Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-04-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Found Unconscfous.

Found Unconscious.
A young man was recently found
lying alongside the Santa Fe tracks
near Elmdale in an unconscious condi-
ton and badly injured, having evil
IDENTIFY fallen from the train. He was
taken to Kansas City. Papers found
upon him would indicate that his name
was Marshall C. Short, of Savannah,
Ga A ticket from San Francisco to
Savannah and a letter indicating he
was going to Alabama to claim his
share of an estate were also found
To BE Investigated.
The governor recently received
telegram from D. E. Salmon, chief OF
the animal bureau of the agricultural
department at Washington, informing
him that DIR. Derive, of the department,
had been ordered to Kansas to investi-
gate the disease supposed to be pleuro-
pneumonia, which affects a herd of
cattle in Geary county. Chief Salmon
says he cannot understand how pleuro-
pneumonia could appear in Kansas
G. a. r. Encampment.
Department Commander Harris, OF
the Kansas G. A. r., who recently
went to Louisville, KY, to secure head
quarters for the Kansas department.
and delegation at the national en-
campment, has returned and an
nounces that very satisfactory arrange
mentS were made for excellent ac-
commodations at very reasonable rates
An Invalid Vyoman's Sad Fate.
Mrs Mary A. Brown, an invalid IS
years of age, was recently burned to
death at Ackerland, Leavenworth coun-
ty. She had been left alone for a short
time in an invalid chair near the fire,
when spark flew out and ignited her
clothing. Her screams brought her
son to the rescue, but he could not save
her.
Strikes ssOmciaI' Publishers.
1t is stated that an old law has been
unearthed in the Office of the secretary
of state which fixes the rate for pub
fishing official papers, laws, etc, at
fifty cents for the first insertion and
twenty-five cents for each subsequent
insertion. The state has been paying
just double that price.
The Rogers Investigation.
Senators Willcoxson, republican. and
Cook, populist, and Representatives
Moore and Warner, republicans, and
Pancake, populist. have been appointed
a committee to investigate the charges
against Senator Rogers, a member OF
the board of regents of the state uni
versity.
Snider Resigns.
S. 81. Snider, state superintendent of
insurance, has resigned, because, he
says, his political views do not har-
monte with those of the present adj
miniStration. His term would have ex-
pired July L. Ex-Gov. Anthony had
been appointed and confirmed his sue
ceSSor.
A Smooth swIndIer.
A smooth swind1er recently put in his
appearance near Circleville, Jackson
county, where he purchased a number
of horses and paid for them with bogus
checks on a Kansas City bank. He
purchased eight horses, sold them and
got away before the discovery was
made.
Lynching Bee NIppsd.
Two white men were recently j~iled
at Wichita for abusing a colored wom-
an, and one night a mob of co1ored
men were reported to the officers as in
tending to storm the Jail and kill the
brutal assailants, but the activity of
the officials nipped the project in the
bud.
Could Not Resist Liquor.
John II. Wild, foreman of the Santa
Fe freight depot at Atchison, took
laudanum with suicidal intent the
other night and died next morning.
Dependency as the result of not being
able to stop drinking was thought to
have been the cause.
Dead on His VVife's Grave.
The body OF Capt. ]. E Dodge was
found at his wife's grave in lonely
cemetery miles west of Lawrence the
other day, with a bullet through the
heart. A letter clearly showed that he
had committed suicide.
To Discipline the Deputy Warden.
Gov. Morrill, has called the peniten-
tiary directors to look after the case of
Deputy Warden NJ. II. Markham, who
declined to take charge of the prison
in the absence of Warden Chase, sus-
pended.
Minor State News.
Six prisoners recently escaped FROM
iai1 ut WinHal6