The historic times., 1891-10-31
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

managed by ". Hann, lS III Iu0 honNs
of a receiver. The failure was caused
bv the disappearance of Hahn. He leta
a letter to his wife which led many 70
believe that he meditated suicide.
One cottage and four six-room dwell
inps located at Fifteenth street and
Stewart avenue, Kansas City, Kan,
were burned to the ground at two
o'clock the other morning under CIT.
cumstances that led TO the bene1 tnas
firebug did the work.
While playing around fire of leaves
and grass in the yard the other day tne
clothes of the little daughter OF hrs
w. 4. STRAIN, of Emporia, took hre ana
the mother ran to the child's assist
ance, when her clothes also ignited
Both were seriously if not fatally
burned.
| While two men were recently shoot-
| ing craps in n livery stable at Hamnn'
! Brown county, one OF them dropped
match into the hay, setting it on nre.
The flames spread at once and the
, stable, ten head OF horses and other
property destroyed. The loss was
heavy add insurance light.
The Topeka sugar works have smut
down and the proprietors are involved
in considerable litigation. The farm
ers who had contracted with the lesses
of the sugar works have employed an
attorney to enter suit both for the cane
already delivered to the mill and Tor
that left tanding in the field.
Topeka had the most serious fire on
the night of the 25th that had visited
that city for over year. The nrs
burned two livery stables, Lumber
ward and ex-Gov. Crawford's hve-story
building. Thirteen horses perished In
the fire and $40, 900 worth of property
was destroyed Partially insured.
The reform press association receno'
ly held meeting at Salina and elected
, officers as follows: President a -
Pattee, Of the Salina Union; vice-presl-
dent, w. S. Wait, of the Lincoln Beacon;
: secretary, S. McLallin, of the Topeka
: Advocate. Arrangements were made
for an excursion to the Rocky mount
aims
The Kansas worlds fair board ol
I" managers have decided to incorporate
, at once. They have prepared an ad
= dress to the people appealing TO-
|, money. A. w. Smith. w. Ii. Smith
q and Col. A. S. Johnson have been
3" appointed committee to go to Chicago
at once and select a site for the Kansa
building.
- The state Farmers Alliance at Sa
lima elected w. Fl. Biddle, of Butler
= county, president; Mrs. Fannie X
!; Vickery, vice. president; j. B. French
- secretary; A. C. Easter, treasurer; ;
NJ. Scott. lecturer, and Mrs Fannl
Mccormick, assistant lecturer. Franz
McCIrath declined a nomination for re
a. election as president
= President Cross, of the Missouri, kar
O. sas & Texas railroad, having sad tina
q. the Offices would be removed to Pa'
sons at once in compliance with tn
charter under which the road is ope
ated. the attorney-general said recen
en- " that if the road is making thes
at statements in good faith the matte
"a will be dropped, but if they do not r.
ps move the Offices to some kansas poll
they may expect trouble
ch Following are the names OF II
an United States Senators who ha'
ty- served from Kansas: James H. Ian
of 1861 to 1866 Samuel C. Pomeroy, is
to 1878: Edmund q. Ross, 1866 to Isl
lg- Alexander Caldwell, 1871 to 1874; Ro
of ert Crozier. 1873 to 1874; John j. lngal
lui 1878 to 1891; James NJ. Harvey, 1874
ng 1877: Preston B Plumb, elected In lol
led still in the senate; William A. Peffe
inc elected to serve from Mwch 4, Isl
takes his seat in December next.
Im' The Farmers Alliance completed t
nn- election of officers at Salina by sele
inc II. Bowman Burton insurance co
wo missioner, to have charge OF all bu
l. ness under the cooperative system
IN judiciary committee was also elect
ent The resolutions adopted recommend
me the reelection of j. T. Willis as
l. tional alliance Lecturer: advised hoeI
yer appropriations for making lrrlgaIi
yea tests in western Kansas, and insist
lSs that all necessary means be taken
ave preserve the purity of the ballot
nds A gentleman who recently return
from the western part of the state
~ Atchison reported that "unthresi
ID wheat in that section is damaged fr
g 25 to 80 per cent on account OF
me- weather and poor stacking. The gr
Oh has already commenced to grow. ;
aHy many of the stacks are green. g
ls"S deal of wheat still remains IN
shock. This is ruined. Farmers
isn' busily engaged in threshing the crc
: but will not get through before
= first of the year. The acreage 81 VII
'lle put in this fall will not be as larg'
last fall"
At the seventh biennial conciave
;ues the grand legion of Select knights
- O. L. w. of Kansas recently helt
~;a Armourdale, the following officers
chosen: Grand commander, Ed VIII
.be er, Colony; grand vice-commander,
=. r. Bancroft, Kansas City; grand
~ tenant-eommander, d. = CasseIl, B'
Vile. grand recorder, +. NJ 70
o.ho Emporia: grand treasurer, A j. b
= ~ toon. Topeka; grand standard oea
a.a Henry Wolf. Parsons; grand Sc
workman, III. v Nelson, McPher
- grand Junior workman, = IL Nc
nell. Williamsburg; grand guard, |