The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-07
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.

Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures
To Bring Them from Frisco.
A movement has been started in Kan
sas City, Kan, to have the people of the
state raise money to bring the members
of the Twentieth Kansas regiment
from San Francisco in special trains
free to the soldiers, thus enabling
them to save the travel pay allowed
them by the United States government.
Sidney 81. Whisner, secretary of the
Kansas City committee has formulated
the plan and it has been approved by
Kansas City, Kan, people. Itgives every
city in the state a share in the honor
of honoring the brave boys of the
Twentieth Kansas. He has taken a
list of all the cities of the state of 900
or more population and apportioned to
them an amount proportionate to their
relative population. Thus almost every
city and town will be called upon for
share.
Charged with Wrecking q Train.
Union Pacific detectives, assisted by
Marshal Cullinan, of Junction City,
father resides at Excelsior Springs.
suspected of turning the switch at
Ogden, which wrecked the Union Pa
cific train. The boy is IA years old and
had run away from home. He was in
Junction City and went to Ogden on
his way to Manhattan. 1t is thought
the boy was playing with the switch
and either did not want to or could not
get it back in place before the passenger
came. The boy will be taken to Man
haitian for trial. The wreck cost the
| Union Pacific $50, 200. @
| Mr.. Morgan Takes Charge.
w. Y. Morgan, editor of the Hutch
inson News. has assumed the Office of
state printer, succeeding J. S. Parks,
of Beloit. Mr.. Morgan gave bond of
$50, OOO signed by the following gentle
men, who qualified in the sum of $780,
900: Maj. Calvin Hood and w. F. Ew-
ing, of Emporia; Morton Albaugh, of
Kingman; w. A. Morgan, of Cotton
wood Falls; E. L. Meyer and ]. C. O.
Morse of Hutchinson. Mr.. Morgan is
the youngest man who ever held the
office of state printer in Kansas.
| State School Money Goes Begging.
| Lyon county last week redeemed
1892, 900 of bonds held in the state
school fund. They were 2O-year four
per cent. bonds and were issued two
years ago. The county got a chance to
scale down the interest and took them
up and issued new bonds at 80 per
cent. The state school fund now has
$500, 900 in cash lying idle because the
commissioners cannot get good invest
ments for it on account of the COMPETE
| ton of eastern bond concerns.
Soldiers in Chains.
Charles Farris and Charles Reiffel,
privates of the Third United States in.
fantry, sentenced to life imprisonment
in the military prison at Leavenworth,
for murder committed at Santiago, ar
rived at Leavenworth Saturday. They
were in chains and under guard Oh
five soldiers. Isham G. Franklin, a
third prisoner, was of the Twenty.
third Kansas volunteers. He is SEN
fenced to five years for cutting another
soldier.
Bad Fire at Independence.
The water works plant at Independ
ence burned the other night. The fire
was caused by gas escaping from the
regulator and, igniting with a gas jet
caused an explosion. The total loss il
about $4,000. The city was without
water and everything shut down. AL
of the mills and factories had to close
and were making arrangements to pipe
or haul water from the river, SO as tt
operate the plants.
Refuses to BE Removed.
Thomas E. Will, who was removed
as president of the state agriculture
college at Manhattan, has written E
T. Fairchild, president of the board o
regents, that he will continue to act a.
president of the institution and will ig
more the order of removal. AS the in
stitution is now practically in tn
hands of the republicans no attentio,
will be given Mr.. Willis communica
ton.
!. Martindale Gives Up All.
Federal Judge Hook appointed Sena
tor Battey, of Marion county, truste
of the estate of William Martindale, O
; Emporia, who recently turned over al
his property, valued at $500, 600, to tn
creditors of the defunct First nationa
/ Cross bank. Martindale's Gabilit,
to the bank is $50. 900. When tn