The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-08-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

recently drowned IN the Kansas river
at Argentine.
A threshiBg machine belonging to
Ed Snyder exploded on farm near
Hiawatha the other day, fatally injuE-
ing Charles Mccartney, the engineer.
Clyde CuPP, engaged in mining, went
into his shaft at GaIena the other day
and when about twenty feet from the
top he was overcome with choke damp,
fell to the bottom and was instantly
killed.
The peoples party savings bank Of
Atchison, which failed last winter, will
probably pay its depositors dollar for
dollar, the good crops this year having
increased the value Of many real es-
tate mortgages upon which money can
be realized.
Albert Jsnury, an emplOye Of the
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
railroad, at Fort Scott, was recently
killed by lightning while at work near
a barb wire fence. Four others in the
same gang were knocked down but not
seriously hurt.
In a saloon row at Arkansas City the
other day Edward Conway, a Santa Fe
conductor, was knocked down with a
chair by Mike Kitchen and cut by
Philip Traband. The blow from the
chair fractured his skull and his other
injuries were SO serious that he could
not live.
a call has been issued for the
annual convention of the Kansas
Temperance union, to be held
| in Topeka September Is and 10.
Every church, Sunday school, temper
/ ance society or other organization in
sympathy with the temperance cause is
! invited to send three delegates.
The charter Of the Peoples Publish
ing Co, has been fled with the secre-
tary of state. The company is formed
! to publish daily and weekly news
paper in Topeka. The capital stock is
$50, 600. all of which is said to have been
subscribed. The first directors are;
E H Snow, state printer Walter NJ
Allen, s. McLallin, editor of the Advo-
cate; G. Z. Kimbau, of Paola, and
Noah Allen, Of Wichita
The other day a well dressed young
man was found dead near the railroad
crossing one mile west of WamegO
with a bullet hole in the roof of his
mouth, n revolver in his hand and his
coat hanging on the fence near by.
Papers found led to the belief that
his name was Charles E. Orchard 1t
was clearly q case of suicide. The
young man had money, and left note
telling how his things should be dis
posed of.
Judge Theodosius Botkin has con-
suited with Attorney-Ge Ives in
regard to the Brennan trial and to him
expressed the opinion, SO freely eN-
pressed before, that it will be difficult
to obtain an impartial jury in the trial
of the case in Stevens county. He
thinks the best plan TO pursue is to
summon every man in the county, who
is eligible to jury duty, at once that the
panel from which the jury is to be Sc
1ected may be as large as possible.
r. S. COlvin, late of Kansas City,
Kan, who was shot at Oakland, Cal,
by John G. Howell, died a day or two
after the shooting. COlvin was editor
of a small paper and t,,s shooting was
reported to be due to the manner in
which COlvin forced his attentions up
on HOwell's daughter, who is a teacher
in one of the public schools, and refer
ences and illusions concerning her and
other members of the family which aP-
peared in COlvin's paper.
President McGrath, OF the Kansas
Farmers Alliance, recently stated that
the farmers are holding large quanti-
ties of wheat until there is a material
advance in prices A late Topeka dis
patch said that the number of local
corporations which arc filing their
charters with the secretary of state,
the avoyved objects OF which are to
purchase and ship grain, is most
positive evidence that the farmers are
organizing systematically for the pur-
pose of holding their wheat and other
products until such time as they can Sc
cure satisfactory prices.
The dates and places for holding the
seven congressional district alliance
camp meetings in Kansas have been
fixed as follows; First district, Holton,
Friday, Septem Der II; Second district.
Ottawa, Saturday, September 10; Third
district, Parsons, Thursday, September
II; Fourth district, Emporia, Monday.
Septem Der IA; Fifth district. Clay Cen
ter, Wednesday,, September 9; Sixth
district, BelOit, Wednesday,, September
2Ss Seventh district, Hutchinson, Mon
day, September 21, and Wichita, Tues
day, September 10. In addition to these
camp meetings another will be held at
Hayes City, Ellis county, Saturday,
September %.
A dynamite explosion tore to atoms
the front porch of j. NJ. Juvenal's resi-
dence at G2Z South Third street
Armourdale, on the night of the 10th,
shattering the windows in that and
ne1ghboring house ). NJ JuvenGl is
assistant superintendent of the ConsoIi-
dated Tank Line Co. Shortly before
the time of the explosion q woman
was seen stealing along Third street
from Kansas avenue Five minutes
after came the explosion An invesJga-
tiOn ubseqUently showed that dynamite
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that the fuse had extended from it TO
the front gate Part of the burnt out
fuse was found The trail of the woman
was followed into Missouri and Miss
Amelia Pfaffmsn was arrested She
claims she can prove an alibi-
The secretary OF the treasury has Sc
leeted as site for the Publie building
at Enporia the corner of Merchants
and Fifth avenues the amount agreed
being 50, coz The baptist church
property, at first selected, was refused
because there was an apparent defect
in the title