Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-03-20

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Hurried Readers.
Alexander Zane, prominent Wyan-
dotte Indian, was shot and killed by
his son-in-law, Jerry Wallace at Bax-
ter Springs. Zane is a member of the
well known Wyandotte family of that
name.
Governor Morrill, has appointed g..
V. Bartlett of Ford county commits
sioner of forestry. The salary is $500
year The governor has also ap-
pointed Bennett Brown of Linn coun-
ty state mine inspector. The salary
is two thousand dollars year.
Judges Gilkinson, Carver and Clark,
new appellate court judges, met at
Topeka Tuesday and elected F. M.
Lockhart clerk of the Western division
and S. B. Bradfore of the Eastern di-
vision. Court will hold its first session
at Concordia in May. D. A. Valentine
of the Clay Center Times, was appoint
ed clerk at Concordia, Northern divis-
ion.
Congressman Charles Curtis, the
man who represents Topeka and the
Fourth district in the lower house of
congress, has returned from Washing
ton, and is now at home in North To-
peka. Congressman Curtis says he ex-
poets an extra session of congress will
be called, and says there will be no
opposition to the election of Tom
Read as Speaker of the house.
Henry F. Oelschlager of Leaven-
worth, treasurer of the Kansas dis.
trict of the German Luthern church
synod, sent 81, 900 to the west to be
distributed among the sufferers, 5000
going to Eastern Colorado, and 81, 900
to Western Kansas. The money is
distributed by missionaries of the
German Lutheran church. This re-
mittance makes Sc, 900 sent out among
the sufferers by Treasurer Oelschla-
ger the past few months.
Twelve Of the forty-nine counties in
Kansas which were included in the
bill appropriating 500. 900 for the pur-
chase of seed grain for needy farmers
have refused the aid offered, and the
money apportioned to them will be
cornered into the treasury. These
are the counties and the amounts:
Barber, So, 454 CLARK, $73s; ;Commancbe,
$736; Finney, ST., Gray, $643; Lane,
S767; Hamilton, S743; Meade, 1867;
Morris, $4,655; Ness, $l,926; Seward,
1854; Stanton, $780,
The Leavenworth Times says: Some
future president of the United States
will be greatly astonished some day
by the receipt of letter from General
U. S. Grant. General Grant and his
son Fred were both graduates from
West Point, and the General was also
very anxious that his son be educated
at that institution. Before he died he
wrote personal letter to the man
who should be president of the United
States at the time when his grandson
should reach a suita BILE age, asking
him to appoint the young man to a
cadetship at West Point. The letter
is now in Colonel Fred Grants possess
sion.
The state board of health has elect.
ed Dr. Taylor E. Raines, of Concordia,
president, and DR.. T. kirkpatrick, of
Wesphalia, secretary. The latter will
succeed DIR. 81. A. Dykes July l. The
contest for the secretaryship was
warm, the candidates, besides Dr.
Kirkpatrick, being G. w. Hollenbeak,
of Cimarron; j. L. Rouze, of McPher-
son; A. B. Wolverton. of Topeka; j. P.
Green, of Washington; Henry W.
Roby, Topeka, and j. w. Sterret, of
Jetmore. The board elected DIR. ]. L.
Gilbert, of Topeka, state chemist
The new executive committee is DR..
o. NJ. Smith, of Washington; Dr. T. E..
Raines, of Concordla, and Dr. NJ. B.
Ward, of Topeka. DR.. A. Clifford, of
Lawrence, and DR.. P D. st. John, of
Wichita, were named as delegates to
the next meeting of the public health
association.
Mrs. Mary Lease has again decided
to not retire from the State Board of
Charities. In 1894 Governor Level
ling got tired of her way of talking
reform" politics and issued an order
removing her from the board, at the
same time appointing a man to sue
ceed her. But Mrs. Lease objected, /,
and the objection was sustained by
the supreme court. 1t was held that
the Governor had no right to remove
her without an investigation. One
day last week Governor Morrill, ap-
pointed George A. Clark to succeed
Mrs. Lease on the board. The ap-
pointment was confirmed by the SEN
ate. The Governor figured that Mrs.
Leases term had expired. Mrs. Lease
claims that her term does not expire
till February, 1896. She says that she
was appointed for three year term.
The senate record, she says, shows
that she was appointed to succeed Col
onel Rhodes, who served full three
year term. Mrs. Lease held a confer
ence with her attorney, Eugene Hag-
an. and he took the case under advise
ment. Mrs. Lease says she bears no
i'll feeling toward Governor Morrill,,
but declares that If Hagan finds any
law to sustain her claim she will 90
into the courts and fight for her rights.
Judge Lucien Earle of Mcpherson,
questions the constitutionality of the
law abolishing six judicial districts.
Judge Earles district, Twenty-fifth, is
one of the districts abolished. It is
understood that he will make a test
case in the supreme court.
In speech at Canton, O., Senator
PETER predicted that the Populists
would be absorbed by a new anti
monopoly party.
The partly decomposed body of a
child was found Saturday under the
platform of the B. & M. depot at At
Gibson.
Bishop Thomas died at 9:25 o'clock
Saturday night at Salina. He was
much better during the day and his
friends entertained some hopes OF his
recovery. About o'clock he became