Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-05-16
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Ex-GOv. Mch1nleys OF OnlO, mas CON-
sented to attend the state reunion of
soldiers at Topeka this fall and make
speech
Linn county is building new jail
which will accommodate IS prisoners.
| with a commodious residence portion
| for the sheriff.
Latest advices from the Clay county
cyclone district are to the effect that
five of the injured have died, making
| the death list 10.
Charles Lucas, a colored student at
the state university, was recently con-
victed in the district court at Law.
renee of stealing books from fellow
students.
Kansas homeopathic physicians, in
session at Topeka recently, elected E.
| w. Boardman, of Parsons, president,
| and Edward Bum gardner, of Lawrence,
Secretary.
Miss Maude Hamilton, of Princeton,
Franklin county. will deliver the vale
| dictory address at the Kansas state
| normal, and A. 7. Mills, of Emporia,
| the salutat0ry-
From January to May of the present
year Kansas shipped 81. 1877 more cattle
to the Kansas City market than for the
| same period last year, the greatest
| gain made by any state
tiou in session at Topeka recently
elected DIR. Page, of Topeka, president
and DIR. Packer, of Topeka, secretary.
The legislature was petitioned to pass
| more rigid laws to punish quacks-
special grand jury at Fort Scott
| recently returned indictments against
16 Joints who had fed the city and
| were living in tents across the state
| line in Vernon county They could not
| be arrested except on acquisitions
| The cattlemen of Lyon and sur
rounding counties are organizing to
ship cattle direct to Liverpool. Eng.
They say the market there is IL cents
| and the difference in freight is not
enough to cut down the price much.
The Kansas Commandery of the
| Loyal legion met at Leavenworth in
annual session recently. j. L. Aber-
nathy was elected mmander, Lloyd
Wheaton vice commander, A B. VOL
verton secretary and j. L. Weaver
| treasurer.
| The coroner's jury at Wichita held
DIR. L. j. Jones sblameless of killing the
| infant recently found in the Arkansas
river at Wichita. The baby died
natural death and the doctor gave
| negro boy 81 to bury it, but the boy
threw the baby in the river.
| DIR. L. j. Jones, prominent physi-
| clan W1cnlLd, was recently arrested
for drowning an infant whose mother
he attended in childbirth. The child
was found in the Arkansas river
weighed down by fat-iron, and q
| mate for the iron was found in DIR.
Jones office.
The Woman's Social Science fedora
ton at a recent state meeting at To-
peka elected Mrs w. L. Moore, of
Hutchinson. presidents; Mrs Jennie
| Kellogg, of Emporia. vice president,
and Miss Frances Hall, of Fort Scott,
| secretary. The 1897 meeting will be
| held at Hutchinson.
| The annual state Sunday school as
| ISOLATION will be held at Forest park,
| Ottawa, June 1915. Some of the best
| workers from New York, Illinois, Mis-
| souri, and Kansas are on the pro-
gramme. Railroads have granted
one fare rate, good to remain through
| the Chautauqua assembly.
The Kansas Million club held a meet
ing at Topeka recently and decided to
send three big missionary trains, laden
with Kansas products, to the four
quarters of the country, at date to
be fixed later. The club is pleased
with the success of the boom train
sent to Chicago last winter.
At Topeka the other day Judges Eos
ter appointed three receivers for the
Investment Trust Co. of America,
which has headquarters at Topeka.
The outstanding debenture bonds OF
the company over So, 600. 900. said
to be amply secured. The company is
said to own $4,000 acres of land near
Hutchinson.
The Woman's Relief corps of Blue
Rapids will observe May 90 as memo
rial day to their deceased mem bers
and those of the Sons of Veterans, in
stead of the usual custom of decorat-
ing such graves with those of the COM
rades of the 6. A R., May 30. This |
step has been taken in order to set an |
example to civic societies and to pre-
vent a loss of the real object of the day. |
Reports from number of counties |
to the agricultural department indi |
cate that worms are creating consider |
able havoc in the fruit trees Where |
spraying is regularly kept up, how
ever, the trouble is not of long dura-
ton. The counties which have com.
planned OF this pest are Barton, Butler,
Coffey, Cowley, Chautauqua, Crawford,
Doniphan, Elk, Greenwood, Linn,
Montgomery, Lyon, Riley and Wilson.
Farmers in four coun ties of the
southwestern part of the state have
brought suit against the seed house of
leging abrogation of contract. For
several years these farmers raised
watermelons. pumpkins, squashes,
etc, by the train load simply for seed
under contract FROM Ferry & Co. Now