The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-05-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS

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The attendance as ths equal suffrage
meeting held in Topeks on the 9th
was large and much enthusiasts was
manifested
Tbs 7-year-eld daughter of W. ".
Thompson, eff fepekss died recently
from the effects Of btffiis Received by
TIE explosion Of gasoline stove.
The Eldri6 g1 livery barn at Law
renee. valued at $40, O,JGcc,' burned the
other night All the stock was sited.
The FIRE was Of incendiary origin.
In addition; - having the smallpox
Atchison has got into a TCT with the
colored population who claim that they
have not been treated fairly by the
csty officials in the matter of Guaran-
timing.
The greatest uiisulissfcaf festival ever
held west of Chicago convened in
Hutchinson on the Sth. It was the
second annual jubilee in which over
1000 musicians took part The prizes
competed fos amounted to 5000.
At BroolSville tile other day a man
named King was treated to coat OF
tar aud feathers and run out of town.
He and a n.arried woman were con-
Quoting themselves ii; { rsnner that
the community could not sanctiCEt
The great musical jubilee recently
held at Hutchinson was conceded to
hars been the grandest affair of the
kind ster ttsld in the west Emporia
took the first prize OF $500; Newton the
second, $3.50, and AnthoHy She third,
$50.
The state board of health recon-
thends that the people of every town
and community in the state be at
once thoroughly -accinated as a pro-
lection against smallpox. which pre-
walls to an alarming degree Id SONS
localities:
The grard eornnandery Knights
Templar of Kansas met in tveEty-ffth
annual conclave in Hutchinson On she
sth, with representatives from all over
the state in attendance. Newton car
ried off the honors as the best drilled
C0niiu1a rtery.
Department. Coniufander Campbell
has issued a general order for the oh.
servance of Memorial day, May go, by
the G. A. R. organizations in Kansas,
and also calls upon the various posts
in the state to attend appropriate
religious services on Sunday, May 81.
The chief of police of Wichita recent
ly received letter from some crank
residing at Kenyon, Mimi, in which
there was SO incIosed to buy pure
white flowers to be placed upon the
body of Mrs. Lease on the day of her
funeral, which was set down for May
20.
The people of E,cfits are reported
to be indignant at the people Gf Nevv.
ton because the latter propose to tap
the Little Arkansas river for the pur-
pose of supplying the city with water.
1t is stated that the Wichita authori-
ties will apply to the supreme court
for an injunction
During the trial of an important
criminal case in the district court at
Wichita the otter day barber who
had suddenly become crazy iii his shop;
across the street, dashed into the court
with a razor in one hand and bottle
of colog:+e in another, rushed up to the
bench and tried to tot-ce Judge Reed to
take drink of cologne with hinl The
bailiff and court clerk su bdued him and
took him to the Jail.
w. A. Sweeney was taken from a box
car at Argentite The other day almost
in dying condition. He had been a
waiter in hotel at Denver was taken
sick and wished to return to his home
at Salina. He entered Il box car with
the view of stealing a ride but was
locked in and for, four days had neither
food or drink. He was taken past Sa-
lima and when found was nearly dead
He was given proper medical attention.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal has
sent a circular letter to all state and
private banks in Kansas calling for a
statement of condition at the close of
business May 4, 1894 and calling atten-
tion to the fact that New York banks
require banks borrowing money of
them to sign notes payable in gold,
which is contrary to the laws of Kan
sas, which declare that obligations are
payable in lawful money of the United
States
By direction of the state central COM
mittce Chairman Jones has issued the
call for a democratic state convention
to assemble on July in Representa-
tive hall in the city of Topeka, for the
purpose of nominating a complete
democratic state ticket The repre-
sentation at such convention from each
county will be the same as it was in
1892. The chairman suggests that
county conventions be called at the
earliest convenient date. and if con-
venient nominate at such convention
an entire county ticket, SO that the
necessity and expense of calling two
county conventions may be obviated
A smooth pension fraud was recently
at Leavenworth. A colored
man was drawing two pensions, one of
S2i n month under the name of Peter
Gillespie and another of s12 under the
name of J. H. Brown. He would re.
ceive one at his street number and call
at the general delivery of the post
Office for the other. He had been thus
defra uding the government for three
years. On being questioned by the
postmaster he acknowledged getting
the two pensions and said he was in
the war twice, once under his old mas
ter's name and once under his fathers
name. He claimed that he was entitled
to the two pensions
In his annual report to the governor,
Superintendent Snider, of the Kansas
insurance department, ''roasts" the old
line life insurance companies, and
the enactment of rigid
laws for tho reOuIafiou of <ba;,