The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-07-21

Report on Kansas Banks.
John w. Breidenthal, state bank com.
missioner, had reports of the recent
condition of the 37S state and private
banks of Kansas. The deposits were
$24, 132, 593, an increase of 81, 727. OBS
over one year ago. The reserve is $11,-
192. 4S5, an increase during the year of
$3.50, $40. The deposits and the reserve
are the largest and the borrowed money
the smallest since the department was
established. There has been no failure
since the Kirby bank at Abilene, June
80, 1898.
Agricultural College Permanent Fund.
OF the $495, 4S3. IS in bonds held by
the agricultural college permanent
fund, less than $50, 900 are now in de-
fault. OF this amount $4,000 are
municipal bonds of Anthony, Kan,
and 81, 800 are bonds which Pratt
county claims are fraudulent and abso-
lutely refuses to pay. There are about
500, 900 in Oklahoma county bonds in
the fund, and last year interest had de-
faulted in small portion of them, but
Oklahoma is paying up.
Distressing Accident to q Child.
A terrible accident occurred near
Washington the other day. w. h.
Sprengle was cutting weeds in the
orchard with a mower and his wife
and three young children were watch
ing him. The four-year-old daughter
got away from it's mother and ran in
front of the mower and while Sprengle
was looking behind him the mower
run into her. severing one leg and CUT
ting the other three times. The little
one bled to death.
Only Six Are Left.
Death has claimed another member
of the Wyandotte constitutional con,
renee: The Wyandotte constitutional
convention was composed of IS mem.
bers. All are dead now but six-John
j. Ingalls,, of Atchison; Judge ]. T.
Burris, of Olathe; Maj. Ben Simpson,
of Paola; j Judge Samuel A. Kingman,
of Topeka; ex-senator E. g. Ross, of
New Mexico, and Editor v. ]. Lane, of
Wyandotte.
Needle Causes q Child's Death.
of R. c. Jobes, of haywood, Wyan.
dotte county, died suddenly of convul.
sions in the arms of his mother while
the parents were driving along street
in Kansas City. Some time ago the
child swallowed a needle, but showed
no ill effects and the doctors were
hopeful that there would be no i'll
effects The sudden death, however,
is thought to have resulted from the
needle.
Chung to q Branch Two Hours.
B. P. Seymour, farmer near Ottawa,
drove into back water of the Marais des
Cygnes river. His wagon box drifted
off and Seymour caught tree branch
and hung in water up to his neck for
two hours before he was rescued, near.
ly exhausted. He was two miles from
a house. The team went there and at.
tracted attention by the fact of the
wet wagon and the absence of driver.
1t L. Big Affair.
The Kansas university has faculty.
of SO members, 81 professors, 13 asso
ciate professors and lecturers, beside
10 library, museum, laboratory and
SilOp dSSlSGduUS. LII Has IL
costing $3.50, 900, and another in course
of erection, which will swell the cost
to $505, 900. 1t has 80. 900 books in the
library, and scientific apparatus and
museum collections valued at $3.50 OOO
Eastern Firms Being Shut Out.
Eastern bond firms and investors are
gradually being shut out of Kansas BY
the maturity of their bonds and the
prompt payment of them by the coun.
ties and municipalities. The Kansas
cities and counties are in very pros
porous condition and are eager to cal
in their outstanding paper. Shawnee
since the first of the year, has reduced
its Indebtedness $50,
Thinks Rates VIII Go Lower.
State Insurance Superintendent
Church has completed his biennial re.
port, in which he calls attention tc
his successful efforts in getting re
duction of rates on fire insurance.
whereby the farmers of Kansas save
$500, 900 annually. He also predicts
that rates will go still lower on account
of the strong competition by many new