The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-01-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


been appointed a regent of the state
university in place of Judge O. C.
Moore, resigned.
Congressman Blue has appointed
James Robinson, of Ottawa, cadet to
West Point, and Roy Campbell, of
Hutchinson, alternate.
Rose Shepherd, colored school girl,
seven years old, was run over and in
stantly killed by an IL" road electric
car at Kansas City, Kan, few days
ago.
The state board of agriculture, at its
late annual meeting in Topeka, re-
elected J. NJ. Potter president, F. d.
Coburn, secretary and Samuel Howe,
treasurer.
The Goth annual meeting of the Kan
sas State Historical society will be held
in Topeka on January 81, at which
time one-third of the board of directors
will be elected.
The state board of agriculture held
its annual meeting at Topeka on Janu-
ary S, 9, TO- The secretary read his
annual report and many interesting
papers were read.
DR.. Thomas Kirkps trick, secretary
of the state board of health, has sent
circular letter to the health officer of
every county in Kansas, asking for
list of the quacks in his community.
At a charivari to a newly married
couple in Leavenworth the other night
Thomas Roman, 20 years old, was shot
and killed by the accidental discharge
of a gun in the hands of Henry James.
]. s. Elwood, the notorious swindler
of banks in western Kansas, who had
been arrested III Oklahoma, escaped
from the officers who were holding
him for a requisition from the gov
ernor of Kansas.
The state board of irrigation has de-
cided to locate the remaining seven
wells authorized by the legislature.
Commissioner Tomlin will locate three,
Commissioner Frost two and Commits
sioner Sutton two.
Congressman Blue has succeeded in
resurrecting in the state department
the official correspondence with Kan
sas during the governorship of Reeder,
Medary and Geary. The find supplies
a gap which the Kansas Historical So
ciety has long been trying to fill.
A delegation of the state temperance
union recently called upon the govern
or and urged him to remove the pres
ent police commissioners at Atchison,
Leavenworth and Kansas City, Kan,
and appoint men in their places who
would enforce the prohibitory law.
At the late meeting of the Kansas
academy of science at Lawrence the
following officers were chosen: Presi-
dent, D. S. Kelly. Emporia; vice presi-
dents. S. w. Williston. Lawrence, and
d. Z. Lantz, Manhattan; secretary, K.
i. Knerr, Atchison; treasurer, L. Z.
Sayre. Lawrence.
Chairman Leland and Secretary Bris-
tow have issued call for meeting of
the republican state central committee
in Topeka February 4, at seven o'clock
p. m, for the purpose of calling state
convention to select six delegates and
six alternates to the national repub-
l;can convention and to nominate three
candidates for presidential electors.
Internal revenue collections for the
district of Kansas Gncluding Oklahoma
and Indian territory for December
were SIS, S54. During the past year in
ternal revenue collections have been
about s., 900 a month less than the year
before. The amount derived from
oleomargarine stamps is the only thing
that held up. 1t averaged 81, 900
month in the district.
The Kansas Improved Stock Breed
ers' association at its recent meeting in
Topeka elected the following officers
for the ensuing year: President. I. A.
Hubbard, of Rome; vice president. ).
NJ. Babcock, of Nortonville; secretary
treasurer, II. A. Heath. of Topeka; eX-
ecutive committee, o. P. Updegraff, of
Topeka; E. Harrington, of Baker, and
X. S. Cook, of Wichita.
Mrs. Harry Abelshauser, a Belgian
woman, followed her husband TO a sa-
loon at Weir City the other night,
where he was drinking, and drawing
pistol shot him. the ball passing
through his body, but did not kill him
She said she shot him because he did
not support her and their nine chill
dren. The husband says she did it
10 get his life insurance of So, 500.
A story comes from Horton to the
effect that three masked men went to
the home of Ed Welch. in the suburbs
of that town, the other night, called
him to the door and, after robbing,
thev took him some distance and
chopped his left hand off. He was then
left and wandered around for two
hours before finding assistance. His
wife was absent. No cause could be
given for such proceeding.
The December report of the state
treasurer showed that the amount of
receipts from various sources during
the month in the general revenue fund
was sos. 446 "a December, 1894, was
larger, being S11! ,4s9.61. The balance
on hand at the close of December,
1894. was S7O6, 735. a. The balance now
on hand is 1881, sI7.73. The receipts in
the general revenue fund during the
month amounted to S44, 76S. 20, of which
amount SS5, 251. 66 were state taxes and
S7.657 s. earnings of the penitentiary.
The bonds in the permanent school
n f~Eo