The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-29
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turned into reception rooms, the corri-
doris into q banquet hall and the
grounds into q barbecue ground.
Everything will be free to the return
ing heroes. If they wish to stay all
night they will have plenty of oppor-
tunities, and. what is more, they will
have supper and breakfast and dinner
and breakfast again if they wish to
stay. The banquet tables will be in
the basement of the statehouse. One
immense table will be in the shape of a
cross, the center being under the dome
and the arms extending through tho
wings. Covers will be laid for 1000
persons, and only those who wear
souvenir badges of the Kansas regiment
will be allowed to eat there. The chal-
1enge will be Ibid you fight with Fun
stomp and if the reply is right, the
soldier can have anything he wants.
The Grandfather Got the Child.
+ Acase involving the question whether
the stepfather or grandfather has the
superior right to the custody of six
year-old Lulu VIM has just been decid-
The, child's mother is dead and the
stepfather desired to have the child; SO
diasthe grand father. The child, since
the death of its mother. has been in
| the care OF the grandfather. Habeas
corpus proceedings were brought and
after, hearing all of the testimony
Judge Geiger decided that the grand
father. everything considered, was the
most suitable custodian of the child.
F. : Too Many Business Engagements.
This-story recently appeared in the
Kansas City Journal from St. Louis:
Charles F. Wilson. of Lyndon, Kan, and Miss
Julia Parker, of Elmlra. N. Y. secured mar
rage license here to-day, engaged preacher
and ordered dinner for II at the hotel. The din
ner was ready on time and the bride-to-be and
| preacher arrived but Wilson and the guests
| failed to show up. Julia was Frustrated. the
| dinner got cold and the preacher wondered
whether 1t was a IS, $40 or 30 that he was
| OUT Just as Julia was about to collapse Wilson
| appeared with o story to che effect that BUSH
| ness had detained him. The guests were found
in the parior and the wedding proceeded. q little
4 late. but In due form. The bride made The groom
promise that he would never, never do such .
thing again.
Believed to Have Been Killed.
| John Schlegel, a prominent farmer
living near Fort Scott, who left in q
wagon for Allunnee, 1. T., is missing.
His relatives fear that he has been
killed by robbers, and that the un-
known man whose body was found
buried beneath six inches Of dirt in q
corn field near Dewey last week is he.
The corpse was found on the route
which Schlegel expected to take.
| Must Pay Their Poll Tax.
Fort Scott began a wholesale prose.
cution of citizens who refuse to pay or
work their poll tax. The street COM
missioner announces that he will ar.
rest ten day until he forces several
hundred delinquents to pay up. The
enforcement of a poll tax ordinance
here has been fought for several years
by number of people who protest
against the system.
Millers Want . Cash System.
| AS an outcome of the NICE ting at Kan
sas City of the Southwest Winter
Wheat Millers' association the millers
of southeast Kansas will form an in
dependent organization. J. r. McKim,
of Pittsburg, will be president of the
new association. They wish to estab-
lish cash on delivery selling of -four
and they have quarrel with the rail-
ways to settle.
| No Lawyer Needed
Gov. Stanley has promulgated a new
rule governing applications for par
dons of inmates of the penitentiary.
It obviates the necessity of the employ
ment of a lawyer to present an appli-
cation. The governor says that all of
the necessary work can be done by q
personal visit of the convict's friends
or relatives just as well as to employ =
lawyer.
Was Careless With the Gas.
Louisa Schlagel, an 1s-year-old girl
from Eudora, this state, found work in
= hotel at San Francisco. She was ig.
norant of the devices of gas-lighting.
and probably forgot TO turn out the
light, but blew it out Anyhow, she
was found dead in her room in the
morning and the room was full of es.
Gaping gas
Was Determined to Enlist.
Lyman Barnes, of Ottawa, tried to
enlist the other day, but found himself
four pounds short in weight He went
away and for "a hours stuffed himself
with food, eating no less than ten
meals in one night and day, with the
result of gaining the four pounds and
admission into the United States army.