The Globe-republican., 1891-09-02
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The state fair will be held at Topeka,
commencing September Il
The farmers elevator company, of
Hiawatha, has fled charter with tho
secretary of state, with capital stock
of s, 900.
Ex-senator Ingalls, has not sailed for
Europe, as has been reported. He is at
abroad this year.
| The Leavenworth mutual sick relief
association has been chartered fer the
purpose of relieving sick members by
the payments of fixed weekly benefits.
Newell S. Pond, of Arkansas City,
having recently discovered plan of his
wife to elope with George Pile, went
home and accused her and then broke
or cut up every article of furniture and
clothing in the house and threatened to
take his wife's life, but finally allowed
her to escape. He then left the city.
Pile is married.
A petition, signed by a large number
of citizens of Stevens county, has been
received by Gov. Humphrey, asking
him to cause an investigation into the
/ financial affairs of the county. The
petition sets forth the fact that the in
de1tedness of the county is SIS, 600. one
haOof which was incurred in fraudu-
lent way by the county officers.
The survivors of the Quantrell raid
recently held 4 meeting at Lawrence
and effected an organization with the
following officers: President f. w.
Read; vice-presidents, G. Grovenor,
Samuel Kimball. C. T. IL. Prentice;
secretary, C. w. Smith; corresponding
secretary, b. w. Woodward; treasurer.
L. Bullene; executive committee, r.
w. Spar, J. c. Watts, ]. G. Sands. j.
H. Simmons, E. w. Wood.
The grand lodge of colored Masons.
lately in session at Fort Scott, elected
officers as follows: G. w. Smith. of
Topeka, grand master; G. A. Dudley, of
Kansas City. deputy grand warden; j.
w. Steward, senior grand warden; ]. S.
Brashear, of Topeka, grand treasurer;
H. II. Curtis, of Baxter Springs grand
secretary. The reports of the various
grand officers show the order to be in q
| flourishing condition and full of cheer
ing and consoling news to the craft
throughout the entire jurisdiction.
, The new school law for cities of the
first-class, passed by the last legisla-
ture, it has been discovered will work
delay in opening the schools of sew
eral cities from early in September, the
usual time, to January, 1892. The
cities that will suffer are Kansas City
and Atchison, the school boards of both
being in debt and the new levy not be-
ing available until January next Kan
sas City (Kan.) proposes to open the
schools and maintain them until Janr-
airy by means of private subscriptions
and charging small tuition fee.
The Kansas association of Pennsyl-
vania settlers recently held an annual
reunion ut Emporia, which ended with
a picnic which was attended by over
5000 people. Nearly everys county in
the state had representatives present
The following were elected officers:
President, Rev. D. B. Shuley, of Empo-
ria; treasurer, D. c. Lake. of Usage
City; secretary, C. II. Bollman, of To-
pcka Lyon county has over 1000
Pcnnsylvanians and not less than 600
others were present Topeka -as
chosen as the place for the next reunion.
E. w. Dcming, of New Orleans, who
owns large sugar mill at Attica, is in
Kansas to push the work of manufact-
uring sugar from sorghum. He has
great faith in the sugar industry in
Kansas and believes that Kansas sor-
ghum can be made as productive of
sugar as southern cane. Atprescnt the
best plantations in the south get 200
pounds of sugar from a ton of Gaze,
while Kansas sorghum yields but 100
pounds. Kansas sorghum contains
more glucose than southern cane, and
this is a serious diffiulty in the way of
making sugar.
Special Policeman Grigsby, on duty
at Chelsea park. Kansas City, Kan,
during the recent heavy storm. attempt
ed to remove telephone wire which
had been blown down. He grabbed IL
with both hands and in a moment real
lied that he had hold of live" wire.
The man was unable to release hi3
hands and he writhed around in great
agony. BY the time assistance arrived
smoke from his burning flesh was aris-
ing and he was in most terrible agony.
1t took several moments for the people
who came to his assistance to compre-
bend the situation, but Grigsby, al
though undergoing awful torture,
shouted to them to cut the wire. This
was quickly done and the policeman
was enabled to drop the wire. The
palms of both hands were quite badly
burned.
Fred Cook. a lineman employed by
the Western Union telegraph company,
recently had marvellous escape from
death while at work on the corner Of
Sixth street and Minnesota avenue in
Kansas City, Kan. Smith was engaged
in repairing a wire at the top of a tcle-
graph pole when it accidently came in
contact with Five" electric light wire.
In an instant he was jerked from the
pole and his body was dangling in the
air. When the current struck him he
paye one lOud shrek A scene ofsvyiid