Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-02-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


quilted by the jury at Wichita
The Y N. C. A of Atchison has
closed out, and its effects sold at pub
lie auction to satisfy claim for rent
James P. Robinson, of Ottawa, and
Roy Campbell, of Hutchinson, have
been appointed cadets at West Point
The local G. a. R. post at Baldwin
City has completed arrangements for a
monument in honor of the dead vet
Grams buried in the Baldwin cemetery.
The surveyors have completed the
work of locating the Missouri Pacific
extension from Atchison to st. Joseph,
Mo, and it is thought there will be no
delay on the actual work of extension.
c. 81. Kurtz and A. 6. Stacey, of the
Newton Herald, were recently arrested
on the charge of criminally libeling C.
S. Bowman, an attorney of Newt on.
The dispute grew out of the trial of G.
w. Rogers for burning the county rec
ordS
Representative Kirkpatrick has in
troduced in to the house a general pen
sion bill. He has closely examined all
existing pension laws and c1..od the
best from them, added ideas of his own
till he thinks he has the "best bill ever
framed"
The city council of Wichita has levied
an occupation tax of 500 per year on
all express and telegraph companies
doing business in that city. As re-
taliatory measure, the express compa-
MES announced that they would dis
continue all residence deliveries
t.
from an attack of heart disease at the
home of her daughter in Leavenworth
the other day. She was the widow of
Carl Benson. who killed himself in Jail
in that city three years ago while un-
der sentence of death for the murder
of Mrs Mettman.
The body of Wash Phillips, formerly
of Vernon county, Mo-, was recently
found near Kiowa with a bullet hole
in the head 1t was thought that he
had been waylaid and murdered for his
money, as it was no uncommon thing
for him to have from 50, 900 to S., 900 on
his person for weeks at time.
BY direction of Chairman Richardson
Secretary Pepperell has issued call
for meeting of the democratic state
central committee in Topeka on Feb
ruary %, at four O clock p. M, for the
purpose of selecting a time and place
for holding a state convention to select
delegates to the national convention at
Chicago.
Miss Bessie Anderson, a young wom-
an, was found dead in her room at a
Salina hotel the other morning. She
was from Junction City. and it was sup
posed to be case of suicide. Develop
ments at the inquest revealed the fact
that the girl was the daughter of a
farmer named Cline and that she died
of blood poisoning.
The governor recently called the
state board of railroad commissioners
together and urged the Importance Of
some action looking to the restoration
of grain rates recently advanced and
greatly affecting all shipments to Gal
weston and the South. The governor
asked that the Kansas board act in
concert with the railroad boards Of
Texas and Nebraska
The state board of pardons has made
an unfavorable report on the applica-
ton for pardon of the following named
convicts in the Kansas peniten tiary:
George Hubert, Cowley county; M. M.
Reynolds. Dickinson; David Palmer,
Labette; William H. Young, Crawford;
Orlin E. Larriway, Butler; E. H.
Lands. Rice; Newton Harkimer. Cher
okee; Lemuel T. Goldsberry, Riley;
William Lanter, Lyon.
AS Rev. George Hill was recently
walking on the railroad track near
Paola he was met by George Dusen-
berry, a 16-year-old Osawatomie boy
who carried shotgun, and asked Mr..
Hill for 40 cents. The latter said he
did not have that much but gave him
ten cents and started to walk on, when
the boy fred at him, tearing away his
left shoulder and inficting what was
thought to be fatal wound. The
boy was arrested.
The Kansas Woman's Press associa-
ton will meet at Chickering hall,
Leavenworth, at a. m. on Tuesday,
February IS. An address of welcome
will be made by Mrs Lynch, of the
Leavenworth Standard, responded to
by Mrs. Alrich, of the Cawker City
Record, president of the association.
Mrs. Lucille Baker, Miss Shawhan, of
the Erie Repu blican-Record,M Mrs. Har-
baugh, Mrs. Rupe, of the Clyde Herald.
Mrs. Morgan, of the Cottonwood Falls
Leader, and others are on the pro-
gramme for papers or addresses. Will
adjourn to meet with the State Edi-
toral association, held at same time
and place.
Pensions lately granted Kansas vet
Grams: Original, David P. Eassell, Col
ley: Abram B. Wright. Wichita; Lewis
B. Hull, Douglas; Thomas Johnson,
independence: William Cushen, Ma
tional Military home; Jacob F. Miller,
Wichita Restoration and reissue, Ed
ward Brown, Belpre. Increase, Francis
NJ. Jones, Willard; Arnold Slime, Ak
tell; James L. Zimmerman, Baxter
Springs; Hugh Fostner, Wichita; Thorn
as Goodwin, Crestline. Reissue, Pat
rick 81. Dorsey, Prescott; John Harvey,
| Garden City. Original widows, etc
Frederick. II. Gould father), Caney
minors of Henry Schaible Kansas CITY