The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-08-14
NO a.
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


recently damaged TO the extent Of 50, OOg
by an incendiary IRE.
John Busch, who six years ago ems
bezzled the funds of the Svvitchmen'zi
lodge at Wichita and ned. was recently
. arrested at San Antonio, Tex
Pauline OstertaE, aged seventeen
years fell from an upper window Of her
home at Atchisou, tho other day, struck
q picket fence, broke three ribs and re-
! eeived internal injuries
sixty boiler makers employed IN the
Santa Ee shops at Topeka recently went
cut on a strike. The boiler makers
claimed that they had been required 70
work overtime and have not been paid
for tt in full
EZ-Gov- Robinson has written O his
tory OF Kansas, which, it Is reported, 4
win soon bs in press The book will
contain about seven hundred pages and
VIII be interesting reading to the
earlier settlers of Kansas.
Thomas C. Smith, ,seventy-eight years
OF age was recently struck by a fast
. passenger train on the Santa Fa road,
near Topeka, and instantly killed He
leaves ten children, all grown, only one
wing in the state, and he at Topeka.
A colored constable undertook TO
break up game OF craps Ht Quindnrc
the other day when he was set upon by
the players, all negroes The constable
made a vigorous assault upon one OF
| them and as a result was himself ar
! rested.
John j. Porter, veteran carriage
manufacturer of Leaveuworth and
Atchisons is missing. There is a judg-
ment hanging over Porter ranging be-
{ tween S25, 600 and S85, 600. This, with
/ other business troubles, his family be-
iieves, has unbalanced his mind
r. L. Colvin, young stonographcr Of
Kansas City Kan, was recently shot
/ et Oakland, Cal. by John G.. Howell
[ ColviE was attentive TO Howel1s daugh-
/ ter. which the latter opposed. The re-
/ suit was the shooting. il was thought
/ the wound would prove fatal
Frank Love, brakeman on the Santa
/ Fe, was found dead on the top OF a
/ freight car the other night, when tho
train pulled In at Qusnemo. His hat
and lantern were found at the bridge
/ across Eight Mile creek. 1t is supposed
[ thst he was struck by the bridge
Fire at Kansas City the other night
! destroyed the stable of James White.
4 search of the ruins next day revealed
I the fact that William Luuu, u toamster,
had been burned 70 death, as weu ua
| four valuable horses and ono mulu.
Eunn, 1t was supposed, lay down on
[ the hay with a lighted cigar in his
mouth and fell asleep.
IL j. Dounolly, an old resident OF
I Cowley county and a well to do farmer,
recently shot and killed mis- aged wife
and then committed suicide They he'd
for a long time lived unhGppily, and
the trouble eliminated when u dis
! agreement arose over "a proposal OF the
old mans TO visit two Of his sons at
Guthrie. Donuelly was seventy years
old
Secretary of State Higgins has writ
ten letter to a Manhattan clergyman
in which Mr.. Higgins openly announced
his stand in regard TO further rcpub-
Hcnu Endorsement OF the prohibition
policy. He says that he has always
supported prohibition, and now urges
that the policy of prohibition be re-
moved from politics as the surest way
TO prolong its life and success,
Mrs Mary J. Binlzley, vile Of a
wealthy Atchisou county farmer, has
been adiudged insane Mrs. Iinlrlsy
is a victim of sPirituaiism, which she
has been studying for the past two
years. She became infatuated with the
craze while attending a spirituaiistsG
camp-meetiBg. She says that she has
been in constnut communication with
the spirits of departed friends Tor six
months
A prominent farmer uumcd Jerry
Landsbery, VINO resides o. few miles
west OF Emporiu, wa. brutality muir
dered the other day. lie left his farm
shortly after dinner 70 walls 70 hlarGstd
| Green to see his wife, who was visiting
I friends Of the family. q few hours
[ after he was found dead a short dis
/ tance from his destination. There were
| evidences of n struggle, and the theory
/ is that Landsbery vgasaattaclccd by high
waymen and resisting, was shot down
George Lausdaie and wife drove 10
I 20 the depot at Leaven worth the other
I day 20 meet Miss Powers, "a relative
I from Ellsworth. On returning TO theIr
I home in Salt creek valley -Luusdale at
/ tempted TO cross the track in front Of q
I 5ruin, when the vehicle was struck and
I Mrs Lausdnle and Miss Powers were
l killed and Ray Powers, eight yesrs old
I probably fatally injured Lausdale
I vas badly injured and the horses
I killed He had been married just ave
weeks 70 che day
! Maj Hurst, Of the state live stock
I commission has prepared statement
/ showing the probable corn yield aud
+ within q year EzDm corn. cattle and
/ other sources. he believes that the
] people OF Kansas viii sell within the
/ next year one hundred million dollars
I worth ss-f stock and other farm products
I raised this year. This too outside OF
/ the state, not counting that used at
I home. He estimates the total corn
I crop Of the state at $50, ,00o coo busheil
/ There are fewer hogs in the state this
{ wear than last because the farmers got
/ I'D OF everything they could last year
( 60 save paying nigh prices for feed
George Weaver, a boy recently saved
/ the vvsst-bound Union Pacific passenger
I train from deshing into O bridge that
I was washed out by 9 heavy rain st
/ EauopoIia. he ran through the soak
ing rain and took on his coat and
1 as1esd the train The passengers
( made up q purse for him,
Z n ~---ye- ~ cha re0uess OF State