Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-11-24
STATE NEWS.

/ were worked up into cider. The evapO-
rstor has paid 90 cents bushel and the
cider mills from 12a to 15 cents.
Clinton Osbon, who is charged with
the murder of Lawyer Handle of Hol-
ton, during the summer, has been taken
to Lawrence The prisoner was lodged
in the Douglas county Jail and will be
tried at the February term of the district
court. Osbon claimed that Handle had
ruined his daughter, who was the law
yer's stenographer, and shot him on
sight.
Topeka Capital: Mrs. r. E. McVey
of Buchanan street, while watching the
parade from platform on the night of
Nov. 13, accidentally stepped off back
wards and fell, dislocating her hip.
Owing to the difficulty of getting car
riage, she was carried into the Mills
Flower-Adams store and remained there
until an ambulance arrived.
Kansas City, Mo-, journal: T. K.
| Hanna, of the firm of Burnham. Hanna,
Munger & Co., has purchased hundred
acre farm near Rosedale. The property
was owned by Daniel Abbot. The price
paid was $4,000. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Hanna intends to improve the farm.
One half of it is in Wyandotte county
and the other half in Johnson county.
The collections at the internal revenue
Office for, the district of Kansas for Oc-
tober amounted to $29,1 1922, or very
much less than for the same month last
year. The collections for oleomargarine
stamps amounted to $18, ,625.40; special
tax stamps, $536.78; tobacco stamps,
$231.24; cigar and cigarette stamps, $5,-
564.4 40; beer stamps, $5O8. rs; collections
on lists, $384,48.
Miss Florence Tartar, of Wichita, re-
ceived a serious wound in the knee on
account of the premature discharge of a
rocket in the republican celebration in
that city. The stick of the rocket struck
Miss Tartar in the left knee, passed
through her clothing and made deep
and painful wound. Miss Tartar, with
another lady, was with General Volk, in
that gentleman's carriage, in the process
sion.
The state administration has com
menced making long. needed repairs on
| the state road from Leavenworth to
Lansing. Broken stone from the peni-
tentiary quarry is being used in large
quantities. 1t is understood the county
is to pay for distributing the material,
the warden of the penitent1ary looking
after everything else The work was
begun a few rods south of the Mt.
Muncie road and is being prosecuted
toward the city limits.
Wichita Beacon: Mrs. Lease has pur-
chased cylinder press of the latest and
most approved make and proposes soon
to launch forth a newspaper venture
either in this city or Topeka. She has
associated with her W. o. Champ of
Garnett, Kan, and other well known and
able newspaper men, in the publication
of reform paper which will sail under
the suggestive name 1.-The Kansas Agi-
tator." The press which she has pur-
chased will print either A fve-column
quarto paper or nine column folio paper.
I'VE aim to build up paper that shall
be the organ of the trades unions and re-
form along all lines. 81 just want to
see the reform party come up without
Mrs. Lease in it, said Mrs. Lease.
Emporia Republican: w. E. Bray,
defeated candidate for clerk of the
district court, is S916 short in his
accounts with Union lodge No. Is, I. 0.
o. f. of this city of which he was treas
urer and has absconded. He disap-
peared as soon as the result of the cleo
ton was ascertained and his present
| whereabouts are unknown. The lodge,
is fully secured by an assurance compa-
nv. The lodge, it tseems, had been press
ing him for a settlement and promised
to meet the committee the day following
the election, but when the committee got
together Bray was nowhere to be found.
1t Is believed that Bray used the funds
of the lodge to make the campaign. Mrs.
Bray is almost crazed with grief. Mr..
Bray was very popular in Emporia and
the news of the defalcation came as
shock to the entire community. Bray
was candidate for the nomination of
secretary of state last June, but was de-
feated by j. w. Amis.
The express companies doing business
in Kansas, assisted by number of bank
ers located in the border towns, have un-
earthed a gang of outlaws in central
Kansas. They have rendezvous in the
Blue Hills of Osborne county. and when
pursued too closely in that neighborhood,
they run off down into the Indian terri
tory until matters settle down. There
are thirty members of the band and the
robbery committed az Sylvan Grove in
Lincoln county last week and the bold
robbery at Tascott, in Ottawa county.
last September, were perpetrated by this
band. About two weeks ago man was
arrested at Leayenworth, Kan, who has
given the officers information as to the
history and whereabouts OF his com
panions. The evidence now in posses
sion of the authorities is so strong that
the bank robbers will be forced to leave
their haunts in north central Kansas.
The man arrested at Leavenworth has
divulged that plan had been arranged
by this gang to rob the Rock Island eA-
press train in western Missouri on the
26th of October His arrest on the 25th
spoiled the arrangements.