Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-10-26

Island car, which he missed at Kansas
City, was found in the car when the
train arrived at Denver.
The state board of charities has filed
with Gov. Morrill, it's report on the in
vestigation of the death of Gus Maui
rer, of Hays City, who was killed in
the asylum for the insane at Topeka
July 4. 1t exonerates Superintendent
Eastman.
Colean, cashier of the State bank at
Fort Scott, got away with about every.
thing in sight except the safe and a
few blank. drafts. His shortage appar-
emily runs to above $50, OOO Colean,
who was very i'll, was arrested and
held under guard at his residence.
The "Gila monster" which had been
one of the great curiosities in the
natural history museum of the state
university, died the other day, much
to the regret of the university people.
This representative of the lizard
family had been in the museum for
more than ten years.
The Topeka jointist whose room was
raided by the police, and who was re-
leased from jail by a recent supreme
that the police had no right to enter a
private room without a warrant, has
sued Chief of Police Wilkerson, of that
city, for S. 600 damages.
Assistant Acknowledgement Goddard
has commenced suit in Smith county
against S. A. Golden, claiming SO, 900
damages for bad seed corn which it is
alleged Golden sold to the state last
spring. The suit was brought at the
instance of the railroad commissioners,
who purchased the corn.
The state board of education was in
session at Topeka on the 21st and 226
for the purpose of granting normal in
stitute and state certificates. There
were on file 1O8 applications for normal
institute certificates, 40 nom residents
who asked to be admitted to state eX.
aminations and $50 sought state GER
tificates.
A finely dressed woman appeared at
several houses in Atchison the other
day and asked to be admitted a mo-
ment until she could fasten her skirt.
After fixing the skirt she would ask
for drink. While the mistress was
gone after it, the stranger proceeded
to steal whatever valuables that she
could conceal.
The friends of John L. Waller, in
Kansas, will unite in a petition to cc=z-
gress for further action in his case.
Blanks for signatures have been sent
to every county seat in the state, One
left at Topeka hotel was signed by
thirty men in two hours. The move
ment is the result of a mass meeting
recently held in Topeka.
Gov Morrill, has decided to inaugur-
ate military drill at the state reform
school at Topeka. He has instructed
the uperintendent to form a company
of sixty boys. They will be furnished
with WORKOUT carbines from the state
arsenal. The governor says that he
wants to develop the boys physically
and can do it better by military drill
| than in any other manner.
Col. T. L. Wilson, who conceived the
idea of building railroad from ST.
Lous to Denison, Tex, in 1866, which
resulted in the construction of the
| Missouri, Kansas & Texas road, died
at Fort Scott the other day. He was
the first president of the Tebo & Ne
osho railroad, which was merged into
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas and he
built 40 miles of road from SeGalia
southwest.
The State bank at Fort Scott closed
| its doors on the morning of the 14th.
A note from the vice president stated
that depositors would be paid in full,
| but the bank was forced to suspend
through the defalcation of the cashier.
Cashier Colean, left town few days
previous to the discovery of his short
age. He left a note confessing that
he had lost S25, 900 of the banks funds
| in speculation.
The other morning Howard Stevens,
who lives at Arlington, 90 miles west
of Hutchinson, drove with his sister to
| the farm of James Lewis and demand
ed that John Mullen, employed by
Lewis, marry the girl at once, claim
| ing that Mullen had betrayed her
Mullen refused, and Stevens shot him,
the ball taking effect in his side. As
Mullen fell Stevens shot again. Null
len will die. Stevens fed.
At the late meeting of the state con-
vention of the Young Mems Christian
association at Topeka the executive
committee made a report recommend
ing that two secretaries be employed
this year; that a general secretaries
conference be held in February and a
presidents conference in March; that
Bible school be established and that
81, 900 be raised for the expenses of the
year. A mum Der of new members were
added to the state committee.
The United States department of ag-
riculture is said to be arranging to
start a government experimental sta
ton in Kansas for the purpose of test
ing wheat growing, especially as to
the rust problem. An agent has recently
experimental in Maryland and will
probably locate his station in Saline
county, where he has arranged to plant
about 900 varieties of cereals, mostly
wheat, but including LOO of oats, TWEEN
tv of barley and twelve of rye. He ex-
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