The southern argus., 1892-01-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Fifteen hundred school teachers of
: the state attended the teachers con-
l vention lately held at Topeka. Many
1 interesting papers were read.
Rufus Crosby. a wealthy banker,
committed suicide at Valley Falls the
other day by hanging himself De-
spondency and poor health the cause.
Mrs Emma Snyder died suddenly al
Topeka the other day and there was
talk of foul play, but an investigation
showed that death was the result of an
overdose of morphine, to which she
was addicted. Her husband was play
ing in an orchestra at the time of her
death.
At an early hour the other morning
a masked robber went to the house of
John Killion, well-to-do farmer liv-
ing in the eastern part of Atchison
county. and when Killion opened the
door demanded his money, at the point
of revolver. Killion gave the. man
all he had, some $500
Richard Robinson, boilerm aker, in
the employ of the Kansas City Smelt-
ing & Refining Co. in Argentine, st.lc
l
ing and in trying to jump from NOV
ing train near Nineteenth and Liberty
streets fell and was literally ground to
pieces under the wheels.
Dannie Marshall. the ten-year- old
son of Jerome Marshall, of Kansas
City, Kan, was run over by a car on
the West Side electric street car line
the other day and received jures that
are almost necessarily fatal, both hips
being crushed, both legs broken, be-
sides serious intern al injuries.
Washington Waterman, a noted horse
| thief, died at the Kansas penitentiary
| on Christmas day. He was a crippled
old man eighty-seven years of age and
criminal of long standing. He had
served two years in the Missouri peni-
tertiary and was serving his third term
In the Kansas prison when he died.
Upon tract of land adjoining Fort
Scott prospectors recently discovered,
only sixty-two feet from the surface,
two veins of excellent black coal, one
vein being two feet thick followed by
another one thirty inches thick They
also uncovered an immense body of
cement rock, under which was found
body of mineral paint one foot thick.
The coal is said to be a most valuable
quality of btu minous
The house of Charles Miller, in the
northern part of Lawrence, together
with its contents was entirely con-
sumed by fire the other morning Mrs. |
Miller was severely burned about the |
face and hands while endeavoring to |
save trunk containing about $780, |
Her efforts were in vain and the trunk
containing all the money the family
possessed was totally DESTROYED. The
recovery of Mrs. Miller was considered
doubtful.
Mrs. C. 7. johnson of Kansas City,
Kan, whose prediction that the world
would come to al end Christmas, 1891,
at p. M, has given her~so Such motor
lety, spent Christmas day a.. \. ne be-
hind closed doors She refused to see
any OF her numerous callers. In re-
Spouse to an inquiry sent into her room
she wrote: ''Watci and pray; the Lord
has willed it," But the final destruc-
ton failed to materialize and all things
Kansas congressman are assigned to
the following house committees: Judi
ciary, Case Frederick; agriculture, E.
IL. Funston; Indian affairs, b. IL
Clover; territories, Jerry Simpson;
railways and canals, John Davis; labor,
John Davis; printing, Case Broderick; I
eleventh census, William Baker; irri- 1
CATION, Jerry Simpson; immigration, f.
IL. Funston; private land claims, ]. G.
Otis; laws, Case Broderick; expend- {
lures, treasury department. b. II. {
Clover.
In Donlphan county short time ago :
John Delany mpleted Il new house
and moved into it A few days later 4
he died and was buried On the dav of
he funeral his wife became sick and
within twenty-four hours she was dead.
Two sons, who lived in California, were d
for and arrived in time for
he mothers funeral. They became l
lick and both died, All four apparently .
lied from the same disease, which is |
imposed to have resulted from sleep |
ng In the new house
At late hour Monday night two ;
masked men entered the house of Mrs 3
Jonathan Davis, wealthy widow re- +.
iding in the western part of Atchison =
ounty, and demanded her money. She :,
old them she had none and they COM
'elled her at the point of a revolver to !,
ign a number of checks, aggregating q
600. They then poured coal oil on her =
lothes and set fire to them and fed =
irs. Davis grabbed quilt and wrap -
ing herself in it extinguished the +
ames. She was alone at the time, her =,
hildren being at a neighborhood ;,
arty. =.
Newton Howe, twenty-five years old, W
9ok charge of the Sumner county poor II
arm on the last OF the year, and the et
day was shot By John Meeker, ii
ne of the inmates Meeker is a cripple,
aving had both legs cut off by train
bout two years ago, and had been p
to do pretty much as he ,e
leased The authority attempted to q
e exercised By the new superintendent =
ngered him and he became insolent- r.
nperintendent Howe. il Is said, threat a
ned TO knock Meekers brains cut :.
hen the latter. remarking that he L
ould not give him a chance, took a 90
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