The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-12-16
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

John Horton died ut Wichita the other
day from wculds inflicted with a knife
by Artie Gates Gates fled but was ar
sEsstsd- -...-.---.
On the night of the 9Th heavy snow
storm prevailed ia northvvcs tern Kan
sas. t seriously iatersered with rail-
road traffic
In the list of CongressInen published
Charles r. Curtis, of the Fourth dis
trict, is classe1 as a democrat, which
IS incorrect, He is a republican
Southern Kansas towns, including
Wichita. Arkansas City and Caldwell,
are making organized effort looking to
the opening of the Cherokee strip at the
earliest possible date.
Mr.. ROseu thai, the straigh htout demo-
crat elected from Haskell county, but
who failed to get his certificate. de
elareS that the returns We're falsided by
the county clers, who is his personal
snemy 1t is said the clerk has disap-
peared- There seems to be but little
doubt that Mr. RJsenthal wiu finally
get his scat
The Kansas Equal Suffrage associa-
tioH, at its late session at Enterprise,
elected officers as follows: President
Miss Laura VI. Johns; vice president,
Mrs. Annie T. Diggs; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. Annie c. Wait; correspond
ing secretary, Mrs Elizabeth +. Hop
llius; attorney, Miss Ella NJ. Brown;
librarian, Mrs May EelIevills- Brown
George o. Sharp, postmaster at Kick
apoo, is the oldest postmaster in the
United States having served Uncle
Sam for over fifty years. He first held
Office in Virginia in 1887, and has been
postmaster at HiclSaPoo continuously
since 1855. He has been justice of the
peace for KickapoO township for thirty
sgvo years and Eyas agaiu elected No
Vem Der last. lie Is over eighty years
of age and scarcely knows what it is to
have an ache or pain.
The supreme court of the United
States has affirmed the Judgment of the
lower court by which C. a. Benson was
convicted. of the murder of Mrs Theresa
blattman on the military reservation at
Fort Leavcuworth- Henson sought to
escape on the plea that hs should have
been tried in the state and not in fed
erEl courts, for the reason that tha
land on which the murder was COM
mitted was used foe farming and not
FOR military purposes Benson viii,
therefore, hang.
Gov.-elect LeweIliug declares that he
viii pay no more attention TO appoint
ments until after his Inauguration. He
said, iG a late interview: My time
will be fully occupied from now on in
making arrangements for my family in
Topeka and in preparing my inaugural
address. My correspondence has been
so volumiuous that it has been impossi-
BILE fr.H --J---izis. 80 EUgh up with the
-.vvrfr, SO we will let all matters per
tanning to appointments severely alone,
and 1 would like the public to be In
formed why replies are not received to
their appeals"
During IA quarrel about dog the
other morning on the farm of J. B.
Smith, coiored, in the north bottoms q
mile from the limits of Kansas City,
kan, Smith was shot in the shoulder
by Louis Whitfield, also coIored, with a
load of bUcHshot, and Wbitisld was
soon after shot by Malcolm COurtley a
cOloFed farm hand who worked for
Smith Courtley used muslSet and the
charge took effect in the back Of Whit
held's head, neck aud shoulders He
will probably die. Smiths wound was
not dangerous. Smith is pastor OF the
colored Christian church of kansas Citv,
Kan, and very popular with his people.
Ellsworth Wyatt, member of the
Dalton gang who was arrested in Terre |
Haute, Ind, was jailed at Topeka the
other night while being taken to Okla
homa. Sheriff Bensal, of Eiovva county,
Kan, and Sheriff Hixsou, of Guthrie. .O.5.,
both of whom had acquisitions for him,
'zsDcompanied him Wyatt Is charged
with the killing Deputy Sheriff RaIfour,
OF Known county, July 4, last, and a re-
ward OF $500 was offered by the state
and friends OF the murdered man for
his arrest and conviction The com.
plaiut from OizInhom1 was for horse
stealing and 81, 400 had been offered foF /
his arrest and conviction. When Okla /
homa gets through with him Kausaa 1
will take him in hand.
The Kansas Equal Suffrage associa,
tiOn met in. Enterprise ia annual sos-
sion on the sth with about $50 dele /
gates present. The couven ton was 4
called to order by Mrs. laura NJ. Johns /
president OF the association, and the /
welcoming address was delivered by |
Hon G. B. Hoffman and. responded to I
by bfrs. BeleviIle- -B-oyvn, of SaIina-
Mrs Johns, in the presidents an-
nual address. said: This is the
hour TO strike. a session Of the .
legislature will be. held this win
ter in Topeka The situation holds to
US peculiar difficulties, yet particularly
good advantages. In both parties are
avowed sutfragists, and the life of po-
litical parties depends upon the one
first to make the hght for suffrage in
Kansas" In concluding she said;
1.-THE matter of greatest Importance.
aud that to which all other matters
must give way, is the compelling of ths
io5gisla ture this winter tn un9aib an \
I've franchise -
DIR. Samuel F Few, one of Loaven-
worth,s pioneers died the other uzor4l-
ing at the age of Il years, He was
bora ia WoodstoclS, Va settled in
Iseaveaworth in 1881 and was one Of
+he original incOrpOrators Of the town
I4e,- had been city physician the past
twelve years
Sneak thieves got away with the
evening eolIection at the Baptist church
&fl Medicine Lodge . fevYs Sundays ago
George w. Walker recently stole Two
valuable horses from the stables of
Gaughan Bros, at Reading, and then
fired the barns, which were burned. He
was subsequently arrested at Webb
City, Mo.
It has been settled that the next
official state Pane- Of HsInsss syia b
the Topeka Advocate. which has been
as the offt siaI paper Of theP=9-
pies party. The Ad.vCcatss4s . weekly 4
paper, but arr2ugenents are being
made TO convert it into daily.
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