Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-05-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

mandery, second, and the Wellington,
third.
Nineteen insane veterans were re-
Gently taken from the soldiers home
near Leavenworth to the government
insane asylum at Washington. All of
them had become insane within three
months.
The university chinch bug station is
sending out about forty packages Of
diseased bugs daily to applicants from
different parts of the state for the pest
killing fungus Requests come mostly
from the eastern part of the state.
Decoration day will be observed in
Lawrence by the dedication of hand
some monument to the Quantreu raid
victims. The orator of the day will be
Rev. Richard Cordley, the oldest Con-
gregational minister in the state. who
was located at Lawrence on the mem
ora bic 21st of August, 1868.
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal. who
was charged by Gov. Morrill, with mis-
extent of 81, 200, later turned 81, 265 into
the state treasury and announced that
he would have something like $500
more to turn into the treasury upon
the return of Deputy Waterman.
The Equal Suffrage association Of
Kansas with headquarters at Topeka
has been sending out blanks to every
county to be filled with names of
women who pay taxes and the amounts
thereof The idea is to make the next
suffrage campaign on the issue of
taxation without representation"
Bank Commissioner Breidenthal and
his deputies have settled with the state
and paid into the treasury all moneys
collected by them. The state auditor
has refused to audit the claims of the
commissioner and his deputies for sal
airy and mandamus proceedings have
been instituted to compel him to do SO.
Following are the officers chosen by
the State Eclectic Medical association,
recently in session at Topeka: Presi-
dent, DR.. w. H. Willhoit, of Pao1a;
first vice president, DR.. j. J. Entz. of
Hillsboro; second vice president, DIR.
]. n. Page of Ellis; secretary, DR.. E.
Packer of Usage City; treasurer, DR..
w. G. Ham lelon, of Topeka.
G. w. Peters, storekeeper at the pen
itentiary, fled charges against Gov.
Morrill, before Justice Grover at To-
peka, alleging that the governor had
received money under false pretenses
by signing vouchers for the pay of two
men who had been claimed as working
for the state, when, the complaint
they had been working for the
governor. The justice and county at
torney refused to issue an order for ar
rest.
Mrs. Mollie Nyberg, wife of Charles
railroad man. and daughter
of Chief of Police j. M. Willerson,
of Topeka, fred three shots from re-
volver at her husband in that city the
other night. Chief Wilkerson arrested
his daughter and placed her IN the
county Jail, but she was released in a
little while, Nyberg having declared
that he would not file a complaint
against her. Mrs. Nyberg is only Is
years of age. The shooting was the
result of a quarrel.
At the state Sunday school con ven
ton lately held at Salina the following
officers were chosen: President, III. G.
Rash, of Saline county; first vice presi-
dent, Prof f. III. Clark, of Ottawa
county; second vice president, Dr.
S. E. Pendleton, of Doniphan county;
third vice president, w. j. Douglass, Of
Butler county; recording secretary.
Miss Jessie F. Shaft, of Chase county;
treasurer, J. S. Merritt, of Pottawato-
mic county. The report of the secre-
tary showed that there are 4, 7O5 Sun
day schools in the state, with 3O6, AIT
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year of 178 schools and 25, 843 members.
The Kansas Democratic Editorial as
ISOLATION, at it's recent meeting in
Leavenworth, elected the following
officers: President, B. j. Sheridan, of
the Paola Spirit; vice president, Mrs
S. B. Lynch, of the Leavenworth
Standard; secretary, ]. II. Padgett, of
the Sa1ina Herald; treasurer, ]. E.
Watrous, of the Burlington Independ-
ent. The following named were select
ed as an executive committee: A. P.
Herald. Seneca Courier; Frank Web
ster, Lawrence Gazette; E. M. McIn-
tyre, Arkansas City Democrat; w. E.
Timmons, Chase County Courant; B.
L. Strother, Abilene News; Jack Stew
art, Smith Center Bazoo; Timothy
MOTpdu. LuEGhd hcSSCA2O1s AAC ACAU
annual meeting will be at Salina.
The great musical jubilee at Hutchin-
son closed with the awarding of prizes
as follows: Glass A, mixed chorus, more
than fifty voices-Emporia, first, $500;
Newton, second, $500; class B, mixed
chorus, more than fifty voices-Ster-
ling, first, 5000; Lyons, second, 500;
class C, women's chorus = Emporia,
first; Newton, second; class d, male
chorus = Newton, first, 500; Nick
erson, second; women's quartette-
Wyatt sisters, Topeka; vocal duet
Mrs. Bracken and Mrs. R. A. Smythe,
Wichita; bass solo-Vincent Graham,
Topeka; tenor solo-H. L. Shirer, To-
peka; contralto-Mrs. w. S. Bracken,
Wichita; soprano solo-divided between
Mrs. Fl. Whiteside, Hutchinson, and
Miss Mary Buckley. Fort Scott; piano
duet-Miss Anna Campbell and Mrs. j.
w. Going, Topeka; piano solo-Miss
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