Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1896-03-26
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Kansas Pensions.


Pensions. were lately granted to the
following veterans: Monroe Brown,
Pleasanton; Daniel Plum. Walnut; Byron
o. Witter, National Military Home; Will
liam Devolid, St Marys; Camm 7. Sam
ders, Marion; Isaac n. Strohn, Lam
sing. Increase. Erastus II. Emmons,
Washington; John McHaley, Dexter;
Patrick w. Gilligan, National Miih-
tary Home; Andrew ]. Sullivan, Cohey-
vile; Pleasanton p. Ellis Uniontown-
Original widows, etc, Mary Nj. Triggss
Topeka; minor of Isaac Surroughs,
Shaw and Erie; Mary NJ. Marsh, Rus
sell; Eliza Thompson, Leavenworth;
minors of Edward Evans, Concordia;
Maria Craig, Lawrence; Josephine L.
Henry. Upton; Irene Sipple. Chautau-
qua; Sarah E Holler, Manhattan. Re-
newal and increase. Barchal Y. Moss,
Arcadia Reissue and increase, Chris
topher c. Lyon. Lincoln.
VIII Be Pardoned
1t is asserted as certain that Ander.
son Gray, Of hypnotic fame, now serv-
ing life sentence in the penitentiary
for murder. will be pardoned by the
governor. Petitions are pouring into
the executive Office asking for the par.
don. Gray is charged with completely
in the murder OF David Patton at Con-
way Springs two years ago. He was
charged with having exerted the power
of hypnotic suggestions over Tom Nc
Donald, thus causing the latter to kill
Patton. Mcdonald confessed to the
murder and gained his liberty by tes-
tifying that Gray had hypnotized him
and then influenced him to do the
deed. Mcdonald has made an affidavit
that ho Sxuora fal OF tho trial
Cattle Line.
The state board of live stock sani-
tary commissioners met recently at To-
peka for the purpose of changing its
recently-issued rules for 1896 to con-
form with the changes made by Secre-
tary Morton, who has replaced the line
to its position of year ago, letting in
cattle from northwestern Texas and
northwestern Oklahoma The new
rules of the Kansas board will be the
same as the national rules, excepting
that the Kansas board bars all OF Ar
kansas and Kingfsher county, Ok,
and Garden and Lowell townships o5
Cherokee county, Kan.
Singular Death.
Dr.. B. J. Perrine, of Vinland, Doug
las county, died the other day from
blood poisoning caused by his being
bitten by child suffering from diph-
iberia DIR. Perrine was treating the
child and he had occasion to put his
finger in its mouth. when it bit him.
Blood poisoning set in, and he died.
The little one had malignant form OF
the disease, but recovered.
a wife's Confession
On the night of February IS Charles
Rodman, Harper county farmer, was
murdered in his barn by unknown par
ties Later William Maddox. one of
the best known citizens. man named
Clark and Mrs Rodman were arrested
for the crime. Mrs Rodman confessed
that through Maddox she had paid
Clark $50 to kill her husband because
he had ill-treated her.
Postmaster Suicides
Frank Mapes, postmaster at Kansas
City, Kan. committed suicide by shoot
ing himself at his home in that city ON
the 18th. Inspectors had been going
over his accounts and he was short
about IS. OO0 For a year past, it was
said. he had been drinking and living
beyond his income.
Methodist Delegates.
The Kansas NJ. E conference elected
the following delegates to the general
conference at Cleveland: Rev. A. s.
Embree, OF Topeka; Rev. w. II. Under
wood, Clay Center; Rev. ]. A. Molter,
Baldwin; Hon J. NJ. Miller, Council
Grove, and w. P. Fryhoffer. Randolph.
Young Burglar Killed
George A Rosin, 10 years old, was
shot and killed by Ernest Wilson while
attempting to break into grocery
store at Pittsburg the other night
Wilson was sleeping in the store and
shot the young thief while in the act.
Minor State News
The governor has issued a proclama-
ton designating April Is as Arbor day.
Frank Novels, the negro who was
charged with the murder of Mrs Mat
son, a wealthy woman of Topeka, was
found guilty of murder in the second
degree at the late trial in that city.
William Mattox and Charles Clark
were recently arrested at Anthony
charged with the murder of Charles
ROdman n wear aCo MattON a