The Iola register., 1896-03-20
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

war, was recently fatally injured by q
runaway team at Sterling.
Ex-Lieut Gov. NJ. ]. Salter died a,
his home near Fort Scott the other
day of the grip, aged 62 years.
Edmund Sheehan, lamp cleaner for
the Missouri Pacific, was lately killed
by an engine at Leavenworth.
g. w. Kennedy, fireman of a Leaven-
worth planning mill, opened a wrong
valve by mistake the other day and
was horribly scalded.
The state labor commissioner has
commenced war on the employment
agencies of the state, most of which he
declares to be frauds.
While recently engaged in operating
corn crusher Russell Smith, of Wells
vile. had two fingers cut off by getting
his hand caught in the rollers
The four-year-old daughter of Mrs.
Mary Goss, a widow of Weir City, was
missing the other day and at night the
body was found in water closet.
The annual conference of the Metho-
dist church in session at Atchison, by
a vote of SO to IA decided to admit
women to the general conference.
Fire at Lincoln the other day de-
stroved the Masonic hall and business
buildings occupied by Gregg, Grubbr
Patrick and Sherrielx, the latter drug
store.
While coupling ears at Ottawa the
other day James Fultz, a brakeman,
fell under the cars and had both legs
cut off. He could not recover. His
wife lives'at Argentine
In police court at Topeka few days,
ago ex-Attorney-General Bradford, at
present member of the city council
of that city, was fined $40 for assault
ing a Journal reporter
Harry Thomas, who was said to be
1O5 years old, was recently burned to
death at his home in "the patch,"
Kansas City, Kan. 1t was thought his
clothes took fire from his pipe.
Thirty young women employed in
the trimming department of Swift's-
packing house in Kansas City, Kan,
went out on a strike the osher day be-
cause of a reduction of wages.
The students of the state university
held mass meeting to protest against
the action of the faculty in suspend
ing SO many from the school for par
ticipating in the junior party row.
Miss Kate Wrinkle, residing IL miles,
south of Wichita, was recently burned
to death by the explosion Of an oil can.
Mrs. Meyers, who tried to save her,
was also probably fatally burned.
At the late session of the Kansas NJ.
E. conference, held at Atehison,. Rev.
Edwin Locke, of Kansas City, was
elected secretary; Rev. E E. Tarbell,
of Abilene, treasurer, and Rev. A. j.
Coe, of Baldwin, statistical secretary.
Charles Hilner, young farmer, was
recently killed near Tonganoxie by
being dragged by young colt which
he was leading. He had the halter
wrapped around his hand and stumbled
and fell and the colt dragged him 100
yards.
The secretary of war has detailed
Lieut.. Harry A. Smith, of the regular
army, for duty on the governors mill
tary staff. His duties will be to drill
the Kansas national guard and to
teach officers and mea to be real
soldiers.
Commander Walker, of the national
G. A. f., has appointed the following
aids for Kansas: 5. b. Burnell, Brough
ton; Robert Henderson, Junction City,;
Tim Mccarthy, Larned; J. r. Baird,
Speareville. W. A. Calderhead. Marys-
vile; Sidney G. Cooke. Herington; w.
c. Scott, Concordia; A. w. Smith,
E. A. Smith, National Mil
itary Home.
The juniors of the state university
gave a party some nights since, and on
their way to the entertainment they
We're attacked by another portion of
the students who treated them very
The result was that the stu
dents who wanted to be funny" were
called before the faculty and a mum Der
for periods ranging from 10
to so days.
\ Wyandotte county farmer dug sew
eral acres of potatoes recently that he
planted last year, and which he left in
the ground last fall because they were
so cheap that he did not consider them
worth digging. He now finds that the
mild winter has left them in fine con-
dition. and they have kept better in
the ground than they would have done
in a store room.
The members of the Y. NJ. C. A. at
Winfield played serious practical joke
upon Edgar Powers, brother men,
Der, the other night They planned o
hold-up and sandbag game on him as
he was returning from visit to his
sweetheart. One of the boys struck
him on the head with an improvised
sandbag, and he was thrown into
fit which promised to prove
fa'al
An opinion was recently rendered
by the supreme court against the
Carroll Ua.) First national ank,
which sought to collect Sc. 900 and in
terest from the Medicine L oGge Sugar
Co. The sugar company borrowed
money from the bank, assigning as Sc
curity the sugar bounty that was to be
earned by the sugar growers the fol-
lowing year. The supreme court holds