Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-02
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

II apples from his orchard south or
Atchison.
An incendiary fire destroyed several
stock stalls at the Topeka fair grounds
:he other day.
James Mattock, living near Auburn,
Shawnee county, was fatally crushed
oy hay press the other day.
Julius Walkenhorst, son of farmer
'esiding near Concordia, committed
suicide the other day by hanging him
self. He imagined that he had an in
,ura BILE disease.
Veterans assem- led at Kansas City.
Kan, on the 22d to celebrate the an
niversarv of the battle of the Blue and
20 organize a Kansas Soldiers Monu-
nent association.
Capt. Oliver Barber, one of the earli-
sst settlers of Douglas county and one
If the best known men of the territory
md state in pioneer days, died at Law
'ence on the cath.
Investigation of the books of the
State bank of Fort Scott showed the
otal liabilities to be $1O9, $50. 81, and
ihe assets to be SIPS, 100, but their real
ralue will not exceed 500, 4s3
At an early hour the other morning
The smelters at Scammon caught fire
md the engine house. pottery, dry
Kiln retort, kiln crusher and one of
The roasting kilns were burned to the
,round.
At Leavenworth the other day Frank
Flowers, 1 year old, crawled under a
washing machine, containing scalding
water, and pulled out the plug He
vas so badly scalded that he died in a
short time.
OF 125 applications for state teach
ers certificates before the recent meet
ng of the state board of education
ess than two-ffths were successful in
passing the necessary examination and
securing certificates.
Ed Ack1ey was shot and fatally
wounded by Fl. S. Brannaman. a
Buchanan county (Mo.) deputy sheriff.
IN the Missouri river bridge at Atchi-
son the other afternoon. The shoot
ng was the result of quarrel.
Joseph Marah. of Harvey county,
md Benjamin Dunn, of Topeka, es-
,aped from the state asylum for the
insane the other night by removing the
ron bars from the second-story win
low and letting themselves down with
/ rope made of bedclothes.
The county attorney of Crawford
county has brought suit in the Shaw
Zee county district court asking for an
order restraining Attorney-General
Dawes and his Crawford county assist
mt from prosecuting any more cases
n Crawford county in the name of the
state.
The state board of railroad assessors,
IN recent decision, held that rail-
.oad company cannot be required to
furnish its own cars to shippers to be
loaded and consigned to points upon
connecting lines. The decision is sus-
tanned by opinions of the federal and
state courts.
The probate judge of Scott county
has issued an order restraining the
county treasurer from paying the in
terest on the S143, 900 bonds of the
county held by the state permanent
school fund. These bonds were pur-
chased in 1892, but suit has been COM
menced to declare them illegal,
Gov. Morrill, has appointed the fol-
congress to open in Omaha for four
days session on November 25: o. b.
Taylor, George L. Douglass, A.C. Stitch,
w C. McPike, E. P. Purcell, A C. Shinn,
w. G. Morgan, C. w. Goodlander, L.
w. Keplinger and J. w. Gregory.
The headless body of w F. Swanger
was recently found on the tracks of
The Kansas Central railroad miles
west of Leavenworth. In the pocket
Of the deceased were two discharges
from the Forty-sixth Indiana volun-
teers and a pension certificate, by
which the mans identity was estab-
!ished.
The Kansas equal suffrage organiza-
ton held a meeting in Topeka the
other night and decided to push the
work of organizing branch leagues all
over the state. Miss Ella Green, the
Kansas girl who has shown that women
NAV become an abundant success as
commercial travellers, is spoken of as
the state organizer.
A Missouri Pacific train went through
bridge across State creek at Newton
the other afternoon and wrecked sew.
eral cars The engine had crossed the
bridge when a coal car jumped the
track and crashed through. Another
car followed and took with it the bag.
gage car. No one was seriously in
jured, although several were badly
bruised.
Mrs. Mary Connolly. of Leavenworth,
was almost instantly killed at o'clock
the other night by falling down fight
of stairs at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. j. 2. Mcclure, at Kansas City.
Mrs. Connolly had gone to Kansas City
to visit her daughter for the day. in
tending to return on the evening train.
She was preparing to return when the
accident happened.
Pensions lately granted Kansas vet.
Grams: Decentralization FL. Lemon
Winchester: Elijah N. Hull, Highland
Station; James Hedger, Chetopa; Orlen
Smith Fort Scott; Henry L. Churchill,
Phillipsburg. Increase-George Cole,