Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1895-09-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS
What Has Been Going on the
Past Week in Kansas.

Governor Morrill, will attend the
Garden City fair.
Asa Thompson, editor of the How
ard Courant, died Monday.
Chester 1. Long and wife expect to
start for the national capital about
the 25th.
The Kansas State Fair this year
will be held at Wichita, October 1, 2,
3, 4 and g.
A farmer in Mcpherson is holding
2,470 bushels of wheat, believing it
will be worth 81 bushel by Christ
mas.
A warrant was issued last Thursday
for the arrest of Mayor Hayward of
Salina, on charge Of official miscon-
duct.
Mcpherson defeated Wichita in two
games at Mcpherson Wednesday and
Thursday by score of II to 2 and Z
to 6.
John e. Frost, land commissioner
of the Santa Fe road, was elected
president of the National irrigation
congress.
Saline county democrats met in con-
vention but adjourned without nam
ing ticket, leaving it to the central
committee.
The foremost alfalfa county in Kan
sas is Finney with II 600 acres; next
is Butler with 1927 acres, and then
Mitchell with 1852 acres,
"SpeGce' Humphrey, a Union Pa
cifc conductor, son of Judge Humph-
rey of junction City, was killed by
the cars at Lawrence Monday.
At a game OF ball at Iuka, Pratt
of Frank Cefchum and struck jimmy
Simpson on the head, killing him in
stantly. Cetchum tried to commit
suicide.
Joseph c. Wilson OF Topeka, one
of the receivers of the Santa Fe road,
died suddenly last Wednesday of
heart failure In New York. He was
for years United States court reporter
and one Of the best known of Kansas
public men.
The Atchison, Stockton and Den
yer Railway company of Atchison
has filed articles of Incorporation
with a capital stock of 1000, 000
It is a Missouri Pacific scheme to
build the road from Stockton, Rocks
county, TO Denver.
The republicans of Rice county have
nominated the following ticket: For
clerk, Robert Findley; register of
deeds, 81. G. Doddridge; treasurer,
A r. Murray; sheriff, w. II. Hop
kins; surveyor, D. G. Wolfe; coroner,
l.. Ne. Summers; commissioner, Geo.
w. Snodgrass.
Chairman Breidenthal of the popu-
list state central committee now has
an absolutely clear title to his Office
as state bank commissioner. The
supreme court last week overruled the
motion made by Judge d. A. Valen-
tine. as attorney for G. s. Jobes, for a
new trial in the Jobes- Breidenthal
case.
The republicans of Barber county
have nominated the following ticket:
Sheriff. w. W. Standiford; treasurer
O. w. Horney; clerk, r. G. Davis;
register Of deeds. George G. Smith;
surveyor, D. A. Walton; coroner, J.
K. Osborne; commissioner, S. S.
Jones.
People in that section Of the state
are much worked up over the report
that a survey now being made of the
east line of Kansas throws Galena in
Missouri. It is said that the new sur
vey throws the state line about a
mile and halt this side of Galena
and puts the east half of Pittsburg in
Missouri.
Four worlds records were broken
last week at the New York Athletic
tournament, as follows: Half mile
run, Charles j. Fitzpatrick, LOS "a;
running high jump, NJ. F. Sweeney, 6
feet % inches, made out entirely after
he bad beaten his rivals at 6 feet;
900 yard dash, B j. Wefers. 21 3r5
seconds; 120 yard hurdle, Stephen
Chase, 10 2 5 seconds
It now develops that the Kansas
State Normal building, which was
blown down a week ago, was veri-
table death trap, and the only reason
hundreds of lives were not lost was
because the accident occurred on
Sunday afternoon. This is being de-
veloped as the repairs are being made
Six eight penny nails were the only
supports that were supposed to hold
the immense north gable brick work,
which was blown in and caused most
of the destruction.
1t is proposed to have the cream
cries throughout the state form an asr
ISOLATION, capitalized for a reasonable
sum, With headquarters at Kansas
City. The officers of the association