The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-07-14
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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Allen, of Erie.
The state board of railroad assessors,
lately in session at Topeka, valued the
railroad property of the state at about
$50, 900, 600, an increase of So, ,000, 900 over
last year.
While recently running Stag car
through the smelling works at Argen-
tine, William Steinbach and Charles
Peterson were caught between the car
and the side of the building and badly
crushed. Steinbach died from his in
| juries.
| While lately digging a well at Wa.
terville. William Springer, - years old,
| felt the effect of soul air ard asked tc
be raised When within ten feet of the
top his hold on the rope relaxed and he
| fell back distance of thirty feet and
was killed instantly.
| Gov. Lewelling has received a letter
from George R. Peck, general solicitor
| of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
railroad, informing him that the man.
agement of that road welcomed the
| governors efforts to secure lower
worlds fair rates and that it would
cordially cooperate with him.
| A. c. Shinn, vice president of the
| American Bimetallic league for Kan,
sas, has issued a call for bimetallic
state convention to meet in Topeka,
July 90 The financial situation will
be discussed from a bimetallic stand
| point and a delegate will be elected to
the national bimetallic congress to be
held in Chicago August 1.
| Homer Baker, a young man of Kan
sas City, Kan, got into a quarrel in
a Kansas City, Mo-, saloon on the night
of the Sd and fatally stabbed William
A. Caldwell, of Armourdaie. He then
returned to Kansas City. Kan. and
registered at the Ryus house under an
assumed name, with a woman. Next
morning, learning that Caldwell was
dead, he purchased pistol, returned
to the hotel and in the presence of his
paramour, shot and killed himself. He
was the son of motorman on the Ele-
vated road.
The governor granted the following
pardons on the 5th: Prince Gibson, OF
Shawnee county, convicted January 6,
1890, of burglary and sentenced to the
penitentiary for seven years; David
Hiles, of Norton county, convicted
February 2, 1891, of rape and sentenced
to five years: Edward johnson. of Linn
county, convicted April as, 1856, of rape
and sentenced to fifteen years; Al
Smith, of Cowley county, convicted
October 3, 1883, of assault to rape and
sentenced to ten years. These were
recommended by the board of pardons.
The state board of health met re,
Gently at Topeka and made prepare.
tions for possible visitation of cholera.
The state was divided into nine dis.
tricts, one for each member of the
board. Each member will have ten OF
twelve counties to look after person.
ally, in which it will be his duty to see
that local health officers enforce the
law. The board is preparing a rigid
set of rules for the guidance of the 10
cal boards, and proposes to leave moth.
: ing undone which will prevent the
dread disease from getting a foothol6
in Kansas
About midnight. on the Fourth, ar
explosion in Garner's gun store, OF
Minnesota avenue, Kansas City, Kan.
wrecked the building. shattered scores
of windows in the vicinity and injured
three men who happened to be stand.
ing across the street. The escape o.
; all of them from fatal injuries was lit
tie short of miraculous, and had it oc
Cured earlier in the evening, when the
street was crowded. the number of ia
talities would have been great. The
Herald Office on the opposite side OF
the street was badly damaged, and the
total loss of property was estimated al
between $50, 600 and s40,0
The June report of Secretary Mohlel
shows a continued improvement of croI
prospects throughout the state. In the
eastern part of the state rains have
been abundant and timely, improving
the condition of all crops except wheat
Rust and chinch bugs have damaged
the latter crop in some localities. Oats
barley and grasses are in good condition
in the eastern half of the state, but not
so good in the western half. Present
conditions point to good crop of corn
. potatoes and forage crops of all kind.
in all parts of the state. The condition
of oats compared with average is g.
!, per cent, barley "a, broomcorn IS, cas-
tor beans IS, lax SO, millet -, clover
rs, timothy 20, blue grass s3, alfalfa IS
prairie grass, 65, sorghum -, potatoe.
: -, apples %, peaches 46, grapes rs.
, |. The report of the weather for the
week ended July 3, showed that the
state in general had been well watered
the rains being well distributed in time
and fairly well in area The rainfall
, was heavy in Logan and Wichita
counties, and eastward through the
, Smoky Hill and Saline valleys; it wa.
) very heavy from central Jewell south
eastward to Allen: it was extremely
? heavy from Abilene, in Dickinson, tc
: Westphaila, IN Anderson, IN which area
1t amounted to upward OF seven inches
, But the most interesting feature OF the