Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-06-23
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Republican State League Meeting.


Republican State League Meeting.
The Republican State league met in
at Topeka and was called
20 order by President Ed Madison.
Rev. III. ID. Fisher opened the conven-
ion with prayer, and then President
Madison delivered the annual address,
which was received with enthusiastic
applause. After the appointment of
committees the election for officers
took place, and resulted as follows:
President, E. E. Caldwell, of Lawrence:
James Larimer, of Topeka;
treasurer, w. Fl. Frost. of Fort Scott.
Delegates were elected to represent
the state at the national league meet
ing to be held at Detroit, Mich, il
July.
stock Yards Inquiry Over.
The stock yards inquiry, held at
City, Mo-, so far as the taking
Of oral testimony is concerned, has
ended. and the lawyers
have gone home, but Judge Martins
question, did you pay anything to
councilmen or members of the city
government in furtherance of your eff
forts to have streets vacated?" is still
There is a probability
that the court will meet at some fu-
ture time and hear a cross examina-
ton of Col. Morse on the subject, but
it is only probability.
National Soldiers Home Managers.
The board of national soldiers home
managers held business meeting
"a
Gov. Smiths residence by dynamite
bomb was under consideration, and
the board decided to have the residence
rebuilt at once and to discharge any
veterans from the home who had the
slightest connection with the crime.
The board decided not to change the
order transferring Gov. Smith to the
Pacific home. and he will leave July 1
If Mrs. Smiths health viii permit.
Judge Fitzgerald Dead.
Judge James w. Fitzgerald, of st.
Mary's, died recently from the effects
of cold contracted by him during the
campaign last year while making
speeches for free silver. Mr.. Fitzger-
aid was about so years of age, and was
said to be one of the best posted men
in parliamentary law in America.
Years ago he became somewhat distin-
guished by his fight on lawlessness in
the city of Cincinnati, while he was
police judge of that city. He had lived
IN Kansas about eight years
Poll Tax Law Attacked.
The validity of the state law anthor-
izing the collection of poll tax in cities
of the first class has been attacked by
County Attorney Sheppard at Fort
Scott, who has been employed to fight
its collection in Fort Scott. Mr.. Shep-
pard contends that the law of 1893;
pretending to repeal the poll tax law
so far as it affected cities of over 90, 900
people, practically repealed the whole
law.
Mysterious Cattle Disease.
Taylor Riddle, secretary of the state
live stock sanitary board, has investi-
gated the mysterious disease which is
raging among the cattle of Saline
county, and he says it is neither Texas
fever nor blackleg, as was at first
feared. A great number of cattle have
died from the disease, which was in
troduced into the county by animals
from Texas.
Potato Crop Damaged.
Many farmers in the vicinity of Law
renee complain of their potato vines
withering and dying. An unusual
acreage of potatoes has been put in be-
tween Lawrence and Kansas City on
both sides of the river and the new
trouble may prove serious. A bug and
dry weather are the causes of the dam
age. The insect is the potato stalk
weevil.
Southwestern Firemen's Association.
At the close of the Southwestern
Firemen's association held at Joplin,
Mo-, w. f. Griffith, of Joplin, Mo-, was
elected president, j. j. Little, of Fort
Smith, Ark, vice president; Hall Por-
ter. of Carthage, Mo-, secretary-treas-
ury; w. H. Holmes, of Pittsburg, Kan,
inspector-general. The next annual
meeting will be held at Pittsburg.
Insurance Companies Coming to Time.
The big eastern fire insurance com
panies are changing their charters to
conform to the ruling of Superintend-
ent of Insurance McNall in regard to
tornado insurance. McNall ruled re
Gently that no foreign insurance com.
pany. whose charter did not specially
authorize it, could write foreign bust,
ness in Kansas.
Venerable Minister Passes Away.
Rev. John L. Hawkins, said to be
the oldest Presbyterian minister and
college graduate, died at the home OF
his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Osbun, near
Fort Scott, at the age of 81 years. He
was born at Chambersburg, Pa, Au-
gust 4, 1900, and graduated from Wash.
ington college in 1918.
Minor State News.
Gov. Leedy will be the principal
speaker at Florence on. July 4.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease is to be
the Fourth of July orator at Hamilton,
Mo.
The First national bank of West
moreland has gone into voluntary
liquidation
DIR. Pitcher says Busy, the man who
stole two Augusta girls and is now
under penitentiary sentence, is insane.
Mrs Nellie Sawyer Kedzie, professor
of household economy and hygiene in
the Kansas agricultural college at
Manhattan, has been elected to SINH
lar chair in the Bradley Polytechnic