Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-12-12
STATE NEWS.

Isantanant Governor Felt has gone
60 (,oI;fornia for the benefit OF bus
health.
Salina Republican: The toilers are
being put in at the paper mills, and the
work on the walls of the buildings is
nearly completed.
Topeka Journal: The silver annlver-
sary of the founding of the Capitol
Grange, will be celebrated December
18th at Lincoln Post hall.
W,chita-John Knapp, wealthy
farmer living five miles north OF town.
was killed this morning by a wild
Texas steer. He was terribly gored
and mutilated.
Enporia Republican: Fifteen double
deck cars of sheep we're fed at the Santa
Fe wards to-day. There were about
5000 of them and they will make good
sale in the Chicago markets.
Topeka Capital: One of the Rapid
Transit cars, while crossing the tracks
of the Missouri Pacific on Fourth street,
was run into and badly damaged by an
engine and three coal cars, which were
backing across the street. The motor
neer claims the engineer gave him no
warning of his approach. No one was
injured.
Salina Republican: At the farm OF
Thomas Anderson John Crowthers met
with a very serious accident. He was
standing with his back to the engine OF
of q threshing machine. His coat was
caught in the fly wheel and he was
drawn in and badly mangled. One OF
his legs was broken 10 two places and
his knee badly crushed.
Topeka Capital: While Rev. Shultz,
a theologian student of Baker unlver-
sity, was returning home from a trip to
Muscota, he was taken very sick on
board the Rock Island train near Hoyt,
and between that place and Topeka hot
water from the engine boiler was con-
tinually applied to his breast and back
to relieve bis extreme psin.
Emporia. Charles Calvert, Of Mus
cotah, Atchison county, was shot
through the right temple and instantly
killed by David L. Stanley OF Colbert,
Lincoln county. Both we're students
in the state Normal, and the killing was
unintentional, a revolver supposed to
be empty, but which had recently been
loaded, going off accidentally while be-
ing handled.
Atchison.-The west division Of the
Missouri Pacific, extending from Atch-
ison to Omaha, is threatened with q
coal famine. At one time there was not
hours supply of coal on the
division. The company is buying coal
wherever it can be found, but on &C.
count of the inability of the mines to
supply the demand it may become nec-
essary to lay off several trains tenn.
porarily.
Wichita.-A notorious rse-thief
named Seth Lewis, who was arrested
in Kansas City and was being taken
back to Oklahoma to answer numerous
charges against him, escaped from the
custody of United States Marshal
Spenc GER by throwing himself through
window of rapidly moving train this
side of White Water, Butler county.
The train was stopped and thorough
search made, but without avail.
Atchison. Clara Hawley, en-
ployed at the Byram hotel, was run
over and killed by Missouri Pacific
switch engine at the Fourth street
crossing. When che saw the engine
she was on the track and started to re.
trace her steps, but fell. Her limbs
we're badly mangled and she died in
three hours. She was 10 years OF age,
snd came here q few weeks ago from
Goffs, Nemaha county, where her rela-
tives reside.
Leavenworth.-Th funeral of Samuel
F. Burdette, past grand scribe OF Kan
sas Encampment of Odd Fellows, and
for twenty-nine years secretary OF the
state grand lodge, took place from his
from his home on Vine street. Floral
embiems were numerous and the attend.
ance was exceptionally large. Rev.
DR.. Roberts, of Kansas City, Mo-, con-
Quoted the funeral services at the house.
Exercises at the grave were conducted
by the officers of the grand lodge.
Kansas is shown by Secretary Mobiles
report to be very desirable state. It
has only 799,07S acres of public lands
still untaken,- almost exactly the
amount that remains in the much older
state of Michigan. and very much less
than Wisconsin. Minnesota, with its
frozen climate, has nearly 1000, 900
acres left, of which 4,000.0 900 has not
even been surveyed. These figures
show where the people have found the
best returns for their investment Of
capital and labor.
Emporia- Destructive prairie fires
have ragged IN different parts OF Lyon
county. In the northern part OF the
county the large. apple orchard OF Mrs.
o. Ridenour, the stables, hay stacks,
sheds, corn cribs, etc. on the ranches Of
William Robinson, William Houghton,
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