The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-10-09
Latest Kansas Events.
sutton a Natire Kan.an.

sutton Native kansan.
Eli r. Sutton, an agent Of the Uni
versity of Michigan, who was recently
sentenced to a long term in prison for
completely in defrauding the state by
bogus contracts, was born in Kansas.
In the SOS he was student at the En-
roria state normal school and gradu-
S.ed from there in 1889. He was aft
erward an assistant teacher of mathe-
mates in the state normal.
Condition of Kansas B1nks..
The abstract of the condition of the :.
national banks Of Kansas at the close.
of business on September 9 shows the
reserve to have been 1852 against 1857
Fer cent. on June 8; loans and dis
counts increased from $S0,074.414 to
$31, 674, 724; lawful money reserve in
creased from S2,933.13 to $3.0S1 SIG: :
individual deposits increased from
s35.372. 667 to 1908, 555.
Wells Wants Reports.
Seth, G. Wells, auditor of state, be-
lieves that the state is not getting
the benefit of all that the various fac
tories and farms at the state institu-
tions produce. He will try to compel
the officers of these institutions to
make reports which will show the
value of the products and the manner
in which the products have been used.
Penalty of Disobcdicnce.
While hiding in a cane patch the
three-year-old son of j. P. Drivetts,
a farmer west of Salina, had his right
foot entirely severed by moving ma
chine The child had been sent to the
house. but instead of obeying he hid
in the cane patch to scare his father,
he said.
Humboldt Makes Rapid Growth.
Humboldt has erected 60 new resi-
Gences and several business houses tbs
past year; also two new churches.
miles of brick walks and many blocks
Of curbing and guttering The town
expects an electric railway, waterworks
and electric lights before another
year.
Model Coal Mine mt Worlds Fair.
Prof Grimsley, director of the Kan
sas mineral exhibit at the St Louis
exposition, is preparing to give the
coal operators a large share of the
mineral exhibit for display OF Kan
sas coal. 1t is the intention to have
a model coal mine in operation.
Cannot Convict Soldiers Widow,
the case against Mrs. Harriet D. Meas
Ter, of La Crosse, charged with pen
sion fraud. He says he has found it
almost impossible to convict soldiers
widow. Mrs. Measler was tried last
week at Wichita and acquitted.
Balm for Lacerated Affections.
Mrs. Jennie Viles, wife of farmer
in western Atchison county, has sued
Miss Del Baldwin for 900 for alien
ating the affections of Viles. Miss
Baldwin has lived with the family 15
years.
Marshall i'm Charge.
E. E. Marshall, of Ellsworth, has
been installed as superintendent of the
ceeding J. H. Simmons, who resigned
to become president of bank at
Dighton.
Do Not Want Separate School.
At Chanute a separate school was
provided for negro children, but on
the opening day but one dusky child
applied for admission there, while
dozens applied at the white schools.
te Relatives Must Pay.
Attorney General Coleman is trying
to find out VIII at inmates in the various
state eleemosynary and charitable in
situations have estates or relatives able
to pay for their board and treatment.
Woman Sues Jointkeeper.
Mrs. Mary E. Shannon, of Wyan.
dotte, has sued John Sprague, a joint
keeper, for $4,000 damages, alleging
Sprague sold Mrs. Shannon's husband
liquor after she told him not TO.
Raised $4,000 for Crippled Boy.
Friends of Sherman Davis, boy al
Hiawatha who recently had both arms
cut off by railroad train, have raised
by subscription $4,000 for his educa-
ton.
l. Eighty Cars Loaded with Feeders.
Eighty cars of white-faced Here
ford cattle, or 1900 in all, were .un,
loaded at Brookville the other day to
be fed by prominent cattlemen near
there.
Monster WareroOm mt lola.
The wareroom of the Portland ce.
menf nlant at lola il 90 feet ruida and