Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


crat has been started 1t Eldorado.
Cyrus Leland. the noted politiciaa,
has built afine opera house 1t Troy.
Topeka has . female chicken thief,
Mrs Kate West by name, and she Is
in Jail.
W. l. Parkinson has a scheme to en-
ploy the lola natural gas in the manu-
facture OF paper.
The next state encampment of the
G. A. B. will be held at Chanute the
last week in April.
Manhattan boasts of having the
largest telephone exchange of any city
of its size in the world
The Auditorium at Wichita has been
remodeled and rearranged SO that its
seating capacity is now 2, 500.
The Santa Fee has completely sepa-
rated its coal mine interests from the
railroad management proper.
Rev. ]. E Brant, of Fort Scott, whom
the independent prohibition" party
named for governor. declines to run.
Gov. Morrill, was compelled to cam
eel several political appointments on
account of the illness of Mrs Morrill,
When Thomas E Watson. of Georgia,
comes to Kansas this mont he will be
taken over the state on a special train.
1edrl DenOer. aQed 10, uleo dt AIcH.
ison of neuralgia of the stomach,
| caused by eating kernels of hickory
nuts
Thomas P. Shelton, ouly 10 years old,
of Kansas City, tried to kill his 16-year-
old wife because she would not live
with him.
A two-vear-old daughter of c. Lucas.
near Mapleton. was fatally shot by her
eight-year-old brother who was playing
with a revolver.
Mrs. Carrie Mcintosh, of Kansas
City, took laudanum because her hus-
band, with whom she had quarre1ed,
would not return to her.
The case of County Treasurer Lowe,
who brought suit at Fort Scott to test
the reduction in salary law of the last
legislature, was thrown out of court
Congressman Kirk patrick and State
Superintendent Stanley received a
shower of stale eggs from rowdies
while addressing a repu blican meeting
at McCune.
Rev DIR. Slutz, pastor of the First
NJ. E. church in Carthage, Mo-, has ac-
cepted call to Wichita, where he will
| occupy the pulpit recently vacated by
Rev. Don S. Colt
The cost of publishing the official
| ballot in one newspaper in each county
| in the state will amount to $50. 500
| The ballot will contain eight tickets
| and be 2ex3O inches in size.
At Leavenworth the other day Mar
Gus and Frank Jones, brothers, be-
| came involved in quarrel, when
Marcus struck Frank a vicious blow
on the head, infiicting a fatal wound.
Rev. Richard Quarles, colored, was
| brought back from Salt Lake City to
| Topeka the other day to answer to a
| serious charge, the complaining wit
| ness being Lizzie Robinson, a young
colored girl.
DIR. Sheldon, pastor of the Central
Congregational church at Topeka, has
| opened war on the police commission
ers for allowing open saloons in the
| ca pital city during carnival and re-
| union week.
| Five Santa Fe trains, two passenger
and three freight, mixed up in a col
lision in the yards at Argentine, owing
to heavy fog. No passengers were
seriously injured, but none fatally.
Several cars were demolished.
1t is claimed that the flag which now
| floats from the dome of the Kansas
state house is higher up in the air than
any flag which floats from a public
building in the United States. Its ex-
| dcC DelgHC Is oO0 1cct 1TOu Vie hOOI VI
the basement of the state house.
The grand lodge of Good Templars
was held at Topeka recently. Resolu
tions were passed declaring that the
prohi bitory law was as we'll enforced
| as any state law on the statute
books, and all temperance people
were urged to renewed activity in
temperance work. c. A. Bateman
| of Lawrence, was elected grand chief
templar and ]. f. Fullenwider, of Ell
| dorado, grand secretary.
The state historical society is in pos
| session of silk banner that once be
| longed to Abraham Lincoln. 1t was e
gift to Lincoln from the Young lady
| students of Lombard university, OF
the occasion with his debate with
| Douglas at Ga1esburg, ILL.,, in 1858
Mr.. Lincoln gave the banner to Mark
Delahay, of Springfield. Ill, and
through him it came into possession OF
the state historical society
The 18th annual convention of the
| Western Woman's Foreign Missionary
society of the NJ. E. church was hello
at Emporia last week. The territory
| embraces Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado
| Texas and Wyoming. Some of the
most noted missionary workers of the
| country were there. Collections fol
the past year were S13. BAT. and Mrs
Prescott. of Chicago, pledged StO.OOt
more to be paid in annual installments
| The Kansas Bankers association, il
state convention at Topeka last week
elected A C. Jobes, of Wichita, presi
| r. NJ Ronebralxe of TOnelxa seq