The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-08-10
KANSAS STATE NEWS Il;

| George Caitwell and hswis Baird,
D Cowley county farmers; recently quar-
relied over trespassing stock which re-
suited in eartwel emptying two loads
\ of shot intett hs rody of Baird. Baird
! may recover.
Hon. Ben H. Clover, formerly con.
gresham from the Third district, has
gone back to the repu blican party,
and ex-State Senator Il. B. Kelly has
announced his intention of stumping
the state for the populists.
The late dry weather and hot winds
played the wild with the corn CROP
] In Some localities it will be failure.
The hay crop will also be very short
according to the latest bulletin issued
by the weather service observer at
Topeka.
A delegate convention Of the Ger
man-American league of Kansas will
be he'd at Salina, September. 4, to con-
slider the political interests of the Ger
man citizens of the state and determine
which party they will support in the
pending campaign.
| The old soldiers of northern Kansas
and southern Nebraska had an inter
estin7 reunion at Superior, Neb.
Amoi those who made addresses were
Hon. =. N. Morrill,, Gen. Campbell and
Mrs. Wood, president of the Woman's
Relief Corps of Kansas.
Lightning did much damage in the
vicinity of Nortonville during this
storn} of the Goth. The Seventh Day
Baptist church was badly damaged; the
mill operated by Griffey 6 Skinner was
also hit, and Swendson's large barn
was burned to the ground.
John A. Murray, the reputed author
of the prohibitory act which bears his
name, died recently of yellow fever in
Mexico. He was at the head of col
ony OF Kansas men who had obtained
a large grant of land on the Papaleapau
river and was engaged in coffee raising,
Mrs Fannie NJ. Towner, wife of AL
bert NJ. Towner, now an inmate of the
Leavenworth soldiers home, has filed
suit against four Fort Scott joint keep
ers for selling her husband liquor. She
alleges twelve causes of action and
asks $1,000 damages on each or a total
of S4s,OGO.
c. w. Myers, president of the Bank
of Greensburg, who was convicted in
the district court of Kiowa county of
receiving deposits when he knew the
bank was in failing condition and
sentenced to the penitentiary, has
taken an appeal to the supreme court,
and pending a decision has been adj
rnitted to bail.
The sweeping reductions in freight
rates ordered by the state board of rail
road commissioners on all classes OF
freight took effect August 1, but the
railroad companies announced in ad.
vance that no attention would be paid
to the order and the Encouragement
will institute suit to compel compli-
ance with the same.
Members of the American Railway
union at Argentine, who were sum
| moned to appear in the United States
court at Topeka to answer the COM
plants of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe road in connection with the
late strike, notified the clerk of the
court that they declined to appear
either in person or by attorney.
During the storm at Fort Scott on
the 31st lightning struck a dwelling
occupied by Angus Mcdonald, an engi-
neer on the Memphis road, and tore
the roof and rafters into splinters.
Mrs Mcdonald, who was sick in bed at
the time, was completely covered with
splinters and plaster, but otherwise es-
| capped injury. Her escape was mirac-
ulous.
The 4-year-old son of Alfred Meier
city engineer of Atchison, awolle his
&c oil irl,t INV f,.o,, fiO
screams. When the mother went to
his room, she found the child on the
floor by an open window in hysterical
condition and wringing his hands,
which were covered with blood. A
doctor was summoned, and it was
found that a rat had gnawed the child's
arms in a most horrible manner.
A special appropriation of $4,000
was made at the last session of the
legislature to prevent any general in
vasion of the state by cholera. Only
$4,000 of this sum has been disbursed,
and the executive council recently
voted to turn over the balance, $4,000,
to the state board of health to be used
in improving the sanitary condition OF
cities. Robert Semple, secretary of the
peoples party central committee, filed
protest against the action of the
executive council.
The report of the state treasurer for
July showed the total receipts for the
month to be S547,6S7. of which the
principal items were: General rev.
enue, S235, 545.l6; permanent school
fund, S127, 7Os.3 80; annual school fund,
500, 342. "a; interest, 13,42O.5s; muhic-
ipal interest, S23, $50. The total dis
bursements for the month were $780,
6i3.71, of which the principal items
We're: General revenue, S11s,677; per-
manent school, Ss5, 900, and municipal
interest, SEA. 1920.
The tax commissioner of the Santa
Fee road has prepared a statement of
the company's valuations in Kansas for
1894, as approved by the state board of
| railroad assessors. The statement
! shows decrease in the valuation of
all kinds of railroad property. The ag-
gregate decrease under the valuation
of 1898 is S344, 1853, as follows: Main
track, Si96, $50; side track, 81 ,4s5; tele-
graph, S37. 300; buildings, $500; tools,
etc, S62. 1881; rolling stock, S43, 1s9. 81.
The total valuation of the Santa Fe's
property in the state is $50, 279, Os1.13.
! Charles Freeman, farmer residing
near Beverly, went to Salina the other
day to Durchase a threShinr machine