The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-10-31
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

bv . collision on the Union Pacific. near
Lawrence. the other day.
FRANK BOWERS. one of the proprietors
of the Douglas Avenus Hotel at Wich-
ita, committed suicide the other night
by shooting himself in the right breast.
diving within half an hour He left
letter. naming a young woman who had
refused him her hand in marriage, and
saying he had no desire to live
TWENTY coopers in the employ OF
Hauber Brothers at Lawrence, making
apple barrels, struck the other day for
an increase of enc cent per barrel
THE United States grand jury at
Leavenworth indicted Mrs Rou.zahn
and henson for the murder of Mrs.
Mettman, but discharged John Nett
man, the husband
AT bawdy house in Junction City the
other night quarrel occurred between
several soldiers belonging to troop 1 and
q, Seventh cavalry, and John Lewis. of
battery E. First artillery, Familiarity
known as Jack the Ripper" Lewis
was armed with dirk and stabbed Mes
ser Smith, of troop |, on the left side
from the rear in such a manner that he
died of internal hemorrhage in a few
minutes
BEFORE the adjournment of the Unit
ed States District Court at Leavenworth
an indictment was brought in by the
grand jury against Alfred Bigquest of
Fort Riley. Bigquest lived in tent
on the Riley reservation He was a
strangely morose man and in his tent
hung a motto which read: malice to-
ward all mankind" In the entrance to
tho tent he constructed a rifle trap.
John Autumn, a soldier, stepped into it
one day and received Euilet in his
right thigh, from which he bled to
death.
Oh the 21st Governor Humphrey sum-
marily removed the nowly-appolnted
police commissioners of Leavenworth
and appointed William Fairchild, p.
Magahey and Dr. A. l. Callahan as
their successors The decapitated board
had been in office just one week. Tho
change was made because of the action
of the board in removing City Marshal
Magahey and appointing Fred Willard.
secre tary of the Resubmission Club, to
that position. The new commissioners
are undoubted Prohibitionists
A1ToRNEY-GENERAL L Ii. KELLOGG
and County Attorney r. B. WEIGH, of
Shawnee County, have taken an appeal
to the United States Supreme Court in
the original package case recently de-
ded by Judges Eos ter and Philips.
An effort will be made to have the case
advanced on the docket in order that an
early decision may be had.
ANDREW MoFFATT was struck by
Missouri Pac fic train as he was driving
across the track at Kansas City, Kan.
the other day and died in q few hours.
THE English Lutheran Synod of Kan
sas held an interesting session at Sa-
lima recently. The report of the gen.
eFal secretary showed that the organ
ization in the United States and Canada
has 4,O92 ministers, 7,e4S churches and
@ 500, 900 baptised members. Under
jurisdiction of the Kansas Synod there
are 40 churches, S.O23 communicate
members, 3.s47 Sunday School scholars
and church property to the value of
1924, 05O.
G. w. FosTER, an inmate of the Sol
der Homo, fell from a high trestle over
the Rapid Transit railway near Leaven-
worth the other day and was killed.
THE Indian Office has decided to erect
number of new buildings Cor the In
dian school at Lawrence Haskell In
stitute is only a few years old, but its
growth has been very rapid and it is
now one of the most important schools
under tho Indian Bureau. The Com
missioner of Indian Affairs and the Sec
rotary OF the Interior have decided to
increase its capacity, and to that end a
number of new buildings will be erect
ed at once. The estimates agreed upon
provide for block of new industrial
shops to cost SO. 600; a store and ware
house. 81 900; an office building 81, 800;
n mess house, So, 500; three cottages,
81, 900 each, and two lavatories, 81, 600
each. The total cost OF improvements
will be S29. 900.
FULLY 10. 900 people were present at
the late reun on of the Southwestern
Soldiers Assoc alton at Arkansas City.
THE contract has been let for the dam
across the Kansas river at Topeka,
which is to furnish water and cleo trical
power to the city. 1t is estimated that
the dam and machinery Will cost 81, 900. =
900.
ANTON DEAIEL, an old Prussian who
lived on a farm, was recently arrested
at Atchison for beating his wife. He
gave bail and then commenced drink
ing, during which he took poison, and
died raving maniac. Ills wife, whom
he has beaten for over thirty years, will
probably g from the effects of the last
whipping There is little doubt but
that he intended to kill her. Demei
was exile from Prussia. where he
was in his youth a lawyer.
THE other Sunday the Methodists of
Wellington raised the amount necessary
to clear them of their ch urch debt ISL.
1909 in ono hour, and in consequence the
following evening built huge bonfire
in front of their handsome new church.
erected q platform in the street and had
general jolliication-
formerly sheriff of Lyon County. shot
and killed himself at Emporia He
went to the barn ostens bly, to shoot
rats. and whether the killing was acci-
dental or intent onai was not known.
The evening before he took out two life
policies for 50, 900 each, good Tor twenty
four hours, as he expected to go on a
brief business trip that morning
NEAR Wichita the other day a market
! gardener named John Funerlay was
hauling cuitivator by rope and pull
ley when the rope broke and the Guilt
vator fell on him, one shovel almost
completely passing through his neck
1t was some time before the victim was
found. His injuries were pronounced
| fatal.
THOMAS WARNER, n well-to-do colored
| citizen, was shot and killed at Horton
the other night He was standing in
| his own doorway when two men rode NJ
| in 4 buggy and one fired shot tina:
| lodged in his heart Tho murderer es-
| capped and there was no ciew as to his
identity.
CHAIRaIAN CHASE, of the Peoples
party. has addressed n letter to Governor
Hum phrey, asking him to call an extra