The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Tn. Robinson nu.s Accented.

KANSAS STATE NEWS.
The Robinson bust Accepted.
The legislative committee appointed
to secure 81 900 bust of ex-Gov. Rob-
inson, met at Lawrence recently and
accep ed the bust recently made in
Chicago. AT the unwilling of the bust,
on February %, Mr.. Woodward, as
chairman of the commission. will pre-
sent it to the state. Gov. Leedy will
in turn present it to the Kansas uni
versity and Chancellor F. II. Snow will
make the speech of acceptance.
Fort Scntr Couple In Trouble
Eugene Ii. Mikesell. a jeweler of Fort
colt, who. with his wife, is charged
with having burned their home to de-
fraud insurance companies, was sur
rendered by his bondsmen and is in Jail.
Joseph McQuitly, a brother-in-law,
was also arrested. charged with arson
and he confessed that Mikesell tried
to hire him to burn his house. Mrs
Mikesell had disappeared.
McNaN Was offered Money.
The sensational report was in circula.
ton at Topeka that during the heat of
the big insurance fight State Insurance
Commissioner McNall was offered S20,-
600 at one time and $4,000 at another
if he would lay down" and permit the
companies to do business in Kansas
without molestation. Both offers, it
is said, were Indignantly rejected.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougars Plan.
In an open letter to the women Of
Kansas, Mrs. Helen NJ. Cougar urges
them to assume charge of the work of
erecting Il monument over the grave of
the late John A. Martin, who, as gov
ernor of Kansas, advocated, secured
the passage of and signed the bill Civ
ing women municipa suffrage in this
state.
Plans for Arbor Day.
State Superin tendent Stryker will
issue a request that every school pupil
in Kansas plant a tree on Arbor day
this year Instructions as to how
to plant the trees are being prepared
and will be read publicly to all the pu-
trees will be planted that day in Kan
sas.
Because Of Parental Objection.
Because their parents objected to
the company they were keeping two
Redfeld girls, Ethel Roach and Gertie
Emmett. aged Is and %, eloped with
two neighbor boys, Owen and Theo
Ramsey, aged 10 and 90. They were
found in St. Louis rooming-house
and brought back home.
To Extend the Textbook system.
State Superintendent Stryker de-
elares that. in the event the legislature
is convened by Gov. Leedy, he will
urge bill extending the state text
book law and make it cover maps,
charts, desks and school supplies of
every description. At present the law
only covers textbooks.
Topeka School is,ard VIII Fight.
The Topeka school board will fight
the case brought by Attorney General
Boyle to compel the use of the new
| teXt-bo in the Topeka schools. The
board declares that the books author
lied by the state textbook commission
are not fit to be placed in the schools.
Thomas Fenlon's Mother Dead.
Mrs. Mary Fenlon, mother of Thomas
p. Fenlon, the well-known democratic
politician, died at Leavenworth, aged
So. She was the last of family of IL
children and herself the mother of IL
children, Thomas P. Fenlon alone
surviving.
Martin Monument for Atchison.
The Atchison Globe has undertaken
| to raise funds to erect monument to
| ex-Gov. John A. Martin in Atchison.
A subscription list has been opened,
and it is believed that 1000 families in
Atchison alone will subscribe ST. each
| Col. Alternately to Leave Kansas.
| Col. j. L. Alternately, one of Leaven-
worth's wealthiest business men, has
sold his handsome residence there and
will move to Kansas City. Col. Aber-
nathy located in Leavenworth in 1856,
and has served as mayor.
Minor State News.
| The principal business streets of
Independence will be paved.
In recent Topeka interview ex-Gov.
Morrill, said he was forever out of pol
itics. in the sense of holding Office.
The Chanute city council voted to
appropriate money to prospect for gas
and also voted to macadamize the main