The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-11-02
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The Illinois house at Coffeyville wa
recently destroyed by fire.
Burglars have of late committed
many depredations at Girard.
A mad dog bit five people at Wichita
the other day before being killed.
An unknown man was recently killed
by Missouri Pacific train near Leaven-
worth.
The heirs of Hon. A. S. Everest, who
died at Atchison short time ago, have
filed suit to break his will.
A man supposed to be John A. Young,
of Oakland, Neb., was recently killed
by the cars near Atchison.
Albert May, prisoner in the Leav-
enworth Jail, committed suicide the
other night by taking bed bug poison.
The eighth annual meeting of the
Kansas State Dairy association will be
held in Representative hall, Topeka, on
Novemb Der 81, % and %.
The sum of 50, 500, 900 has been placed
with the assistant treasurer at ST.
Louis to the credit of Pension Agent
Click, of the Topeka agency, for the
November payment OF pensions.
The twenty-sixth anniversary of the
A. o. U. w. was celebrated at We'll
lington on the 25th Twenty-Five lodges
were represented in the parade. which
numbered about 800 members.
Mrs. Sene Stuart, of Denver, Col,
died suddenly of heart disease at the
home of her brother, A. II. Campbell,
in Fort Scott the other day. She was
preparing to return home when strick-
en-.
r. A. Wiswell, was found dead in his
room at Kansas City hotel the other
morning. He had probably committed
suicide as an empty laudanum bottle
was on his pillow. Letters found on
his person showed that he was mem
Der of the firm of WisweIl Bros, of
Olathe.
During a late storm at Winfield J. P.
Baden's mill warehouse was demol-
ishcd and carried away and j. B.
Lynn's dry goods store was partially
unroofed. Other buildings lost roofs
or plate glass windows. The same
storm did much damage at Gueda
Springs.
r. R. Hazard, president and owner
of the Sedgwick City bank in Harvey
county, was arraigned in a Justices
court at Wichita the other morning on
a charge of forgery, and bound over for
appearance November 8. He was ar
rested in Plymouth, N. H., about three
weeks previous.
Miss Ethel Ingalls,, eldest daughter
of ex-senator Ingalls,, was married at
Atchison on the Gath to DR.. Edward G..
Blair. The ceremony took place in
Trinity church, DIR. Hopkins being the
officiating clergyman. The church,was
thronged with invited guests from all
parts of the country.
Judge Hazen, of the Shawnee coun.
ty district court, has decided that the
courts had no jurisdiction in election
ballot cases, and that the decisions by
the board of review in the cases
of the disputed nominations of Cyrus
Corning's ticket, Jerry Simpson, and of
two candidates in the Twenty-third
judicial district, was final.
James Herman, farmer living a few
miles west of Wichita, was fatally shot
the other night by a stranger. He got
out of bed and went to the well for a
drink, There he suddenly ran up
against man on horseback, who shot
him without a word. Herman, in a
dying condition, dragged himself to
the house and the man escaped.
The new roster of the Kansas depart
ment of the G. A. R., now in the hands
of the printer, contains 800 pages, en-
bracing the names and post office ad-
dresses of all the members of the de-
partment. A part of the work will
also be devoted to the interest of the
Woman's Relief Corps, Sons of Veter-
ans and other kindred organizations.
n. L. Hallowell, past grand chancel
lor of the Knights of Pythias, boarded
a train at Wichita the other day, and
just as the train started he was taken
sick and going upon the platform for
fresh air, became dizzy and fell off. In
doing so he caught the railing and was
dragged some distance. His right foot
was necessary.
John T. Marsh, a leading business
man and mayor of Kinsley, was held
up and shot by two bandits at o'clock
the other evening. He died next day.
Two young men who registered at a
hotel as Carl Sluter and William Dex-
ter, Kingfisher, Ok, did the shooting,
robbery clearly being their object. Re.
wards aggregating ST. are offered
for their arrest.
All railroads reaching Hutchinson
have agreed upon one full open rate tc
the state irrigation convention to be
held in that city November % and "a.
George Q. Cannon, of the Mormon
church, Salt Lake City, has tele-
graphed that he will be present and
speak on the subject of irrigation; it's
success in Utah and how it may be
made successful in Kansas.
While William Lacey was testifying
in court at Kansas City the other day
against his wife, from whom he was
seeking divorce, the woman caused a
sensation by suddenly springing from
her seat and declaring that Lacey was
the murderer of William NJ. Cummings,
the lola lKan.) real estate man, who
was found dying in his office in the lat
ter place several months ago with his
head terribly mutilated, and which
had puzzled the authorities. Subse-
quently Mrs. Lacey swore to a warrant
charging her husband with the crime
and he was held to answer.
Emery Williams, a farmer residing IL
miles north of Hoxie rece ntly started
after a load of hay, and when a bout IL
miles from his home was shot and in