The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-03-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

luton Su Emitting 70 the people the
proposition to call a constitutional con-
vention-
The bill appropriating IS, 500 to enable
Prof. Snow to continue his chinch bug
experiments was signed by the governor
on the 9Th.
The social science club of Kansas and
western Missouri will hold its semi-
annual convention in Kansas City about
the first week in May.
The woman suffragists OF Fort Scott
have nominated a full ticket for city
officers The nominees for the school
board are all women.
Robert Esham, a prominent citizen of
NortOnville. got his foot caught IN ma
chinery the other day and it was
mangled so badly that it had to be am
putated.
The basement of the st. Joseph
Catholic church at Leavenworth was
entered by thieves the other night and
a gold chalice and other altar Orna-
mcnts stolen.
4 recent fire at Garnett destroyed the
Watson stables, including twenty-five
horses and ten buggies and carriages.
The loss was estimated at $50, 600, with
but little insurance.
The house, by a large majority, ex-
onerated Col. Buckner, superintend dent
of the blind institute at Kansas City,
from charges preferred against him
claiming that he was unfit to manage
the institution.
The following Kansas fourth-class
pOstmasters were appointed on the Sd;
j. Denver, Acme, Geary county; J. S.
Trembley, Arlington, Reno county; A.
NJ. Case, Bavaria, Saline county; Lucy
A. Johnson, Silver Lake, Shawnee
county.
There were five fires at Leavenworth
the other evening, the most destructive
being the brewery of Brandon & Krie-
meyer and the stables of the Leaven-
worth Coal Co. The brewery was to-
tally destroyed, together with a num-
Der of connecting sheds.
THE other morning the body of a
sheep herder named C1enmire was
found on the prairie west of Ellis.
Coyotes had attacked the body and
nearly devoured it. Clenmire had
probably been lost in one of the recent
billiards and frozen to death.
Robert and Lena Going, children of
Henry Going, were burned to death the
other day in d fire which destroyed the
family residence at Silver Lake. The
mother had gone to neigh boris, and
while absent the house caught fire.
The children were aged one and three
years.
The house reconsidered its action re-
jecting the report of the conference
committee upon the seed grain apprO-
priatiOn bill and passed the bill as
amended by the senate. 1t apprOpriates
500, 900 to be loaned to counties contain
ing needy settlers to be used in purchas-
| ing seed grain.
The senate bill providing for a board
of Kansas grain inspectors passed the
house on the 2Sth. The only effect of
the bill is to place the grading of Kan
sas grain in the Kansas City, Kan,
warehouses in charge of Kansas in
spectors. This duty has heretofore de-
/ v-H
The counties in Kansas that have over
| so, eco population are: WyandOtte, ST.
4O7; Shawnee, 40, IT2; Sedgwicl1, 43, 626;
| LeavenwOrth, IS, 4S5; COwley, 81, AS;
Crawford, 3O,2SO; Sumner, 8O,21T. Wy
andOtte county, although containing
the smallest territory of any county in
the state, has the largest population
The house on the 5th passed the con-
! gressiOnal apportionment bill making
eight districts. The senate bill was re-
| iected and the house bill substituted
without change, except that Harper and
Kingman counties We're taken from the
| fourth and added to the eighth, and Nc
Pherson is taken from the eighth and
put in the fourth.
Gov. Humphreys first veto was sent
/ to the senate the 9th. He disap-
/ proved the bill providing for the indie
pendent government of the institution
| for the education of the deaf and dumb.
He objected to the measure because it
took the institution out of the hands of
! the state board of charities, thus in
| creasing the managing boards.
Thomas CulliInan, aged so years, OF
! Sedalia, Mo-, was struck and instantly
killed the other night at $3.50 o'clock by
the south bound Omaha express on the
| Missouri Pacific road just under the
/ Central avenue viaduct, Kansas City,
Kan The dead man had been en-
pIoyed as boilcr-malSer in the Missouri
Pacific shops and leaves n family in
| Sedalia-
The house board OF managers ap-
! pointed 70 prosecute Judge Theodosius
/ BOtkin on the I'd prcSe nted articles of
| impeachment, found by the house,
to the senate. The senate by resO-
luton set Monday, March 0, as a
day for trial, when it will organ
ize as high court of impeachment 1t
| viii meet April 30 and the trial will be