Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-08-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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| Fire at Neodesha the other night de-
stroyed the Occidental hotel and other
property to the value of ZOO.
Bishop-elect Millspaugh, who has
been chosen bishop of the diocese of
Kansas episcopal church) to succeed
the late Bishop Thomas, deceased, will
be consecrated at Topeka September
19.
A. K Berkman and w. B. Clark,
Kansas City, Kan, policemen, got frol-
icsome the other day, when Berkman
struck Clark on the hip discharging
Clark's pistol and wounding him in
the leg.
| Clay Coburn. son of Secretary Co.
burn, of the state board of agriculture,
was slightly wounded in the leg by the
accidental discharge of pistol while
recently 'troughing it, in the noun
tains of Colorado.
At the late encampment at Parsons
1t is stated that ex-senator John j.
Ingalls, and Senator w. E. PETER for
the first time in their lives sat side by
side and addressed the same multitude
from the same rostrum.
Expert cracksmen made profitable
! The safe in the Armourdale Office of
the National Oil Co. was blown open
and a little over 500 in cash was Sc
cured by the robbers, besides Endorsed
checks for about $50
Col. Learned, president of the Kansas
commission appointed for the Atlanta
exposition, has announced that there
will be no exhibit from Kansas as
state, owing to the inability of the ex-
position management to give room nee
essary. for a Kansas display.
A mass meeting of citizens at
Leavenworth was held the other even
ing to protest against the imprison-
ment of John L. Waller, in France.
Resolutions were adopted reciting
Walters wrongs and requesting the
American government to take action
at once.
Pensions were recently granted to
Charles E. Reemford, of ST. Johns;
John Henderson, Burlingame; George
w. Lawrence, Thayer; George w. Skin
ner, Eskridge; Edwin H. Folger. Ma
tional Military Home; Thur S. Ell
erton, Emporia; Thomas Gelding, Kan
sas City.
George f. Weber, veteran of the
Mexican war and the late civil war,
who lived near Topeka, went to Kan
sas City the other day where he sui
cided by taking poison. Before dying
he gave as his reason that he could not
get along with his family. He had
eleven children, the youngest being II
years of age.
Harry, the 6-year-old son of j. II.
/ Of "a
s. Pacific railroad, with headquarters
at Fort Worth, was recently missing
from his home at Wichita. A few
days later his body was found in
the Arkansas river. twas supposed he
went to the river to see the food and
that the bank caved in under him.
On the Sd Gov. Morrill, called for the
immediate resignation of the police
commissioners of Wichita, assigning
as a reason that the man he had Sc
lected to act as assistant attorney-gen-
eral for Wichita did not want to serve
with the present board. The commits
sioners declined and the Gov. promptly
removed them, and appointed new
board.
A Bonner Springs constable recently
took to the Wvandotte county jail. an
insane young man, who had been liv-
ing in the woods near that place for
several days, terrorizing the inhabit-
ants. The man was captured at a
farm near where he had gone to an
nounce himself as the second Christ.
He gave the name of c. A. Brighten
dali, of Brookfeld.
The governor has appointed dele
gates to the meeting of the farmers
national congress at Chicago as fol-
lows: A. w. Smith, Mcpherson; A. 2.
Forsythe, Liberty; Joshua Wheeler,
Nortonville; Col c. d. Perry, Engle-
wood; George M. Munger, Eureka; L.
A. Hubbard, Rome; III. V. Grinstead,
Dighton; Maj. Frank Holsinger, Rose
dale; James Shearer, Frankfort, and
Martin Moh1er, Osborne.
B. f. Coswell, farmer, was called
from his bed a few miles northwest OF
Salina the other night by stranger
who claimed to have sick horse. Co.'S
well started with the man, when two
other men soon confronted him. He
attempted to escape when one of the
men shot and wounded him. The party
then beat, bound and gagged and left
him to get home the best he could No
clew to the perpetrators.
It is stated that the Grand Army Of
Kansas will send train load of prod
ucts to the Louisville emcampment.
It will be called the ''foraging train :"
1t will be deliberately decorated with
corn, wheat. oats and other grains and
grasses, ballasted with big potatoes,
cabbages and other vegetables, and
adorned with stuffed chickens and
other fowls, and there will be car
load of fruits of every variety.
While two men were attempting to
board train at Topeka the other day
for the purpose of stealing ride one
fell and was killed by the cars. The
next day young man who gave his
name as La Blanche appeared and
asked to see the dead man. When he
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