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KANSAS STATE NEWS. Hiram Hamblin, one of the early pioneers, died at Leavenworth on the 27th of December at theage of 82 years. At midnight on December 31 the Santa Fe railroad passed out of the hands of the receivers and the new or. ganization took charge. Baneroft's tabernacle at Kansas City, Kan., was destroyed by fire at an early hour on the morning of the 3d. The loss was $12,000; insurance, $7,000. Clint Osborn, who was convicted at Lawrence of the killing of Attorney Charles Hamblin, of Holton. was sentenced to 21 years in the penitentiary. It is stated that the National Brewers' association, which meets in Chicago January 17, will prepare for a resubmission campaign in Kansas next fall. John Jordan and James Key, strangers who were under arrest under suspicion of being highwaymen, escaped from the jail at Fort Scott the other day. Associate Justice Brewer, of the supreme court and of Kansas, has been tendered a place as one of the Venezuela commission by the president and has accepted. Bank Commissioner Breidenthal has issued a call for a report from the state and private banks showing the condition of their affairs at the close of business December 24. The state accountant in his report lately filed with the governor, brings ex-State Oil Inspector Taylor in debt to the state $1,000. The governor has turned the matter over to the attorneygeneral. By a recent decision of the courts cities of the first class are entitled to all the interest and penalties upon delinquent taxes, when collected. Heretofore such interest and penaltieshave been paid to the county. Upon the final passage of the bond bill through the house the Kansas delegation divided. Messrs. Blue and Calderhead voted for the bill and Messrs. Baker, Broderick, Curtis, Kirkpatrick, Long and Miller voted against it. Two young women printers of Wellington, Misses Daisy Allen and Lulu Jenkins, signalized the commencement of a new year by issuing the first number of the Daily Postal Card, a newsy little evening paper, of which they are publishers and proprietors. Mrs. Mary Grinter drank carbolic acid at Kansas City, Kan., on New Year's day with suicidal intent and was probably successful. Her husband was in bed at the time with a broken leg and she was unable to work, which perhaps caused the deed. She had three small children. T. T. Hoffman, clerk of the district court of Wyandotte county, is reported to be short in his accounts in the sum of $5,000. His bondsmen have taken charge of the office, which they will run with Hoffman as nominal clerk, until the shortage is made good, which is the result of mismanagement. The Peoria Railway Co., of Galena, has been chartered for the purpose of constructing a standard gauge railroad from a point near Galena to a point near Chetopa. The distance is about 45 miles through Cherokee county, Kan.: Jasper county, Mo., and the Peoria reservation in the Indian territory. J. M. Robbins, president, and N. F. Hess, cashier. of the State bank of Everest, which failed some time ago, were arrested the other day on a charge of receiving deposits when the bank was known to be in a failing condition. The bank has been reorganized and opened for business. All depositors are to be paid in sull. Upon complaint of Mrs. Mary Brown proceedings were recently commenced in the Shawnee county district court for the disbarment of Attorneys A. H. Case and G. W. Carey. Mrs. Brown alleges that as her attorneys Case & Carey collected $1,900 which they neglected to pay over to her. The lawyers deny the charge and will fight the prosecution to a finish. The attorney-general recently gave an opinion that the governor has a right to grant pardons upon conditions. The question came up over the custom established by the governor of pardoning joint keepers upon condition that they leave the state. The prohibitionists protested upon the ground that such action is illegal. The governor referred the matter to the attorneygeneral, with the result stated. The most destructive fire known in City,
