The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-11-03
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Topeka attorney, and her two small
children from death by fire in their
home. With her clothing in flames
from the explosion Of . kerosene
lamp, Mrs Whitcomb hurried her chill
dren from the room, stamped out the
flames consuming the carpet and rugs
on the floor, and after an Intellectual
attempt to save herself by wrapping a
heavy rug about her body, ran to the
bath room and throwing herself in the
bath tub turned on the water in full
force. Mrs. Whitcomb was horribly
burned about the limbs and body, and
has been in constant pain since the
accident.
Mrs. Price Wins Her Suit
Mrs. Eliza j. Price, widow of the
late John M. Price, formerly state SEN
ator from Atchison county, who sued
the First national bank of Atchison to
set aside the sale of the Price home
has won her case. The suit was
brought on the ground that, at the
time he executed the mortgage, Mr..
Prices mind was not sufficiently strong
to enable him to transact ordinary bust
ness.
Wichita Raised $500.
The Wichita commercial club raised
$500 to send the local battery, Kansas
national guard. and Sanford's band to
Topeka to attend the Twentieth's re-
ception. Capt. Aspey, of the battery,
took two cannon and IS men and, at
the request of Gov. Stanley, fred a sa-
lutte of S5 rounds upon the arrival in
Topeka of the special trains carrying
the volunteers.
Stole Diamonds by Wholesale.
Lee Calm, son of well-known st.
Joseph (Mo.) couple, a travelling sales
man for candy house, was arrested
for stealing from residences and bust
ness houses in Wichita. In Cahn's
room in St. Joseph was found large
amount of plumber, mostly diamonds
and watches. It is said he had two
accomplices. He was taken to Wichita
for trial.
safe-Blowers Frightened Away.
Four safe-blowers blew open the safe
in the Office of the Joseph Smart pack
ing-house in Armourdale early the other
morning and attempted to get the con-
tents, but were scared away by the ar
rival of the police, who heard the noise
of the explosion. Before blowing open
the safe the robbers had gagged the
night Waterman and showed him into a
cooler.
Wichita Street Cars Stopped.
Judge Dale granted permanent in
junction restraining the Wichita Street
Railway company from operating it's
plant, and ordering all the cars and
tracks from the street. The injunc-
ton was asked as last resort by the
mayor and city council to get a new
system of street railway, the old COM
pany refusing to surrender the streets.
Includes Two Counties.
DR.. Swan, secretary of the state board
of health, is in Galena and has charge
of the smallpox quarantine against
Joplin and Springfield, Mo. The quar-
antine covers Cherokee and Crawford
counties. Travel and traffic is shut off.
Physicians from Kansas investigated
and found 70 cases of smallpox at
Springfield and II cases at, Joplin.
The Recoil Killed Him.
d. Mitch, of Humboldt, met with
an unusual death while out hunting.
He was holding the gun loosely in front
of him, ready to fire. Both barrels were
accidentally discharged, and the recoil
sent the butt of the gun into the region
of the abdomen, causing a severe rup-
ture. He died from the effect of the
wound.
Closed Up the Affair.
The first building and loan associa-
ton to be closed up by Bank Commits
sioner Breidenthal under the new law
was the Mid-Continent Cooperative
Loan association, of Coffeyville. The
bank commissioner found that the as
ISOLATION was paying one-third of its
receipts for salary of officers.
Two Remained in Frisco.
Alexander Holbrook, of company K,
and Commodore Parker, of company A,
Twentieth Kansas, remained in San
Francisco. Lieut.. Collin II. Ball
brought with him Juan Gurendeo, the
little Filipino mascot of the regiment,
and will put him in school at Sedan.
Now Controlled by the Santa Fee.
The Hutchinson & Southern rail-
road, running from Hutchinson to
Ponca, Ok, has passed into the hands
of the Santa Fe. The road is 14S miles
long, is bonded for s., 900 mile and
stock issued to the extent of SIC, 900 per
mile.
Carroll . Lieutenant.
Edward E. Carroll, student of the