Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-04-11
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

smallpox
The Kansas wheat acreage this year
is estimated at 3, 200, 900 acres as against
4, 172, 600 last year.
The wife of Albert Bigelow Paine,
the Fort Scott poet and author. has
brought suit for divorce
The state school fund commissioners
have decided to invest the SOS, goo cash
on hand in government bonds
The jury in the fifth trial of the
famous HilImon insurance case, after
being out ~ hours, failed to agree
The law passed by the legislature IN
1893, providing for the weekly pay
ment of wages has been declared un-
constitutional by Judge Alden in the
district court of Wyandotte county.
The monthly report of the state
treasurer shows the total bonded in
debtedneSs of the state to be S752, 900.
of which s4sz, 600 is held by the perma-
nent school fund Only $3.50. 600 of the
bonds of Kansas are owned outside OF
the state
The Northwest Kansas conference
elected ". Fl. Sweet, of Salina, and E.
w. Allen, of Mankato, ministerial del
egates to the general conference at
cleveland, o. On the admission of
women to the general conference the
vote was almost unanimous in the af-
lfirmative.
w. W. Huddleston, a farmer and
lstocl1 raiser residing near Douglass, re-
lcently visited at Wichita and failing
to return search was instituted. Sew
leral days later his body was found in
the Walnut river with a bullet hole in
his head. He had probably been
robbed and murdered.
/ Mrs. George Carnegie and her dauch-
ter were recently standing in the door
1of her residence at Wichita watching
a funeral procession passing the house
when Mrs. Carnegie exclaim ed: Poor
imam, wonder who will be next" and
throwing up her hands, fell forward,
land died Immediately.
DIR. A. G. Abdelal. of Lawrence, has
brought a suit for 5000 against the
general council of the Fraternal Aid
association. alleging that he was
'wrongfully charged with trying to
poison Frank Coffman. who became
very sick soon after being initiated
into Athens council No. 3, Fraterna1
Aid association.
1
ed at Lawrence upon complaint of the
police of Peoria. Ill, for forgery. Con-
we'll is a lawyer and was United States
Idistrict attorney for Wyoming under
Hayes He has a brother who is a
Heading lawyer in Chicago, and brother
/ in-law mem Der of congress He at
tributes his downfall to drink.
Samuel Cooper. Pottawatomie
county farmer. died recently at the
age of 50 years. He was followed to
the grave by 90 blood relatives He
was the father of IL children, seven of
whom are married and living in Potta-
watornie county. He had 60 grand
i children and 90 great-grandchildre
i He had lived in Kansas since 1857.
i The monthly examination of the
state treasury for March showed ST.
IL, 524. "a cash on hand belonging to
all accounts, of which 1872. $50 IA was
in the banks of Topeka and the re-
mainder in the vaults of the treas ury.
/ Of the cash on hand the largest item
/ was $3.50, $50. 76 belonging to the gen.
eral revenue fund. Another big item
was S20s, PA. O9 belonging to the per-
manent school fund.
| George Austin, OF Kingman county.
| was killed in peculiar manner the
other day. He had rushed to the home
| of his neighbor, which was ca fire, to
assist in saving the household effects
The heat was too intense to enter, and
| as Austin stood looking at the burning
building a double barreled shotgun,
hanging on rack in the house. was
discharged by the heat, the contents
of both barrels entering his head and
body.
At a recent meeting of the Central
Kansas Live Stock association at EN-
poria with over 100 members present,
resolutions were adopted condemning
unjust and discriminating rates by
railroads and asking for a radical re-
adjustment and reduction. The meet
ing also decided that the railroad COM
missioners have permitted unnecessary
delay in adjustment of these rates,
and demanded that prompt hearing
be granted them, and a fair decision
rendered.
The state superintendent of insur- |
ance has addressed letter to the pres
idents of all the insurance companies
doing business in Kansas, in which he
informs them that he proposes to keep
a record in his office for the use of the
pu bile, showing which companies pay
up their losses promptly, and which |
ones delay and harass the insured by |
lawsuits and compromises Mr.. An
thony says the policy of many COM
panies seems to be to resist paying |
losses and it is proper for the public to |
know who they are
Mrs Foster. divorced wife of Hon. C. |
n EnSfar TTrsfod States
for the district of Kansas, died in the /
poor house in Atchison county the |
other day, where she had been an in |
mate for eight years. She at one time /
was one of the reigning society and |
literary leaders in Atchison, and was
married to Judge Foster when he was
struggling young attorney and she a
dashing widow. But trouble and a di-