The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-11-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The late rains have been followed by
ra pid wheat seeding in the state
Senator Ingalls, Cancelled his Chicago
engagement upon the advice Of his Phy-
sician.
Gov. Mckinley, of Ohio, addressed a
large republican meeting at Leavcn-
worth on the 24th-
u. A. Haines, of Ottawa county, cut
eighty-four acres of corn in nineteen
days with one horse.
The Missouri Pacific railroad has sent
$4,000 70 the families Of the victims OF
the Dalton raid At COheyviIle.
The wheat fields look fresh and green
and the late rains viii make a good
strong growth before cold weather
The Illinois university football team
was lately defeated in match game at
Lawrence by the Kansas university
team, the score being % to &
Prof Willard, of the state agrieult-
urai college, recently secured a meteor
ite in Phillips county that weighed
Ebout 1, 250 pounds and IS the largest
one ever found in the state.
The Y. II. c. a of Kansas, OISIaho-
ma and the Indian territory recently
met in convention at Lawrence with
500 delegates in attendance The CON
veution was IN session five days
Mathew Armidale, of Cheyenne coun-
from 40 acres, aud II. b. SteclS, of Bar
Der county, had 104 acres of Turkey
wheat which gave him ?, 2fi bushels.
The executive council held a special
meeting ut Topeka and passed resOlu-
tiOns of sympathy for President Harri-
son in the domestic afHjctiou that has
been visited upon him in the death of
his wife.
L. a. Hoffman, editor OF the Harper
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aged 81 years AIr Hoffman was one
of the early newspaper men of Kansas,
having moved from PenuEy to
Douiphan county in 1857.
III health and alleged mistreutmeut
by "a brother cuused Edward r. Over
ton, "a Kansas City, Kan. negro, 10
commit suicide the other day by shoot
ing himself, The i'll treatment COM
| planned of was that lIe had been sick
: fer several months and his brother
/ failed to procure proper medical treat
meut for him
The uine-year old son of j. W Clark
/ son, who lives Ave miles south of New
{ ton, was dragged to death 10y a cow t1is
other afternoon. The boy was leading
( the COW TO pasture with rope tied
around his arm She became fright
/ eued and ran, dragging him through a
/ hedge. His father ran to him and cut
| the rope, but the boy lived only few
/ hours.
A number of Chicago bankers had d
/ gold medal made t. be presented to
! John Kloehr, who killed three OF thu
! Dalton gang In their recent raid on
/ CoHeyvilIe. The medal was recently
] forwarded to Mr.. KlOehr. 1t is of gold
/ with large diamond set in the center.
! The inscription reads: John KlOshr-
/ the emergency arose, the man ap-
| peared-"
/ The Kansas Undertalzers' assosiasion
/ (the coffin trusD has gotten into
! trouble. There are fifty-eight members
/ Of the association IN Kansas, all OF
| whom have been arrested by the United
] States authorities on the charge of vio-
lating the antitrust law. 4 hearing of
/ the case has been set for November "a
/ b-fore United States Commissioner j.
| C. Wilson at Topeka
The dead body of Charles Pickering,
an old soldier, was found the other
! morning IN "a clump of bushes near the
| home Investjgat proved that death
| was due to exposure. He was dis
| charged from the soldiers home some
] weeks ago and during this tim he aP
| peared to have no other alb ding placs
| except that which he could find in
| places near by the home
Thomas AIcDougai, "a LeavenwortE
! pension agent, was recently arrested
on the charge of violating pension laws
He is accused of OBTAINING and refusing
to give over papers belonging to an old
/ veteran named George W. Hutt. The
arrest was ordered from Washington
| McDougaI claims he went to consider,
| able expense TO secure Uutt's papers
and that he was simply holding then
until paid for his outlay and trouble
Tho annual financial statement of the
a Atchisou. Topeka & Santa Fe railroad
! submitted to the recent meeting of tn,
| stockholders at Topeka. showed tha
! the average operated mileage of thl
AtchisOu system proper is 7sI24 miles
| gross earnings, $36, ass, 1S9; net earn
/ iugs, Sil, ,227, 255s increase in gross earn
! ings, S2,TT4,4T8i increase in net earn
| ings, 1,6O6, TC9. The gross earnings o
the entire system for the past year ha
| been S47, ,34T, 226; net earnings, SIS, III,
| 45G; increase in gross earnings, So, PSI.
| 527; increase in net earnings, 81 1892, sos
| The net income from various propertie
/ not included in the above statemen
| amounted to $1,000, 600.
Paul Switlicls visited his sister ter
| miles north of Silver Lake the othe
| night, and when he mounted his horsl
to return home pistol shot was heari
and Switliclz reesived an ugly buiIe
| wound IN the lefE side he fell TO thi
| ground and was picked mp uuconscioU
I by his nephew. A revolver was fOuuJ
/ tied to the saddle of SWitliclz's horse
{ but he said that he had no revolver aut
did not know where the weapon camI
from Investigation points to a prob
/ able attempt at murder SyvitIicIz is az
old settler and is a prosperous farmei
and stock raiser Recently he went in
to life insurance rather heavily and il
now carrying policies aggregat ting $50,
coo.
] Federal supervisors were appOiutet
I to take charge of the election in Kan
sas City. Kan, and Wyandotts county
| upon the petition of ten electors
/ United States District Judge Philip
! appointed Judge Eetchum. a democrat
chief supervisor.
William Harvey, one of the oldes
| residents of Finney county and for
InerlV a vveil-to-do merchant, committed
| suicide at Garden City the other day
he had OF late had insane fits in vvhicE
/ he imagined that his family vver,
| starving, and he was driven TO despara,
[ tion on account of it.