The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-12-01


the mails and taken to
Fort Scott, but Judge Williams, after
nearing the evidence, discharged tho
prisoner, suggesting that the freight
rain had impeded Mr.. Pierson.
Locked Up for Contempt
John P. Reese, of Abba, Ia, one of
The eight members of the national exc
scutive board of the United Mine Work
srs of America, was found guilty at
Fort Scott of contempt of the federal
court by Judge Williams and sentenced
to three months in the federal prison
and to pay a fine of 500 and several
hundred dollars costs. He was at once
taken into custody and locked up.
Reese conducted the miners strike in
Crawford and Cherokee counties last
summer and he was arrested for dis
obeying the orders of the federal court.
VIII Fight New Cattle Rates.
A meeting of cattlemen of the state
will soon be held at Emporia for the
purpose of devising ways and means of
the action of the railroads in
putting into effect the rate per 100
pounds system of collecting freight
charges on cattle instead of the old
system of charging by the carload.
are greatly stirred up over
the proposed change and bitter legal
fight is probable before the court of
or some other judicial tribw
nal of the state.
, Several Cases of Smallpox.
According to reports received by Sec
rotary Swan, of the state board of
health, there are few cases of smallpox
in the state now. Eldorado has nine
cases, with one death; Arkansas City,
seven cases, with one death; McCune,
three cases, with one death, and Pitts
burg, four cases, with one death. A
malignant form of chickenpox was
raging in Topeka Over $50 cases had
been reported, with one death.
Peculiar Case of somnambulism.
Mrs. Matilda Cochran got up in her
sleep and her night clothes at Win
field the other night and walked near
ly a mile through pelting rain before
she was awakened. The singular fea-
ture of the affair is that her folks were
utterly unable to discover how she got
out of the house. Every door was
found locked and no window had been
opened.
Would Nominate at the Convention.
James NJ. Simpson, of Mcpherson,
ex-chairman of the republican state
committee, favors the nomination of the
candidate for United States senator at
the state convention. This would take
the senatorial question out of the leg
islative campaigns and at the same
time give the entire party a chance to
express direct preference.
War Affects q Kansas Man.
Charles Keller, formerly of Solomon,
Dickinson county, is one of the suffer-
ers by the Transvaal war. He ran
away from home and landed in South
Africa, where he entered the diamond
fields It is said he is one of the
wealthiest mine owners of Johannes
burg, being quoted as worth SIC. 600, 600.
Hamilton Damaged by Fire.
Nearly all the business portion of
Hamilton, Greenwood county, was de-
stroyed by fire. The general merchan-
disc store of NJ. NJ. Miller, the millinery
store of Miss Varris, grocery store of
Richardson, and Sandberg's blacksmith
and wagon making shop, were totally
destroyed. Loss. about S35, 600.
Two More Banks Robbed. q.
The bank at Clearwater, Sedgwick
county, was robbed recently of $500 in
cash and commercial paper valued at
So, 600. On the night following the
bank at Bluff City, Harper county. was
entered and robbed of 5000 and q like
amount in notes. Four suspects were
arrested for the robbery.
Riches for q Conductors.
Conductor Robert Black, of the M. ,
K. & T. railroad. residing at Coffey-
vile, has been offered $500. 600 for his
mineral holdings near Yellville, Ark.
In common with many others Black
bought a quarter section of land in the
Yellville district and a good lead has
been discovered on it.
Senator Baker's Daughter to Wed.
Miss Mary Lonise Baker, daughter Of
United States Senator Baker, will be
married at her home in Leavenworth
early this winter to DR.. Lowndes, of
the United States navy. DR.. Lowndes
is brother of Gov. Lowndes, of Mary.
land. Miss Baker is the only daugh
ter of the senator.