The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-06-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

the Nebraska state university.
A wreck on the Kansas Central road
near Havenville the other day. resulted
in the death OF the fireman, G. w Pur-
cell.
Patents lately issued to Kansas in
yentOrs; Running gear, C L LanlSs,
FredOnia; dough lrneader, Lydia Stock
well, Atchison-
The city assessor of Topeka gives the
population Of the city as So, 247, an in
crease OF 2,247 over the United States
census of last year.
The teachers in the state institution
Tor the blind at Kansas City (Kan-) !
have been removed and new instructors
put in their places
In the United States court at Leaven-
worth Charles A. Benson was found
guilty of the murder of Mrs Aettman-
The penalty is hanging.
Prof. Garfield has resigned his chair
in the state university TO accept the
chancellOrship of the Nebraska univer-
sity to which he was recently elected.
The trial of Mrs. Rautzahn, who is
charged with being an accessory to the
murder of Mrs Mettman at Leaven-
worth, has been postponed to Septem-
Der.
The president has appointed Hon.
Henry c. Sluss, of Wichita, one OF the
judges of the new court for the settle
ment of Spanish and Mexican land
claims.
Lewis Locker, who recently escaped
from a private insane asylum at Atchi-
son, was a few days later killed by the
cars some distance west of that city.
He was a German, unmarried and quite
well off
The returns of the assessor of Atchi-
son gives the city a population of 49,
9TS. This is considerably short of the
figures of the government enumeratOrs,
which were also complained of and a
recount demanded.
Sam TOl1e shot and fatally wounded
John Davis the other night near ROE-
bury, a small place about five miles
from LindsbOrg. They were quarrel
ing when Davis seized a stick to strike
TOlle, but Tolle got out his pistol and
fired three shots at Davis at only few
feet range.
Mrs. James Curtis, of Atch ison, went
to Lincoln, Neb., some time since to
see a sick brother. Upon her return to
Atchison she found neither home nor
husband. In her absence he had sold
everything and skipped, leaving his wife
with four small children to care for.
S w. Busbee, of Lockwood, Mo,
while passing through Fort Scott the
other night with q train load of stock
on the Kansas City, Fort Scott &
Memphis railroad, was caught by a
passing train and his arm almost torn
from his body. He lived only two hours
Frank Luce, an employee in the Santa
| Fe shops at EmpOria, attempted to pass
| around an engine just as it started to
/ back ont of the roundhOuse in that town
/ the other night, when he slipped and
fell under the engine, which instantly
/ tore him to pieces He leaves a wife
and five children.
| The charter of the Western Irrigation
and Land Co. was fled the other day
| with the secretary of state. The head
/ quarters of this company are at Topeka
/ and LalSin, Kearney county. The cap
ital stock is $3.50, OOO, and the objects of
/ the company are the construction and
/ maintenance of dams and canals for ir-
! rigatiOn purposes south of the Arkansas
/ river.
While temporarily insane Mrs. An
/ ME Tudors the other night attempted
| to burn up her twO-weeks-old babe at
! Wichita. Her husband, who was sleep
| ing in adjoining room, was ayvalz-
| ened by the mother and entering the
! room saw her leaning over the babe,
! lighted match in hand. Near by was a
coal oil can and on picking up the child
! its wraPings were found to be saturated
| with the oil
In the United States circuit court
| at LeavenwOrth the other day, Mr..
Justice Brewer presiding, an order
was entered in the case of the Mercan-
tile Trust Co. against the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas Railway Co. and others,
satisfying the decree of foreclosure here
tofore entered in that case and direct
ing the receivers to turn over the rail-
way and property of the Missouri, Kan
sas & Texas system to the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas Railway Co. on July l.
At CentraIia, on the Central Branch
road. the other dav.an Arkansas Sheriff
boarded an east-bOund train just as It
was pulling out of the station, to arrest
George S ElwOOd, q well-lHnOwn stock
dealer of Greenleaf, on a charge of
committing fraud to the extent of
81. 600 on a cattle bill of lading. Elwood
saw the officer while the train was
/ moving at the rate OF fifteen miles an
hour and jumped Off The officer also
jumped and chased his man TO the
| NHoods- q mile aNEaK. where he cantnlred