The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-07-07

KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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| Heavy rains fell in the western part
| of the state on the Goth, where they
were much needed.
J. d. Caster, of Kingman county, has
been chosen superintendent of the deaf
and dumb institution at Olathe, to sue
| ceed Mr.. Walker.
| Frank Howard shot and killed him
self in Finney county the other day be-
| cause a young woman he was attentive
| to refused his offer of marriage.
| InternationaLmoneyo offices have been
established at Argentine, Burlingame,
| Ellis, Goodwin, Halstead, Howard,
Lincoln, Pleasanton and st. John
The Santa Fe road has issued a circu-
lar in favor of one-fare excursion rates
| to Chicago from all western territory,
| and inviting other roads to make these
| rates.
The state board of railroad commis-
| sioners recently ordered that whole
| sale rates be given to the city of Lyons
| This places Lyons on an equal footing
| with Wichita, Hutchinson, Salina and
other Kansas jobbing points.
| Gov. Lewelling has declined to inter-
| fere in the case of Fred Bassett, Of
| Lawrence, son of Judge o. A. Bassett,
sentenced to the county jail for wanton-
| ly shooting n young law student for
walking across the Bassett premises
Maj. w. p. Overton, one of the first
| settlers of Wyandotte county, died sud
| denly at his home in Kansas City, Kan,
the other morning at the age OF 81
years. He was a veteran of the MeXi-
can war, being with Col. Doniphan in
his celebra ted march across the plains.
George f. Murray, of Comanche
| county, was recently killed while blast
| ing in well. He went into the well
| too soon after firing n blast and was
overcome by the fumes of sulphur. He
signalled to be drawn out but before
reaching the surface fell back and was
| killed.
July is win be Kansas day at the big
| Christian Endeavor hotel in Chicago,
| and there will be special exercises of
| interest to all Kansas Endeavorers.
The annual convention of the society
will be held at Montreal, beginning
July 5, and large numbers of Kansas
people will be present.
1t is stated that there is urgent need
of clothing, money and household uten-
sils at Williamstown, where the late
tornado tore down many buildings,
killed ten persons and injured fifteen.
Many of the victims of the storm, par
| ticularly children whose parents were
killed, are reported to be in great want
The fremont hotel at Fort Scott col
lapsed on the morning of the Goth by
the floors giving away. There were
one hundred persons in the building at
| the time, many of whom were seriously
hurt, but no one was killed. The build
ing was four-story brick structure,
and the collapse came without mo-
ment's warming.
The men who caused the terrible
wreck on the east-bound express train
on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad two miles east of Barclay on
the morning of September 81, 1872,
which resulted in several deaths, have
finally been arrested. They are the
two Webb brothers, who resided near
Barclay and were under suspicion at
| the time.
| Mrs. Maggie Anderson made de-
| termined effort to commit suicide at
Leavenworth the other day. She shot
at herself three times, and succeeded
in hitting herself once in the leg. She
afterwards jumped into a cistern, from
which she was taken in half drowned
condition. She is said to have tried to
kill herself because the police were
about to arrest her husband for some
trifling otfense.
| The commissioner of the general land
| office has recommended that the
Larned land Office and that at Garden
City be combined into one Office to be
located at Dodge City. The report
states that the business of the two Of
fees is about enough to make one
Office, and that Dodge City is between
the two towns now having the Office.
The commissioner has also decided to
| move the Kirwin Office to Oberlin.
Edward Ashbough, an old citizen o.
Kansas, was adjudged insane in the
probate court of Wyandotte county the
| other day and will be sent to an asy-
lum. He made the applica ton himself
and stated to the court that he had be-
come convinced that he was mentally
| unbalanced and feared he might do
some one an injury. He stated that he
felt an almost uncomfortable desire to
cut somebody's throat, and was afraid
to trust himself. He also said he had
| great desire to swear and abuse people,
and was fearful that in some way he
would bring about trouble and a trage-
dy, and he wanted to be locked up.
| The governor has of late been receiv-
ing many letters from western Kansas,
urging an extra session of the legisla.
ture for the purpose of providing. seed
wheat and other relief for the needy
farmers of that section. Letters are
being received from many counties in
which the wheat crop this year has
been almost a complete failure, asking
| the governor to take some action OF
this kind. In an interview the gov
ernor is quoted as saying: Il am of
the opinion that assistance can be
| given these people without the expense
of special session of the legislature
The farmers that have been blessed
with such bountiful crops will, l am
sure, contribute to their less fortunate
fellow-men, and the needed assistance
will be given them. i should favor any
measure to aid them, but l am of the
opinion that it can be done without a
4 special session of the Legislature
Mrs. Zaek Evans, who was injured in
the Williamstown tornado, died several
days after being injured, making the
eleventh victim of that dreadful storm
| William Fletcher, kaw river fisher
man, was raising his nets from a skiff
near the Belt line bridge at Kansas
City, Kan. the other morning, when
he lost his balance, fell into the water
| and was drowned.
| The government sorghum experiment
| station is to be moved from Sterling to
Medicine Lodge, but the growing of
| cane will be continued and the sirup
therefrom sent to Medicine Lodge to
be made into sugar by the Denton pro-
cess