The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-07-18
Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
The Kansas state fair will be held at
Topeka September IL to 10.
The late high water did great damage
to the dixie constructed in the Missouri
river, opposite Atchison, by the govern
ment two years ago.
The other day Joel Kinds, farmer
60 years old, was killed by a Rock
Island train near Clay Center. He at
tempted to drive across the track.
Misses Kate Higgins and Mollie
Brooks, young ladies of Cedar Vale,
were drowned the other day while at
tempting to ford Big Caney creek on the
state line. The horse and buggy were
carried away and their escort barely
escaped with his life.
1t is now believed that Max Tuchman,
the old man whose body was lately
found floating in the Kansas river at To-
peka, was murdered and robbed, and SO
strong was this theory that the county
attorney order the coroner to disinter
the body and make careful post NOR
tenn examination
The trial of Rev. A. II. Tevis, pastor
of the Washington Street Methodist
c1arch of Kansas City, Kan, resulted
in the finding of the defendant guilty,
as charged, of falsehood and hypocrisy
and his suspension from the ministry.
The result was split in the church,
one of the oldest in the state. DR..
Tevis is talking of organizing new
church.
Arrangements have been perfected
for grand display of Kansas products
at. Toronto, Canada, during the sessions
of the National Educational association
at that place. Prof. ]. n. Wilkerson, of
the state normal, manager for the kan
sas teachers delegation has the matter
in hand, and State Superintendent Win
ans has secured commodious quarters
for the display, which will be the same
as that exhibited at Boston last August
by the Kansas G. A. r. during the ma
tional encampment
A call has been issued by the various
heads of reform organizations in Tope-
ka for a cooperative convention in To-
peka, August 80 next 1t was formula
ted by Fred. P. Bailey, of Wichita, gen.
eral manager of the Mutual Protective
association, an organization for staying
executions under mortgage foreclosure.
Among the names signed to the call are
those of Senator PETER, W. T. Right
mire, secretary of the Citizens Alliance;
S. McLallin, editor of the Advocate; j.
B. French, secretary of the alliance,
and Fred P. Bailey.
The supreme court has rendered de-
cision in the mandamus case against
the board of directors and the warden
of the state penitentiary to compel
them to enforce the eight-hour law. 1t
was decided that the law does not APP
ply to state institutions. The state in
stitutions are held to be run by officers
on yearly salaries, whose hours are not
to be regulated by ordinary forms Of
| law. The prisoners are required to
work ten hours as punishment they
not having their time circumscribed as
a reward, or for division of labor with
other unemployed laborers.
c. B. Horton, of Omaha, assistant
| superintendent of the Western Union
| Telegraph Co., has found irregularities
| in the accounts of Mrs L. NJ. Harker,
| the company's local manager at Leav-
enworth, and has suspended her. Mrs.
Harker left some time ago on a sum-
mer vacation and during her absence
| the discovery was made. Mr.. Hor-
| ton says Mrs Harker carried straw
| messenger on her books and was
paying an operator less than the COM
pany allowed her for his salary. Other
| things were also discovered which were
not considered straight Mrs Horton
is a widower and was highly respected
The state supreme court has decided
| against the petitioners in the case OF
| the three insurance agents who were
| trying to be released from custody at
| Leavenworth on a writ OF habeas
corpus This is the case wherein three
| insurance agents from Missouri formed
| an organization called the 'Sunhower
| club, and went TO Leavenworth to dis
| cipline local insurance agent named
James Graham, who they charged with
writing policies at cut rates Graham
did not take kindly TO their extraordi-
nary efforts to regulate his business and
he had the three agents arrested on
criminal charge for violating the Kan
sas insurance law by their trying TO
keep up and regulate insurance rates
| In the decision the law has been virtu-
| ally declared constitutional
Robert Ellis, colored boy II yearh
old, was shot and killed while
playing with other boys In front of
colored church, during the progress Of
social. at Topeka the other night
The boys were playing with pistol
when one Of them attempted 20 wrest
/ it from Ellis and IL was discharged,
killing the boy instantly.
Chancellor Snow, OF the state uni
verxity, has received very encouraging
reports from Butler county as to ex-
periments In the destruction of chinch
bugs so far the white fungus" has
not failed 70 do is deadly work, and
the bnga spc dylng o. dead In ever