Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-02-01
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
To Protect the Insured.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
To Protect the Insured.
The senate committee on insurance
has recommended for passage two i'm
portant bills. One is bill by Sena-
tor Allen, requiring every company
| which issues policies to deposit with
the state treasurer bond in the sum
of $4,000 to insure the prompt pay
ment of losses. The other is bill
by Senator Fulton, providing 'That
whenever the application for a policy
of life insurance or beneficiary GER
tificate contains clause of warranty
of the truth of the answers therein
contained no untrue statement made
in good faith by the applicant shall
effect a forfeiture or be a ground of
defense in any suit brought upon the
policy, unless such misrepresentation
relates to some matter material to
the risk
Honors to Shawnee County Veterans.
Sixty young men of Shawnee coun-
ty, formerly members of the Twen-
tieth Kansas regiment, were given
each bronze medal the other night
by the G.. A. R. The presentation of
the medals and the speeches were as
spectacular as they could be made.
Chief Justice Doster, of the Kansas
supreme court, presided. Speeches
were made by Chief Justice Doster,
Gov Stanley, w. w. Martin, Col. e. C.
Little and by Maj. William Warner,
of Kansas City.
Barker Favors a Commission.
Speaker Barker, of the house, is
opposed to any legislation on the
question of assessment and taxation
at this session. He says it is only
folly for the members to think of at
tempting to revise the assessment and
taxation laws during this session. He
believes commission should be APP
pointed to make revision and report
to the legislature two years hence.
Grand Jury Law to Stand.
The present grand jury law will
not be changed by this legislature.
Several bills have been introduced to
amend the law and one or two were
put in to repeal it entirely, but the
judiciary committee of the senate,
after considering the matter
thoroughly decided that the present
law was all right and it has killed all
bills to repeal or amend it.
Sad Case of Miss Herring.
The Horton Headlight recounts the
sad case of Miss Mary Herring, of
| Willis, who suddenly became insane
under the stress of religious excite
ment. Clad only in her undercloth-
| ing she dashed into the church and
| standing before the pulpit and wav-
ing the people away, she shouted:
''Get out of here, you people, Jesus
Christ is coming!"
| Awful Crime of q Kansas Indian.
| An old Indian woman and an In
dian girl, the latter the wife of Jack
| son Speers, a Pottawatomie Indian,
were found dead in cabin on the
reservation in Jackson county.
Speers was arrested at ST: Joseph, Mo.
| Three Famous Mothers Dead.
The obituary notices of Mrs. Mary
NJ. Tracy, of Atchison county;
Mrs. S. J. Rose, of Jackson county,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Archer, of Brown
| county, note that each of these women
was the mother of 13 children.
Alarming Prevalence of Disease.
|
ing to an alarming extent in the min
| ing regions in the southeastern part
of the state. Some of the schools OF
| Pittsburg were closed on account OF
smallpox.
Kansan Shot His Brother.
In quarrel over a division OF
| property Charles Leach, IL miles west
of Holton, shot and seriously wound
ed his brother, Mark. Fearing a mob
Charles went to Holton and surren-
dered to the officers.
/ Want q New Bridge.
| Citizens of Linwood want an en-
abling act to allow Leavenworth coun-
ty to help build a bridge across the
Kaw river at Linwood. johnson coun-
ty, across the river, is to pay more
than half the cost.
i w. C. r. q. Does Not Approve.
Mrs. Hutchinson, state president OF
the Woman's Christian Temperance
union, says that the organization
ployed by Mrs. Carrie Nation, the sa,
loon wrecker.
Sheldon's Gift to a Hospital.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon will use
$500 of his share of the profits OF
the Sheldon edition of the Topeka
Capital for the construction OF ar
addition to Christ hospital in Topeka
Il Store Windows Blown Out.
i G. n. Cooks store safe at Mahaska
! was blown open with dynamite by
burglars, the store windows being