The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-09-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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secretary Of state, with a capital stock /
Of s., coo.
Ex-senator Ingalls, has not sailed for
Europe, as has been reported lie IS ut
home, and has no intention Of going
abroad this year.
The Leavenvyorth mutual sick relief
association has been chartered for the
purpose OF relieving sick members By
the payments of Gzed weekly benefits
Newell S. Pond, Of Arkansas City.
having recently discovered plan of his
wife to eiope with George Pile, went
home and accused her and then broke
or cut up every article OF furniture ana
clothing in the house and threatened to
take his vyife's life, but finally allowed
her 70 escape. He then left The city.
Pile is married.
A petition, signed by q large number
Of citizens Of Stevens county, has been
received by Gov. Humphrey, asking
him to causs an investigation into the
financial affairs OF the county. The
petition sets forth the fact that the in-
debtedness Of the county is SIS, 600, one
half of which was incurred In "a fraudu-
lent way by the county officers
The survivors Of the Quantreu raid
recently held a meeting at Lawrence
and effected an organization with tho
following oficers= President i. w.
Read; vice-presidents, &. GroEenor,
Samuel Kimball. @. T. X Prenticei
secretary, @. W. Smith; corresponding
secretary, b. W. Woodward treasurer,
7. Bulleue; executive committee, R.
W. Spar, j. c. Watts, j. G. Sands, j.
II. Simmons, Z. W. Wood.
The grand lodge Of coIOred bIasous,
lately in session at Fort Scott, elected
officers as follows; C.. w. Smith, OF
Topeka, grand master; g. a. Dudley Of
Kansas City, deputy grand wardeui j.
W. Steward, senior grand warden; j. s.
Brashear, OF Topeka, grand tire easureri
II. II, Curtis, of Baxter Springs. grand
secretary. The reports of the various
grand officers show the order to be in
fiOurishing condition and full of cheer
ing and COnsOling news to the craft
throughout the entire jurisdiction.
The new school law for cities of the
drst-class, passed by the last legisla-
ture, it has been discovered will work
delay in opening the schools OF sew
eral cities from early in September, the
usual time, to January, 1892. The
cities that will suffer are Kansas City
and Atchison, the school boards Of both
being in debt and the new levy not be
| ing availab ble until January next Kan
ses City (Kan-) proposes to open the
schools and maintain them until Jauu-
/ ary by means OF private subscriptions
and charging a small tditiOn Zee
The Kansas association of PennsyI-
vania settlers recently held an annual
/ reunion at Emporia, which ended with
= picnic which was attended by over
! 8, 600 people Nearly every county in
the state had representative present.
The following were elected cEiCersg
| President, Rev. ID. B. Shuley, of EmPO-
ria; treasurer, D. c. Lake, Of Usage
| City; secretary, c. II. Bollman, Of To-
| pelza- Lyon county has over J. 600
/ Pennsylvanians and not less than 500
others were present Topeka was
/ chosen as the place for the next reunion
T. ". Deming, Of New Orleans, who
owns a large sugar mill at Attica, Is In
| Kansas to push the work of mauufact-
I uFing sugar from sorghum. He has
/ great faith in the sugar industry In
/ Kansas and believes that Kansas sor-
! ghum can be made as productive Of
| sugar as southern cane At tpreseut the
| best plantations In the south get 200
| pounds of sugar 1roqu a ton of cane,
| while Kansas sorghum yields but 100
| pounds Kansas sorghum contains
more glucose than southern cane, and
/ this is a serious difhulty in the way OF
/ making sugar.
| Special Policeman Grigsby, on duty
| at Chelsea park, Kansas City, Kan,
| duFing the recent heavy storm, attempt
! ed to remove a telephone wire which
| had been blown down He grabbed IL
! with both hands and in a moment real-
/ lied that he had hold of a live" wire
The man was unable to release his
1 hands and he vvrithed around in great
1 agony. By the time assistance arrived
smoke from his burning flesh was aris-
ing and he was in most terrible agony.
1t took several moments for the people
| who came TO his assistance to compro-
| hsud the Situation but Grigsby. al
/ though undergoing awful torture,
/ shouted to them to cut the wire This
| was quickly done and the policeman
was enabled 20 drop the wire The
palms OF both hands were quite badly
I burned
Fred Cook, a lineman employed by
the Western Union telegraph company,
/ recently had q marvellous escape from
/ death while at work on the corner OF
/ Sixth street and Minnesota avenue Ia
| Kansas City, Kan Smith was engaged
in repairing a wire st the top of a tele-
I graph pole when it accidently came In
/ contact with a live" electric light wire.
In an instant he was jerlSsd from the
pole and his body was dangling In the
! air. When the current struck him he
/ gave one loud shrielL- a scene of wild
| excitement followed, as the crowd eE.
Pectsd TO see Cook fall TO the pavement
and be dashed 70 death. Cooks face
turned black from the effects of the
heavy shock. but he recovered his
q
Gods sake cut the wire" The deadly
current again rendered him uneon
scious- Another Iiueman rushed 70 his
! rescue sud cut the wire. Cooks hand
were terribly burned
The total assessed valuation Of prop
! erty ia Kansas An 1850 was SI6O. s8I. esq
! In 1890 it was $3.50. 5e3, T1ls increase
S1s9. T82s s922 The population IN 1854
was s76, ,Oe6i in 1890, !, 427, ,O95i increase,
z5I.O00-
WiIIism Wolf and william Norris,
coIored, had a dispute over a woman al
E.saveEyFoF the other night that end.
ed in Wolf killing Norris with "a Ak
Tols ned Immediately sitter the murder
aud had not been captured
Mrs ". F. Bz0Wa. wife OF Eas pso-
pies party candidate Of Wyaadotte
county. was Eun down by an ''T-' road
train ss Eznsas City. kan, the othsl
day aa4 quite seriously injured
The damage % Col d. p Authouy's
4zrn. near Hurous by the late storm
was estimated 20 be e. COS.