The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1900-01-19
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Resolutions by State Temperance Union.
The Kansas State Temperance
union. at its annual meeting in To-
peka last week, passed resolutions de-
claring that the cause of temperance
has been strengthened in the state
and that the use of intoxicants has
been greatly reduced; protesting
against the issuance of government
licenses to persons not entitled to use
them under the state law; commend
ing Gov. Stanley for his efforts to
stamp out the 'Klondike" joints in
Leavenworth county; thanking Secre-
tary of the Navy Long for his order
forbidding the sale of liquors on ship
board; thanking congress for passing
the anti-canteen law and condemning
Attorney General Griggs for his nulli-'
fication of that law. j. w. Gleed,
president of the union, was reelected.
Want tho State Fair Revived.
The annual convention of the Kan
sas Improved Stock Breeders associa-
ton at Topeka adopted a resolution
vi SIhS IuC ICNlNd1 VI OuC StdtC
The breeders claim that Topeka
should put its money into an enter
prise like fair, which will be a per-
manent feature, instead of spending it
on street fairs and carnivals. They
say that a state fair conducted on a
conservative basis would be a paying
institution.
An Unusual Compact.
A. j. Bryant and C. d. Leggett are
a couple of young fellows who formed
partnership in barber shop at Co.
darvale. In joining forces they en-
tered into an agreement to the effect
that the one who first should play q
gambling game or take drink of
liquor must forfeit his share in the
property. This contract was duly
placed on record, and the lawyers say
it is an enforceable one.
Three Farmer Boys In tho City.
James Crull, James Carroll and Fred
Potter, three farmer boys from Kins-
ley, started to Topeka to enlist in the
army. By mistake they were taken
to Kansas City and at the union depot
we're taken in by one Frank Miller,
who robbed them of their railroad.
tickets and $1O.35 in cash-all they
had. Miller was arrested and sent to
the workhouse, but the boys did not
get their money back.
Labor Exchange Colony.
The socialist or labor exchange col
ony recently established IL miles
northwest of Fort Scott, will be aug
mented in short time by number
of families from different parts of the
state. A TOWNSHIP has been laid out.
The colony has it's own scrip and
everything in the commercial or labor
lines is done on the exchange plan,
each man getting credit for just what
he produces.
Passing Of the Atchisou Champion.
The Atchison Champion, the oldest
paper in Kansas, has been discontin-
ued by it's present owner, B. P. Wag-
gener, who took it six months ago
under a mortgage. The Champion
was established in 1855 and, with ex-
| Gov John A. Martin as it's editor and
publisher, was for many years the
most influential republican paper in
the state, and made Martin governor.
Well Known at Wellington.
Captain j. p. Grinstead, of tho
Thirty-second infantry, reported kill
ed near Manila, was well known at
wellington, where he was city mar
shall. He served in the civil war for
the union as captain Of Kentucky
| regiment. When the war with Spain
| broke out he was elected captain OF
company L, Twenty-first Kansas.
Fine Depot on His Hands.
When the Santa Fe railroad bought
the Hutchinson & Southern the ter
| minals at Hutchinson were not in
cluded and the handsome depot owned
by w. A. Bradford, of Boston, is un-
| occupied.
Two Towns Fear Smallpox.
The mayor of Abilene. issued an Or
der forbidding loafing at depots and
| urged vaccination to avoid smallpox.
District Judge Moore adjourned court
at Junction City because of cases
there. n = : .
For the Eoarth Time.
The state board of agriculture at
Topeka reelected F. d. Corburn sec
rofarv f0r the fourth consecutive