The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-11-03
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Cashier Smith. of the defunct Finney
County Farmers bank, has been 40
Quilted by the jury ut Garden City.
A. W. Littls. who killed johnson ON
the streets of KaSsaS City. Kan, last
July and who secured change OF
venue to johnson county, wss released
on SIS. 600 bonds by Judge Burris-
Or. Jones, late mayor of Topeka, has
been installed as chief surgeon at the
Leavenworth soldiers home. DIR. Nc
Nary, who has been assistant surgeon
since the home was started. it is said.
has been politely dismissed"
The state board Of railroad commits
sioners lately decided the Wichita
freight rates case in favor OF the COM
| plainants and ordered q reduction OF
nearly oS per cent. in the rates on agrf-
cultural implements from the Missouri
river to Wichita.
Charles II. Godfrey, a butcher. COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself at
Ell Dorado the other morning. He had
been an inmate of an asylum some
years ago, and from dependency and
| temporary insanity committed the act.
He leaves a widow and two small chill
4fen
An escaped lunatic from the Topeka
insane asylum recently inaugurated .
reign of terror west of that city by ap-
pearing to the frightened people at
night yelling and flourishing revolvers-
He would hide in the timber in the day
time and prow1 about the country at
night.
Miss Belle Knowles, daughter of J.
| ,o1,vy
mitted suicide at Belle Plaine a few
days ago by taking strychnine. She
was 10 years of age and graduate OF
Garfield university, at Wichita No
cause could be given. She attempted
suicide two years ago.
| II. B. Noll, a merchant Of Joplin,
No, was shot andbfatally wounded by
highwaymen at Wichita, the other
night. He had been out to Goddard
collecting, and was attacked while re-
turning to town. There was an uncx-
plained mystery about the affair, gath
cred from utterances by the wounded
man during periods of consciousness.
Capt H. II. Sivard, an old citi.
zen and an officer. was shot and
killed by Morgan Wright at Winfield
the other afternoon. Sivard had
| warrant for the arrest of Wright and
Kid Norton. He arrested Norton, after
a desperate resistance, who called to
Wright to shoot Sivayd, which Wright
Immediately did. The murderer was
jailed.
The other night a man by the name
of Bedford Smith, who resided at Ga
lena, while stealing chickens at Belle
Vile, an adjoining mining camp, had
his head blown off with shotgun.
He was a married man and leaves
wife and small family. The coroner'a
jury found that the killing was done
| bv ]. w. Sigler, and was not justih-
able. Sigler was jailed.
j. r. Stanley is in Jail in Topeka
awaiting n hearing on the charge OF
forgery. Stanley was formerly stu
| dent Of the state university at Law
renee. He was married last spring to
the daughter of one of the most prom
inent citizens of Douglas county.
Stanley was too fast for his business
| and soon became involved in crooked
transactions, which resulted in his ar
rest
The bank commissioner has received
statements from 432 state and private
banks of Kansas and from nearly
all of the national banks. He be.
lie%es from the figures examined that
the bafilhs lost fully so per cent. OF
their deposits bstween April and Octo-
Der. The fact that the banks stood
4bis powerful drain, tho Commissioners
saws, N remarkable, and shows that
they have all along been in excellent
condition.
It has been customary throughout
the state to assess property at one
third of it's value, and the assessor at
Wichita finds that hundreds of mer in
the county possessed Of proDcrty OF
about the real value of $500, but which
under this custom Ii assessed at a little
under 5000, escape taxation altogether
under the exemption law, which allows
the head of family 5000 worth Of prop
erty free from taxation. He submitted
the matter to Attorney-General Little,
who decides that if this custom is to con.
tinue. property must be entered at Its
full value as the law provides, the
amount of exemption deducted from
this total aid then the balance to bs
assessed on the one-third plan.
The total assessment of the various
railroads in Kansas, as finally an
nounced by the state board OF assessors,
is as follows: Atcfison, Topeka &
Santa Fe, s2O 727. 7.71s.O5: st. Louis &
San Francisco s3,0l4, 1913. 40; Manhat-
tan, Alma & Burlingame, 1922, 7S2.Ss;
Union Pacific, SO, 500, 597. IS; it. Joseph
& Grand Island, 81, 1,061, 1929; Missouri
Pacific, s12. $50, SILL; Kansas City.
Wyandotte & Northwestern, sS2s, ,9s2. so;
Chicago, Rock Island G. Pacific, S,S43,-
221. 90; Kansas City, Fort Scott & Mem
phis, g, ,753, 79s. 80; Kansas City, Clinton
. & Springfield, s162, ,3s9 6s; Burlington
& Missouri River, 81, 467, Sill; Hutch
inson & Southern, s340, S03 So; Missouri,
Kansas & Texas, o., 1893, 7s4 So; Monte
yuma & Trinidad, s72. 154 70; Brighton
& Lansing, %, 7G2 so; Chicago, St Paul
& Kansas City, s1O3, 391.97; Atchison
Union Depot, 100000; Fort Leaven-
worth railroad, s14.515.0o; total, $751;.
731, ,035 81. The total Valuation for 1892
was ISL, 404, 54374, an increase for the
present year Of $40, 326, 491. Al. The as
sessment of the Santa Fe last year was
, SIG, 1852. .309. 90, an increase OF $4,265,'
4OS OF for the year 1898.
Pensions lately granted Kansas vet
! Grams: Additional. George Cannell,
Devon; John B. Ross, Leavenworth.
Renewal and Increase, William Frank,
Greenleaf Increase, George w. Rose.
!, junction City; John O. Wheeler, Nick
, erson; Abram b. Fox, Haddam; Gideon
Il w. Smith. Great Bend; James H, Craw-
n