Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-11-08
Corporations in Default.
NO. 23.

ness in Kansas continue to disregard
the "Bush law" passed by the special
session of the legislature last winter,
and George A. Clark, secretary of state,
has issued warning circular to all de-
linquents as follows:
About 1900 corporations have failed to give
this evidence OF their standing or existence
They are either defunct or are indifferent to the
obligations and responsibilities placed upon
hem by recent legislation. The importance OF
making this report should not be overlooked
No corporation can maintain an action in court
DR. collect an account by law unless 1t has COM
piled with this provision Of the statutes Th@se
LOCO delinquent corporations are practically
outlawed at this time; they have no standing In
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. It 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 un-
balanced.
October Warm and Dry Month.
Chancellor f. ii. Snow, of the Uni
versity of Kansas, issued this weather
report for October:
The last month was unusually warm clear,
dry and windy. It's mean temperature was
age. and by more than q 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 def
cient. being two inches below the average.
Only three Octobers have had less rain.
Looking at the Practical Side.
When the Twentieth Kansas boys
passed through Emporia the citizens
Gen. Funston to make a
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 Il.
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 So, 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
sociation. Both men were well-to-d0
and highly respected.
What the Kansans Were Paid.
The Twentieth Kansas boys were
paid off at San Francisco in less than
three hours time, a striking commen-
tary on the efficiency of Uncle Sans
pay department. The average enlisted
man drew between S170 and $500, while
the officers averaged, besides the three
months pay drawn, travel pay rang
ing from $500 for second lieutenant,
to S97O for Col. Metcalf.
He Will 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 (Funston) had
looted Catholic churches in the Philip
pines and sent some of the relics to his
wife as souvenirs.
Convicted OF a 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
murdered for less than $50 in money
and a gold watch. They were sem
fenced to be hanged by Judge Williaw
Thomson.
Gas and OIL In Same Well.
Chanute struck gas and oil both in
her fifth well last week. There is a
ming 25 barrels 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 q
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 & Southern rail-
road, running from Hutchinson to
Ponca, Ok, has passed into the hands
of the Santa Fe. The road is 148 miles
long, is bonded for s., 600 a mile and
stock issued to the extent of $40, 900 per
mile.
Metcalf Made q General
The president has commissioned Col
Wilder s. Metcalf, Twentieth Kansas
volunteers, brigadier general by brevet
for gallant and meritorious services in
action at Guiguinto river, Luzon.
Closed Up the Anair.
The first building and loan associa-
tion 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