Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-11-10
SIXTEENTH YEAR
STATE NEWS.


sc- county, took enough corrosive sub
Innate bv mistake to kill dozen men,
but the immediate boIting of the whites
Of big setting of eggs saved his life.
An attempt wag made to burn the
Cherokee public school building, large
two-story brick che flames were dis
covered and extiuglished but not until
the main stairway vas nearly consumed.
Wichita Special: Mrs J. G. Hyde,
wife of a prominent farmer of the north
ern part of this county, was instantly
killed by a windmill, which was blown
over by the wind and fell on her.
From Meriden: ". G.. Aults, propri-
etor of the Elmira hotel at Lansing, fell
down the basement stairs and died next
morning from conclusion of the brain.
He was an old resident of Meriden and
will be buried here.
Haskell institute at Lawrence has
more than its full proportion of Indian
students this year. Nine new cnes ar
rived from Darlington, Ok, and Supt.
Peairs came in with eight more from the
territory.
Fred BiIimek and Harry Lindsey,
while hunting, found an underground
passage in the side of bluff north of
Atchison leading to a worry large cavern.
The top and side of the cavern we're
covered with stalactites. The cave will
be fully explored
The Home of Redeeming Love-a
rescue home for women, has been char
tered for Wichita. The purposes are to
provide home for penitent fallen women,
to rescue. them from life of shame, to
reclaim and instruct them in industrial
pursuits, and to restore them when pos
sible unto their homes and parents.
Apple growers will try to get bill
through the next legislature prescribing
eleven pecks as the size of the standard
barrel, and forty eight pounds as the
standard weight OF a bushel. Fifty
pounds is the standard weight now.
Senator Taylor Of Edwardsville will have
charge of the bill.
lola letter: The Palmer Oil company
has struck strong flow of natural gas
at this place at a depth of about 800
feet. The flow is so strong that further
drilling is impossible. The outfit will be
moved west of the Neosho river, about
one and half miles from town and a
new well put down. This is the sixth
we'll here, but the last one is much strong
er than any of the others. The gas es-
capes with such force as to be distinctly
heard mile away,
Two well-dressed, nice appearing g
young men were arrested at Fort Scott
by officers from Parsons, charged with
having burglarized two or three stores
at Parsons. They are Hugh Mcconnell
of Baldwin, Kan, and Arthur Nordyke,
of prominent family of Kansas City,
Kan. They were identified by means of
a copper cut of the trade mark of one of
the houses that was robbed. Other
stolen articles were found on their per-
sons, The burglary was bold one on
the part of the robbers. They were
taken back to Parsons.
There is a conflict of authority be-
tween the state board of health and the
board of education of Kansas City,
Kan, over the matter of sanitation in the
public schools. The state board claims it
has the say in all matters pertaining to
sanitation in the state and the board of
education is compelled to adopt any
measures. in that line it may suggest.
The board of education claims under a
recent law passed by the Legislature it
has the sole power in reference to san
itary matters in the schools and that the
state board has no right to interfere
with anU 1lIaps If NAV
The seventh annual state convention
of the Farmers alliance has been called
to meet in Topeka on December 5. Del
egates have already been elected by
county organizations, each alliance being
entitled to one delegate for each 200
members In a number of counties the
alliance has gone out of business, and
IN Shawnee and many other counties its
membership has decreased more than
one-half. President Hanna SAYS that a
great effort will be made at the comm Q
convention in Topeka to revive the alli-
Rnce and make it the active organization
that it was two or three years ago. He
says that the republican politicians have
misrepresented the alliance and steps
will be taken at the next convention to
overcome the opposition TO the order.
The state of Kansas has 13, 149 school
teachers, 1864 males and 1868 females.
OF these 80 males and 40 females are
colored. There are 212,S11 male pupils
and 200,370 female pupils, OF these,
1856 are eolored. making total of 423,-
036 pupils in the state 49S. 941 of whom
are in the public common schools There
are 1892 pupils in private schools OF
whom 126 are colored, and there are
1858 pupils in parochial schools of whom
96 are colored Kansas expends for her
public schools annually $4,972, ,967, her
teachers receiving S3,021, ,066 of this,
the remainder being used for the con-
struction and care of buildings, libraries,
apparatus, etc. The state has buildings
and other property valued at S1O,617. 151,
and debt of S6,0S6, 92s less the sink
ing fund. The population of the state
is 4 ,427 ,096 and the public school en-
rolluent 399, 1922, the per cent of enroll
ment to the population, 2798 This Is
larger per cent of enrolment shan any
other STATE in the Union.