The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-06-30

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Observation-Disclosures
Will Be an Elaborate Structure.
Work has already been commenced
on the memorial gateway to Forest
park in Ottawa, which will be erected
in honor of company K, Twentieth
Kansas. The gate is to be an elabo-
rate structure. The entrance will be
the width of a street and will consist
of a series of iron gates swung on stone
pillars. The center pillar will be seven
feet high and three feet wide. Upon
this will be placed bronze tablet con-
tanning the roster of company K. The
estimated cost is $1,400 and this
amount is now insured.
Victim Of the Gridiron.
Warren S. Pope, well known in foot
ball circles, died in Kansas City, Mo-,
from paralysis, caused from injuries
received several years ago while on the
gridiron. From powerful man of 200
pounds he wasted away until he was
little more than skeleton. Pope was
left tackle on the Kansas state uni
versity II in 1894 and 1895, when the
football team was among the strongest
in the west. He received his fatal in
jury while playing with the team in
1895.
Fine Increase In Population.
Up to June 25 the state board of agri-
culture had received assessors returns
from 70 counties in Kansas and it is in
teresting to note that 81 of these re-
port an increase over 1898 in popula-
ton of 30, 172, while Is show decrease.
of 3,375, leaving net increase for the
70 counties of 25, 1877, equal to nearly
two per cent on the states entire pop
ulation of one year before. The 1arg-
est gain is 8, 421. in Cherokee county,
Shawnee following closely with 3,36S.
Only q Waste of Postage.
Those Kansas patriots who are writ
ing to Gov. Stanley applying for COM
missions in the event of another call
for volunteers might as we'll quit and
save postage. Under the new militia
law they could not get the jobs even if
the governor were disposed to favor
them. Besides this, the chances are
that in the event of another call for
volunteers the governor will have no
authority to issue commissions.
Most Brutal Crime Committed.
Minnie, the ten-year-old daughter of
Tony Kornstead. farmer near Bluff
City, was sent on an errand one after
noon recently to the home of her aunt,
three miles away. Failing to return, a
search was instituted and the child's
dead body was found in an old aban-
doned well in a lonely spot near her
aunt's home. The boards over the
well were in perfect order, showing
conclusively foul play.
His War Fever Soon Ebbed.
Roscoe Richardson, young man at
Circleville, got the war fever last week
and gathering up six other patriotic
youths started for Topeka to enlist in
the regular army. Richardson was the
first to be examined and was accepted.
While his companions were being ex-
amined Richardson had an attack of
"buckague;" and watching his oppor
tunity, slipped away. Officers were
looking for him.
Lose Their Right to Vote.
According to an opinion rendered by
Attorney General GODDARD there is no
way by which inmates of the state re-
formatory at Hutchinson can have
their rights OF citizenship restored.
The point is one that means great
deal to the 600 prisoners at the re-
formatory, as well as several hundred
graduates of that institution who
supposed their citizenship had been
fully restored.
Good Report for April.
In his April report of the Twentieth
Kansas regiment, Gen. Funston said
that of the LOLA men in the regiment,
IS were on special duty, 124 were sick
and sS5 were on the fighting line when
the report was written May 1. Thir-
teen men were wounded during April,
one was killed and three died of
wounds. During the month not a man
in the regiment was under arrest.
Beat the Railroad Company.
Two young men of bingham re-
Gently wanted to go to Oklahoma.
They lacked the money to buy railroad
tickets and hunting up a man who was
going to ship carload of household
goods they made deal with him and
packed themselves in a piano box and
were shipped in the car. A few days
later they wrote back that they got
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