Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-08-25
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
The rwentieth's Latest Report.

The Twentieth's Latest Report
Adjt- Gen Fox, of the national guard.
received the report OF the operations
and condition of the Twentieth Kansas
regiment in the Philippines for June.
The report shows that there were 1. OSS
officers and men in the regiment. as
against LOGO for the previous month.
The loss is due largely to enlistments
in other regiments. There were, accord
ing to the report, 6SS men ready for
duty and 242 enlisted men on the sick
list. Following are those who have re-
enlisted in the United States volunteer
regiments forming in the Philippines:
Ted Montgomery, A; John J. johnson, 4;
charles A. Walters, a; William L. Dawson, c;
James A Lewis, E; John NJ. Craig, E: Newton
a Baker, E; John A CookiI. E; Albert W.
h1ndler, E; Joseph a. Miller, f; John A
Haustman, b; Clarence AniS, H; Frank Allen
b; Peter F. Fleming, H; William Cooper, x;
Elijah Simpson, h; Peter a. Griffin, L; Harry
NJ Parr, L; George A. Peters, L; Olaf Larson
NJ; Harry ProuSe, NJ.
The only death reported for the
month of j une is that of Fred L. Max
field, of company B. Charles 81. Zim-
norman, of company d. was discharged
on account of disabilities. Charles A.
Hammond, of company f, was dis
charged for sentence. David NJ. Horl1-
man, of company III, was discharged
for disabilities. Harry L. Neidert. of
company L. was dishonorably dis
charged.
Honors for Kansas Volunteers.
In accordance with a request from
Secretary of War Root, Gov. Stanley
recommends eight officers of the four
Kans regiments organized during the
SnoT,iS6 -,
United States volunteer regiments to
be sent to the Philippines, as follows:
From the Twentieth Kansas-Capt. William
]. Watson, Of Pittsburg; Lieut. Burton ].
Mitchell, of lola
From the Twenty-frst Kansas-Capt. Vernon
L. Everett, of Wichita; Lieut.. Howard NJ.
koontz, of Garden City.
From the Twenty KansaS-Capt.
Clyde B. Parker, of Oberlin; Sergt Robert B.
Mitchell. of Florence.
From the Twenty-third KanSaS-Capt. Sher-
man a. Harvey. of Lawrence; Capt William NJ.
Hawkins. of Topeka
More Soldiers Promoted.
Gov. Stanley has issued commissions
for the following officers of the
Twentieth Kansas on recommendation
of Col. Metcalf:
Charles B. Walker, Kansas City, lieutenant
and adjutant, to be captain, vice F. E. Buchan;
J. r. Whisner, Kansas City, first lieutenant; B.
z. Northrup. Kansas City, second lieutenant;
Clad Hamilton, to be captain vice Glasgow, dis
charged; E. Guy Simpson, Beloit, to be first
lieutenant; Charles L. Sampson, Salina, second
lieutenant; a. H. Conley, Fort Scott, first lieu
tenant, vice Agnew, discharged; Philip Fox,
Manhattan, second heutenantI o. Il. Burton,
Fort Scott, first lieutenant, vice Green, dis
charged; Charles P. Barshfield, Kansas City
second lieutenant
Reformatory Boys Paro1ed.
The board of managers of the Hutch
inson reformatory made the following
paroles last week:
Fred McGruder, of Wyandotte county; Archie
Malloy of Atchison county; Otto BuShier, of
Sumner county; Frank Rogers, of Bourbon
county; Herman Rowhuf, of Clay county; Al
bert a. Dervade, of Clay county; Charles Dykes,
of Cloud county; Henry Weston, of Woodson,
county; s. V. Whitlock, of Marion county;
James Williams, of Cherokee county; Henry
Evans, of Miami county; L Goodwin, of Wash
ington county; Charles HetZel, of Edwards
county: Fred Kerns. OF Marion county; Lorenzo
r. Lewis, of Pawnee county.
VIII Be Exhibited at Paris.
An agent of the government has ar
ranged with the Kansas City, Fort
| Scott & Memphis railway to make up
part of the forestry exhibit of the
United States at Paris of features from
the two tree plantations near Farling-
ton, Crawford county. The plantations
of $40 and 500 acres near Farlingt ton are
the largest in the western country and
| were started with the idea of demon
strating to the many farmers coming
to Kansas that the praries were good
for growing trees.
Walker May Be Innocent.
Great excitement was created at Ar
gentine when George Walker, negro,
| who is alleged to have assaulted Miss
Perkins, was captured and brought to
| that city. A mob gathered and would
have hanged the negro had not the
sheriff secreted him. Now comes Ed
Cohn, a Leavenworth commission man.
| and certifies that Walker was working
| for him in Leavenworth the day the
alleged assault took place.
Must Be Turned into the Treasury.
Gov. Stanley has instructed Insur-
ance Superintendent Church to compel
his two examiners to turn in all money
| collected as fees for examining insur-
ance companies. The money collected
as fees from the companies for exam
| nations will be turned into the state
| treasury after this and the examiners
! will be paid out of the contingent fund
| Stalking Land at Fort Hays.
| There was much excitement be
cause, in spite of orders from Washing
ton, 1000 acres of land on the Fort Hays
military reservation has been staked
for homesteads- The land office re-
| fuses to file the claims.
Biggest MIL in the State
| A new addition to the McGrew Mill
| ing company's plant at Cofeyville
makes one solid building S04 feet long,