The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-11
STATE NEWS.

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Wall are to publicly debate the woman anah
suffrage question at Wichita on the @O'n
of June.
Topeka Capital: r. Torrington Fur
man of this CITY, is editor of the WI
Iiams College Weekly. He was recently
elected president OF the College freS'
club.
HM Jordan, editor of the Seneca
Tribune. has connected himself with
the Illinois Press association, when III
tends to make a three months tour
through Europe. Mr.. Jordan has many
relatives in London.
Lightning struck the Armstrong
school bouse and several children were
stunned and all became panic stricken u
number jumped from some OF the lower
windows and were slightly bruised. Inc
building was not seriously damaged
Prof. Vernon Kellogg, formerly OF
Kansas university, has just returned to
this country after years study ana
travel in Europe. He will occupy the
,bair of assistant professor in natural
science in the Leland Stanford, Jr., uni
versity, California.
At Weir City quite little excitement
was created by the posting OF noticeS'
bearing a skull and crossbones, warning
| the negro miners to leave the state
| within fortv-eight hours. This caused
considerable excitement for a short time
but matters soon cooled down.
Mrs. Agnes Townsend, daughter OF
Fire Marshal Burnes, aged % years, fell
over dead at her parents home in LeaV-
enworth. She had just returned from
shopping with her mother and seemed
in excellent health and spirits when she
fell from a chair and expired without ut
tering word.
Grand Army day at the Chatauqua
Assembly meeting at Forest Park, Otta-
wa. June q, will be honored by great
manv distinguished visitors. Governor
Mckinley will be the orator of the DAY,
Prof. C. C. Case, of Cleveland, o., Will
be the musical director and Commander
iu-Chief Adams, of Massachusetts, Gen.
W.P. Campbell, of Wichita, Hon. Geo.
r. Peck, Hon. Bernard Kelley, Hon.
VIM. Warner and many other Grand
Army men will be present. Hon. Geo
r. Anthony will be chairman of the day
At Emporia, while practicing hypno,
tism. Miss Matte Bracken, teacher II
the public schools, succeeded in throw
ing her sister, who was suffering from an
attack of Mysteries, into a trance re-
sembling death, and from which all Ell
forts to awaken her were futile. Medic
al aid was summoned, but it was moi
until a professor of hypnotism arrived
that she was revived. The professor hat
! been giving entertainments for a weel
and had caused fad for ''mesmerlsm'
} that had caused several awkward predlca
ments among his disciples.
Jesse Grail. an old and ell-known cit
izen and noted character of Atchison
) dead. His death was caused by al
4 accident which he sustained severa
2 weeks ago. He came to Atchison fror
t California in 1859. He was twice electe
: marshal when that position called for
man of nerve, and held the position O
chief of the fire department for fou
: wears at one time. He was worth $50
: 600 and was the owner of several fas
e horses but he died poor man. ii
l. was a son-in-law of General r. st. Cla
= Graham, we'll known in Kansas.
!, The weather report Of Chancellor
d H, Snow, of Kansas university, for tt
IS month of April, says that it was IL
- warmest April in twenty-seven years, e.
I. cept April, 1873. The highest tempe
,; ature was 80 deg, on the 28th and tt
J. lowest was 325 deg, on the lst an
9th. The rainfall was nearly norm
b. and we'll distributed throughout II
T. month. The entire precipitation WI
~ 300 inches, and the total for 1894, no
completed. is SOC inches, which is on
~ .27 inch below the average for the san
> months in the twenty-six years pr
- ctding. The sky was clearer than usu;
- The barometer was higher than the a
IN erace and the wind lower. The last lig
frost of spring occurred on April p.
I'M The work of the chinch bug expel
Is Is mental station has already been cor
Ee menced for this year. The idea OF su
ter stations, such an aid in thep past two sc
lp- sons will be developed more fully thu
on ever this year and the work do
through them as much as possible. Cha
led celler Snow recommends that L
le roa county commissioners take hold OF
matter and select some competent p
son in the county to have charge Of
or,, sub-station and the distribution of
Of fected bugs through this to the farm'
, of of the country wanting them. So1
ltu- counties have already done this. L
10 men who have been selected in Ellis a
was Allen counties have come to Kansas u
her yersitv to learn how the work is c.
ent Quoted, and after stay of three or fC
DAYS will go back home with infec
bugs and be ready fo- business by
OF time the bugs are. This plan is thoul
car 10 be the best as the facilities for tea
y ~ ing are best at Kansas university {
,r a it will be a saving of time and moi
mis- to come here rather than have the C
pal9i tral station send out men all over
state 10 do the instructing.
At Independence the seventy-ffth
?, of niversary of the Odd Fellows was c
the brated bv the various lodges Of
~. Third district. Il ls estimated that al
nsas 1000 visitors were present All
trains we're crowded and several spec
late, came in. No hall could be obtai
= '0' large enough 20 accommodate the
mense crowd. so a temporary stand !
seats was constructed near the cc
,'t'es house. All the business houses and II