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

Lsaveaworth Registered in round
numbers g, 800 voters
Prank j. Case. OF Atchiaons has loegn
! granted patent for a car coupling.
Topasu hncIzmen are complaining
that she s'coul uiue' undertakes are
threaUsuiug to boycott them IL they az
tend funerals coudusted by -antt-
combine" uudertailers
AT the soldiers home, near Lsaven-
WORTH there are now present 4, ,SlSi on
extra duty, E2s; sick. 1876 in arrest, g
absent with leave, 6s4i without leave,
b -; temporarily at post awaiting admia-
sion, 3D.
The attorney for C. A. Benson, OF
Lcaveuvyorth, has presented 30 the
United States supreme court a petition
for "a new trial. Benson viii be re-
memb bered as the man convicted in the
United States court at LeaveuTorth OF
the murder OF Mrs Mettuuu-
Gen. Weissart,of Indiana, commander
in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re
public, Department Commander Green
aud other prominent Grand Army men
were given G public reception al SaliuG
on the evening of the sd by the local
post and citizens generally Visiting
delegations were present from sur
rounding cities
A sensation was created at Wichita
the other day by the arrest OF Arthur
=. Allen. a prominent citizen on a
charge OF ernbszzling gi,7S5 from the p
c. Holmes estate OF which he was au-
mini-trator until recently. Allen is
EpeciaI gent Of the New York Life lu-
surauce Co., and lives iu q handsome
residence
Leland J. Webb, ex-commuuder-iu-
chief OF the Sons OF Veterans, has been
declared insane ia the probate court at
Topeka Before being taken in charge
hs attempted to commit suicide and
succeeded ia iuHiet-ug painful though
not dangerous p atolshot wound an ms
back Webb had pracuiced law In To
pelEa FOR several years
. An Incident occurred On tho Central
Branch of the Missouri Pacific railroad
at Pennington the other night lSiIling
Engineer Han Wheeler and fatlllV i'm
juriuE his fireman, y. j. Graves, both
of atchlaou. Tine accident was caused
by the west-bound freight leaving the
track on a siding and running into an
east-bouud FIRE. gat train
John RsmIey, "a locomotive engineer
of the Santa Eer has camTua need pro
ceediuRs in the federal court at Topeka
for 5000 damages for the loss of an
& eye. He lost his eye one year ego 10y
I the bursting of "a water gauge attached
TO the boiler of his engine and he al
leges that the company was negligent
iH not replacing the defective gauge
. with good one, which it promised 70
do.
The other afternoon three masked
Z robbers entered Ihe town 'of SpearvilIs,
I seventeen mites east of Dodge City and
/ halted 10 front of the only bank ia
7 town. Two OF them went inside and,
/ presenting a Winchester at Cashier
Baird who Is q cripple, compelled him
{ 20 hand over all the cash on hand,
bout $4,000. They then mounted
their horses, fred several shots in the
usE and galloued cut of town
T. It. Driscoli. the baIIoauist of Hutch
iusou, made an ascension at the fair at
Harper the other afternoon When the
/ balloon had reached g height of SEQ or
300 feet IL collapsed DrisColi cut his
parachute loose, but it had scarcely
filled before it was struck by the fall
ing balloon. causIE- it 20 careeu and
the helpless aarouaut fell a distance of
sixty OF eighty feet He struck on the
railroad track and was picked up in an
iuseuslble condition His injuries wer
thought TO be fatal
The October report of Chancellor
Snow, OF the state university says the
month has been q warm October, sur
passed in warmth by only five proceed
ing DctobeFs, 1879, 1881, 1852 1883 and
1886. The first white frost OF the see
son occurred on the 9th. ten days later
than the average date There was nc
black FROST. uupicIled apples aud tender
ground being entirely Guharueu at the
end of the month The rainfall was
more than so per cent. above the aver
age
Mrs. Clara EieEar aged ahGut 65 years
and almost blind, shot and killed her
four-year-old grandson, Frank VoIclreus,
al Kansas City. Kan, the other day
and then killed herself The child WIS
the son of her daughter who resides iu
New York, but had been adopted by
another daughter and her hus band who
lived In EEuusus City, Kan. The grand
mother was opposed to- This and had
threatened TO Ill5E the child, which was
kept away from her. On the day of
the tragedy. however, she succeeded iu
getting the little one to Lcr house when
she carried out her uuricrous Threat
When found she and the child were
C.. ad on her bed
William Sims, 60 young roiored man.
has brought suit against the Kansas
medical college to recover s., COO dam
ages because he vvEs dismissed from the
school on account of race pref judice.
} Mr.. Sims hiss located iu Ozlahoma and
prior 70 going TO Topeka TO enter c5i-
lege was practiciug medicine there on
a certtdcate- He gave up his practice
iu order TO obtain a regular diploma
from % recognized medical college lie
passed eSamiualian at Fisk uuiVarsilv,
Nashville, Tenn. and Harvard uEiver-
zity iu Washington City. and also be-
fore a committee appointed for that
purpose when DE applied for admission
{ 20 the Kansas cl.lrss, Dul u IS admission
p was refused on account gf his color, and
f1r this he asks alr-HE
Considerable wheat has been Hoyvn O
d Sc ond time tn Reno county since the
q raiu. the 6gst and eariF sowing having
g failed to come up lcI- owing 90 the
d. weather prevailing az that time