Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-08-31
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

large delegation to the Knights Tenn
plar conclave at Boston.
j. c. o. Morse, of Wellington, has
been appointed superintendent of the
state reformatory at Hutchinson.
The plant of large soap factory at
Galveston, Tex, is being moved to
Kansas City. Kan. It's capacity will
be ZOO boxes of soap daily.
Wichita held the belt for being the
hottest place in the United States on
August 23d, the thermometer register
ing "a in the shade.
The state superintendent of insur-
ance has revoked the license of the
National Benefit & Casualty Co., of
Wisconsin, to do business il Kansas.
Dispatches state that A. j. Lusk,
formerly president of the Hutchinson
national bank, had been arrested in
Oregon. He had been indicted for
crookedness in connection with the
bank, but fed from the state.
Hick Norman, a colored boy II years
old, was shot and instantly killed at
North Topeka the other day by Charles
Mack, another negro of about the
same age. The boys were scuf1ing
James Mitchell, well known young
machinist of Horton. was run over and
instantly killed by freight train on
which he was riding in the Memphis
yards at Fort Scott the other night.
He was 10 years of age and had just
finished his trade in the Rock Island
shops at Horton.
Col. E. N. o. Clough, one of Leaven-
worth's oldest citizens and also a
United States com missioner. proposes
to present to the State Historical So
ciety the census rolls of the Delaware
tribes of Indians, made by him in 1862.
According to this there were 1,O72
Delaware Indians.
A young man employed in the Atch-
ison post office boasted in crowd the
other day that no highwayman could
hold him up and rob him. That same
night he had a practical illustration of
his mistake, for 70 bbers held him up
on the street and took everything of
value he had.
The Atchison, Topeka & ST. Joseph
Railroad Co. lately filed articles of in
corporation in the office of the secre-
tary of state with a capitalization of
81, 500, OOO The purpose of the COM
pany is to build through Atchison,
jackson, jefferson and Shawnee coun-
ties and to cross the Missouri river at
st. Joseph, Mo.
The G. A. r. department officers in
Kansas have received a mum Der of COM
plants recently that many persons
not entitled to do SO are wearing both
the official Grand Army badge and but
ton. A law of the state provides a
penalty of $25 and thirty days inn
prisonment for each offense, and the
department officers propose to see it
enforced and offenders punished when
detected.
A young business man of Salina late
ly brought suit against young woman
of that town, claiming SIS, 900 damages
for breach of promise of marriage.
His petition alleges that in February,
1894 the young woman promised to
marry him, but later spurned his at
tentions. She has, the petition further
alleges, given him up for "a handsome
stranger, supposed to be ranch owner
from Colorado"
James Ellis, 65 years of age, died at
Leavenworth the other day of peri
tonitis. A post norton examination
resulted in the discovery of a common
pin badly corroded encrusted III his in
testines, having worked its way
through the appendix and caused it to
slough in two. The pin may have been
swallowed in childhood. Until three
DAYS before his death he had hardly
known what illness was.
Pensions lately granted Kansas vet
Grams: Original-Tom Scott, National
Military Home. Restoration and in
crease-Clark Dewitt, deceased, Opolis.
Reissue = Elijah Kilbourne, Mead;
Philip Grafelding, Hanover; James w.
Shaw, Burlington; Archibald Bowley,
Maple City; Benjamin T. McGiffin, To-
peka; John Wagner, Atchison; Henry
Y. Stedman, Atchison; William Barton,
Parsons; James 81. McBurney. Marion.
Original widow-Amanda Walker, Ar
gentine; Elizabeth Bright, Kansas
City; Caroline NJ. Cook.
| The state bank examiner has issued
summary of the reports of the state
and private banks of Kansas showing
their condition at the close OF business
July IL and comparing the statement
| with that of last year. The total num-
Der of banks this year is 40, of which
287 are state and 1913 private. In 1894
the total was the same, but 274 were
state and 1876 private. The total
amount in New York banks July IL
subject to sight draft was 1858, 1872. 6S
and in Kansas City banks, 81, O10, SIT So.
Total resources, SOS, O13, 100. As; total re-
sources of 1894, S2s, 73S, O13 35
destructive hailstOrm passed over
Harvey county on the 10Th, doing i'm
mense injury to crops. Sugar cane was
ruined and fruits of all kinds, espe-
cially peaches. which were just ripen-
ing, badly damaged. Corn, which
promised the biggest yield in a decade,
will be cut very short. The damage
in Newton was large. Not a window
light on the north side of the buildings
in town was left and every skylight
| was broken. The wind demolished the