The historic times., 1891-11-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

to be raging in Gray and Ford counties
Patents lately issued to Kansas in
ventors: Bolting machine. 5. A. Nor
dyke, Kansas City; covering for cable
conduits, ii. Hughes, Abilene
]. E. Harden, a farmer living near
lola. fell from his horse into an open
we'll nine feet deep the other day ana
was drowned. He left wife and ten
children.
Fire at lola recently burned the lin
merry & Ewart's hardware store, Cut
bertson's furniture store and several
other stores in the same block and also
the Register office
Ex-President McGrath, of the Farm
ers' Alliance. declares the published IN
terview, in which he was quoted rs
saving that the alliance had fallen or
/ in one year from 10000 TO less than
! CO. 900 members, to be 'unauthenncan ana
! false in fact"
A spark from Santa Fe engine
started prairie FIRE near Argonia the
other night, which caused large loss
of property and the death OF Mrs
Charles Twining, wife of farmer. a
large quantity of grain and hay ana
many head of stock were reported lost
The president has respited Benson,
the Mettman murderer who was 10
have been hanged at Leayenworth NO
vember ), until February 5 When
the news was communicated 70 the
prisoner he laughed and said: "Ah'
we'll. | will get my Christmas dinner
now"
Edward J. Seymour, a young man
, who removed to Topeka recently from
Eskridge with his young wife, was ar
, rested the other morning charged with
the attempted murder of his child,
which was born the day before, and
, was an unwclcomc addition TO his
. family.
A second attempt was made the other
night to hold up the conductor OF a
street car at the terminus of the electric
p road on the Quindaro boulevard, Kan
+ sas CITY. Kan, but the conductor (Bas-
d sett) drew his pistol and commenced
Q firing at the two masked men, when
= they beat hasty retreat
l. Michael Grace, u MON Pacific switch
n man, while scufiling with John Mich
T. ols. n member of the same crew,
fell from car at Armstrong the other
l. morning and received injuries which
Il resulted fatally. AS there were con
G Aictinp stories about the affair, Nichols
ID was held pending an investigation.
s. While w. II. Sharp and wife wer'
T. driving recently across the Santa IL
tracks at Pittsburgh, they were strncl
IN by a switch engine, which destroyed
y the buggy and threw the old conpi'
w out Mrs. Sharp was pitched or to IN
lh ends of the cross ties and her skul
In fractured, her right shoulder brolfc'
and other internal injuries inflicted.
en The post office at Turner, was robbie
&c the other night of over Sl00in none
ty and stamps. Robberies of this kim
nd have been so frequent in Wyandott
county. and in fact the whole Missonl
valley. that detectives are kept on Tn
Ground most of the time by the pos
Office department, but they do no
~ have much success in running dow
Tc- the robbers
NO Michael wilkins, one OF the olde
ar and wealthiest farmers in the countl
for was killed by a Santa Fe train mil
on west of Atchison the other Afternoon
/
,bs Atchison and In returning holno
tn tempted to drive across the railroa
tracks when the wagon was struck
md an engine. lie was reported TO
ere worth s75, 600.
em Rudolph Muller. an old bachelor, "
nd fopnd dead i'm bed in his house ut VIC
ust ita the other evening. II was snppos
.ov. to be n case Of suicide by poison.
1,v the he'd was found note To the eifc
an. that the writer was old and unat
ing longer to earn living and ne vas p
ter dead A post mortem examinan
= a revealed arsenic in the stomach, y
IN nothing could be found abont the rof
had which had contained arsenic.
nd note also bore evidence OF being
YEAS forrery and there was strong snspici
+be that the old German had been III
the dered for money supposed - oe secre'
nak- about the premises
hiId ]. W Smith, the owner OF . farIn
der the breeding Of fine Norman horses ~
miles from Leavenworth, was fo'
tho dead in his room in the Phillips hot
.ion Kansas City, Mo, the other nfterao
.hud smith went to the Phillips house
.,,t,l night before. engaged . room
was while going To IL be- was seized mii
were fainting spell, becoming unconsr'
shed for a time. When partially revived
waa xaid 10 his attendant: Elm MI r
now. | guess. but ! don't know 7
ran was the matter. neTer had anTli'
after If the kind before" Net appea'
,.he~ next dav tho door was forced "f'en
rfxon be was found dead lie sTa~ I'll
men forty years of age and reported HI
n ad- worth 500, ,ogo.
both The annual report Of the Dtite !
rrned Montezuma A TriniAad railr1zi
ss in panv. which operates line If tvFr
s1x miles in length. running
dis Dodge City to Monteznna, 80
coun- with the state board of rai4Fp+aa
nored missioners recently. This II the
4 the railroad in Kansas which has ~ 7
been "a indebtedness IL u owned fT
son Soul. son Of the h0p bitters II
/ AZ farturer OF the same name The E
,eople nrise does not seem " ~ 2 pFoA'
e. one. Tie report shows that iar
forced of operating were =, 80 IL anh
ia tbs - oig o.. while the total reretp'
In the operation we're 81, - IT. showing