Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-11-28
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

service pension for old soldiers.
Mrs Annie Rowland, on trial at
Chetopa for killing her father-in-law,
was acquitted on the ground of self-de-
Tense.
The republicans of the entire Third
congressional district succeeded in
electing but one member of the legis.
laturc.
A Pittsburg paper has already an
nounced State Auditor George E Cole
for governor on the repub lican ticket
in 1895.
Ex-Congressman Funston, of Allen
county. is being urged by his friends
for secretary of agriculture in Presi-
dent McKinley's cabinet
The total output of Cherokee county
lead, zinc and coal mines, including
coke, spelter and powder, bring about
500, 900 in cash every week
A. NJ. F. Randolph, supreme court
reporter, has resigned after 16 years
service and T. E. Dewey, of Abline,
was named as his successor.
The Salvation army will establish a
hospital at Topeka, where the sick and
injured who are poor and friendless
will be cared for without price.
d. c. Tillotson, of Topeka, is state
chairman of the free silver forces He
has called a state convention of silver
clubs at Topeka January 12, 1897.
1t is said that every republican Office
holder under the present state govern
ment will place his resignation in the
hands of Gov. Leedy on the day of his
Inauguration or as soon thereafter as
convenience will permit
Rev. Harmon Hoover, of Las Vegas,
N. M. has succeeded Rev. J. w. Stewart
as pastor of the First NJ. E. church in
| Ottawa Rev. Hoover is graduate of
| Baker university at Baldwin, and a
son-in-1aw of Judge Nelson Case, of
| Oswego.
Jacob Rodgers, a married man was
convicted at lola of numbering a young
girl named Della Hutchinson and her
unborn child. The girls body was
found in a stream, weie hted down with
rocks The evidence against Rodgers
was purely circumstantial.
Through the efforts of Mrs. T. j.
O'Neil, wife of a member of the man
| aging board, the state reform school at
| Hutchinson has been supplied with
library of several hundred volumes of
good books The w. C. T. U. of Usage
| City was a large contributor.
Mrs. Anna Jacobs was fatally injured
at Atchison by passenger train. She
was on the track and saw the train
coming but fright riveted her to the
spot. She dropped on her knees and
covered her head with her hands as
the train struck her, and was thrown
to one side.
| Fred Taggart and Albert Failss, two
young farmers of Reno county, got
| into trouble the other day by violating
the game law. They started out to
bag a few quail, but before they had
proceeded far they were themselves
bagged by officers of the law. 1t cost
the young men So3. 65 each to get out
of the scrape.
The Atchison school board cannot
raise money enough to pay the ex-
penses of its city high school, and
tuition of $40 a year is charged each
high school pupil. At the same time
Atchison pays GO per cent. of the taxes
to maintain the county high school at
Efing ham, from which the city re-
ceives no benefit whatever.
The three non-partisan state temper
ance organizations-W. c. T. u, L o.
G. T. and State Temperance union
| have issued call for state temper
| ance convention at Topeka, January
13. The object of the convention is to
insist on the enforcement of the pro-
hibitory law by the new administra-
ton, and to make showing that will
influence the legislature against resub-
mission.
The suit of the government against
the NJ, K. & T. railroad to cancel
patents for large tracts of land in Lyon,
Franklin and Allen counties, has been
dismissed on the recommendation of
the special master showing that the
titles of the present owners were good.
| The lands were purchased by farmers
who have been cultivating them for
| years, and the dismissal of this suit
will clear up the titles.
Kansas diarymen, in session at
| Abilene, Endorsed ex-Gov. Hoard, of
| Wisconsin, for secretary of agriculture,
and elected J. L. Hoffman, of Newton,
president and ]. X. Forney, of Abilene,
secretary. It also asked for anti-oleo-
margarine legislation and a state dairy
school at Manhattan. It Endorsed Sec
rotary Coburn. of the state board of
agriculture, and pledged opposition to
any effort to put into partisan politics
the work of the board.
From 1855 to 1895 Kansas increased
&c. 2o4 in population The increase was
wholly from births, the Kansas-born
population increasing Ii GOO and foreign
| born 5, 600. Kansas in 1895, however, had
a smaller white male population than in
1885. The total decrease in whites of
the male persuasion was 10, 600 but the
increase of females was rs, 600, making
the total increase of white people IS,
600 The colored population was 49,
O34 in 1855 and 4s, I'll in 1895. Chinese
and Indians numbered 173 in 1885 and