The historic times. [volume] (Lawrence, Kansas) 1891-1891, 1891-08-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


Clement Stauffer. fifteen years old.
with several other boys recently at
tempted to wade across the channel of
the Kaw river at Topeka, when Stauf-
fer was drowned
John Lee, a section foreman of the
Missouri Pacific road, while asleep the
other night walked out OF third-story
window of the National hotel at Fort
Scott He fell to the ground, forty feet,
but was not badly hurt
Near Turner the other day team
belonging to George Mick, farmer.
took fright at Santa Fe train and ran
away. A young man and Nellie Mick,
the seven-year-old daughter of the
farmer, were in the wagon, which was
struck by the train and the girl instant
ly killed.
Q In saloon row at Arkansas City the
other day Edward Conway. Santa Fe
conductor, was knocked down with
chair by Mike Kitchen and cut by
Philip Traband. The blow from the
chair fractured his skull and his other
injuries were so serious that he could
not live.
The other afternoon E. n. Preston,
lumber merchant of Ottawa, shot and
killed his wife and then attempted sui
eide. The couple separated some time
ago on account of a quarrel over the
attention certain young man was
paying their daughter. Mrs. Preston
had, however, returned to her husb band,
1a mill
above results.
Mrs. Rinehard Miles, a wealthy
widow, aged fifty, living on a farm
near Leavenworth, was assaulted and
robbed by two colored men the other
night. She was at home alone, her
children being away at social, when
the men appeared and one seized her
by the throat, holding her fast, while
the other ransacked the house and took
her pocketbook containing $40
A committee from Wichita waited
upon Gov. Humphrey the other day and
asked that a change be made in the
board of police commissioners of that
city. The committee represented the
ministers and temperance people of
hibitory law was violated in that city
with the knowledge of the police COM
missioners and that the only steps
taken to prevent it was system of
fines.
The charter of the Peoples Publish
ing Co., has been filed with the secre-
tary of state. The company is formed
~ lfch Iosl Ill
paper in Topeka. The capital stock is
$50, 900, all of which is said to have been
subscribed. The first directors are:
E. H. Snow, state printer; Walter NJ.
Allen, S. McLallin, editor of the Advo-
cate; G. f. Kimball, of Paola, and
Noah Allen, of Wichita
The other day well dressed young
man was found dead near the railroad
crossing one mile west of Wamego
with bullet hole in the roof of his
mouth, a revolver in his hand and his
coat hanging on the fence near by.
Papers found led to the belief that
his.name was Charles T. Orchard. 1t
was clearly a case of suicide. The
young man had money, and left a note
telling how his things should be dis
posed of.
Henry White, single man, went to
the house of James Slisher about three
miles north of Emporia, the other
night and called Mr.. Slisher up, stating
that he had a message for him. Whl,e
Slisher was lighting a lamp White shot
him in the side. Slisher grappled with
his assailant and put him out. but while
trying to shut the door White fired
through the door, the ball passing
through Slisher's neck. White fed,
but was subsequently arrested.
Judge Theodosius Botkin has con-
suited with Acknowledgement Ives in
regard to the Brennan trial and to him
expressed the opinion, so freely ex-
pressed before, that it will be difficult
to obtain an impartial jury in the trial
of the case in Stevens county. He
thinks the best plan to pursue is to
summon every man in the county, who
is eligible to jury duty. at once that the
panel from which the jury is to be Sc
lected may be as large as possible.
President McGrath, OF the Kansas
Farmers Alliance, recently stated that
the farmers are holding large quaint
ties of wheat until there is a material
advance in prices. A late Topeka dis
patch said that the number Of local
corporations which are fling their
charters with the secretary Of state
the avowed objects Of which are 10
purchase and ship grain. is most
positive evidence that the farmers are
organizing Systematically for the pur-
pose of holding their wheat and other
products until such time as they can Sc
cure satisfactory prices
The Order of Tmmaculates. a colorcd
organization, recently held their annu-
al meeting al Atchison- The following
officers were chosen: c. ]. Johnson,
general master. Topeka; f 5 Smelling.
deputy grand master. Memphis, Tenn;
T. II. Traynor, grand treasurer. Mem
phis: g. Il. Turbin. grand financial Sec
rotary, Topeka; Z A Dareth. grand re-
cording secretary. Memphis: Elijah
Green, assistant grand recording secre-
tary. Atchison: C. C. Laws. grand secre-
tary, Atchison: W. l.. Hudspeth. grand
marshal, Valley Falls. William Wathall,
grand messenger. Hiawatha; W. A.
Wade grand herald, Oklahoma CITY;