The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-18
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.


Honors for Kansas Volunteers.
In accordance with request from
Secretary of War Root, Gov. Stanley
recommends eight officers of the four
Kansas regiments organized during the
Spanish war for positions in the new
United States volunteer regiments to
be sent to the<Philippines, as follows:
From the Twentieth Kansas-Capt. William
J. Watson, of Pittsburg; Lieut. Burton ].
Mitchell, of lola
From the Twenty first Kansas-Capt. Vernon
L. Everett. of Wichita; Lieut.. Howard M.
KoOntz, Of Garden City.
From the Twenty-SecOnd KanSaS-Capt.
Clyde B. Parker, of Oberlin; Sergt Robert B.
Mitchell. of Florence.
From the Twenty-third Kansas-Capt. Sher-
man A. Harvey. of Lawrence; Capt. William NJ.
Hawkins, OF Topeka
More Soldiers Promoted.
Gov. Stanley has issued commissions
for the following officers of the
Twentieth Kansas on recommendation
of Col. Metcalf:
Charles B. Walker, Kansas City, lieutenant
and adjutant, to be captain, vice F. E. Buchan;
j. r. Whisner, Kansas City, first lieutenant; B.
E. Northrup. Kansas City, second lieutenant;
Clad Hamilton, to be captain, vice Glasgow, dis
charged; E. Guy Simpson, Beloit, to be first
lieutenant; Charles L. Sampson, Salina, second
lieutenant; A. H. Conley, Fort Scott, first lieu
tenant, vice Agnew, discharged; Philip Fox
Manhattan, second lieutenant o. H. Burton,
Fort Scott, first lieutenant, vice Green dis
charged; Charles P. Barshfield, Kansas City,
second lieutenant.
Witnessed Many Exciting Events.
Mrs. Eliza Dotson, who died at Con-
cordia recently, was born in 1900,
married in 1916 and became widow in
1862. She was the mother of II chill
dren, the grandmother of 81 and the
great-grandmother of rs. Three of
her sons were soldiers in the civil war
and three of her daughters married sol
diers. She died at the age of 80 years,
three months and 26 days, and there
fore had. lived SO, e51 days and nights.
In her lifetime 90 presidents came and
went and the nation passed through
eight wars.
New Officers In the Twentieth Kansas.
Gov. Stanley received a cablegram
from Col. Metcalf, of the Twentieth
regiment, recommending the following
appointments, which were made at
once:
Lieut.. E. J. Hardy, OF Salina, to succeed Capt.
II. b. Orwig, of company D, who resigned to be-
come a major in one of the new volunteer regi-
ments; Burton ]. Mitchell, Of Fort Scott, first
lieutenant; j. @. Tefft second lieutenant; AL
bert h. Krause, captain; Samuel G. Hopkins.
first lieutenant, and Chauncey S. Pratt, second
lieutenant.
Awful Charge Against q Young Farmer
Mrs. Charles Fisher, wife of farmer
living near Atlanta, Cowley county,
was shot and killed early the other
morning, and circumstances indicate
that the deed was done by her husband.
He is in Jail at Winfield. Fishers story
was that the shot was fred by strange
man. Fisher is stranger in the COM
munity and but little is known about
him.
Two Kansas Postmasters In Trouble.
Warrants were issued for the arrest
of two Kansas postmasters on the
charge of embezzling government
funds. The postmasters are Capt.
John G. Ellis, of Quenemo, and Ireneus
G. Myers. of Mayetta. Ellis is accused
of being short over 5000 and Myers over
$500. Bondsmen paid the shortage in
each case.
He Feels Much Encouraged.
DR.. S. E. Pendleton, of Herington,
who is announced as candidate for
the republican nomination for con-
gressman-at-large, says he is much en-
couraged with the situation. He is the
Methodist preacher at Herington and
is brother-in-law of ex-Congressmap
j. D. Botkin, the populist.
An Aged Man Missing.
James Grimes, a wealthy retired
farmer of Bern, Nemaha county, left
St. Joseph, Mo-, for home August 4,
and has not been heard from since.
He had 81, 600 in currency and $500 in
notes with him. He is IS wears old.
The Champion Tomato-Grower.
Green Clay, living near Frankfort,
picked from his patch tomato that
measured Is inches in circumference.
It was as smooth as an apple, without
blemish. and looked more like
small pumpkin than tomato.
Stalking Land at Fort Hays.
There was much excitement be-
cause, in spite of orders from Washing
ton. 1000 acres of land on the Fort HAYS
military reservation has been staked
for homesteads. The land office re-
fuses to file the claims
Eight Ears ON One Stalk.
Henry Ceaser, q Marshall county
farmer, has a stalk of corn in his field
upon which are eight good ears and it
promises to produce a peck of good