The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-12-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

farming implements on c z. Hnrtman's
Green Park stock farm. near WASH
ingten- The origin of the fire is IN
known Loss, 81, O0Os insurance. 81, 200
Amour 10 O'clock the other night
Roger Dick, aged il. son of James I.
Dick. treasurer of Ellsworth County,
was acciden tally killed by the discharge
of gun in the hands of his companion.
at whose house they had stopped, whom
returning from hunting.
THE Governor has pardoned John
Brophy, sent to the peniten tfarv from
Wyandotte County in 1855 for ten years
for highway robbery. BroPhY was only
IS years old when sentenced and the
evidence showed that while he was
technically guilty, his greatest crimo
was being caught in bad company, and
he got into the trouble while spreeiag
with his associates
A CHATTER was recently filed with
the Secretary OF State for the Omaha.
Kansas Central & Gal weston Railroad
Company, organized to construct and
maintain a railroad of standard gauge
and a telegraph line from Omaha
through Kansas to Galveston. The
counties in Kansas through which the
road is Intended to run are Republic,
Jewell, Smith, Cloud, Mitchell, Osborn,
Ottawa, Lincoln, Russell, Saline, Els
worth, Barton, Mcpherson, Rice, Har-
vey, Reno, Stafford, Sedgwick, King
man, Pratt, Sumner, Harper and Bar
Der. The estimated length of the road
is 300 miles.
PATENTS lately issued to Kansas in
ventors; Cultivator, Samuel Brooks,
Mackville; surface cultivator and pull
verizer. Charles c. Crumb, Burlington;
shears for dehorning animals, James d.
Green, Arcad a; meat tenderer Samuel
C. Hunter, Hiawatha; mail ind Ca tor
and advertising board, Thomas b. Pea
Knox & Rynerson, Topeka
TIE officers of the Kansas State Fed
Grafton of Labor have issued a call for
State convention, to be held February
10 in Topeka, during the session of the
Legislature, for the special purpose of
acquain ting the Legislature with the
objects of the State Federation, and to
secure legislative action on measures
urged by labor men.
THE other morning George Weston,
an Atehison express driver. beat his
wife's brains out with Ratchet and
then gave himself up to the sheriff.
Weston is 55 years old He came from
England to Atchison twenty years ago
with large family. After the death of
his first wife he returned to England
and married Z good-lOoking woman of
"a. Com ng back to Atchison they went
to keeping house in q building portion
of which was used for barn. The wife
was not satisfied with such quarters and
objected Then came frequent quarrels
and fights and finally the tragedy
THE official declaration of the result
for State officers at the late election
gives the following piuralit!es: Hum
phrey, Governor, 8, O53; Felt, Lieuten-
ant-GoVernor, 1915; Higgins, Secretary
of State, 5,036; Hovey, Auditor, 8 443;
Slower, Treasurer, 5, $50; Ives, Attorney
General (Fusion), 4z,9l3; Winans, State
superintendent Z, 1879; Horton. Chief
Justice, 5 400
SIX heavily loaded freight cars wont
over an embankment at the foot of Min
nesota avenue, Kansas City, Kan, the
other afternoon, creating a sort of =
panic among the inhabitants OF the lit
tie huts in that immediate neighbour
hood and almost totally destroying the
cars Missouri Pacific engine was
engaged in pushing 4 North western
transfer train over to the latter COM
pany's yards when tho front car became
derailed and tumbled over the ON bank
menb followed by Ave others Three
cars were loaded with hay and three
with curbing stone
THE Kansas delegation to the Ma
tional Farmers Alliance consists of
forty members. and left Topeka on the
25th for Ocala, Fla, to attend the moet-
ing Many prominent leaders in the
Peoples party accompanied tho delega-
ton. among them John F. Willis late
candidate for Governor, Congressman.
elect Jere Simpson and others. All
favor a third party organization, to in
clude the Knights of Labor and the
Farmers Alliance.
Two freight trains, west-bound, left
Kansas City the other evening about
o'clock on the Rock Island. one train
closely following the other. When
seven miles west of the State line the
first train broke in two, and before the
rear train could be signalled it crashed
in to the cars in front of it, causing the
destruct on of several cars The caboose
took fire and was burned with all the
con tents No one was injured
The other day John Godfrey was al.
most olsen bowled, on the streets OF
Newton. by Red Woodfork, q colored
man, with whom no had an alteration.
Godfrey was intoxicated and ran against
WOodfork, who slashed him several
times across the abdomen. Godfrey's
wounds were very serious and perhaps
fatal The negro made his escap pc
through crowded street and had not
been captured.
THE State Board of Railroad Commits
sioners recently rendered an important
decision declaring that the special rate
on slack coal applies only to salt indus
tries The railroad companies were given
a rate OF S1.5o on slack coal to all towns
in which there were salt works and
made it apply to all intervening towns
The Comm :ssioners held that the rail.
roads could give a special rate to the
salt works companies. but could not APP
ply it to any other manufactures OF
industries
FRED DUNBAR was assaulted by foot
pads at Wichita the other night and
robbed of $3.50 and gold watch. He
was going home, and in the suburbs he
was pounced upon by two unknown
men who, with clubs, knocked him al
most unconscious before robbing him.
He had drawn the money TO pay men at
4 briokyard of which he had charge
The coroner's inquest on Christian
Schneider, reported TO have died from
strychnine at EGdora, found that he
died natural death
PRoF- DTcHE, OF the State University,
has returned with many specimens of
an.ma's from British Columbia for the
Snow museum
MRS ALICE JONES, the wife OF q we'll
known business man of Wichita, at
tempted suicide the other evening by