Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-21
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


land has failed.
Mrs. George R Peck died at San An
tonic, Tex, on the 9th.
Capt. d. S. Knouse. a veteran of the
war, was recently fatally injured by G
runaway team at Sterling.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. NJ. j. Sa1ter 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 wrong
valve by mistake the other day and
was horribly scalded.
The state labor commissioner has
commenced a war on the employment
agencies of the state, most of which he
declares to be frauds.
While recently engaged in operating
a 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 Mss.
Mary Goss, 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
vote of SO to il decided to admit
women to the general conference.
Fire at Lincoln the other day de-
stroyed the Masonic hall and business
buildings occupied by Gregg, Gpubb
Patrick and Sherrick, the latter drug
store.
While coupling cars 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 SO for assault
ing Journal reporter.
Harry Thomas, who was said to be
los years old, was recently burned to
death at his home in 1.-The PATCH"
Kansas City, Kan. It 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 other day be-
cause of reduction of wages.
The students of the state university
held a mass meeting to protest against
the action of the faculty in suspend
ing SO many from the school for par
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 M.
E. conference, held at Atchison, 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 STUN b1ed
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 men to be real
soldiers.
Commander Walker, of the national
8. A. r., has appointed the following
aids for Kansas: S. b. Burnell, Brough-
,on; Robert Henderson, Junction City;
Tim Mccarthy, Larned; j. r. Baird,
Speareville. w. A. Calderhead, Marys-
7ille; Sidney G. Cooke, Herington; w.
). Scott, Concordia; A. w. Smith,
5roYe!ard; e. A. Smith, National Mil
tary Home.
The juniors of the state university
rave a, party some nights since, and on
heir way to the entertainment they |
we're attacked by another portion of
he students who treated them very |
.ough1y. The result was that the stu
Tents who wanted to be funny" were |
,a1led before the faculty and number |
suspended for periods ranging from Is |
o 60 days.
A Wyandotte county farmer dug sew |
eral acres of potatoes recently that he |
planted last year, and which he left in |
he ground last fall because they were |
30 cheap that he did not consider them |
worth digging. He now finds that the
mild winter has left them in fine con-
1ition, and they have kept better in |
he ground than they would have done
n a store room.
The members of the Y. NJ. c. A. at
Winfield played a serious practical joke
lpon Edgar Powers, brother MEM
Der, the other night. They planned a
lold-up and sandbag game on him as
lie was returning from visit to his
weetheart. One of the boys struck
Tim on the head with an improvised |
and he was thrown into a
fit which promised to prove
ataL
An opinion was recently rendered
w the supreme court against the
CARROLL Qa.) First national bank,
which sought to collect So, 900 and in
crest from the Medicine L odge Sugar
20. The sugar company borrowed
money from the bank, assigning as Sc
.urity the sugar bounty that was to be
hv the S1nar UrnyUarS the fol-