Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-11-10

making this report should not be overlooked
No corporation can maintain an action in court
or collect an account by law unless it has rom-
piled with this provision OF the statutes. tn "a
4.00J delinquent corporations are practically
outlawed at this time: they have no standing Ia
any court Of this state.
The Story Was Malicious.
A few days ago Martin Mangan, q
wealthy farmer near Independence,
was reported to have died from taking
carbolic acid by mistake instead of
whisky. 1t has been learned that this
story was invented by Mangan's hired
man, who has since disappeared. In
vestigation showed that Mangan had
been thrown from his wagon and two
OF the wheels ran over his body, kill
ing him. Mrs. Mangan worried over
the affair until her mind became IN.
balanced.
October n Warm and Dry Month.
Chancellor +. Ii. Snow, of the Uni
versity of Kansas, issued this weather
report for October:
The last month was unusually warm clear
dry and windy Its mean temperature was
nearly eight degrees above the October aver
age, and by more than a degree the highest
mean temperature for October on our 81 years
record. There Was no killing frost during the
month. The mean cloudinesS was much below
the average. only one October having had
clearer skies. The rainfall was greatly deti-
cient, beng two inches below the average.
Only three Octobers have had less rain.
Looking the Practical Side.
When the Twentieth Kansas bows
passed through Emporia the citizens
persuaded Gen. Funston to make
speech. Among other things he said
he hoped the people of Kansas in their
welcome to the men would not forget
to give them employment. In the
honor and work they have rendered
the state they should not now, that
they are private citizens, have to go to
other countries or states to secure
work.
Two Merchants In Trouble.
Daniel A. Dabney and Charles T.
Wheeler, partners in the mercantile
business at Tyro, Montgomery county,
are under arrest, charged with burning
their store last May. The building and
stock was insured for 50, $50, and the
insurance companies had paid in full.
The arrest is said to be the result of in
vestigation by the Anti-Horse Thief as
ISOLATION. Both men were well-to-da
and highly respected.
What the Kansans Were Paid.
The Twentieth Kansas boys were
paid off at San Francisco in less than
three hours time. striking common
tary on the efficiency Of Uncle Sans
pay department. The average enlisted
man drew between $i7O and $500, while
the officers averaged, besides the three
months pay drawn, travel pay rang
ing from $500 for second lieutenant,
to $97O for Col. Metcalf.
He VIII Sue the Newspaper.
Gen. Funston said he had not in
structed his attorneys to sue Arch
bishop ireland for libel. but that he
had instructed damage suits to be
brought against the newspaper, Moni-
tor. of San Francisco, for publishing
the statement that he (Funstou) had
looted Catholic churches in the Philip
pines and sent some of the relics to his
wife as souvenirs
Convicted OF wanton Crime.
At Alma, James Render and Richard
Williams, two negroes, were convicted
of the killing, at Mcfarland last June,
OF Harry Landy, of Creighton. Mo-,
and Calvin Burger, Of Kansas City, Mo.
The victims were white boys and were
and gold watch. They were sem
fenced to be hanged by Judge William
Thomson.
Gas and OIL In Same Well.
Chanute struck gas and oil both in
her fifth well last week. There is
strong flow of gas and the oil is run
ming % barrels a day. Chanute has
had exceptional luck with her pros
pecting. Gas was struck in the five
wells drilled and oil in the sixth. some
thing that never before happened in
the state.
Mail Soaked with Water.
Adit. Gen. Fox last week received a
large consignment of mail belonging
to the Twentieth Kansas boys. which
was thought to have been lost in the
wreck OF the transport Morgan City off
the Japan coast. The mail was all
water-soaked. but it was turned over
to the volunteers upon their return to
Topeka
Now Controlled by the Santa Fe.
The Hutchinson s. Southern rail-
road, running from Hutchinson to
Ponca, Ok, has passed into the hands
of the Santa Fe. The road is 14s miles
long, is bonded for S., 900 a mile and
stock issued to the extent of $50, 600 per
mile.
Metcalf Made q General
The president has commissioned Col.
Wilder 8. Metcalf. Twentieth Kansas
volunteers. brigadier general by brevet
for gallant and meritorious services IN
action at Guiguinto river, Luzon
Closed Up the Affair.
The first building and loan associa-
ton to be closed up by Bank Commits
sioner Breidenthal under the new law
was the Mid-Continent Cooperative
Loan association. of Coffeyville. The
bank commissioner found that the as
ISOLATION was paying one-third OF its