Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-07-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

600 revenue to the city.
Mrs. S. v. Leeper, of Lawrence, has
been appointed superintendent of
the industrial school for girls at Be-
lott, to succeed Miss Hahn.
Harry Smith, Is years old, was killed
at Cherryvale on the Fourth while rid
ing a race. His horse became fright
ened and dashed the boy against q
tree.
John Smith, 81 years of age, is in Jail
at Leavenworth on the charge of kill
ing his father. The two quarreled
while at work in a garden when the
son struck his father with rake which
resulted in his death.
Reports received by the weather
service bureau to July 2 show fine
prospects for corn in the eastern divis-
ion of the state. In the middle and
western divisions hot winds had done
some damage which was fully repaired
by later cooler weather.
The Kansas potato crop will this
states history. The crop of Wyandotte
county is the largest ever known. 1t
is estimated that the potato crop of
Wyandotte county alone will bring
the producers over 500, OOO, 600.
Warden Lynch of the penitentiary
has announced the following addition
al appointments: L. Schneider, of
Oswego, to be superintendent of the
clothing department; E. Maryweather
of Girard, to be electrician; Robert
Moore of Butler county, to be farmer.
Jerry Williams and his sister, Mrs.
Ellis, while recently attempting to
drive across the railroad track near
Stanley, Johnson county, were struck
by a train on the Fort Scott & Mem
phis road Mrs Ellis was instantly
killed and Williams probably fatally
injured.
Judge Hazen, in the district court of
Shawnee county, refused the injunc-
ton asked for by E. H Snow restrain
ing Maj. ]. K. Hudson from assuming
the duties of state printer. Snow will
take the case to the supreme court.
He claims that Hudson was illegally
elected.
An unknown man was recently
killed by Santa Fe train near Earl
ton. He was discovered by the engi-
neer with his head upon the rail and
before the train could be stopped it
had passed over and severed his head
from the body. The man evidently
adopted this means Of suicide.
An association has been organized at
Annapolis, and has applied for a
charter, the object of which is
to send out evangelists, singers
and musicians to secure the aboli-
q 4, Ic
to print newspapers, engage in agri-
culture and do other good work.
The weather report of Chancellor F.
Fl. Snow, of the state university, says
that June was little warmer than
that month usually averages; that only
eight Junes have had a greater rainfall;
that the rainfall for the month just
closed was 500 inches, or one inch
above June average. Otherwise the
month was normal.
The first of the state irrigation
plants to be completed and put in
practical operation is located at Good
land A reservoir has been built 125
feet long. 80 feet wide and feet deep,
which will hold 500, 900 gallons of
water, or sufficient to irrigate the
eighty acres attached to the station.
Water is pumped with a gasoline en-
CINE. The plant cost complete 81, 600
The Temperance convention at To-
peka elected new officers as follows:
President R. Wake, of Topeka: vice
president, M. F. HOWE. of Atchison;
secretary, L. L. Roby, of Topeka; treas
urer, Sarah A. Thurston, of Topeka.
The finance committee reported a
method of raising funds, recommend
ing that 1000 persons be solicited to
contribute SIS each, 1000 So each and
5000 81 each.
The supreme court has rendered a
decision in the case of the Topeka
Breeze against the secretary of state,
holding section 6OS5 of the revised
statutes of 1879 applicable to bills of
the official state paper. The effect OF
this will be to reduce the expenses of
printing the syllabi of the supreme
court and other state advertisements
about so per cent, making saving to
the state of about Sc, 600 year.
George Ross, superin tendent of the
Mulvane farm, miles north of Ross
vile, was shot, and, it was believed,
mortally wounded the other day by
one of his employees. whom he had dis
charged Ross had evicted the en-
ployes family from the house they oc-
cupied during the absence of the hus-
band. Upon the latter's return he
found his wife crying as she sat out
among the goods which had been re-
moved from the house, and Selling a
gun he went to Ross house and shot
him. Ross died later. Debarrows, who
aid the shooting, was arrested
The state superintendent of insur-
ance has issued an order revoking the
permits to do business in Kansas of the
Bankers Life association, of Des
Moines, Ia; the Massachusetts Benefit
association, of Boston; the Packers al
lance, of Los Angeles, Cal, and the
Northwestern Masonic Aid association,
of Chicago. This action was taken be-
cause the companies named declined to
give a $50, 900 bond and make deposit