at Wakeeney, and g. W. Far
rell, at Chanute.
Minor State News.
Secretary of State Osborn. it is stated
will not be a candidate for renomina.