The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-04-28
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

| Another fire at Coffeyville several
| DAYS ago caused a loss of 1000.
| Marshall s. Parks planning mill at
Atchison was lately destroyed by fire.
It is stated that the strike on the
Santa Fe is seriously affecting the NOV
ing of freight.
The Farmers Mutual Insurance Co,
| of Holyrood, has been given authority
to do business.
Gov. Lewelling has appointed DIR. E.
| L. Pattee. of Manhattan. surgeon-gen-
| eral of the Kansas national guard.
| The late rains which fell in the east
| ern part of Kansas, were reported not
| to be general throughout the state.
! The total casualties by the late storm
at Usage City footed UP three killed
and sixteen injured several severely.
| The killed were Andrew Waggoner and
wife, co1ored. and an unknown infant
1 Hiram l.. Rounds, of Kingman, an
old veteran Of an Ohio regiment, was
recently found guilty in the United
States court at Topeka of fraudulently
obtaining a pension. He cannot read
| or write and was, according to his
story, the victim Of imposters.
| Lawrence Ochs, OIL years old, was
I found hanging to the end of clothes
line suspended from a rafter of his barn
in Kansas city, Kan, the other morn
| ing. The deed was due to despond
ency His wife died last September
and he has brooded over it ever since.
| c. ii. j. Taylor, the colorcd demo-
cratic lawyer of Kansas City. Kan, has
been appointed by President Cleveland
recorder of deeds for the District OF
Columbia. The position is said to be
worth from $4,000 to 100000 year.
Fred Douglass held it a few years ago.
A man giving his name as George
Il. Washington, and his home
Trenton, Tenn, committed suicide
at the Commercial hotel in 1eaven'
worth the other day because a woman
of i'll .repute with whom he had become
infatuated would not go With him to
st. Louis.
The sergeant-at-armso of the senate in
vestigating committee finally succeeded
in serving subpoena upon Pete Kline,
the Kansas City, Kan, policy man, also
upon McGonigal, and they will be re-
quired to appear before the committee
at Topeka May to tell what they know
about doodle.
The barn belonging to Haskell insti-.
tute at Lawrence was burned the other
day with its contents. Two driving
teams and several buggies and harness
were consumed. The loss was about
$4,000. The explosion of lamp that
one of the Indian boys was Using in the
stable was the cause of the fire.
Judge Reed, of Wichita, has rendered
decision on the new mortgage re-
demption law and holds that the part
: of limiting sheriffs fees in foreclosure
cases to SO is in force on existing con-
tracts, but that the eighteen months re-
,.emption does not affect the mortgages
made before the law went into effect.
Mrs. Gertrude Collestor, p years old,
was recently struck by train on the
Northwestern road at Kansas City,
Kan, and instantly killed. She had
started to a neighbours house. near by,
J in the rain with shawl closely drawn
about her head and stopped on the
track in front of the train without no
! ticing its approach.
Gov. Lewelling recently granted three
unconditional pardons to convicts in
the state penitentiary. Henry Craig,
who was serving four years sentence
for horse-stealing, from Montgomery
d county; Willard jackson and Richard
Youman, under sentence of fifteen years
for robbery. from Dickinson county.
: Craig's term would have expired in four
D days, while Jackson and Youman each
had eleven years to serve.
Cyrus Leland, United States collector
of internal revenue, swore out a war
l \ 4
arrest of X. S. Osborne, secretary OF
y state. on a charge of criminal libel in
/. stating that he lLeland) had received
IS coal from the state mines at Lansing al
CT n nominal cost and sold the same t.
parties in Doniplian county. LELAND
: says there is not particle of truth il
the statements of Secretary Osborne.
C Dan Adams, a negro, the other morn
ing made n murderous assault upoI
Troy Shout, freight agent of the Unio1
q Pacific road at Salina, severely cutting
O him with a razor. He was captured
pleaded guilty in the district court ant
was sentenced to the penitentiary fol
seven years within few hours aftel
3 committing the decd. After the sheriff
had taken Adams on the cars for tn,
penitentiary Il mob took him from tn,
- officers and hanged him.
" The Encouragement has decided
% that the superintendent of insurance
has the power to compel insurance
K companies to submit to the jurisdiction
- of the courts of the state in litigatins
their losses. and may revoke their au
thority to do business in the state TO
removing, or attempting to remove
actions commenced against them il
the state courts to the federal courts
when such attempted removal is in
tended to delay the trial of the cause.
! Abont thirty editors of all partie
! met at Topeka the other day and OF
ganized the Kansas Editorial associa
ton by electing Charles F. Scott, o
lola, president: DR.. S. McLallin, o
II Topeka. vice president: J. E. Junk
81 in, OF Sterling. secretary, and
nj G. Cowgirl, of Topeka, treasurer
= Thirty-two delegates were chosen t,
attend the national editorial conven
ton which is to sit in Chicago from
May 16 to %. The next meeting of tn
Kansas association is to be in October
The board of pardons has recon
mended that A. c. Golfer. of Bartol
county, who is serving term of fifteel
years il the penitentiary, be pardoned
He was convicted of murder in the sec
!. onds degree. A neighbours cattle tres
passed upon Cofer's farm, and law
c. suit followed. On the day of the trial
|while waiting for the case to be takel
3. up. Cofer stabbed his opponent with
pocket knife. He has been in the peni
Tertiary five years and is now insane.
A tornado struck Usage City on tn
{. 18th, destroying about forty houses an
killing coloreds woman. Much dan
age was done farm property in the pat