Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


recently killed by the cars at Newton.
He was about so years of age.
William Hamilton was recently
crushed to death at Emporia by the
caving in of gravel bank. He was a
soldier in an Iowa regiment during the
war.
William. the 15-year-old son of j. S.
Modest, of Cherryvale, was recently
racing with another boy when his
horse stumbled and fell. The boy was
caught cnder the horse and killed.
Gov. Morrill, has made requisition
upon the governor of Iowa for Bill
Heddy, wanted in Norton county upon
the charge of being the murderer of
Albert Applegate, who was recently
found dead in his cornfield.
An organization of Kansas cream
cries was lately perfected with the view
of making a better market for Kansas
butter east and south. An agency for
handling the product will be estab-
lished at Kansas City, Mo.
In the United States court at Fort
Scott, a few days ago, D. H. Curry, an
old soldier of Blue Jacket, l. T., was
convicted of making a false affidavit
in order to procure a pension, and was
fined 1000 by Judge Foster.
George Bailey, a colored Topeka
teamster, shot twice at Mrs. Fanny
Thompson, colored widow, the other
day because she refused to marry him,
putting bullet through each arm of
the woman. He then killed himself.
State Treasurer Atherton, as one of
the officers of the John L. Waller re-
lief organization, has forwarded pc
tition to congress praying for some
action looking to the release of Waller
from his French prison. The petition
contained 5000 signatures.
T. c. Mccormick. who, it is alleged,
passed himself off as a Kansas City
horse buyer last March and procured
eight horses from a farmer near Hol-
ton, for which he paid with worth
less check on a Kansas City bank, was
recently arrested at Topeka.
Complete returns, received at To-
peka from the 1O5 counties of the vote
cast for chief justice of the supreme
court gave Judge David Martin 124, $50,
Charles K. Holiday, A. $50, the total
vote being 1920. Judge Martins
majority in the state is 81, 40.
Grand Army men have taken hold of
the recount Of old soldiers of the state.
1t is claimed that the enumeration as
furnished by assessors to the state
board of agriculture is incorrect and
makes the mum Der of old soldiers in
the state less than it should be.
r. c. Meade, uperintendent of
the Atchison city schools, who was re-
Gently arrested in New York and
brought back to answer the charge of
defra uding a widow, has asked for
change of venue to Wyandotte county
owing to alleged prejudice against him
in Atchison,
The expense account filed by Charles
K. Holiday shows that he made the
race for chief justice of the supreme
court on $125. The most of the money
was spent in getting up a letter ac-
cepting the nomination rendered to
him by the independent, free silver,
resu omission people.
Richard DeBarrows, who was recent
" acquitted of the charge of murder
ing j. D. Ross. of Rossville, was run
over by Union Pacific train the other
day and fatally injured. Since De-
Barrows' trial he had been working as
a section hand, and was tamping ties
when the train struck him.
A late Topeka special says that Adj.
Gen. Fox has been checking up the
property of the Kansas national guard
and finds that the state is short in it's
account with the government in the
sum os 81, coo. In other words, prop
erty valued at $1,000, drawn by the
state from the government cannot be
accounted for.
The Kansas Equal Suffrage associa-
ton, lately in session at Eureka, elect
ed Mrs. Katie r. Addison, president;
Mrs. Robbitt, vice president; Mrs. L. o.
Case, treasurer; Mrs. Laura Greggs,
recording and Ray Mcintyre, CORE
spending secretaries. Delegates were
chosen to attend the national conven-
ton in Washington in February.
DIR. A. o. Corey, a Fort Scott dentist,
was recently charged by his 17-year-
old step-daughter with attempting a
criminal assault in his Office, from
which she fed pursued by her father
when parties interfered. He threat
ened to shoot any one interfering,
and when an officer was called TO ar
rest him Corey attempted to escape by
| jumping out OF d rear window of his
office Tin the second story.) He was
killed by the fall. The man was
| thought to be laboring under sudden
| attack of insanity.
Henry NJ. Leonard, 60 years of age,
was found dead the other morning in
| the rear of his home at Wichita. The
body had been horribly mangled and
partially covered in manure heap.
| A trail of blood was followed to the
kitchen of Leonard's residence where
his wife and her son were found wash
| ing blood stains from the floor. Both
the woman and son were Immediately
arrested and lodged in jail Leonard
was a secondhand dealer and an old
soldier. Several months ago he secured
a divorce from his first wife and mar
ried Mrs. Williamson. Later Frank M.
| Williamson, first husband of the
| woman was arrested. At the inquest