The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-06-12
. KANSAS STATE NEWS. )
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

The Neosho river at Emporia was
the highest for 30 years.
George j. Gould, aof the Missouri
Pacific contributed $1,000 to the
North Topek0 relief fund.
The Mankato national bank has
been authorized to do business at
Mankato with $4,000 capital.
After 80 consecutive dNyss of rain
in Galena, with the exception of one
day, the sun once more shone.
o The late John j. Ingalls, described
the kaw river aso good place in
which to grow corn, if it was irri-
gated" Well, it has been irrigated.
The rainfal for the month of
March, April and May of last year is
as follows: March, 1.62 inches; April,
Od6; May, 4.43, making total of 6.s1
inches for the three moNths. Cor
responding months of 1903 are March,
1.27; pril. COS; May. $40, total 1905
inches.
Mrs. Hester Richards died in Will
son county the ether day at the age
g SO years. She was married as
years ago. Herooldest son served in
the Mexican war a9d was killed at
Vicksburg in Che civil war while hold
ing the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Threeo other sons served in the Sfvil
war, one as a private, oAe as . sur
geon and o3e as chaplain.
) The neine@s of Kansae, Missouri,
Arkansas and the Indian territory
will hold a con8enti@n at Pittsburg
on July for the purpose of prepar-c
Eng an interstate scale to be pre-
sented to the operators to- take the
place of the scales Row in force,
which expire September l. An in
crease of wages, averaging about IL
per cent0 it is understood will be
asked.
Nemaha, Norton, Phillips, Smith,
jackson, Bro@vn, Usage, Lyon, Sedg-
owick ard Butler counties are in the
worst shape of any in the hgh water
section. About a third of the corn
10 drowned out by the water and the
weeds are smothering the remainder.
Farmers have been Sunable 90 cufti-
vate Gny of theig corn, even that On
the highlands, and conditions are the
most dfscouraging for years.
Marion, situated at the confluence
of four streams, has been suffering
badly from the flood. About 700
people took dinner in the public
school building Saturday TAe ElSin
hotel the best in the city, served its
meals upstairs. TIE town is built at
the confluence of four streams. The
Indians told the early settlers never
to build a town there, and now the
people wish they had listened.
Prospects are that Kansas will not
raise more than halle corn crop
this year. Reports of the Kansas
section of the United States depart
ment of agriculture are to the effect
that only about two-thirds of the
usual acreage has been planted. The
remainder of the ground has been too
wet to plow and the fairness are I'M
able to get into it at even this late
date on account of constant rains.
The eroprietors Of the City of Erie
steamer thought they would test
their boat by going against the
strong current of the crooked Neo-
sho river when the stream was almost
bank full. They steamed up and left
Erie for Chanute, a distance OF over
so miles via the Neosho river, and
made the trip in eight hours. This is
the first steamer in the history of Ne
osho river that has been capable of
cutting it's path through the swift
high.
A gas leak at the National hotel
in Salina caused a terrific explosion.
Adam Smith Q the engineer, and bell
boy were both injured. The @&plo-
sion was heard for miles. Smith,
the engineer, detected the sanell of
gas and lighted a match at the reg
lister. The explosion occurred imme-
diately. Nearly the entire front Of
the hotel STas demolished and several
hundred dollars worth of plate glass
broken into thousands of fragments.
The barber shop and billiard room
were eSltirely destroyed. The billiar6
tables were thrown to the ceiling
and when they fell wers ruIned.
None of the guests were insured,
though the hotel was well filled.
The Lawrence bridge, which was
swept away by the flood in the Kaw
river, was built by enc Lawrence
Bridge company under a special act
of the territorial legislature of 1858.
The act granted ''the exclusive right
and privilege Of building ana main
ta6ning a bridge acSoss the Kansas
(Kaw) OEiver at the city of Lawrence
dor the period of 81 years toe. W..
Babcock, S. B. Prentis, James Chris
|otian, Josiah KILLER, Jose K. Goodwin,
Marcus ]. PARROT, James F. Legates
or tAeir assigns, and such persons as
may be associated wish them for that
purpose" The authorized capital
stock of the company was $4,000,
and the board of cou9ty commission
orc ~ oa0nfv