The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1895-12-27

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
After the DOCTORS.
In answer to an inquiry from the
state board of health Acknowledgement
Dawes has given an opinion to the eff
feet that parties who were practicing
medicine for ten years previous to the
act, in 1870, are the only persons le-
gally entitled to practice besides those
who have graduated from some rep
utable medical school, or hold certifi-
Gates from some qualified medical So
ciety. As to health boards, the attor-
pey-general saysevery board of county
commissioners is local health board,
and if it refuses to appoint a physician
as health officer it may be man
damused.
The Faculty Arrested.
DR.. ]. E. Minney, DR.. NJ. R. Mitchell
and DIR. C. S McClintock, members of
the faculty of the Kansas Medical COL
lege at Topeka, in which the stolen
bodies of three women were found re-
Gently, and S. A. Johnson, janitor,
have been arrested on warrants sworn
out in the district court by the county
attorney of Shawnee county, charging
them with having received stolen hui
man bodies They gave bonds for their
appearance. A special grand jury has
been ordered to Investigate the case.
The Mortgage Complication.
Judge Hazen, of the Shawnee county
district court, has made ruling that
in the settlement of litigation arising
out of the recent mortgage redemption
decision of Judge Martin. that de-
cisions made by him and based on Chief
Justice Horizons former decision will
be permitted to stand until the matter
is finally settled in the supreme court
of the United States, but that in all
future cases he will be governed by
Justice Martin.
Fishy Story.
A citizen of Wichita is said to have
received letter from w. P. Patterson,
the hotel keeper of Arkansas City who
had been sent to the penitentiary for
completely in the murder of a cattle
man, and whose dead body las was
supposedly was shipped from the peni-
Tertiary about year ago. Patterson
is quoted as saying that he paid a pen
itentiary official $1,000 for his liberty
and that his alleged corpse had been
procured from Chicago. The story has
fshy smell.
Kansas Patriotic.
When interviewed as to his opinion
of the presidents message on the
Venezuela dispute Gov. Morrill, said:
''All Americans who are Americans in
patriotic spirit will indorse the mes
sage. 1t is bold. courageous and
timely. 1t is what the people were
looking for, and if England insists
upon war, they will respond as one
man to the presidents call for troops,
and in that event Kansas may be de.
pended upon to furnish her full quota
Belated Justice.
Representative Curtis has intro.
duced bill in congress for the pen.
sioning of the heirs of the young men
killed at Lawrence on the morning
of the Quantrel raid in 1863. There
were % of these recruits. They had
been examined and were to have been
mustered into the service as members
of the 14th Kansas cavalry on the oath
of August, 1868, but on the morning OF
the 23d Quantrelrs raiders killed Il O!
them.
He Was an Old Soldier.
The body of the man recently found
with his throat cut near Piper, Wyan.
that of Phillip Belt, a veteran who
had been an inmate of the soldiers
home. He drew a pension of S12 per
month and had just drawn three
months pay when he disappeared. Cir
cumstances pointed to murder and
robbery.
Locating the Grave Robbers.
NJ. E. Lowe, ex-city scavenger Oh
of Topeka, was recently arrested on
the charge of being the party who re.
Gently robbed graves in that city and
sold them to the medical college. DR.
Minney. dean of the college, and two
students were also arrested on the
charge of arranging with Lowe for
the bodies. The three latter gave
bonds.
10 Dalrymen.
Levi Cbubbuck, secretary of the
Missouri State Dairy association, has
been appointed by the secretary OF
agriculture special expert agent OF
the dairy division of the department OF
agriculture for Kansas and Missouri
He will be glad to hear from any one
in either state on matters of interest
to the dairy industry.
Minor State News.
Mrs Brook Patton was found dead
at her home in Fort Scott the other
day. Investigation proved that she
had taken an overdose CT chloral.
The late rains were the heaviest that
have fallen in Kansas for years At
Fort Scott considerable damage re.
suited. Over five inches of water fell
in 4S hours. The rain was followed by
heavy snowstorm on the 10th and
Goth.
The senate on the 18th confirmed the
following Kansas postmasters: C. P.
Baldwin, at Belleville; ]. B. Davidson,
Girard; J. G. Haskell, Baxter Springs;
Robert Kennedy, Pleasanton; C. w. 81.
Lucas, Cherokee; G. L. Mattingly,
Sedan; A. G. Patrick, Oskaloosa.
Adjt- Gen. Fox, who recently found
shortage of SIC. 900 in the property OF
the Kansas national guard, has report.
ed the fact to the war department at
Washington with the statement that
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