The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1893-10-20
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


her husband. near Basdwin, the othe,
night, has been put n iaH as Lsw
renee. Wright Will proba bly, die,
Mrs. Murray, baker at the state iH
beetle asylum, has made serious
| charges against DIR. Pitcher, head OF
! the institution, which will doubtless
be investigated.
Gov. teweliing has ordered the Met
ropolitari police of Kansas City, Kan,
| to inaugurate war OF determination
against the gambling shops and other
dens Of vice in that city.
During the month Of September the
state purchased s23, 100 Of school bonds;
| bonds were paid off amounting t6 81, $50,
| and So, SIS. sos. IS in bonds were on hant:
at the close of the month.
Reports in the off'cs of DR.. Dykes,
| secretary of the sta tie board OF health,
| from the nine members of the board,
| show that the state is in an excellent
| sanitary condition, and the gene raj
health is good.
In the district court at Topeka Judge
| Hazen overruled the motion for a new
| trial in the libel case against Secretary
! of State Osborn, and notice of appeal
was given. Pending the preparat ton
of the papers in the supreme court case
sentence was suspended.
Arrangements are being made for a
| joint meeting of the Kansas swine-
breeders associa ton, the improved
| stock breeders association a nd the state
board of agriculture in Topeka early in
January to discuss matters of interest
to the producers of the state.
Judge Reed, of the Sedgwick comfy
| district court, has decided that JUS
tice of the peace cannot give a new
trial in criminal cases. This is the first
ruling on this question, and it is inn
portant to lawyers, as new trials are
granted every day in KaIisas by JUS
ticeS-
The report of State Treasurer Biddle
for September shows the total receipts
for the month to have been $40 9l6. SO
and disbursements s14S,576.44 with a
balance ON hand at the close of the
month of $685. .931.O3. The state peni-
tentiary earned s6, S09. Oh during tho
month.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal has
sent a circular letter, dated October Q,
to the state banks of Kansas asking for
an official statement of the financial
condition Of each. lie is of the opinion
that the response to the call will show
an improved condition of the financial
interest of the commonwealth.
Senator Martin has introduced bill
reimbursing the state of Kansas in the
sun Of $3.50, Ola. 46 principal and s97,-
$50 4G interest for moneys paid citizens
whose property had been destroyed in
the late war. These claims had been
paid by the state under act of ths legis-
lature, approved March 5, 1887.
Mrs. Sallie johnson, wife of DR.. w.
w. johnson, died in Washington City
the other day. She was the youngest
daughter of the late Gov. Wilson Sham
non, of Lawrence. Her first husband,
Mr.. Walsh, of St Louis, died number
Of years ago, and in June Of last year
she married DR.. johnson. Yer death
was fastened by the murder Of her son
by drunken MeXicans in Colorado a few
months since.
The grand lodge l. o. O. F., lately in
session at Topeka, elected officers as
follows: Grand master. j. A. Camp
bell, of Severance; deputy grand mas
ter, W. NJ. Glenn, of Tribune; grand
warden, J. A. Colaw. of Chanute: grand
secretary. j. A. BRIGHT. Of Abilene;
grand treasurer, l.. c. Slime, OF Ottawa;
grand representative, NJ. b. Ward, Of
Topeka; grand medical director, S. p.
s. Wilson, of Leavenworth The next
grand lodge will meet at Wichita.
The Rebekah state assembly, I. O. o.
f.. in session at Topeka, elected Mrs.
Jennie NJ. Wehe, of Topeka. president,
Mrs Barbara Pond. of Fort Scott, vice
Wichita, secretary. and Mrs. Ida NJ.
Blum, of Kansas City, treasurer. The
president appointed as subordinates
Mrs. Blanche NJ Dryden, of Spring
Hill, marshal; Mrs. Adelaide Wayland,
of Washington, conductor: Mrs. Gould,
of Horton, guardian: Mrs Bailey. her.
aid; Agnes Schocnerts, of Pittsburg,
messenger.
Reports of the grand officers I. o. o.
+. show there are in Kansas 4Gi work.
ing lodges with a total membership of
22,973, an increase of 2, 35i during the
year. The order has s4s9, 315 AZ invest
ed in real estate, bonds and other prop
erty and has paid out for relief s49,-
5O3.s2. An interesting history and de-
scription are given Of the Odd Fellows
orphans home constructed at Siliiville,
Franklin county. There are forty
rooms, accommodating seventy-ive
children. In connection with the home
is farm from which there was large
crop harvested this year, the cash re-
ceipts from this resource being sl6, 900.
Two convicts. who escaped from the
penitentiary and were recaptured, were
recently taken before Judge Myers at
Leavenworth to be sentenced to prison
again under a provision of the state law
which declares that prisoners who at
tempt to escape can be taken before 4
district judge and sentenced to serve
their terms over again Judge Myers
refused to sentence the prisoners and
declared the law unconstitutional, in.
asmuch as it violated the constitution
of the United States and the state Of
Kansas by depriving a man of his lib
erty without trial by jury. The judge
also held that penitentiary officers
could not hold prisoners a day longer
than their regular terms under any
prison rule or pretext.
William Goodwin, farmer residing
near Manhattan. committed suicide
the other evening by cutting his throat
with razor. Goodwin and his wife
we're driving along the road in
wagon, when he suddenly stopped his
Team Spranp from the yvapop rushad