The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-09-29
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.



Old Folks Sue for Divorce.
A suit was filed in the district court
at Independence by Elizabeth Hager-
man, 70 years of age, asking for de
vorce from A. J. Hagerman, SO years OF
age. The couple were married in De-
cember, 1897, and lived together only
ten months. Both have lived there
since the early settlement of the coun--
ty and have grandchildren. They are
well-to-do people and own several
farms and much town property. Mrs.
Hagerman asks that she be given the
unincumbered property that was hers
before their marriage, and that she be
restored to her former name of Mooney.
In her petition she claims that Hager-
man has never contributed to her sup
port and that he was addicted to hab-
its very obnoxious to her, the princi-
pal one being the chewing Of tobacco
Must Be Turned Into the Treaaury.
An order has been made by the state
treasurer demanding that all :, fees
turned into the Kansas university
treasury, which have heretofore cons
stituted q contingent fund, shall be
turned over to the state treasury. This
contingent fund has been depended on
for many of the essentials requiredin
the conduct of the university, and this
order will cause considerable embar-
rassment. Similar orders have been
made to the other state educational
institutions -
A Remarkable Kansas Family
The golden wedding anniversary OF
Divid Regnier and wife, near Wamego,
brought out remarkable fact. There
have been born to them II children, all
of whom were present at the anniver-
sary. There are Is grand children and
one great-grandchild, all of whom were
there. It is rare case where at the
fftieth anniversary there has not been
break in the family ties by death.
The family gathered from Los Angeles
in the west to Chicago in the east.
Horton Did 1t Up Right =
More than $1,000 people attended
Horizons thirteenth anniversary cele-
bration last week. The programme
consisted of four band concerts, floral
parade of over 80 carriages and 20 BIZ
cycles and about so pupils from the In
dian school; a speech by Gen. j. K.
Hudson, of Topeka; a balloon ascen-
sion and other sports, concluding with
a display of fireworks. The entire pro-
gramme was given free by the business
men of the city.
Carries q Bullet Near His Heart.
C. w. Clapp, Jr., of Parker, company
/, Twentieth Kansas. has returned
hoyv,n = q AS.oa 1ihoy p am.
ington bullet within an inch of his
heart At the hospital, San Francis
CO, the surgeons photographed him by
use of the x rays and said the brass
jacketd lead could not be removed and
is there to stay. The missile took up
its home in Clapp's side May at San
Thomas, the time Col Funston was hit
in the hand.
The Prisoners Got Away.
The new Clay county jail. costing
$1,000. proved insufficient to hold MUIR
derers and thieves, as William Hoxie,
the man who was taken to Clay county
for safe keeping for the killing of
Sheriff Coleman, of Washington coun-
ty, with another prisoner by the name
of Lacey, who was being held charged
with house breaking and shooting with
attempt to kill, escaped the other night
by saving one of the bars from win
dow.
Banka Keep Up Their Good Record.
September Is Bank Commissioner
Breidenthal issued a call for the con-
dition of the 1915 state banks of Kansas
up to September 2. Four days after
the call was issued, he had received re
ports from 90 banks. These % banks
showed deposits amounting to s., 0SS, :
Sos 81 and a reserve of "a, las. 001. SS-or
SIX per cent. These banks have over
$4,000, 600 in excess of the legal reserve
required.
A Farmers Peculiar Mishap.
John Blair, q prominent Pawnee
county farmer. started home from
Larned with . mower and hay rake
tied behind his wagon. His team be-
came frightened and ran away, throw
ing Blair out. The wagon and mower
passed over his body, infiicting fatal
injuries.
Apple Wants to Fight.
Jasper NJ. Apple. who was sent to the
penitentiary in 1896 for ten years for
burglary and forgery, has asked for a
conditional pardon so that he can Join
the Kansas soldiers. Apple broke into
. depot in Allen county in 1895 and
forged an express money order.