Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-03-07
STATE NEWS.

across the Republican river at that
place, this spring, to cost $4,000
Pittsburg. spelter output fol
the week ending February Fl was $751;
500 pounds. Coal output for same
week, 800 cars, aggregating $4,000
tons.
Kansas City: City Treasurer G. P.
Denison has received from the fiscal
agency $4,000 worth of bonds and
coupons duly Cancelled. The money
was sent on by the treasurer two weeks
ago and the valuable papers have come
to this city. They consisted of about
$4,000 in coupons and $4,000 in in
ternal improvement bonds, S725 of
which are old Wyandotte city bonds.
J. R. Mulvane, president of the Bank
of Topeka, says: THE general situation
is improving. More property has
changed hands in eastern Kansas since
the first of last September than in the
entire five years preceding. The con-
servative banks are in far better condi-
ton than they we're six months ago.
They have larger reserves. We have
much more money nav than we need to
do business with"
At ElDorado the bookkeeper of the
Bank of ElDOrado found the dead body
of the iantor, Frank Mills, lying on
the floor in a pool of blood, with re-
volver by his side. Mills left home say
ing that his head hurt, and bade his
wife and children goodbye. Passers by
the bank thought they heard a pistol
report about eight o'clock. The coroner
returned verdict of suicide. Mills was
a young man and left family. He was
considerably in debt.
Topeka Capital: Captain A. L. EN-
erson, of St. Francis, secured desired
amendments to the irrigation bill.
The captain, in addition to his other
interests, is secretary and treasurer of
company recently formed to construct
irrigation bitches in Cheyenne county,
the extreme northwestern county in the
state. The captain has been in the
city several days, and says his company
which has a paid up capital of 100000,
will commence work Immediately ifthe
bill becomes law with its present pro-
visions.
Lawrence letter: The presentation
of two beautiful flags to the high school
and the Woodlawn school took place at
the high school in the presence of
large number Of people. General H. S.
Hall, on behalf of the G.. A. r. post of
this city, presented the high school with
a beautiful flag. The speech was en-
Enthusiastically received, and he was fol-
lowed by Mrs. Samuel Houston, who, on
behalf of the WOman's Relief corps,
made the Woodlawn school a present of
an elegant banner of the stars and
stripes. Rev. DR.. Cordley, president of
the school board, made the address of !
acceptance Mrs. S. H. Andrews recited |
a beautiful poem appropriate to the oc-
casion.
At McLouth some liberal citizens
were imposed upon by fake widow
and two children. A mover wagon ar
rived there, containing a woman and
two children. She said she was a widow;
that her husband died in Arkansas three
months ago, and that she wanted to get !
back to her people in Iowa. She was
literally assisted and taken to a citizens /
house and entertained two days, when |
10! and behold, the dead came to life, |
the husband arriving on the scene. To |
say that the people were indignant but |
family expresses the feeling. A hurried
departure for the north was taken by /
the swindlers, where it is supposed 9TH
ers will be likewise duped. The storm
had delayed her departure, so that he
came on her unawares, he remaining a
day or so behind her with a bandaged !
arm, also begging for help, saying his
wife had run off and left him without
any means of support. The two children
ran up to him and cried out 'papa,"
which gave the thing away.
A fire in Armourdale destroyed the
cooperage establishment of J. r. Kelly
& Bro, the Armourdale elevator, forty
freight cars and about 100000 bushels
OF grain, entailing total loss of about
$150,000. The fire started about eight
o'clock in the engine house of the
cooper shop. The wind was blowing a
gale and the efforts of the firemen were
unavailing. The fire rapidly consumed
the engine house, then spread to the
cooper shop, and thence to the elevator.
Forty freight cars, seventeen of them
loaded with -four and grain, standing
on the switching tracks near the eleva-
tor, caught fire from the fierce heat and
were destroyed. The losses are as fol-
lows: On the cooper shop, $4,000, in
sured for $4,000; on the elevator,
$4,000, fully insured; on the contents
of the elevator, S44,5O0, distributed as
follows: $4,000 bushels of wheat, $780,
900; 5000 bushels of corn, $4,000;
$4,000 bushels of oats. $4,000. The grain
was insured for $4,000. The loss on
the cars is estimated at about S25, 200.
The seventeen loaded cars that we're
destroyed had for their contents $4,000
worth of -four, 5000 worth of oats,
81, 200 worth of corn meal and g, 500 ,
worth of corn. The losses of the ele-
vator, cooper shop and grain are total