The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-08-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Burrus over the head with a shovel
from the effects OF which he died The
murderer escaped
Peter Wedell, an engineer on a Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger train was re-
Gently struck on the head by a stand
pipe in the yards at Atchisou and had
his skull fractured. His residence was
Kansas City, Kan
The recent breeze at Topeka which
upset telegraph and telephone poles,
electric lights and buEEies without re-
sultiug in a FIRE, caused a local paper to
enthusiastically exclnim: Topeka has
a jewel IN her fire chief and she is proud
90 own it."
The calling into use of all avuiIa bic
engines in the passenger service OF the
various roads TO haul passengers during
the Denver Couclave caused serious de-
lay in the shipment of Kansas grain to
market All stations were overloaded
with wheat awaiting transit
Kansas headed the twelfth division
in the Knights Templar parade at Den
YER led by her famous Aarshalrs band
Of hfty-three pieces, the largest band in
line Eighteen Kansas communicates
marched in the line, the most prominent
of which were Topeka No. s and Mount
OIivet No II, of Wichita.
Frank Kershner, "a freight brake
man on the Santa Fe, was Injured at
De Soto the other morning, by blow
on the head from mail grab. He was
leaning from the steps of the caboose
when the iron hook struck him. frac-
turing the skull very badly He was
taken to his home at Topeka, where
physicians pronounced his injuries
fatal
sam Werner, who runs the City hotel
in NiclScrsOu, shot and instantly killed
r. f. Spear in the hotel the other even
ing. Spear lived in Sterling an
travelled for the international mills of
that city. Werner shot his victim with
a shotgun at close range, the charge
entering his breast No reason has
been given for the deed. Werner was
arrested
A committee representing the African
colonization club of Lawrence has been
in correspondence with Gov. Humphrey
Of late on the subject of securing trans
portation for "a number OF colonists
who are anNious to emigrate to Liberia.
The governor wrote in reply TO the first
communication that no provision was
made by the state for furnishing such
transportation.
Mrs. George Williams, colored, her
sister and three little children had d
narrow escape from cremation at Kan.
sas City, Kan, the other night They
were asleep in their house which was
fired by an iuceudiary. Two young col
ored men discovered the 6re, and broke
open the door when they found Mrs.
Williams aud her sister unconscious
and dragged them from the house,
which was consuHed in "a few minutes
The one-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Eirtle, of Kansas City gIInu.g was
recently killed from iuhaliug gasoline
The child was playing in the yard at
the family residence when he spied a
can standing near the Kitchen contain
ing gasoline The little fellow uu-
screwed the top and placing his mouth
over the nozzel began inhaiug the
deadly fumes He had only drawn his
breath a few times when he fell 20
the ground and in "a few minutes eN-
pired-
The oat product of the state for the
year 1892 is estimated by Secretary
Mohler to be 10, g27, ,5l5 bushels Chinch
bugs are reported in all parts of the
state In some places they are uumer-
Gus, but up to the present time no great
damage has been done. Corn adjacent
TO wheat fields has suffered most Many
farmers of the state are testing Prof
SHOWS process of discriminating bug~
by artihcialy Spreading a fatal disease
among them, aud generally the expert
mcnt is pronounced a success
A late gale of wind, accompanied by
rain, did considerable damage at To-
Pel1a- A barn on the premises of John
Ward, at Oakland. was blown over and
fell on AIr Wards son, "a boy of Is
crushing his skull aud causing death
Several ladies were injured, one or two
seriously, by the wind overturning and
wreclting the vehicles in which they
We're riding. Driver GrOendyIe, of the
city street railway, whose car was over
turned on the Kansas river bridge and
uuroofed, was crushed seriously. Only
the iron rods r1-ar-arrHaT the ga nd ffe
passengers from being hurled into the
river. 1t was the nearest approach to
a cyclone that Topeka ever had
The Atchisou, Topeka g. Santa Fe
has issued figures of gross and net earn
1ngs for June and the fiscal year. On
the Atchison itself there Is a gain for
June or 500, $50 in gross and of $50. OF
in net and this is further added TO by
an increase of Sla,555 in gross and $40,
oj5 in net On the St Louis e. san Fran
cisco, For the twelve months the
Atchisou has enlarged its gross e2,TT4,-
4Ia and its net $1,000, 700 while the St
Louis & san Francisco mas enlarged
gross s3T1, ,T2I and net eEO8, 4H2, maxim.
"a total addition for the year of IS, 1#6,
194 in gross aud g. OI0, 100 in net Ths
gross earnings for the Atchison system
for July approximately, including St
Louis g. san Francisco system were
S. SOL se0li increase, SI5T,SO2,
Patents lately issued to Kansas in
ventOrs: Attachments for cuItivators
Summers & BoIinRer, EureIzai churn
dasher F. L. Mccoy, Eslzridgei car
coupling, w. A. Lee, Winfield; corn
harvester, J. Kipp, Piqua; sl bow Tor
stove pieces, O. G. Craustou, KiucaLe;
coffee pot, r. g. Brown, Kansas City.
As all signs fail in dry weather thc
kansas rainHalzers have certainly
failed to produce rain when mostly
nseded-ln dry weather
Messrz A C. Davis & Co, the To-
pelzG grain firm, have concluded 20
build another mammoth elevator in
that city The elevator is TO be one Of
200, COO bushels capacity.
Col J. w Gore, one Of central Kan
Fas' hrst settlers and prominent during
che days Of the Texas cattle trade,
dropped dead on the street at Abilene
the other day from the eject of the
heat Twenty years ago he was known
70 every cattle dealer iu the west
Lately he has lived a retired life
William Lindsay, OF Rosedale, Ig
years old, was recently drowned while
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