Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-04
STATE NEWS.

operations in September.
At Holton a fine business building of
five rooms is being erected.
Chanute is completing two new bust
ness buildings, each about 100 feet
square.
The school population of Phillipsburg
is 423. Only six of this number are
colored.
The school population of Kansas City,
Kan, is 11,702, an increase of 127 over
last year. OF this number 1910 are
colOred
The supreme officers of the Knights
Of Columbia have called delegate meet
ing to be held at Kansas City on
August IA.
Greeley county commissioners at
their July meeting allowed and ordered
drawn S4,667 in warrants to pay the
several parties of that county for scalps
upon which was bounty.
Chancellor JAS H. Garfield, formerly
of Kansas state university and now of
the Nebraska university, has been elect
ed to the position of president of the
Ohio state university. He has not yet
accepted the offer.
By a vote of 4 to the Wellington
city council in special session again
voted to build city hall, adopted the
plans of Architect A R. Elliott, which
provide for building to cost 81, 500
and ordered advertisements for bids.
Mcpherson Republican: Colburn
Brothers, of the Queen Bee Mills, have
bought about 1000 bushels of old wheat
at forty cents per bushel. This wheat
came from near Mcpherson and has been
held since last August for a better price.
The elevator which was recently
burned at Armourdale, Wyandotte coun-
ty, is to be replaced with one of 100000
bushels capacity. It will be the second
largest in that great grain center and
will be ready for business by the time
fall grain begins to arrive freely.
The retail grocers of Atchison gave a
picnic at Forest park, at which 10000
people were present. Speeches were
made by ex-senator John J. ingalls,,
the first he has made here, his home, in
fifteen years. and by Hon. Henry G..
Solomon. Every place of business in
the city was closed at noon.
Joe Dehoney, conductor on through
freight on the Santa Fe, while pulling a
handkerchief from his hip pocket at the
Emporia depot, accidentally discharged
arevolver. The bullet entered his leg, in
hicting a painful, but it is thought not
serious wound, although the doctors
are as yet unable to locate it.
Wichita Beacon: A Company of Wich-
ita printers are getting together lot of
material and placing it in the old Jour
nal block on South Main. Their object
is to start paper to be called the Jour
nal. A meeting will be held this after
noon and officers will be elected. The
plant will be operated upon the CO.
operative plan.
Kansas City Gazette: Westward the
Star of Empire takes it's way. The car
and wheel shop which was built some
years ago at Manchester, east and south
of Kansas City, Mo-, at cost of $780,
900, will be removed this week to Ar
mourdale IN Kansas. Things cannot be
forced east or down stream. They must
go west and up stream.
New York Voice: Ex-Gov. John P.
st. John is about to locate in New
York city. He has been made general
manager for the United States and
Canada of the total abstinence depart
ment of the American Union Life In
surance company. His Office will be at
A to 48 Cedar street, Continental
Building, New York city.
Quite force is now engaged building
a circular basin for a lake around the
electric fountain at the Leavenworth
Soldiers home. This basin will be 120
feet in diameter, outside measure, and
ninety feet at the water line The work
is being done in a very substantial man.
ner and the beauty of the fountain will
be greatly enhanced when it is COM
pleted.
Walter Donaldson, the young man
who appropriated about $4,000 of the
receipts of the Caldwell postofice to his
own use some months ago, has been To-
cdI0O IN OOuJu Atn6ElCd, anu an 0HOrL
will soon be made to bring him back.
He is passing himself current there as
the scion of wealthy American family,
and his intentions are to secure COM
mission in the army.
Topeka Capital: The other day
young girl carrying an infant about
month old took an east bound Santa Fe
train at Rocky Ford, Colo She had not
been in the train long before some plaus-
ible pretext was given for handing the
infant to another lady sitting near. The
latter had to get off at La Junta. When
that place was reached the owner of the
child had not yet returned, and the lady,
supposing the mother to be still on the
train. committed the little one to the
care of another lady whose destination
was farther east By the time Dodge
City was reached the child was nearly
dead from heat and lack of care, and
was turned over to lady there. It is
still in possession of the railroad COM
pany, which is wondering whether to
rattle it of or to dispose of it at its reg
ular semi-annual auction sale of I'M