The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-11-27
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The Kansas Equal Suffrage associu- !
ton commenced its annual meeting at |
Topeka. on the 1sth- Mrs w g. Todd, ]
Of Topeka, delivered the address OF 4
welcome, which was responded 20 by I
Mrs Mary B. Brown, of Saliua-
s. T. Burdette, grand scribe OF the
Kansas encampment T. o. O. f., aud
who filled the office OF grand secretary I
Of the grand lodge for wenty-siN years. l
was stricken with paralysis at Leaveu-
worth the other evening while at q
[ social party and was in a critical con-
ditiou-
@. w. Morrow, a LeavenwOrth coun-
ty farmer, lately discovered four ne
Z grOes in his pig pen killing pig. They
! ded in their wagon and Morrow Pur-
sued them for eight miles when they
Z Erc1 upon and severely if not mOrta.lV
[ wounded him The negroes escaped. /
Chancsllor Snow of the Kansas
university, has returned from Boston
bringing with him the Spoouer bequest
! Of S91, ,6Is O8 for the benefit OF the uuiver-
/ slty. This is said 20 be the largest gift
/ ever made to state institution by q
| private individual Only the interest
l of this bequest will be used.
/ A IRE at Glendale. twelve miles east
/ of Topeka, recently destroyed large
amount OF property in the shape of
/ growing timber, corn, corn fodder and
I Oat straw. 1t started from a FIRE set in
( a hollow tree by some hunters from
] Topeka. to smoke OUT a squirrel.
/ The total loss amounted TO nearly
/ $4,000
| Rev. Harrison George, who several
/ years ago acquired much nOtoriety in
/ Topeka as a. lzleptomauiac and who
/ was forced to resign his charge in that
| city, was recently tried at Catslzill. n.
/ Y, and convicted of completely in pro-
/ curing an abortion on his adopted
] q fnrl arrN inc In her
/ sentenced to the penitentiary for ht-
/ teen years.
About six o'clock the other evening
| the prisoners iu the Jail at Topeka made
l a desperate effort to escape, but their
scheme was defeated by the iaiior and
his assistant j. r. Pates, who is
/ awaiting trial for forgery, led the re-
/ volt and attempted to shoot the jailor,
but his pistol snapped and after des-
perate struggle he was disarmed and he
/ and his Confederates locked up
An oily-tougued negro named Sutton
recently appeared at Fort Scott pre-
1 tending TO be from Oklahoma and sue
/ ceeded in selling large mum Der Of lots
| to many of his credulous race, rsceiv-
| ing cash advances Several colored
/ purchasers packed up and moved 70
/ Oklahoma only TO learn that they had
been swindled. One man telegraphed
to his wife to have Sutton arrested, but
1 the bird took wing
j. w. Ady, United States district at
| toraey for Kansas, received dispatch
the other morning from Attorney
I General Miller, stating that the death
sentence of Eddie Belden had been
commuted to imprisonment for life.
Bslden is mere boy and in March last
was convicted at Wichita of the MUIR
der of Charles Grant in Oklahoma
BeIden viii be taken to the house of
CORE ction in Detroit
The Episcopal diocesan convention
lately in session at Atchison elected
Rev. william Henderson, of Topeka,
I treasurer; Rev John Bennett Of Fort
Scott secretary, and j o. Lincoln OF
Topeka, registrar. The standing COM
mittee is composed Of Rev Dr. Beatty,
Of Lawrence; Rev. John Bennett, of Fort
Scots Rev. w. d. Christian, of AbileueS
Rev. j. W. CoIwell, of Eopekui T. A.
Sawyer, OF Leaven WORTH D. B. Blishs
of Atchisou, and C. C. Goddard. OF
I LeaveuWorth-
The Equal Suffrage association, at its
late session in Topeka, elected officers
as follows: President. Mrs Laura NJ
Johns, of Saiiuai vice-president, Mrs
I Noble Preutiss, of Newton; recording
/ secretary. Mrs. Anna c. Wait, Lincoln;
corresponding secretary, Mrs Elizabeth
/ Hopkins. Salnai treasurer, Mrs. Martha
L Berry, Cawker City; district presi-
dent, Mrs NJ. II. Case, Topeka; com
mittce on constitutional revision, Mrs
Johns, Mrs Case and Mrs l. A
/ Thursron.
The council of administration of
Kansas department of the Grand Army
of the Republic has fixed the time Of
the next state encampment Tor Feb
p ruary 2A 25 and 26 at Atchison- IL was
, ordered that all posts in arrears for
= dues for one year or more which report
before January /, 1892, and pay the per
capita tax for the six months imme-
diately preceding the report be re-
, tanned on the roll, and all back dues be
remitted. and all posts SO in arrears
that cannot be revived on this basis be
dropped from the roll Further that
all posts six months in arrears be pub
lished in general orders as delinquent T..
B While the rain-makLng experiments
Of Frank Melbourne were in progress
at Goodlaud, last summer letter was
received by Gov. Humphrey from
Michael CahilL of Stockton, Cal. stat
o ing that he was the originator of the
artificial production of rain. and that
! I Melbourne had stolen the secret from
] him He wanted TO enter into "a COM
: tract 70 provide rain next year for
2 Kansas for $780, 900. Another letter was
{ received from Cahill the other day in
t which he says he viii not prosecute
4 Melbourne and Dyrenforth for at
s ! tempting to make rain He now con-
a | siders that their failures to make rain
, will be the best possible way of ad-
: vanclng his own claims before the pub
p lie The only thing he fears from Mel
. bourne and Dyrenforth's experiments
! is that they may cause floods and
I earthquakes, and thereby great loss Of
. I life and property. The man is thought
; 20 be crank
. The Catholics of Wyandotts county
D ! rendered a grand reception 20 Bishop
s / Fink upon the occasion of his removal
. from Lesvenworth to Kansas City,
D | Kan A procession, with bands Of
{ music, escorted him through the streets
to his new residence and his-recsPtiOn
/ was enthusiastic
J. C. Hibbard, Of Topeka, a peoples
Z party statistician, figures that at the
recent election the peoples party
B ] poiIed 8, coo more votes than were east
3 / for Willis and this with a falling OF
OF so, 900 votes of the total He figures
that the peoples party made a mel
{ gain OF i've per cent over the vote oi