The southern argus., 1891-08-20
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

have cotton mill
Willie Taylor, eight years old, was
recently drowned in the Kansas river
at Argentine.
A threshing machine belonging to
Ed Snyder exploded on a farm near
Hiawatha the other day, fatally injur-
ing Charles Mccartney, the engineer.
Clyde Cupp, engaged in mining. went
into his shaft at Galepa 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 Janury, an employee of the
Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
railroad, at Fort Scott was recently
killed by lightning while at work near
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, 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 IL.
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 filed with the secre-
tary of state. The company is formed
to publish a daily and weekly news
paper in Topeka The capital stock is
$50, 900, 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. F. Kimball, of Paola, and
Noah Allen, of Wichita
The other day we'll dressed young
man was found dead near the railroad
crossing one mile west of Wamego
with bullet hole in the roof of his
mouth, a 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 a case of suicide The
u01 haI I,F
telling how his things should be dis
posed of.
Judge Theodosius Botkin has con. |
suited with Attorney-General Ives in |
regard to the Brennan trial and to him |
expressed the opinion, so freely ex-
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
lected 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. Colviu was editor
of small paper and the shooting was
reported to be due to the manner in
which Colvin forced his attentions up-
on HowellS daughter, who is 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
which are filing their
charters with the secretary of state,
the avowed 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
liked as follows: First district, HoIton.
Friday, September IL; Second district,
ottawa, Saturday, September 10: Third
district, Parsons, Thursday, September
l.; Fourth district, Emporia, Monday. :
september Il; Fifth district, Clay Gem
er Wednesday, September Q; Sixth
district Beloit, Wednesday, September
-; Seventh district, Hutchinson, Mon
lay, September 81, and Wichita, Tues
lay, September Is. In addition to these 4
amp meetings another will be held at v
iayes City. Ellis county, Saturday. =
20. =
A dynamite explosion tore to atoms r
he front porch of J. NJ. Juvenars resi- 4
ence at 627 South Third street >,
Irmourdale, on the night of the 10th. q
hattering the windows in that and a c
eighboring house. ]. NJ Juvenal is l.
superintendent Of the ConsoIi- Ii
ated Tank Line Co. Shortly before
ne time of the explosion a woman L
Tas seen stealing along Third street L
rom Kansas avenue. Five minutes
fter came the explosion An invcstiga- [