The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-14
TOOK THEIR SEATS
REPUBLICANS. RETIRE FOR THEIR
POPULIST SUCCESSORS.

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csI Family Gets TO the Pie Counter
( Sheriff Cone Institutes New Reforms
and Appoints Republicsn-Dr. Rose
Left Out in the Cold With q starvation
ofice-Ransom Brown is a Very Poor
Neighbor Unless the Courts Help Him
Out-Webb Gets a High once.
Il was presto change in the county
building yesterday.
At high noon promptly the new Of
ficers took their seats and the old Of
fcers retired.
The ceremony Of taking the seat" is
purely mythical and If one stays around
10 see it he is liable TO remain all day
day and then see the new officer take
his seat on the window sill or on the
counter.
Sheriff-elect Rufus Cone was present
as the clock struck II and receive the
sherif'S Office and jail from Ben Royse
Billy Meyer relieved Billy Smith as sec
rotary and prohibition shrieked when
the latter Billy fell. 1t is said, however,
that Billy Smith will be taken care Of
in remote way, but how is not yet de-
termined definitely upon. Henry Schad
Rufe Cone and then the latter said that
he viii congratulate Henry two years
hence in like manner. j. 7. Dorsey
succeeded William Hays as under
Sheriff and Joe Furnish succeeded w /.
Johnson as court bainff. Lee Cone
took charge of the jail and G. c. Kens-
Ter and Harry Sutton will be deputies
Mr.. Sutton is a Republican and the 9TH
er attaches Of the Office are Democrats
and POpulistS. DR.. Rose, the Populist
coroner, VIII not get a position with
the Sheriff
The first thing the new sheriff did was
TO put IN a safe OF his own and change
the furniture back TO the position he
left them in four years ago. He issued
an irOn-clad order TO the jailor not TO
permit any girls under IS years Of age
into the Jail, as visitors, unless they are
accompanied by their parents, guar
dams or friends who are we'll known
and honorable people. He also issued
an order against the introduction OF
liquors into the jail-except within a
person.
A. VI. Denney was the only Republi-
can installed. He took the office OF
county clerk at high noon and Mr.. Car
vim retired. Mr. Carvin held the place
for four years, was in the office eight
years. and left with tine highest regards
Of every man. BY his conduct OF the
office he earned the good wifi and re-
Spect OF every man and goes back into
unofficial life an honored citizen.
Mr.. Denny appointed as his deputy
John VI. Chain and as the second deputy
Frank Ford They held the same posi-
tons under Mr.. Carvin and Mr.. Denny
recognizing their merit and ability very
wisely retained them.
Genial, ever pleasant. courteous and
big hearted Judge Barrett grasped the
hand I. al a N
at high noon and rendered him the Of
fee, everything il contained and any
favor he could personally extend 20 him.
His POpuliSt successor accepted II and
thanked Judge Barrett. Fenton Clark
who was the efficient deputy for Judge
Barrett, then proceeded 10 initiate Mr..
Carnahan into the methods Of the Of
flee and in The meantime the new regis
ter placed box OF cigars on uhe coun-
ter and everybody smoked. Mr.. Carna-
han appointed as his deputy j. Z. Far
row and as his copyist Miss May Ayers,
daughter Of ex-District Clerk ". ".
Ayers.
Norris Lloyd. county treasurer-eiect.
VIII not take his office until October. but
he was in town and thought 1t would
not be bad idea to set up a box of
cigars.
-. a. Wilson succeeded Matt Bush as
commissioner and took his chair. AZ
ter this was done f. Webb was duly
elected president of the board and ne
received the honor mOdestly. No
changes were made by The commission
ers yesterday, but they will make a few
changes soon. Mr.. AppHng, the custO-
dian. and Mr.. Caval, the poor farm COM
missioner, VIII both retire. not because
of inefiiciency or anything Of that sort,
but because Of other reasons which the
gentlemen understood when they were
appointed two years ago.
Honest Mack" as Coroner McCol-
lister is called about the court house.
turned over his office and all its grue-
some relics to DIR. Rose, his successor.
Mack had the dresses and aprons OF
murdereSses, the knives and revolvers
and car pins that have done murder the
shirts and hats and shoes OF the muir
dered and hundreds OF other eTrfolems
OF fatality and crime in his office and
ne turned them all over TO Mr.. Rose and
retired. Mack vas a natural born cor
oner and good fellow. He became as
enthusiastic over a dead man as a paint
er over a piece OF fair landscape, q
hOrseman over a close finish or a news
paper man over a red hot item. Let
skeleton be discovered anywhere and
Mack would excavate for IL with all the
enthusiasm OF an archaeolOgiso search |
ing for the treasures Of ancient Rome |
II was almost pleasure 1Or a man 10 |
be murdered while Mack was coroner. |
he sat on the corpse with such grace !
and dignity. Dr. Rose had no cigars 10 |
set up and the poor old man is not 20 be |
blamed. There IS no money IN the office !
Of coroner unless there should be four or |
five riots six or seven cyclones. eight or |
ten explosions. OF a dozen lynchiRgs dur
ing his term Of Office. Heretofore 81 has |
been the custom for the sheriff 20 make |
the coroner a jury bailif or something |
70 keep the wolf and hysua from his |
door. but the custom was shelved THE |
year and DR.. Rose don't know but what |
some one VIII have 20 SIT on him during |
the next year and find that ne died from |
official starvation. II the doctor had an /
eve 20 business he would find that g |
would pay him 70 set up box q cigars /
Of the same brand that the other fellows /
did. Sudden death lurked IN every fold |
OF them.
Right across the hall IS another star
walton officer This j. now held By 4
Ransom Brown and & pays him the /
magnl fceut sum Of 81 per week accord |
ing 70 the order OF the county cOunInls-
s!0ners. As 4 cost him over 800 20 get 4
elected he viii make only - a week i
during his term q Office Mrs. Brown l
IS his deputy and she VIII demand s. 1
a week for her services. nus leaving /
Ransom g In the hole every Sunday /
morning He says, however. thai he viii 4
demand S24 per week and fght for II in /
the courts. M. Brown relieved NJ. \
Kessler. who made an honorable record 4
for hzmseif during tce two years he he'd 4
the Office Ar. Browns future was too
uncertain from Al Official STANDPOINT 4
and. IKE D.. Rose. Re did not fee Ike i
investing q fe7F weeks salary n cigars.
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