The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1904-07-15
BRIEF KANSAS ITEMS.
Contestants. Must show Fr.ua.

Contestants Must Show Ffou0.
The state supreme court handed
down q decision in the congressional
contest cases Of Allen and Bowersock
and Anthony and Curtis The court
says that IL the allegations Of fraud ON
the part OF the contest board can be
established it win take jurisdiction In
the contests, open them up and decide
the cases upon their merits II, ON the
other hand, the plaintiffs do not prove
fraud on the part Of the contest board.
the court will refuse to go into the
merits Of the case, and the decision
of the contest board will stand regard
less of the contests. The next move
of the court probably will be to- ap-
point a referee to take testimony on
the allegations Of fraud.
Warden Jswett Released.
A writ Of habeas corpus, releasing
e. s. Jewett, warden Of the state penf-
tertiary, from the custody of the sheriff
of johnson county by whom he was
arrested under q warrant for contempt
TO court was issued in the supreme
court. A short time ago an attempt
was Aho0C " 1CkOdoc q PIISOAOA IL Jill
the penitentiary by motions Of a writ
of habeas corpus issued by judge Shell
don, of the district court of Johnson
county. Mr.. Jewett refused to hear
the writ and was cited to appear for
contempt. In its opinion the supreme
court held that district judges are
without jurisdiction in habeas corpus
outside their respective districts.
Prof. Shows Flood Statistics.
Ex-Chancellor Snow, OF the Univer-
sity of Kansas, gave out some inter
esting figures regarding the rainfall
in Kansas for the month of July SO
far. The total rainfall for July up TO
date is TEA inches. This is not the
heaviest weeks rainfall Kansas has
ever had, for In 1876, from June 10 to
Is, the total rainfall amounted to 1921
inches. Except for that period the
present precipitation breaks the record.
above the average for the whole Of the
month Of July in the past records OF
DR.. Snow
Saw Young Boy Drowned.
Roy Moffett. the 13-year-old nephew
Of DR.. c. B. Moffett, was drowned in
the east part of Arkansas City. He,
with other boys, was towing shocks OF
wheat to the shore when he got into
deep water and his bundle of wheat
broke up. Many men were on the
bank and saw the boy, but could not
get to him before the current carried
him out of their reach. His body has
not been found.
Curious Claim Against A. o. L. w.
A curious claim is now being investi-
gated by the Kansas A. o. U. w. Seven
years ago Wiley B. Fisk. member Of
the order, disappeared from his home
in Sumner county. Since then nothing
has been heard from him by his fam
lily, and the family is now making
claim for $4,000 from the order on the
legal presumption that a man who
has not been heard from for seven
years is dead.
Minor state News.
At lola 200 families were driven out
by the Neosho river overflow. T. ].
Anderson lost hundreds of sheep by
drowning. Communication with La
Harpe and Gas City was cut of. The
Neosho river has four times flooded
farm lands this year and there is moth
ing left.
Kansas was prominently on the pro-
gramme of nominating speeches at the
st. Louis democratic convention.
David 0vermyer nominated Miles for
president, ex-senator Harris seconded
Senator Cockrell's nomination, ]. w.
Orr performed like service for Parker
and J. G. Johnson took the platform in
behalf of Hearst.
Arthur Atkinson, miner, was cele-
brating the Fourth at Pittsburg by
placing sticks of dynamite in the
ground and firing them with 4O-pound
pressure caps. One of them failed to
go of and he went back to make an
examination. AS he stopped over the
dynamite exploded. Both hands were
blown off at the wrists and his feet,
legs, breast and face were shredded as
if by knife. He cannot live.
Mrs. B. s. Raymond. daughter Of
William Greiffenstein, founder OF
Wichita, and one of its first mayors,
is dead in Burnett, Ok. Mrs. Ray
monds mother was fullblood Indian.
A few years ago Mrs. Raymond filed
suit against the city for piece of land
lying in the center of Douglas avenue.
the main business street She con-
tended that her father never had deed
ed the property to the city. The courts
decided against her.
While the 11-year-old daughter Of
John Fronke, shoemaker at Atchison,
with her eight-year-old brother, were
picking berries near town a negro COM
PEELED the girl at the point Of shot-
gun to walk to a remote place in the
woods. where he attempted to mis-
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