Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

" Injuries sy train at Acchison the
other day.
The republican Judicial district con-
vention, composed of Pratt, Kingman
and Kiowa counties, met at Pratt and
balloted 1877 times for candidate for
Judge. Hon. P. B. Gillett. of King
man, was finally nominated.
Recently two masked men entered
the store of Mr.. Courtney, at Spring
dale, Leavenworth county. held up
five men, who were in the store, and
then robbed the esta blishment of all
money and valuables in sight
An injunction suit was recently fled
in the common pleas court at Kansas
City, Kan, against the mayor of that
city to restrain the issue Of $50, 900 of
refunding bonds, which were author
lied by ordinance of the council
The million club will send out three
train loads of Kansas products from
Topeka on October Is as an advertise
ment of Kansas The club wishes to
secure for distribution 1000 copies of
every paper published in the state.
The state live stock sanitary COM
missioner has appointed Dr. S. c. Free
land, of Marion, to be inspector at the
Kansas City stock yards. His salary
has been fixed at 500 month, which
Ii laid by the stock yards company.
The largest crowd that ever assem-
Fled in Atchison was on the occasion
of the late corn carnival Corn reigned
supreme and decora ted every business
house. Fully %. 900 persons witnessed
the parade and King Corn's'' reign
was supreme.
Frank Dunning and Charles Lannen,
two young men of Wathena, were re-
Gently killed by the cars at st. Joseph
While at the depot they stepped from
one track to another to avoid train
and were caught by freight they had
not seen approaching.
"A Missouri Pacific repair train, con-
sisting Of engine, pile driver, eight fat
cars and caboose, was wrecked miles
east of Gypsum City the other day.
The engine struck a steer and was
thrown from the track, instantly kill
ing Engineer II. 6. Ferguson.
Benjamin Binswanger, a st. Joseph
druggist, was run over and fatally in.
jured by a freight train at Atchison
about o'clock the other morning, both
legs being cut off near the hips. He
had attended the corn carnival and
was waiting for train to return home
when the accident happened.
At a baseball game at Iuka the
other day bat flew out OF the hands
of Frank Detchum and struck Jimmy
Simpson, aged IA, on the head, infiict-
ing a wound from which he died two
hours afterwards. Ketchum. who is
Simson's cousin, was SO grieved OYER
the accident that he attempted sui
eide.
The remains of Joseph c. Wilson,
late receiver of the Atchison, Topeka
& Santa Fe road, were taken to To-
peka and on the 22d the largest funeral
procession ever seen in that city fol-
lowed the body to the grave. There
were 500 employees of the Santa Fe be-
sides the general officers, in attend
ance.
In the District court at Columbus
Judge Skidmore sentenced Paddy Pur-
tell, of Kansas City, and William John
son, of Leavenworth, to one year each
IN the penitentiary for engaging in a
prize fight at Galena on the both of
last March. This is the first convic-
ton for prize fighting that has oc-
Cured in the state, although the law
under which the conviction was had
has been on the statute books for
twenty-five years
Martin Mohler, ex-secretary of the
state board of agriculture, gives the
opinion that the late dry weather
greatly damaged late corn in Kansas,
especially the western section. which
he recently visited. He thinks the
WELD will fall far short of former esti-
mates. Mr. Mohler does not believe
the crop will exceed 265, 900. 900 bushels,
and much of it will be more valuable
to cut up as feed for cattle than to
gather and market.
The monthly examination of the
state treasury showed the total amount
be 1868, 1859 sc, distributed as follows:
Bank of Topeka, S165, 2S6. 67: Central
national bank, 500. s46.41; Merchants
national bank. s44. I'll. SO; First nation
al bank. 1857. 293. -; Kansas fiscal
agency of New York, s.. 454.17 The
remainder. which is in the vaults of
the treasury, is gold. 1925. 900; silver,
SIS. $50: currency. 1885, 854. 50; cash
drawer and tray. 81, $40. oil; munlclpaI
investments (cash). S8i157; Cancelled
warrants on hand. S123. SIS. 40.
In the federal court at Wichita the
other day Judge Williams rendered
decision which is of special Importance
in Kansas 1t was in the habeas
corpus case wherein Henry Huffman,
deputy internal revenue collector, was
respondent Huffman had refused to
obey an order of the state district
Judge to take his books into district
court as evidence against a man
charged with selling liquor. For this
refusal Huffman was held to be in con-
tempt and committed to Jail by the
state judge. Huffman gave as his rea-
son for refusing to testify that the
rules of the internal revenue depart
ment prohibited its officers from testi-
flying about the department affairs
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