The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-09-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

commenced at Chelsea park, Kansas |
City, Kan, on the 9TH, with large at
tendance of veterans from Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Iowa and adjacent
states
While several young men were re-
Gently cleaning pistol at Kirwin the
weapon was discharged and the ball
took effect in the breast of Tom Bel
ford intlicting what was thought to be
a mortal wound.
Robert Thorp, gatekeeper at the
Wyandotte county fair, was shot ana
dangerously wounded at the grounds
the other day by Sandy Roberts,
desperate negro who had been elected
from the grounds
Mrs. Eliza Hastings, widow resid-
ing in the outskirts of Wichita, was
drugged. assaulted and robbed the
other night by an unknown man. A
neighbor who passed her house next
morning found her still insensible.
Two large ice houses belonging to
Charles Pullen, at Atchison, were re-
Gently destroyed by fire, causing loss
of $4,000. Partially insured. Two
barns in the same block also burned
with horse and buggy in one of them.
| The other afternoon Mrs A. Nj.
Coyne. while out riding at Clay Center,
was thrown from her buggy and seri-
ously injured. Her horse broke from
her control and she was thrown out
breaking a leg, thigh, arm and other
wise iniuring her.
The United States consul at Warsaw,
Poland, has written to the chief of po-
lice of Leavenworth for information
regarding one Francis Lambert Pole
who lived in Leavenworth twenty
years ago and died in Mexico. Lam
bert is said to have left an estate of
$50, 900 but no heirs in this country,
and his poor relations in Poland are
making inquiries about it.
The body of Miss Flora Roberts, a
young woman who lately disappeared
from. her home at Armourdale, was re-
Gently found in the Missouri river,
several miles below Kansas City, Mo.
She was eighteen years old and after
dark one evening left home to visit a
neighbor and was never seen alive
again by the family. The supposition
was that she had been assaulted and
then thrown into the river.
Miss Stella Covert, seventeen year:
old, was drowned while recently bath
ing at Claassen's mill, near Newton
. She was a good swimmer, but the water
was quite cold and she remained In too
: long. A young man who was with tn
| party had nearly succeeded in savins
! her, when she caught him by the arms
- a CnnPap6P(
in freeing himself but she sank and III
could not find her.
A free fight at a colored dance il
Atchison the other night resulted il
! Lseveral persons being badly carved
: knives and razors being used freely. I
woman named Jamison was stabbed II
I'd the right breast and her condition wa
{ precarious. The police arrested eigh
people but the man who stabbed tn
Jamisom woman escaped. The high
was started by two women who wer
both infatuated with the same youni
man.
AS the Union Pacific passenger trai
pulled out of the depot at Clyde IT,
4 other night, Robert Van Amberg, c
Hollis, crawled under the wheels c
: the train and was run over. His lei
s. leg was cut off close to his body and hi
right foot was crushed. He lived abor
three hours. He had become insan
0 through religious excitement over
! year ago, and had been just let out
. an asylum. 1t was case of suicide.
1 The state board of railroad comml
e sioners recently received complain
o from the miners at Pittsburgh again:
e the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroa
: Co.. claiming that the company will ne
accept shipments of coal to the interic
f towns upon the schedule issued In NJ
vember, 1889 The company charge
: in addition TO the regular rates swltci
). ing charges of three dollars, which 1t
: claimed is a violation of the long ar
n short haul clause of the law governlr
l. freight rates
n The Santa Fe road recently sent Mr.
l.. NJ. Short. the mother of {. r.. Shor
Is the deputy United States marshal wi
n was killed by Charles Bryant the ira
O robber. draft for $500, the amount
d the reward offered by the road for tt
s arrest and conviction of Bryant, WI
IT was one of the parties engaged IN tt
:. robbery of the Santa Re train ne'
v Wharton. Ok, in May. There was L
70 doubt that Bryant was one of the 70
bers, and as he was killed by Sho
b. while attempting to escape. the cor
E. pany doubtless considered this mann'
o. of disposing of him quite as satisfactoi
as by trial and imprisonment.
= At the close OF the western COME
n ence of the Methodist Episcopal Churc
IS South. lately held at Hillsdale, Il
a following Kansas appointments we
y made by Bishop Hargrave: Atchlsf
district, J. w Payne, presiding eide
Id Atchison station. w. H. Comer' Eftin
h. ham, J. r. Smith; Holton. J. Tiller
Il, Waterville, w. II. Kincaid; Leave
worth. H. L Miller; Kickapoo, to
at supplied; Oskaloosa, A II. Moor
ne Wvandotte, r A. Parker; Kansas q
is station. Frank Siler: Shawneetown,
n d. Hogan: Hillsdale, A. j. Nolestir
it. Bucyrus and Stillwel, T. {. Dowr
Counsel Grove district, ]. ". Faubio
e. presiding elder; Council Grove static
iy f. A. White; Council Grove circuit
d d. Austin; Strong City, 10 be supple
as Labette. to be supplied; Bronson, J.