The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-11-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The annual meeting of the state tsd-
Grafton of labor is called for January %
at Kansas City, Kan
Omcial returns from Jerry Simpsons
district give him i, 400 majority Two
years ago he was elected by T,422
Land hunters are quite numerous this
year In Kansas The big crops of kan
snz have given the state a Worldwide
reputation
David King was frightfuIIy gored by
cow he was attempting 20 milk near
Salina- The animals horns went into
Lis stomach.
X T. NilcOxsons republican, claims
his election to the senate from the
Thirty-uiuth senatorial district by 100
majority over Griebel- popuIizt
S. S. 1IcFaddau, assistant auditor of
state has retired from the state
AUDITORS Office He has served as CHIEF
clerk and assistant auditor for nineteen
years
John Tapp, aged IA years. was az
rested at Saliua the other day charged
with stealing money from the Lee AIer-
camille Co. during the past two months
by systematic work. Tt is said the boy
had appropriated over $500.
Twenty-four cows, seven horses, a
great quantity of feed and numerous
wagons and implements were consumed
by fire the other morning "a few miles
north of Topeka The property be-
longed to O. Stanley, "a dairymau-
The latest obtaiuabIe information as
TO the complexion of the legislature
gives the republicans 10 senators and
68 representatives. This gives them
the organization of the house, but they
are five votes short of "a majority on
Joint ballot.
Leavenworth claims to be the first
city IN the United States to build o.
compressed air line. Mr. Elrles, who
has the project in charge has agreed to
build thirty miles of road for this kind
of motive power and also agrees to
establish ten factories with twenty-five
men to each factory, The city has sub
scribed $3.50, 600 as its part of the agree
meut
In the Second cougressiouaI district
EuustOu's ma lUrIties were: Allen couu-
ty, 93i Anderson, $50; Douglas, G81i
Wyandotte, 1T9. Moors's majorities
We're; Bourbon county, 205i Linn. 1915
Miami, 1s3; Franklin zI5i johnson, l8.
Fuustou'z majority ia the district, s5.
Col ALoore's friends claim that there
were q number of fraudulent votes cast
for Funston, especially in Wyuudotte
county and a contest viii probably bo
made.
J. W. and Birch Handy, of Phillips
burg, were recently taken to Topeka
burgh post Office On the night of Sep
tember IL two persons entered the post
Office and compelled the assistant post
master to open the safe, They wore
masks aud used pistols as arguments
They got S4I5 In cash The aszistlut
postmaster thought he recognized their
voices and their walk They have long
been residents OF Philipsburg aud their
father is merchant i'm that town
ET0TTrrrfrrr fe q comma i've re- mort.
the mechanical and mauufac cturiug Inc
dustries of Kansas City, Kan, as shown
by the census office in Washington:
For year 1sS0-Numbar of czta.--..'l
meuts reported, %; capital invested
81, g33, ,325i number of hands employed,
1,795i wages paid, s40L9lIi vulue OF
materials used 81, 95L,1SO value of
product, 66,625, 229; population, g. .211i
assessed valuation, s484 600. For year
1s9O-Numbsr OF industries reported.
39i number of estn blishmeuts reported,
232; capital, SO 4O4, O55; hands em-
ployeds 1906 wages paid Sa,Os1. .6s5f
cost OF materials used, S34 225 AIS; mis-
Celaueous expenses, S8-0S5,63l value
of product, S4#, O22 $50; population 8S,-
S16i assessed valuation, 50, l67,140,
At its late session at Emporia the
state Farmers Alliance elected officers
as follows: President w. S. Hanna, OF
Franklin county; vice president, Mrs
n. s.. Clark, of Shawnee county, secrs-
tary and treasurer, j. B. French, of To-
pelui lecturer, S. n Scott, MCPHERSON;
assistant lecturer, O. T. Miller, Repub-
lican; steward, Ii. Reemmydecr, Hays
City; assistant steward, w. A. Rauseu,
Mount Hopei doorzeeper, c. A. Camp,
Wellington; assistant d1orE1epeE, y. E.
Ricketts,, Merideni delegates to the na-
tiouaI alliance, w. S. hanna and John
c.. Otisi delegates to the national silver
convention, John Davis, Junction City;
Walter NJ Allen, AIeriGeui H. P Clay,
Prescott, and g. y. scanlan, Randall.
p. D. MaEOu, of Empurius was iuLOrsed
for railroad commissioner.
The final estimate of the corn crop
of Kansas made by correspondents to
ten state board of agriculture places
the average yield per acre and the total
product for the state by sections as
follows Eastern belt. acres, 29l, 1856
product, "a, 442s 928 bushels average
yield per acre 25.5I bushels. Central
belt, acres 2, S20, ,5s1, product 55, s45s s197
bushc-si average yield per acre %. %
bushels Western belt, acres $50, ,G5S.
product g. 800, 500 busheIss average yield
per acre 28.45 bushels The total corn
area for the state is @, 5,8l8, ,5ss acres, the
total product 13s, s,G5sr 62I bushels and
the average yield per acre 2LT bushels.
The acreage sovFu to wheat this fan
belt CORES spondents report iu many
counties IS increased over that of last
year and the plant in fairly good coHdi-
ton
A meeting of the board of regents Of
the state normal school was held at
Emporia on the 10th The annual re-
ports were prepared FOR the governor
and plans for additional room dis
cusssd- Rudolph Hatfield of Wiehita.
sent in his resignation from the board,
assigning removal from the state as the
cause
IT'S stated that the famous DODGE
City cowboy band has arranged TO make
a tour around the world which VIII oc-
cupy four years
The average yield per acre OF rye In
Kansas is placed at 16.5 bushels This.
on an acreage Of 249, 1I5 acres, makes
the rye product 4.0s2,dI5 bushels
BY a rear-eud collision on the 1fis-
souri, Faeifis near Greeley the other dav
one passenger. was killed. one badly
hurt and the engineer also seriously ta-
iured-
Lena Grubbs, daughtzr q O farmer