Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-18
STATE NEWS.

quired for Jackson county.
The proposition to locate a Harper
county high school at Harper was de-
feated at special election.
The paper mill at Lawrence has shut
down because its warehouses will hold
no more of the manufactured product.
Edwin Dun, of Ohio, United States
minister to Japan, is brother of Chief
Engineer James Dun, of the Santa Fe
railroad.
Scott during the past two years have
amounted to no less than $50 cars. Most
of the lumber was exported to Europe.
George Cartwell and Lewis Baird,
two Cowley county farmers, living three
miles north of Grand Summit, quar-
relied over trespassing stock, which re-
suited in Cartwell emptying two loads
of shot into the body of Baird 1t is
thought that Baird will recover. Cart
well was placed in Jail.
An incendiary set fire to the Wear
Coal company's works at Kirkwood. The
entire plant, with the exception of the
engine house and blacksmith shop, was
burned. Fire also dropped into the shaft
burning the cribbing and allowing the
mine to cave in. The loss will amount
to from $1,000 to $4,000. There is no
clue to the incendiary.
The populist farmers of Bourbon
county are following up their recent
resolutions in regard to bovcotting the
"Memphis" railroad by the establish
ment Of commissary department and
are donating quantities of produce for
the maintenance of the families of those
who were discharged from the employ
of the road on account of their partici-
patton in the recent strike.
The board of education of Kansas
City, Kan. felt constrained to cut the
term of school from nine to eight months
because of a scarcity of funds. Now the
teachers Offer in order to carry out the
scheduled course of study, to teach nine
months for eight months pay, with the
understanding that if the board sue
ceeds in collecting sufficient back taxes
thev are to receive remuneration for the
full time taught.
From Olathe: The largest farm barn
in Johnson county: built at cost of
$4,000, located twelve miles north of
this city and owned by County Treas
urer d. b. Johnson, is totally destroyed
together with contents by fire. In the
barn was contained seventy tons of hay,
some grain, six horses, wagons and i'm
plements, aggregating a loss of over
$4,50O The total insurance carried
was $4,000. Cause of fire not known
From Hutchinson: Several of the salt
works have been closed for some time on
account of lack of fuel, caused by the
coal miners strike, and later by the A.
r. q. trouble, making it impossible to
get coal in. They are now resuming
and report an output of about twenty
five cars day and fair demand aud
price. The Vincent company is sinking
new well, others are repairing and ev-
erything indicates a strong feeling
among the manufacturers.
Arrangements for the erection of a
large zinc smelling plant at Cherokee
are completed. 1t will consist of four
Belgian furnaces of nearly 500 retorts,
and will be completed by January /,
1895. New York capitalists are at the
head of the enterprise. They have pur-
chased of Lucas Bros. 160 acres of land,
half mile west of town, where the fur
naces are to be erected, paying $4,000
for the asme. and will begin sinking a
coal shaft at once.
Two more arrests have been made of
officials of coal companies for violating
the Kansas screen law in not weighing
coal before it is screened. This time 1T
is David Mackie, superintendent of the
Central Coal & Coke company, and Jo-
seph Humble, superintendent of the
Durkee company, both of Weir City.
The cases are instituted by X. G. Gala
CHER, state mine Inspector, and are iden-
tical with those brought against A. B.
Kirkwood, of the Wear Coal company
the screen law.
From Solomon City: Lerue Sherman,
5-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. B. ID.
Sherman, living five miles north of here,
died of hydrophobia. The Sentinel says:
1.-THE deceased was bitten by a mad dog
while in Michigan in June, 1898, and al
though frightened and sick at the time,
was supposed to have fully recovered
before he came TO Kansas. He appeared
rugged and hearty up to within eight
hours of his decease. For six hours pre-
vious he struggled and showed the
usual symptoms which accompany this
dreaded disease"
Atchison Champion: Fred Metz,
Dentonville. and an Atchison antigua
rian are making arrangements for a
thorough archaeological exploration of
Doniphan county. They will make the
tour overland by team and propose to
camp out in tent. The principal
points they will visit will be Eagle
Springs, where there has lived sue
cession of early races, White Cloud and
the old Kaw Indian village site and
Catholic mission near Highland. The
object of the expedite viii be in the
interest of the smithsonian Institute
and Kansas Historical society.