The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-07-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

OubnOuSE the OtnCE cAA ANAA Ava
ward into hole three feet deep break.
ing his neck. He was found dead next
morning.
In the case of Edward Belden, sen.
fenced to be hanged at Wichita, July
| q for murder, the president has COM
muted the death penalty to imprison-
ment for life The crime was commit
| ted in Oklahoma
Laura Bogard attempted to commit
suicide at Kansas City, Kan, the other
day by letting herself down from the
Central avenue bridge into the Kansas
river, but was rescued by two men who
noticed her actions and watched her.
Inhuman treatment by her husband
| the cause.
The state board of railroad commits
sioners lately rendered two decisions,
one instructing the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe to provide better station
buildings at Ingalls,, and the other re-
curing the Missouri Pacific to make
SIMILAR improvements at Alameda,
Kingman county.
The doors of the Firt National bank
of Kansas City, Kan, were closed the
| other afternoon ut 2:15 o'elock-the
hour for clearing. The bank was UNI
able to meet a large check drawn
| against city deposits and therefore
closed. It was thought all liabilities
would be paid in full.
As a result of the Howell, Jewett &
Co. failure at Atchison sixteen lumber
yards in various parts of the country
were turned over to the assignee to Sc
cure eastern creditors, and an agent
harvested 1000 acres of wheat In
Western Kansas that had also been
turned over to creditors.
Nelson George, a highly connected
young fellow, who used to be deputy
postmaster at Wichita, and was more
recently head of the registered letter
department in the post Office at Ogden,
Utah, Is under arrest charged with en-
bezzling S., 900 from the Ogden office.
He appropriated registered letter con-
tanning large sum OF money.
Edward Belden, the young man in
jail at Wichita under sentence of death
for the murder of Grant in Oklahoma,
and whose sentence was commuted by
the president to life imprisonment has
made statement that Ben Grant was
murdered by John Foster in q quarrel
about their claims Belden witnessed
the murder and claims that under a
threat of being shot he assisted Foster
to bury the body.
The other morning as the Missouri
Pacific train from Kansas City started
vest to Wichita and stopped at the Mis-
ssouri. Kansas & Texas crossing at the
city limits of Fort Scott, a freight train
on the latter road struck the Missouri
Pacific chair car, knocked it off the rear
trucks and turned it on It's side. The
locomotive of the freight train was de-
rallied and badly smashed Several pas
sengers were injured.
While but eighteen counties have
sent in their proportion of money fol
the worlds fair exhibit, over seventy
counties have organized and reported
The secretary of the agricultural board
is in receipt of many fine samples OF
wheat, oats and such other agricultur
al products as are ready. The directors
feel that their work will be sdccessfu,
and are assured that Kansas will have
an exhibit superior to the famous
Philadelphia exhibit
Hermann Seibold, wealthy brewer
died suddenly at Atchison the Other
day, aged SIS. Seibold came into ma
tional notoriety few years ago as &
defendant in the case of the state
against Seibold & Hogelin. The case
was taken to the supreme court of th'
United States and decided In favor o
the state. The principal question in
volvedwas states right to practically
confscate brewing property by adopt
ing prohibitory act. -
The Central Bank of Kansas. bette
, known as r. W. Hilliker's bank, at tn
! junction of Central and Simpson ave
nues, with a branch at the corner o
Central avenue and Ewing street, Kan
sas City, Kan, made a voluntary as
Segment the other morning for th
benefit of its creditors. The bank he'll
about s12, 900 police funds and when tn
commissioners made a demand for tn
money the bank closed its doors an
made an assignment The liabilitie
are between S27, 900 and S35. 900. TIL
assets are given out TO be S65, 600.
,, President Frank McGrath, of tn
Farmers Alliance, says that the est
mates of Secretary Mohler that tn
wheat crop of Kansas would be abon
!. "a. 600, 900 bushels are altogether to
high From reports received b.
him from nearly every county Il
. the state be estimates that tn
: yield viii not exceed 40, oo0. 600 and pos
? sibly not more than IS. 900. 900. Tn
| counties which have heretofore Pre-
: duced the largest crop have, ACCORDING
TO him, suffered partial failure thi
year. He believes, however. that tn
corn crop viii be unusually large.
= Alexander Grourly. an inmate of ID
+ national soldiers home at Leavcr
r worth, died recently at the remarkabl
n age of 9s years Grourly was note
e character in his day. He participate
4 in many wars, and was veteran IN tn
e fullest sense OF the word His miiitar!
r career began with service in the war o
= 1919, when he was 10 years old Fl
k served throughout the Mexican war
: | participating in IL from the beginning
r with Gen Taylor's command He ais
: took part in many Indian skirmishe
a along the borders His last militsr
r duty was done In the late war, durfn
r which Grourly served four years, er
listing in 1861 at the age Of 6s years
l. 5 Cook. representing the PhEni
!. Savings Investment Trust Co, OF KAr
!. sas City. Mo, was recently arrested q
a Ossawatomie on the charge Of obtainin
. money under false pretenses. He la