The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-04-06

Kansas may learn to love the trees and know
their usefulness a. we'll as their beauty. I es-
pecially recommen that the day be observed
in the schools of the state with appropriate in
structi n. and that parents Join with their chill.
dren In the ceremonies of the day.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto sub
scribed nv name and caused TO be affi xed tho
great seal Of tie S!atesof Kansas.
l. d. LEwELLING, Governor
Miscellaneous.
Secretary of State Osborn, it is stated.
will not be a candidate for renomina-
tion.
In 1890 Kans.s b I'd 30, a14, ,sI3 acres of
farm land with %, 1903, 456 acres inn
proved
Alfred II. Anderson, lately an in
mate of the soldiers home at Leaven-
worth, was killed the other day in at
tempting to board freight train at
Centralia, Mo. He was So years Of
age and Joined a company of New
Jersey volunteers during the war.
The senior class of forty members of
the state university at recent meeting
in Lawrence voted to contribute to
each a sum not less than 50 and not
more than SO as fund for the assist
ance of students needing help to gain
q college education at the institution.
The southwestern conference Of
Methodist at it's late session at Well.
ington voted on the constitutional
question submitted by the last general
conference providing for an equality
of lay and ministerial representation,
and it was defeated by 43 to 81. The
provision for reduction of the repre-
sentation to the general conference
was also defeated -25 to 63.
The county attorney has filed suit in
the district court at Wichita, by order
of the board of county commissioners,
against County Clerk NJ. A. Carvin to
recover over $1,000 collected as fees
and said to be illegal under a recent de-
cision of the supreme court The
amount involved is over 81, 900, but the
clerk will have an offset in salary and
other bills No fraud or defalcation is
charged.
The Investigations of Chancellor
Snow, of the state university, after the
recent freeze-up, led him to the con-
clusion that peaches and pears have
been killed and cherries are greatly in
jured. The latter crop will be very
light. Early raspberries were de-
stroyed, but there will be fair crop Of
late ones. ackberries were not hurt.
Apples are injured and the crop will be
only fair. Strawberries were not seri-
ously injured
The other night Officer Burnsworth
discovered two suspicious men prowl-
ing around the post Office at Independ-
ence and ordered them to leave, when
one of them stepped up to the officer
and point ting a revolver in his face or
dered him to throw up his hands. The
officer did so, but at the same time fired
his pistol and shot the fellow dead. A
satchel containing burglar tools was
found strapped over his shoulder. He
was not identified.
Articles of incorporation were re-
Gently filed with the secretary of state
by the Galveston & Northern Railway
Co.; authorized capital, SIS, 600, 900. The
corporation proposes to build line Of
standard railway from Niobrara, Neb.,
to Galveston, Tex. The road will run
through the counties of Jewell, Mitch
ell, Lincoln, Ellsworth. Rice, Reno.
Kingman, Barber, Harper and Sumner
in Kansas, and the estimated length of
the road is 1000 miles. -.
Hon j. w. Ady, who is contesting
the seat of Senator Martin, has filed
his brief with the senate committee on
privileges and elections He claims
Martin received the votes of twenty
eight of the 103 members of the Joint
assembly as recognized by the supreme
court, while he received n, and that
even if the votes of the members of the
Dunsmore house, who received certifi-
Gates are counted for Martin, he then
received II votes, the same number cast
for himself in the legislature recog-
nized by the court.
The state fish commissioner has is
sued the following: NO person is al
lowed to fish or attempt to fish by any
method whatsoever in any of the
waters in the state of Kansas during
the months of May and June, as these
are the spawning months and fishing is
prohibited by the statute. Parties buy
ing or selling fish during these months
will be considered guilty Of violating
the law. Any person seeing anyone
fishing or attempting to fish will re-
port to the county attorney, whose
business it will be to prosecute the
case"
Citizens of RichLlnd, in Shawnee coun-
ty, have fled a complaint against the
owners of the Lawrence & Carbondale
railroad, charging that they are about
to abandon the line. The Lawrence &
road is branch line of the
Union Pacific, but it has been operated
by the Kansas City, Wyandotte &
for several years under
. lease. The latter company does not
care to operate the line longer, and it
is said the Union Pacific has no desire
to be further burdened with it The
people who voted bonds for the road
want the company to either operate the
line or forfeit the bonds
Daniel McCarthy, one of the best
known farmers of Lyon county. met
with horrible accident the other day,
which ended in his death. He was on
, wagon loaded with hay when he