Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-16
STATE NEWS.

Topeka Capital: The city schoo
board has made ruling that hereafter
when the place of a white teacher in one
of the colored schools of the city is va.
Gated that it shall be filed by coloreG
teacher provided there are candidates
who are certifcated and otherwise quail
fled.
From Jamestown: Andrew Wiggin.
ton committed suicide here by hanging
He was 80 years of age and was turned
out of doors by his wife after fotry years
| of married life He left home about si1
weeks ago and had just returned. His
wife and son refused him admittance
He went to neighboring bridge and
hanged himself.
At Reading the general merchandise
store of J. L. Sheldon was burglarized
The robbers exchanged their old clothing
for complete new outfits from head to
foot, leaving the discarded apparel in
the store. They also appropriated con-
siderable other property, not forgetting
to empty money drawers, which, fortu-
nately, contained but little.
E. Atkinson, a prohibitionist, and J. A
Evan, an anti, both of Toronto, Canada
visited in Kansas City, KS, travelling to,
| gether for the purpose of gathering infor-
nation about the workings of the enforce
ment of the prohibitory law in this coun-
try. They were sent out from Toronto and
their report is to be taken as guide by
the legislature of Ontario in acting on
the prohibition measure which is to
come up January 1.
o. d. Wheeler, of Ogallah, state for
estry commissioner, has given notice
that those wishing to avail themselves
of the free distribution of forest trees
can make application to him at any
time before March 1. Results prove
that there are some trees that will thrive
on the upland in central and western
Kansas, even in the driest years, and
the commissioner will give any informa-
ton desired on this subject. He is also
ready to deliver lectures in any COM
munity that may petition him to do so.
Atchison Champion: An execution
for the costs in the Malsbury- Ernst
election contest case was issued out of
the probate court against G. P. Mails
bury. Malsbury wanted to be county
superintendent of public instruction and
contested the election of Mr.. Ernst on
the grounds that there had been several
illegal ballots cast in the Mt. Pleasant
precinct, but was beaten. Nearly every
person in that part of the country was
subpenaed as witnesses in the case and
now want their fees. The following gen.
tlemen were on Malsbury's bonds for the
costs: Luther Dickerson, A. F. CRATIC
ny. Owen Seip, John NJ. Price, A. Vein
man, Taylor Lancaster and Jacob From
mer. The costs exceed 5000.
Topeka Capital: Until the derricks,
pile drivers and other heavy machinery
of the dam contractors arrive from Chi
cago only small force of men can be
utilized. At present several workmen
are already at work excavating on the
north side of the river for the foundation
for the north abutment. The contractors
have been meeting various stone con-
tractors from this and surrounding
cities for the past few days, and con-
tracts will soon be closed for large
part of the masonry supplies that will
be used in the construction. It may
help some people to realize the immensi-
ty of the dam to know that contracts
are being made with the railroads for
hauling into Topeka and delivering at
the dam $500 car loads of material that
will be used in it's construction.
A. L. Sponsler, editor of the Hutchin-
son News, is often in the western part of
the state and he says there are $50
travelling men who have headquarters at
Hutchinson and from them ID has heard
from the western counties frequently.
The people there, he says, are all right;
they are hopeful and are going to stay
on their farms undismayed by crop
failure. ''There are no more hungry
people in ten western countless" said Mr..
Sponsler, ethan there are in Shawnee
county tonight. They have no poor
houses out there, but any one who is des-
titute receives aid directly from the
county in the form of county script,
which in most counties is taken at par
There is not county in western Kansas
whose script does not sell for twice as
much today as Reno's did some years
ago."
Chief Justice Fuller announced that
hearing would be given the Allen coun-
ty, Kas., land cases on the first Monday
of March. This is very important case
to our 5000 farmers who secured land
from the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail-
road company. 1t involves the owner
ship of the land covered by the grant to
that company. Most of the land was oc-
cupied by pioneer settlers before the
law was passed making the grant, and
these settlers residing on the land refuse
to abandon in favor of others who pur-
chased the land, receiving deeds from
the railroad company. It involves the
question as to whether the company can
sell the land covered in the grant which
had been settled upon by others. The
attorneys for the company have been
pressing the case for hearing, while the