The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-07-20
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

O1ducu shops at Atcn1SOu IuTeW SUV
men out of employment.
Special pension examiners were re-
Gently appointed for Kansas as fol-
lows: A. Shipmen, c. Davis, Harry L.
Arnold and Samuel G. Galiher.
| c. w. Meyers, late president OF the
defunct bank of Greensburg, has been
convicted of receiving deposits when
he knew the bank was insolvent
Maltravers Solomon, a pioneer set
tier VI Lawrence and we'll known citi-
zen of that town in early territorial
days. died at Atcbison the other day.
Gov. Leweliing recently granted
parlons to twenty-three convicts in the
penitentiary, whose terms of imprison-
ment were about to expire, in order to
restore them to citizenship
Mike Clifford, drayman, was sand
bagged on the streets of Hutchinson
the other night He was found insen-
sible next morning. He never recov-
cred consciousness and died in few
hours.
The governor has pardoned Fred
Sorter. of Wyandottec county, who shot
and killed Enoch Link, a blacksmith,
at Quindaro, on Decoration day, 1890,
and was sentenced to the penitentiary
for ten years.
The Missouri river continues to cut
away and destroy property at East
Atehison. Three of the four railroad
tracks running east from Atchison
have been washed away and all four
companies are using the remaining
track.
The supreme cont has rendered q
decision in effect that wien a person
obtains judgment sgainst an insur'
ance company in a lower court, and
son holding Judgment can force pay
ment by giving an indemnity boiid.
The other day George Gear, ID years
Of age, son Of Or. D. W. Gear, assistant
physician of the state insane asylum at
Osawatomie, and Frank Shortz, "a
years of age, while bathing in the
Usage river near the asylum, got be-
yond their depth and were drowned.
The state board of railroad commits
sioners recently sent out blanks for the
annual reports Of the several railroad
companies doing business in Kansas.
The board also required the Pullman
Palace Car Co., the express companies
and the telegraph companies to make
reports.
The last convict received at the reni-
Tertiary in June took the number 7,O2s.
There were $50 received and 80 dis
charged. Orc man escaped during the
month. There were fSe deaths, one
of them colored man, the rest We're
white. There were three men par
doned during the month.
The postmaster-general has ordered
special sxamipations for the mail ser
vice to be held at Topeka; October IL;
Wichita, September 81; Colby; October
Q; Kansas City, October 2. Examina-
lions for positions in the Indian SER
vice. will be held at Kansas City and
Wichita Jiily 20
A crank named Geb E. Miner at Per-
ry, Ok, demands S15O,OOO from Gov.
Lewelling for false imprisonment, and
threatens to sue for $4,000, 900 unless
his demand is acceded to. Miner
claims that he served eight years in the
Kansas penitentiary in the place of a
man who really ought to have been
there.
The republican convention for the
SECOND congressional district met in
adjourned session at Lawrence on the
10th and balloted without result for
two days. On the evening of the Sec
ond day the deadlock was broken by
the nomination of Judge o. L. Miller,
of Wyandotte county, for congress on
the 1.O59th ballot. The final vots
stood: Miller, 80; Funston, 81; Smart, 2;
Parker, 1.
Warden Chase's report showed th6
following transactions ut the peniten-
for the month of June: Cash receipts
for the month, 50, 747.7S, of which S.
| 1919 was for coal sales, So, 262. 81 for
convict labor and s1,96s.14 for board
ing United States prisoners. The total
expenditures for the month were S1O,-
O5491. The coal output for the month
was 1O6,O14 bushels, of which POOLS
bushels were supplied to state institu-
lions.
The weather crop report for tho
week ended July 0 showed corn to be
in good condition. Wheat harvest over
and oat harvest begun, oats generally
turning out much better than had been
expected. Meadows and pastures have
| improved much, and the new hay COM
ing into market in the central counties
is very fine In the west the seed crop
of alfalfa is about ready to cut, while
in the central counties it has generally
been secured in good condition. Apples
are growing fast and promise good
crop Potatoes are generally large.
The report of the state treasurer for
the month of June showed the follow
ing transactions: Receipts for the
month, s139, $50. 40, of which the prin-
cipal items were: General revenue,
S73. 1922; permanent school fund, s32,-
3O1. OF; annual school fund, $50, 351.27
The total disbursements for the month
we're S139. O52. 81, of which the principal
items were; General revenue, S1O1,-
316 20: permanent school fund, $40, 900;
university interest fund sS.s71.95, and
municipal interest fund, Si,697.7s. The
state purchased bonds during the
month to the amount of s1O,5OO; bonds
paid off dE-;ng The month s37, 35s; total
amount of bonds on hand at close OF
month, $3.50, s67. 80. The balance in
the state treasury June 80, 1894, was
ss42, 1868.
The general grand high priest OF tho
Royal Arch Masons of the United
States has postponed the triennial con-
vocation in Topeka until August %.