The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-12-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

John Pollock, of Salem, was recently
killed by the cars at Winfield.
Maud Baker, a deaf mute IA years
old, was burned to death at the resi-
dence of her parents in Leavenworth
the other day by her clothes taking
fire from the stove.
The Kansas Day club is reported to
be making extensive arrangements fol-
its annual celebration in Topeka on
January 20, the anniversary of the ad-
mission of the state into the Union.
The state board of charities, a few days
ago accepted the resignation of Super
intendent McCasey, of the insane asy.
lum, at Topeka, and appointed DR..
Eastman, McCasey's predecessor, to the
vacancy.
Carson Carver a well known citizen
OF Kingman county, was shot fatally
by Pearl Drury at a schoolhouse socia-
BILE the other night. Several years ago
the men fought about girl and the
trouble was renewed when they met at
the schoolhouse.
The State Horticultural society, at
its late meeting at Fort Scott, appoint
ed committee to demand more SUBJ
stantial recognition for the society,
and to apply for the establishment OF
the secretary's Office in the capitol
building at Topeka.
The Kansas Horticultural society, at
its late annual meeting at Fort Scott,
elected officers as follows: President,
]. F. Wellhouse, of Paramount: vice
president, ]. w. Robinson, of Butler
county; secretary, Edwin Taylor, of
Edwardsville; treasurer, Frank Hol-
singer, of Rosedale.
Philip Crow, a Kansas City, Kan,
jointist 81 years old, filled himself full
of whisky the other day, went home
and quarreled with his wife, who was
at the wash tub, and finally shot her.
He then shot himself. Crow died in a
few minutes, and his wife lived only
about four hours. They left several
children.
The Woman's Home and Foreign
Missionary society of the Lutheran
church of Kansas, is making a collec-
ton of food, seed and clothing for
needy Lutherans of Hayes county,
Neb., where there was a crop failure
this year. Hayes county is in the Sec
ond tier of counties north of Rawlins
county, Kan. A large colony of Luz
therans settled there two years ago.
A meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Kansas Irrigation associa-
ton was held in the office of the Santa
Fe land department at Topeka a few
days ago and committee appointed to
draft bill to submit to the legislature
in accordance with the action of the
Hutchinson convention. The bill will
provide for the appointment of state
engineer and geologist in connection
with the state agricultural depart
partment.
J. w. Wampler, state fish commits
sioner, has sent letter to Gov.
Lewelling, urging the necessity Of
the passage of a bill by the next
legislature looking to the prop
agation and preservation of fish in
Kansas waters. In his travels over the
state in his capacity of fish commits
sioner he says he was surprised to find
so many streams, lakes and ponds in
which fish could be bred and thrive
IL properly projected.
William Bruins, German farmer liv-
ing near Atchison, who had been in
the habit of passing his evenings at a
railroad station near by, much against
the wishes of his wife, was recently
greatly frightened by Mrs. Bruins, who
put on a suit of his clothes and jumped
out at him from behind a c1ump of
bushes as he was returning home about
midnight. Since then Bruins has been
demented and it was feared might per-
manently lose his reason.
Judge Miller, republican, of the Sec.
ond district, scored the largest plural
ity of any candidate for congress at the
late election. His plurality over his
populist competitor was s,952. Charles
Curtis, of the Fourth district, came in
second with a plurality of 1854. Long,
of the Seventh district, received the
smallest plurality of any of the repub-
lican candidates and he beat Jerry
Simpson by LOSS. Baker, populist, gets
the plum in the Sixth district by 1871
over Ellis, republican.
The state board of agriculture will
set apart one evening probably Thurs
day, the 10th) at its January meeting
for the benefit of the ladies, at which
Mrs. Nellie S. Kedsie, of the state agri-
cultural college, will give an interest
ing talk upon Domestic Science" and
Miss Gertrude Coburn, Kansas girl
and graduate of the state agricultural
college, who has for four years had
charge of the Stout manual training
school at Menomonie, Wis, will lecture
on Manual Training for Our Girls"
Other speakers will entertain those
who may attend.
An effort is being made to place the
names of the Lane Frontier guards on
the files of the war department.. This
was an organization of Kansans in
Washington in 1851, headed by Senator
Lane as captain. whose purpose was to
assist in defending the capital. Sena-
tor Martin has introduced bill direct
ing that the secretary of war be author
lied to place upon the files of the war
department the names of the officers
and men composing the organization
and issue discharges to such of them a
shall furnish satisfactory proof that
they rendered military service and
were honorably discharged, provided
that none of the said officers or men
shall be entitled to pay, an allowance
or bounty, or pension by reason of SER
vice in such guards.
Charles Cunliff, night Waterman at
the Whitaker packing plant at
Wichita, was letting off steam in the
lard house the other night when an ex-
plosion occurred. In attempting to es-