The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-10-04

cOrO1a refused to convict William
Schoonover. boy of II or IS years.
who had once been in the reform
school, of horse stealing because il
would be necessary to send him to
the penitentiary, and, although tho
boy was found with the stolen ami
NAL in his possession, he was acquit-
ted. Emboldened by this escape he
stole a wagon and set of harness near.
Clyde. He was arrested by Sheriff
Moore near Bala, Riley county, and il
again in Jail.
His Pluck Proved His Death.
Harry Smith, an orphan boy, ten
years old, who was herding cattle
nine miles west of Larned, was
dragged to death by his pony. The
pony had gotten away from the boy
twice and run home, and in order to
prevent him from getting away the
third time young Smith tied the hal
ter around his right arm above tho
elbow. When the pony got home
with the boy dragging at the end
of the rope the little fellows head
was scalped and the skull crushed.
Big Time at Wellington.
Commencing Tuesday, Wellington
celebrated with weeks carnival tho,
largest crop of wheat ever grown in
any county in the United States. Gov.
Stanley. ex-Govs. Humphrey, Click and
st. John were present on the open
ing day, and took part in the cerc..
mony of browning the carnival.
queen, who will represent Ceres, the
goddess of agriculture. The 14-year-
old daughter of Mayor Hunter had
been selected for that honor.
To Test Kansas judicial Law.
The IL district judges whose terms
have now expired, but in whose dis.
tricts vacancies are created by the,
new election law until next year, have
united to disregard the governors re-.
cent appointments to the vacancies
and will test their right to hold over
until an election chooses their sue
cessors. They claim that the legis-
lature has no power to create q va
cancy in a judgship under the consti-
tuition.
Opinion Gets Him . Thrashing.
Joe Nowiski, Polish section labor
er at Durham, expressed sympathy
with the assassin of President McKin-
ley. The Infatuated citizens made an
attempt to lynch him, but officers
jailed him for safe-keeping. Late at
night crowd of 200 men took him
from Jail and administered severe
beating, from which he is not likely
to recover.
An Unusual Distinction.
Hon. Samuel p. Griffith is dead at
Nortonville. Mr.. Griffith came to
Kansas in 1889. In 1873 he was elected
to the Kansas house and in 1874 to
the senate, and he could boast what
no other man in Kansas had to his
credit, two sons, who also were MEM
bers of the legislature.
Tramps Sang Mckinley Hymn.
At the appointed hour on the day
of the presidents funeral freight
train stopped near the city limits of
Kinsley. The trainmen began singing
Nearer, My God, I'd Thee" Four
tramps crawled from the trucks, and,
with barred heads, joined in the mu-
sic.
To Test the Medical Law.
The law requiring the Registrations
of physicians is to be tested in q
prosecution at Ellis. It is alleged
that DR.. Horace L. Wilson, of that
place, has been practicing medicine
without having registered, and q
warrant was issued for his arrest.
Opened with a Great Display.
The Farmers Elevator company
opened it's new elevator at Thinker re-
Gently. A procession of 80 loads of
wheat was formed north of Bison,
headed by band, and proceeded to
Thinker with the stars and stripes
floating from many wagons.
The First Time.
A Kansas editor coafesses to %
years residence in the state, during
which time, he says, he never before.
knew of a bushel of potatoes being
worth more than bushel of apples or
a bushel of peaches.
Crippled Him for Life.
John A. Fleener, or Arkansas City,
has sued the Ancient Order of Pyra-
mids for $4,000, alleging that while
being initiated into the order he re-
ceived injuries which will criDDle him