Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-09-15
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
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A Topeka dispatch to the Kansas
CITY Star on the 7th said:
The auditor of state issued a warrant to-day
for S420 the contingent fund of the state SUI
perintendent of insurance to pay h T. Battey
for examining the Kansas Mutual Lie insur-
ance company. This amount was collected OF
the insurance company by Battey when he
made the examination. Gov Stanley v1gor-
ously denounced this method In the campaign
of 1898, and when he heard OF Battey's collec-
ton commanded that the money be turned into
the state treasury. Battey and Superintendent
Church protested. but finally Gov. Stanley gave
consent for the money to be paid out OF the su-
perintendent's contingent fund and so it was put
into the treasury in one form and taken out in
another This bit of fiction causes amused COM
ment in the statehouSe, but it satisfies the gov
ernor'S conscience and Auditor Cole says it will
be the last road agent act of the present adj
ministration. The politicians say that the SUI
perintendent may still order examinations upon
condition that the examiners wait for the legis-
lature to pay them, but that would be none the
less ''road agent" methods, and Stanley will
permit more of it, openly or disguised.
Says There VIII Be No Junket.
A great many politicians have re-
quested permission to join Gov. Stan
ley's party 70 San Francisco to welcome
the Twentieth Kansas boys home. Gov.
Stanley says anybody can go who has
the money to buy a railroad ticket, and
adds: 1.-The state will transport her war
heroes home from the coast in first
class style. But the expenditure of
public funds for this occasion will be
confined to the entertainment of the
troops. l shall pay my own expenses
TO San Francisco, and those who desire
to meet the Twentieth Kansas in that
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Robbed a Farmer of 2,1OO.
Robert June, a cattleman living near
the Marion county line, eight miles
south of Hope, was held up at his home
the other night and robbed of So, 100.
He had sold his years product of cattle
and took the money home with him.
The robbers evidently followed him,
and came to the house about ten o'clock
in the evening. They covered June
with shotguns and ordered him to pro-
duce the money, which at last he did.
His family was also covered, and dared
not give him assistance.
Are Proud or Their State.
A meeting of former citizens of Kan
sas in Chicago was held recently and
permanent organization, known as the
Kansas Association of Chicago, was
formed. The officers of the new asso-
citation are: George E. Peck, president;
l.. ID. Skinner, secretary; w. E. Brown.
treasurer. There are about 800 for
mer citizens of Kansas in Chicago, and
they are counting on giving Gov. Stan
ley rousing welcome when he goes
to Chicago next month to attend the
trust conference.
Delegates to Farmers Congress.
Gov. Stanley appointed the following
delegates to the farmers national con-
gress, which meets at Boston, October
to 6.
At large-Ex-Gov. George w Click, Atchi-
son; F. D. Coburn, Topeka; First congressional
district, John Howerton, Rossville; Second, W.
E. Barnes, Vinland Third, A. c. ForSythe, Lib
Thomas Anderson, Salina Sixth, George ALA
man, Wallace; Seventh, S. T. Denner, Newton.
Honor for a Kansan.
The secretary of the navy has desig-
mated III. NJ. Gleason, of Kansas, gradu-
ate with this years class at the United
States naval academy, for a course of
military architecture at the University
of Glasgow. Mr.. Gleason was appointed
n cadet by Representative Curtis, and
he was teaching school in a Kansas
town at the time of his appointment.
One of the Finest.
The new Montgomery county high
school at independence, provided for
by a special act of the legislature, was
formally opened to the public on the
I'd. One thousand visitors were pres
ent The building cost $50, 600, and is
pronounced one of the finest school
buildings in the state.
CIoudburst Near Hoxie.
cloudburst occurred in the west
part of Sheridan county the other
night. The water was - inches deep
on the prairie. A party of travellers
going through the country in a wagon
were struck by lightning. Two were
lxilfed-one on the seat and the one in
the rear.
Adyentists at Wichita.
The Kansas conference of Seventh
Day Adventists began ten-days' ses-
sion at Riverside park, Wichita There
were $50 campers tents spread, beside
three big gospel tents, where sermons
were preached and services held in the
English, German and Scandinavian
languages.
VIII Engage In Newspaper Work.
Ex-Secretary of State w. E. Bush
has bought of Joseph Burton the Fort
Scott Lantern, a weekly populist pa
per. Mr.. Bush will assume control in
a short time and will make the paper a
fusion populist organ. Mr.. Bush was
secretary of state under Gov. Leedy.
High Honors for Guy Mabie.
Guy Mabie, of Eldorado, received
word from the chancellor of the Uni
verSity of New York that he had DaSSefi
the highest examination of all the
young men examined in five western
states and receives Miss He len Gould S
free four-year scho larship in the uni
versity.
Pretty Big Pay Roll.
For August work the pay roll of the