The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-15
EAT DEAD PEOPLE
HORRIBLE WORK OF SKUEKS IN A
SUMNER COUNTY CEMETERY.

Burrow into the Ground in the Graveyard
at Corbin Eand Get Inside the Collins
Where They Eat the Hands and Feet Of
Several Corpses-People in the Neighbor-
hood Gather and Searrange the Graves
and Set About Catching the Animals
which Did the CHASTITY Work-Kansas
News.
Wellington. Kan, Feb. 14-(Special)
"A CHASTITY state of affairs has been dis
covered at Corbin, few miles south Of
here. Ogden cemetery is situated a few
miles northeast of Corbin and a few
days ago is was discovered that skunks
had invaded the graves and had torn
the bodies there in a horrible fashion.
In several instances the skunks had
burrowed through the loose earth TO the
collins and gnawed through the wooden
sides Of both the outer pine box and the
coffin proper and had eaten the hands
and feet off the corpses. The discovery
was made last Sunday and the sight
was sickening one. Pieces of the
shroud Of a man who had been buried
there years ago were found scattered
about the ground. Ghouls were sus-
pected at first, but later the cause was
found to be big colony of skunks.
Monday and Tuesday the people of the
neighborhood repaired TO the cemetery
in a body and re-arranged the graves
and also prepared to catch the skunks.
a great many have already been cap
tured by the means of steel-traps but
the colony has not been exterminated
yet. Until it is a close watch will be
kept on the graveyard to prevent a
repetition of the horrible work
No such thing has ever occurred in
this county before Skunks are COM
mon in this part Of Kansas but they
have never been known 10 modest a
graveyard before.
HAS NO OPPOSITION.
Topeka, Kan, Fen. IA. (Special)-It is
universally conceded now that Charles
Curtis of Topeka will have no opposi-
ton for the denomination TO congress
from the Third district No candidates
against him have appeared, and he will
receive the unanimous support of every
county in his district.
Indeed, but three of the seven dis
tricts of the state will witness a con-
test this year-the Second, Sixth and
First. 1t is agreed here that the clos
est contest will be in the Second, and
as the lines are now drawn, there will
be but two formidable candidates-ex-
Congressman Funston of Allen county
and w. j. Buchan of Wyandotte.
In the Sixth district there are already
four avowed candidates in the field,
with prospect for the fifth.
So far. no candidate has appeared to
contest the nomination with Congress
man-at-Large Dick Blue
A telegram was received in Topeka
today from W. ]. Bailey, announcing
that he would remain in the field for
the First district congressional nominal
ton He does not appear to have be-
come discouraged in the slightest by the
turn received by himself and Cy Leland
at the Holton committee meeting. In
deed, the friends of Bailey here insist
that the Holton affair will rebound to
his benefit. The action of the commit
tee in calling the convention without
quorum present and refusing to hold the
meeting open for an hour to accom-
modate the committeeman from Potta-
wotamie county, is looked upon as be-
ing so obviously unfair that it will ere
ate sympathy for Bailey.
ANNUAL SCHOOL FUND.
Topeka Kan, Feb. Estate Superin-
tendent Stanley has completed the ap-
portiOnment OF the accumulated inter
est of the annual school fund and the
warrants will be issued to the various
county treaSurers for the amounts they
are entitled to receive within a few days
The apportionment gives to pupils of
school age in the state an average Of
A cents each. The school poulation in
the various counties and amount of
money apportioned to each county is as
follows: