Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-02-16
STATE NEWS.

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living in the same house in which she
was born.
| The Galena hotel at Galena is de-
stroved by fire. The contents and
building are total loss. It was the
: first hotel built there.
Bethany college, of Topeka, recently
received gift of twenty sets of oak fur
niture, dressers and wash stands, for
the rooms of the pupils.
The Neodesha Register SAYS that
crude petroleum can be produced in
Wilson county cheaper than any place
else in the world outside of Russia.
The county high school of Labette
county has just completed its first year
with lat students enrolled. This is the
third county high school established in
| Kansas
The Greenleaf Journal wants to see
business mems association formed for
that town to make an effort to catch a
share of the emigration that comes to
the state this spring.
Morris county claims the finest walnut
timber in the state. Much of it is now
being cut on the banks of Clark's creek
It, is hauled to Shiddy and shipped
from there to foreign markets.
From Baldwin: Baker university will
probably send two car loads of enthusi-
astic ''rooters" to the contest at Topeka
A special train will carry the Ottawa,
Baker and Kansas University delega-
ton.
Winfield special: The oratorical con-
test of Southwestern Kansas college
was won by d. D. Hoagland. His sub
iect was "a Citadel of Liberty" He
will represent this college in the state
contest.
ElDorado Republican: Thomas Hearn.
of Murdoch, was found dead In his bed
Wednesday morning. The deceased has
been a resident of that township for
twenty years and has lived alone most
of the time. He was a successful farmer,
and is supposed to be worth about So
600. An ElDorado lawyer made Mr..
Hearn's will some time ago and he be-
queathed everything to a brother in
Massachusetts, who has been autographed
for.
Wichita special: A wholesale raid on
the safes in Cheney. small town west
of here, was made by persons who have
managed to get away without leaving
clew behind them. Wolf Bros general
store was entered and the safe was
blown open and the same program was
carried out at Mains hardware store.
The depot was also broken into and an
attempt was made to crack the safe, but
it was unsuccessful. The burglars got
but little money.
At the tenth annual oratorical contest
for the selection of representative at the
state contest for the College of Emporia,
J. Alvan Sankey editor in chief of College
Life, won first place with an Grafton on
1.-THE Death of Holiness" Samuel J.
Ward took second place with "The
Kingdom of Intolerance" and Theodore
Fulton third with "At the Bar of Pub
lie Opinion" The other contestants
were Fl. Watson Randolph, who spoke
on 1.-The Spirit of the American Revolu-
tion," and Frank J. Mason, whose ora
ton was on Tho Philosophy of the
Finite"
st. Joseph, Mo-, special: The gov
eminent has Just let the contracts for a
large amount of river improvements to
be made on the Missouri river at one
point opposite this city and another oppo-
site Wathena, Kan. The work was let to
Contractor Kelley, of Kansas City, who
has hired 200 colored men at Kansas City,
Sedalia and Leaven worth to do the work.
When the people of Wathena heard of
this they we're very indignant and have
decided that the colored mon shall not
be landed there. They have served no
tice on the contractor that if he attempts
to bring them there they will be driven
away by force if necessary. Kelley will
not yield and collision is expected.
It ls claimed by those in position to
know about 1t, that since the opening
of the irrigation ditch, near Densmore,
Phillips county, several springs of water
have broken out on the bank of the
Solomon river. It is the theory of the
gentleman who gives this information to
the North and Northwest" editor of the
Atchison Champion, that after the ground
is thoroughly soaked, which he said will
be the case from the large number of
irrigation plants now being put in by
the farmers tributary to the Solomon
river, there will be enough water in that
river to run all her grist mills, and that
after it is thoroughly soaked it will then
have to find an outlet, and it's natural
outlet is the Solomon.
Garden City special: At three days
session of the Finnev county Farmers
Institute here Professors Mason and
Hitchcock, OF the state agricultural col
lege; Professor Hay, state geologist, and
Hen. Ed. d. Wheeler, state forester,
were among the visitors who partici-
pated in the programme. But the great
er part of the work was by the farmers
and their wives. Something of hub
bub was caused by the announcement
that Governor Morrill, had forwarded
car of coal for distribution to the desti-
tute, and motion was made to wire
that Finnev county is willing and able
to take care OF its own poor, and that
the coal was subject to the governors
order. This was modified to the effect
that the county will accept the coal at
cost price.
Decatur county purchased twenty-five
car loads Of coal to distribute among the
poor.
Capital: Sheriff Burdge says if the
present fees and salaries bill passes the
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