Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-09-07
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Tor tue urSL Times III Is SAID, since the |
adoption of the prohibitory law.
The old settlers of Atchison and JEFF
ferson counties will have a picnic and
reunion at Nortonville September IL
Mrs. Etzell, wife of joint keeper,
died at Topeka the other day from in
juries received by policemac's club.
The reunion of old veterans at Bax-
ter Springs was great success in ev-
cry respect. The attendance was very
large.
The 3year-old son of ex-Policeman
Capron, of Topeka, died few days ago
from eating toadstools that grew plen-
sifully in the yard.
The populists of the Twenty-sixth
judicial district, composed of Butler
and Greenwood counties, have renom-
mated c. W. Shinn for judge.
On the last day of the soldiers re-
union at Baxter Springs Henry Wat
terson delivered his address on Abra-
ham Lincoln to a large audience.
Charles Bauerhmidt, proprietor OF
the Boston shoe store at Topeka, has
been adjudged insane, and sent to an
insane asylum. La grippe the cause.
Mrs Walter Mcdonald shot twice at
her husband in Topeka the other night
head She will recover. The affair
was Ehe result of family quarrel.
Joseph Graves, a farmer, was bitten
by a rattlesnake near Atchison the
other day and within fifteen minutes
the poison had SO affected him that he
could not walk. 1t was thought he
would die.
Labor day (Septembe p was gener-
ally observed in the cities of the state
The law makes the first Monday in
September a legal holiday and Gov.
Morrill, ISSUED proclamation for its
observance.
State Oil Inspector Kelly has fled
with the governor a report covering
five months business. The report
shows the collection of So, 60, and
expenditures of $2yO45.,Sz, leaving a
balance of $3.50. % on hand,
After four days spent in an effort to
get a Jury to try the case against the
officers of the Citizens Social club at
Wichita for violations of the prohib-
itory liquor daw the case was dismissed
by the assistant encouragement
The governor has appointed Lare
Dean, of Saith county, to be a director
of the penitentiary in place of j. J.
Barnes, removed. Dean is an old sol
dier and is chairman of the Sixth dis
trict republican congressional COM
mittce.
Over zoe delegates attended the re-
cent sixth annual convention of the
district convention of the Christian En-
deavor sooistysof Kansas at Newton.
The distx,ict includes Harvey, Sedg-
wick, Sumner, Harper, Kingman,
Reno, Pratt and Bar Der counties.
There aSe four vacancies In the sem
ate and two in the house that the gov
ernor hasrequired to be filled at the
November election. The senate va
cancies are: Baker, of Leavenworth;
Thatcher. of Lawrence; ,O'Bryan, of
Wichita, and iDennison, of Eldorad0.
A sharp Lawrence boy did a good
business, mntil detected, selling chick
ems to a dealer by stealing from the
back yard and selling them at the
front door very cheap. The dealer
thought de had a snap until he dis
covered he had bought his own chick
ems several times.
A successful Jail delivery took place
at Emporia the other night in which
William Walters and Frank Courtney,
in prison for burglary, and Bud Per
kins and Nv. L. Saunders, charged with
criminal assault, sawed the bars of a
window In the jail and made their es-
cape. The sheriff offered a reward OF
S175 for their. capture.
The ANIMAL convention of the Epis-
,copal diocaese. Of Kansas will be held in
Topeka September II, IS and 10, in
stead of In Hutchinson, assoriginally
ANNOUNCED, The change was made by
outstanding committee of the diocese
on account of the conservation of
Bishop-elect Frank Millspaugh, which
will occur at Topeka September ia.
Nina Wilkins, a young woman OF
bad .repute, attempted suicide at
Wichita THE other night by taking
morphine. The cause of her act was
1.-THE recent order of the police commits
sioneF, ordering all women of her char
Lacter out.of town. She had no money
to leave town with, no friends to go to,
and made up her mind to die. 1T was
EthOughtiher attempt would be success
| full.
i Capt. Pope, commandment of the old
Bmilitary prison at Font Leawenworth,
has formally turned the institution
over to Warden French, of the United
States peniten tiary. ALI the new civil
officers have been appointed but the
deputy wardan and chaplain. OF the
fifty guards thirty-three are soldiers
or ulem bers of the old provost guard
Since July / over 1000 United States
convicts have been taken to the prison.
The other night Henry Jackson and
R. Luxen stopped at the Reno house in
! Hutchinson and asked for a room,
l which WAS assigned them. Soon after
. officers appeared with a warrant for
/ their arrest for cracking the safes of
| the Missouri Pacific and Rock Island
depots at MCPHERSON. The officers
| knocked at the door and told them
chat they were wanted. They an