The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-01-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

tOr the PSss year were e-o,oo-.S"
The republieans of the Fourth con-
gressional district havs decided to hold
the convention to nominate congress-
man at Emporia March 81. March II
was suggested as the day to ho,d coun-
ty conventions
The ta4 commissioner of the SAINTS
Fe road states that the company has
compromised its taxes in ten counties,
saving sla.O0O. Five Of the counties
have populist boards, four republican
boards and one has q democratic board
The supreme court has decided that
the compensation of county clerk is
not affected by the fees he may collect
and that all fees received must be ac-
couftcd for and deducted from tho
quarterly allowance of salary which
the law prescribeS
Henry Noyes has been convicted OK
forgery in the district court of Geary
county. Noyee is wanted for similar
offense in Leavenwofth, Kansas City
and elsewhere He is son of Col.
Noyes, of the Second cavalry, now sta
toned in Arizona.
T. l.. Coburn, of Wyandotte county,
was elected secretary Of the state board
of agriculture at the late meeting in
Topeka, defeating Martin Mohler. L.
NJ. Potter, of Marion county, was
elected president, and Samuel I.
Howe, of Topeka, treasurer.
Charley Bennett, the famous catcher
of the Boston champion base ball club.
fell under the cars at Wellsville the
other day and had both legs cut off.
He stepped from the train to speak to
a friend and as the train moved he at
tempted to board it and fell under the
wheels
Mrs George w. Read the only sur
vivor of the family of the late Inde-
pendence mystery, sufficiently recov-
cred the other day to be able to state
that the mysterious death of her hus-
band aud other members of the family
was the result of asphyxiation by nat
ural gas.
The Kansas Improved Stock Breed
ers' association closed its fourth annual
meeting at Topeka on the 11th The
principal action taken was the passage
of resolution calling on the legisla-
ture to offer $40 bounty on coyote
scalps for the protection o. sheep.
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Mrs Patrick Mangan, wife of Gem
trail Branch railway engineer, attempt
ed to commit suicide at Atchison the
other evening by lcaping from the Mis-
souri, river bridge. She went down,
but came up and caught n large cake
of Ice. holding herself out of the water
until rescued by the watchman. Do
mestic trouble is said to have led to the
act.
The manufacture of butterine in
Kansas City, Kan, has increased every
year since 1887, when national legisla-
ton for the regulation of the manu-
facture and sale of that product was
had. The teal production OF butterine
in the United States in 1892 reached
81, 0O0 900 pounds, Of which Kansas City,
Kan, furnished one-fourth The past
wear shows a further increase.
O. c. BOYD, of Barber county, has in
stituted quo warranto proceedings in
the supreme court to oust o. Miles from
the office of sheriff. Boyd was the re-
publican candidate for sheriff and re-
ceived sos votes. Miles was the popu-
list candidate and received SIG votes.
The democratic candidate received ~
votes. The canvassing board declared
Miles elected and he was sworn in.
Figures completed at the office of the
secretary of state show the cost of the
state printing as compared with tho
cost in Missouri in the past ten years
In Kansas this expense from 1883 until
1892 inclusive, was 1921, 141.94, while IN
Missuri for the same period it was t45o,-
235 "a. which included the important
expense of printing the decennal re-
vision Of the Missouri statutes In
1SS3-90.
Mrs. Sleightholm, wife of the master
mechanic of the Maple Leaf road, was
robbed OF s475 at her home in Kansas
CITY, Kan, the other morning, after
her husband left her for his work, by
a negro ruffian who boldly entered the
house and demanded her money and
when she refused knocked her down,
slashed her with a razor and choked
her until she gave up the money. lie
then fled
The projectors of the North and South
railroad scheme have filed articles OF
incorporation with the secretary OF
state. The Kansas directors are Fred
]. Close. of Troy; Albert Griffin, Of
Manhattan; j. Z. MILESTONE. of Po-
mona, and A. Wardell, of Topeka. with
directors in Nebraska, Dakota. Mime
sofa, Texas, Arkansas and Missouri
The capital stock is placed at sls, 0Oo,-
900, and the scheme cOntemplates
building an extensive system, includ-
ing branches, from the gulf to tho
British possessions in the northwest.
Thomas Walker. a boy 1G years OF
age, is in Jail at Dodge City charged
with the attempted assassination OF
William Kimbrel, farmer, and his
wife and child. He fred shotgun
through the window just as Kimbrel
was in the act of lying down on the
bed. wounding him probably fatally.
and when Mrs. Kimbrel, with her babe
in her arms, went to his assistance,
the young fiend fred second shot,
wounding the wife, babe and the
woman's sister, the mother and child
being probably fatally wounded Tho
boy is relative and denies the charge,
declaring that four men had fred at
him before he reached the house
James Turnes was fatally burned by =
powder explosion in a coal shaft at Weir
City the other day. The explosion was
caused by a spark from the chisel with
which he was opening keg. AL his
clothing was blown off and his body
burned to crisp.
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