Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-14
STATE NEWS.


enrolled in the public school, with seat
ing capacity Cor only 5,592.
The valuation of the apparatus re-
Gently purchased for the gymnasium at
Washburn College, Topeka, was over
$500 and is all of the most approved
kind.
Girard's new water tower is to be
built of brick and eighty feet high. Sur
mounting the tower will be tank twen-
ty-four feet in diameter and eighteen
feet high.
The Eudora hotel, at Eudora, burned
with nearly all its contents. The sup
posed cause of the fire was an explosion
of coal oil lamp. Loss, $500; insur-
ance, $4,000.
Emporia Republican: There are eight
school buildings in Emporia, four of
them being presided over by ladies and
four by gentlemen. Emporia believes
in equal rights.
I. F. Payey, of Lawrence, was serious
ly injured in a smash up on bridge A
runaway team met and struck his team.
completely demolishing his buggy and
bruising him up badly.
New students continue to enroll at
Kansas university, and many old STU
dents return every day. The indications
are that the attendance will be larger
than that of last year.
Ottawa special: While wrestling with
boy named Rochester, in Cramer's liv-
cry stable at Wellsville, a young man
named Steed fell on his contestant,
striking him in the stomach with his
knees. Nothing was thought of it at
the time, but two days later young
Rochester died from the effects of the
fall.
Topeka Capital: Although it has
reached no conclusion in regard to plans
the county board has decided to submit
to the people the question of building a
court house to cost $150,000. For this
amount thirty-year bonds are to be is
sued at 4 per cent. The official notice
of the election to be held November Z
is published.
The Western Coal and Mining COM
pany of Pittsburg has arranged for 100
more dwellings at Yale for their colored
miners. A school house and church will
also be built. Another importation of
Alabama negroes is expected and will
be put to work in Yale and Fleming.
This will make over 400 negroes en-
ployed by this company.
Wichita special: The jury in the
case against Police Officer @. L. Irish,
charged with killing Wesley Spidle, last
March, brought in verdict of man.
slaughter Irish and another officer had
been detailed to watch the Santa Fe
yards for coal thieves, and captured
Spidle. The prisoner made break for
liberty and Irish shot HIM dead.
Junction City Republican: We learned
a few days since that Byron NJ. Brown.
formerly resident of this city, and at
one time editor of the Junction City |
News, shot and instantly killed NJ. s.
Henderson, a journeyman printer, dur
ing quarrel over game of cards at |
Lansing, Kansas. Brown was arrested |!
and is now in jail awaiting trial.
A meeting of the board of regents of |
the state normal school was held at EN-
poria the principal business of which was
to forward the immediate building of |
the wing to the building, to cost $780,
600. The board also passed an order
instructing the faculty to enforce the
rule against students taking outside |
studies without consent of the president. !
Robert Kincaid, the erstwhile bank
president at Mound City and financial
king Of Linn county, whose failure in
July involved so many banking and
institutions and farmers, has
and opened an Office, and says
he will 'settle with the people" Kin
caid has been in Iowa most of the time
since the collapse of his business enter
prises.
Mcpherson Republican: A car load
of wheat was shipped to Logan county
from here over the Santa Fe The wheat
was UOnaIcd 10 Inc Idrm0rS OF Logan
county by the citizens Of this county at
the solicitation of Rev. Glad Of Logan
county, who has been here several days
in the interest of those in need. The
Santa Fe made no freight charges on
the wheat.
Emporia Republican: Thomas Stocks
lager, Of Chandler, Okla, special PEN
sion agent, is here looking into an al
legged fraudulent pension case. He says
it is mistake to suppose that these ex-
aminations are started for political rea-
sons. More than half the charges
against pensioners, he says, are pre-
ferred by women and are in a great
many cases the result of neighborhood 1
quarrels. The. charges that be is inves-
tigsting are against widow.
Pittsburg special: Great excitement
prevails among the white miners here
over the report that the funds subscribed
for the relief OF the miners who were on
a strike last summer, we're grossly mis-
1t is said those in charge
of the funds not only applied them in
judiciously, but Incorporated consid-
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