Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-01-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


1OO. 900 volunteers in case of war.
Representative Curtis, of Kansas, has
introduced bill in the lower house of
congress to compel the commissioner
of pensions upon the rejection of pen
sion claims to explain upon what evil
dence and for what reason the claims
are rejected.
The prohibition state central com.
mittee met at Topeka on Decembe 81
aud called a state convention to be
held at Topeka May IS to nominate
state officers. Fifty deleeAtes were
named to represent Kansas 1T the ma
tional convention in Pittsburgh, Pa,
July ID.
AS there are four political parties in
Kansas the year 1896 will be product
i've of many conventions. A Topeka
correspondent, who had lots of time to
investigate and figure upon it, esti-
mated that there would be held in the
state 1,564 conventions, not counting
judicial, municipal and township con-
yentions
Three Chinaman from San Antonio,
Tex, were among recent batch of
convicts delivered at the federal peui-
tiary at Fort Leavenworth. They had
been sent up for violating the Chinese
registration laws. They fought vi
ciously when taken into a barber shop
to have their queues cut off, and near
ly a dozen guards were required to
overcome them.
At it's late session at Topeka the
State Teachers association, elected
officers as follows: President, G.
w. Kendrick, junction City; vice
president, c. B. Norman, Doniphan;
secretary, Mrs. Emily Sagget, Parsons;
treasurer, w. I'll. Johnson, EN-
poria; executive board, Harry Wins
low, of Mcpherson. w. NJ. Sinclair, of
Ellsworth, J. M. Paddock, of Phillips
burg.
Stock in the vicinity of Independ-
ence which have been fed upon corn
or the fodder which was covered with
water during the high waters last fall
were said to be dying under symptoms
which cannot be accounted for. They
would be suddenly attacked with some
disease resembling what is known as
the blind staggers and die in a short
time, medical aid proving of no benefit
in many cases.
Kansas is represented on the house
committees as announced by Speaker
Reed, as follows: Col Blue is on the
appropriations committee; Broderick,
judiciary and militia; Calderhead, bank
ing and currency and railroads and
canals; kirkpatrick andBaker, invalid
pensions; Curtis, expenditures in in
terror department., Indian affairs and
pu bile lands; Long, accounts and post
offices; Miller, expenditures in the
treasury department.
The state auditor records show that
a number of counties are delinquent in
the payment of state taxes. Up to the
end Of 1894 the sum total of this delin-
quency was $23S, 3S4. on. For the year
1895 number of counties will become
delinquent by reason of the error OF
the county clerks in extending the tax
roll upon the assessment, as returned
by the local assessors, instead of upon
the assessment as fixed by the state
board of equalization.
The convicts in the penitentiary
were given a good dinner and per-
mitted the liberty to converse and en-
Joy holiday on Christmas day. There
was an entertainment in the chapel
and for the first time in the history OF
the institution the women were al
lowed to take part. Thirteen Of them
formed a choir and rendered fine music.
Holiday pardons were gran ted to John
Douglass, who had served ten of 90
years sentence, and William johnson,
a burglar, whose term was nearly out
The Encouragement has filed in
Scott county the first of a series of suits
he will bring to force certain counties
and school districts to pay the interest
on bonds which are owned by the per.
manent school fund and which have
been defaulted by their issuers. The
suit is for Sc, 800, which is the interest
due on $40, 900 in Scott county fund
ing bonds bought by the school fund
in 1892 The county will resist pay
MENTION the ground that the commits
sioners had no legal right to issue the
bonds without vote by the people.
John Lipgay, a prominent farmer
living near Goddard, Sedgwick county,
went violently insane the other day
and drove his family from home. He
then barricaded his house and stood a
siege of five days, shooting at every
one who came in sight, nearly killing
two persons. He was finally captured
by the strategy of his daughter. He
was ravenously hungry and she ap-
peared with food. The crazy man per-
mitted her to approach when he saw
the food. When he put his Winchester
down to eat the girl grabbed it, and
then the sheriff's posse rushed in from
the orchard and overpowered him.
In the district court at Emporia
Judge Randolph recently rendered a
decision in line with that lately made
by the supreme court In mortgage re-
demption cases. The court held that a
deed could not be given after fore
closure and sale by the sheriff and in
stead ordered a simple certificate OF