The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-03-20


Members of the state board of health
for the term commencing March %,
J. w Jenny, of Saline county; D. H
Hill. of Butler county, and Frank
Swallow. of Jefferson county.
miscellaneous.
The governor has appointed ". W.
Martin, of Fort Scott, state agent at
Washington, in place of s. J. Crawford,
resigned.
Speaker Elder has appointed the fol-
lOwind delegates from the house to the
commercial congress at Kansas City,
April -: Messrs- Rodgers, of Washing
ton, w. II. Ellington. s F. Nicely. Rice
of Bourbon, and Lupfer.
Before adjOurning the house passed a
resolution requesting congress to in
crease the pension of veterans of the war
of 1912 to S25 per month, there being
only Alb survivors of that war on the
pension rolls June so, 1890.
Senator Towards primary election
bill has passed both branches of the
Legislature 1t throws the same safe
guards about primaries that it does
about general elections, and party
qualifications are required in addition
to the regular qualifications of a voter.
The governor has appointed II. L.
Alden judge of the district court of
Wyandotte county, in place of Judge
Miller. resigned Col 7. p. Anderson,
of Kansas City. Kan, was appointed by
the governor judge of the court Of COM
mon pleas, a tribunal established for
Wyandotte county by the legislature.
Judge Caldwell of the United States
circuit court has signed the decree OF
foreclosure in the case of the Rock
Island railroad against the Chicago,
Kansas & Nebraska road, and the line
will now be sold at public sail to satisfy
the Rock Islands mortgage Of S2T. OOO,-
ha LAT of he ala has vaE
been fixed.
Before the legislature adjourned
Speaker Elder appointed as delegates
to the commercial congress at Kansas
City, Messrs- Rodgers OF Washington,
EVERY, Nicely, Rice of Bourbon, and
LuPfcr. The delegates on the part of
the senate are Senators Kelley NC
PhersOn), Bentley, Senior and kirk
patrick.
The funeral exercises over the re
mains of Col. " :. GOss. state ornithOI-
ogist, We're h cid in the senate chamber
at Topeka at l o'clock March II They
were simple and not of a religious char
acter. The friends of the deceased
made short speeches, after which the
remains were conveyed to the Topeka
GENE terry for interment- Col GOss left
an estate valued at.SIOO, 600.
Some ten or fifteen Armourdaie boys,
ranging in age from 10 to 10 years, We're
freight cars and stealing grain Their
pilferings amounted TO about one hun
dred bushels per week They would
get an expressman 20 sell it to grain
men The eXpressman was also ar
rested and several other parties were on
the ragged edge"
Col. X 5 Goss, state ornithologist,
dropped dead at SeoshO Falls the other
morning of heart disease When the
news was conveyed in the legislature at
Topeka resolutions of respect We're I'M
mediately passed and a recess taken.
Col Goss was % years old. and his col
lection of birds. which by his death be
comes the property of the state, Is one
| OF the most valuable in the country.
| Its value il fully SIOO, eco, and Col GOss
had devoted years to its accumulation
The residence of Irwin Way at White
| Church, Wyaudottee county, was burned
| the other night The family was sound
| asleep when the fire broke out bat Mrs.
Way was awakened by the gas and
smoke just in time TO save the children
from burning to death She leaped
| from the bed and aroused the mem bers
/ OF the family and did not leave the
building until she was sure that all
were ont OF it The children managed
/ to clothe themselves, but Mrs Way just
/ had time to put on dress The rest of
/ the goods were lost
The penitentiary appropriation bill as
reported by the ways and means com
mittes OF the house fixed the warden's
salary at -, 500 year aud he is to board
himself The salary of the guards is
increased from $500 70 $500 per year and
| they are to board themselves The bill
I also susPends the public dining room.
| and aside from the warden. who keeps
house within the prison walls, only the
| eonvicJs are regular boarders IN the
| prison It Is claimed that the public
dining room at the prison was a tax OF
SO. $50 yearly on the state