Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-28
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


Fort Scott the other morning.
Senator PETER wes injured in rail-
road wreck on Lookout mountain dur
ing the celebration at Chattanooga.
1t is estimated that 500 delegates will
be present at the deep water conven-
ton to be held in Topeka October l.
The 3-year old son of Prof Field, of
the Lincoln school at Topeka. died the
other day from the effects of swallow
ing paris green.
Julian Foval, young married man
% years old, was killed at Cherryvale
the other day by the accidental dis
charge of a gun he was handling.
Rosa Olden, II years cid, residing
near Tecumseh, died the other day
from hydrophobia. She and brother
were bitten by a mad dog last spring.
Guy White, Il years old, ran away
from his home at Arkansas City be-
cause he did not wish to enter school.
and in attempting to board train at
Wichita he was killed.
Archie Porter, 16 years old, shot and
killed his stepfather, Henry Porter, at
Topeka, the other night. Porter was
beating his wife, the mother of the
boy by her former husband, when the
youth shot him in defending her. All
parties were colored.
Mrs. Media Baughm, of Topeka,
dropped dead the other day as she was
about to enter carriage to attend the
funeral of her daughter, Mrs. Stella
McFadden. The doctor said that death
was produced from strangulation of
the heart caused from grief.
A late dispatch from Cheyenne, Wyo.,
said that W. r. Stebbins, of Kansas
City, Kan, one of the best known men
in banking and business circles in the
west, was arrested in that city on the
charge of forgery. The forgery charged
was in the transfer of some bank stock.
Rosedale, in Wyandotte county, re-
Gently issued So 500 in bonds to pay
damage suit judgment. and when pre-
scented to the auditor of state for regis
tration the auditor referred the matter
to the Encouragement who declared
the issue illegal and registration was
refused.
Otto Tagader, of Rocky Ford. Col,
who was a passenger on a train from
Kansas City, was killed by an engine
dC LII JOF11 ItG0 Tue QUIET w n0H
the train halted at Emporia Tagader
attempted to cross the track to reach
a restaurant when he was struck by
switch engine.
Rev. Frank Millspaugh was conse-
Grated bishop of Kansas episcopal
church) at Topeka on the 10Th to sue
coed the late Bishop Thomas. Bishops
Whipple, of Minnesota; Tuttle and At
well, of Missouri; Brooke, of Oklahoma,
and Spaulding, of Colorado, took part
in the conservation.
The president in recent note to the
mother of Clyde Maddox. said: II have
not fully reviewed the case, but suffi-
GENTLY to assure a loving mother that
her son will not be executed October
H." Maddox is under sentence of
death at Wichita for murder commit
ted in the Indian territory.
A meteor of large size burst a short
distance north of Salina the other
afternoon. 1t was seen by a numbe
of people from different positions, and
occurred in broad daylight. It was
seemingly a large ball OF fire, and
burst with crash, flying into innum-
era BILE atoms Although the sun was
shining brightly, it was very brilliant.
In quarrel over the trespass of a
colt two Kingman county farmers,
James Hazen and Zeno Mulvane, got
into fight when Hazen stabbed and
instantly killed Mulvane. An old
grudge existed between the parties
over the refusal of Mulvane to permit
Hazen to marry his daughter. The
dead man was to have celebrated his
golden wedding in a few days. Hazen
fed.
The Kansas Grand Army delegates
who returned from the national en-
campment at Louisville each wore a
souvenir, which was presented to them
by the citizens committee of Louis.
vile. 1t was a bronze medal swung
to a crossbar, which, among other de-
vices, contained the figures of union
and confederate soldier clasping hands,
with the legend united we stand, di
vided we fall"
late session at Topeka, made the fol.
lowing appointments for Kansas: J.
L. Brown, presiding elder; Leaven.
worth, A. D. Wilson; Topeka, J. M.
Brown; Emporia, W. H. Davidson:
Esl1ridge. A. Berry; Newton, l..
Palmer; Wichita, ]. NJ. Pope; Hutch.
inson. Fl. Cannon; Baldwin, William
Daniel; Strong City, w. NJ. Washing.
ton; Sterling. w. Ingram.
IC is stated in late dispatch from
Emporia that repairs being made on
the wing of the normal school build.
ing, which was damaged by a late
storm, develops the fact that the build
ing was simply death trap, and great
loss of life was only prevented by the
accident happening on Sunday. Si1
eight-penny nails were the only sup
ports that were supposed to hold the
immense north gable brick work which
was blown in and caused most of the
destruction. The anchors proper, two
in number, were not even decent apol
ogies for the purpose intended. Ever
the decorated ceilings were in portions
simply hanging from the rafters by
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