Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-04-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

preliminary steps were TSCShIAy
taken at Arkansas City to organize
new railroad to run into Oklahoma
Nellie Meyers, two years old, was re-
Gently scalded to death at Topeka by
falling into vessel of boiling water.
Senator Ben Tillman, of South Caro-
lima, delivered a speech at Wichita on
the evening of the 18th. He was after
wards entertained by the Commercial
club
William Kelly, who claimed to be
Catholic priest, was recently arrested
at Kansas City. Kan, on the charge of
begging. He was believed to be an
imposter.
The republican judicial convention
at Chanutc reuominated by acclama-
ton Judge w. a. Johnson for the
southern department., eastern district
Of the court of appeals.
Joseph Grilza, a young man from
Holiday, was recently fined S25 by
United States Judge Foster at Topeka
for sending tough letter through the
mails to a girl who had Tilted him.
Edward Fenlon. of Leavenworth, a
Kansas pioneer we'll known as a sue
cessful business man, died at Midland,
Tex, the other day, whittier he had
gone few days before to visit his
ranch.
State Superintendent Stanley has de-
cided that a school board has the right
to place German in the course of
study, and if it has been done by the
authority of the district board it may
be taught in the school.
Mrs. William Allen shot herself, per-
haps fatally, at Wichita the other day.
She said she was not good enough for
her husband. Temporary insanity
thought to be the real trouble. She
was only 16 years of age.
The Topeka presbyterv of the Pres
byterian church of Kansas, recently in
session at Lawrence, elected Rev.
Charles Hayes, of Kansas City, Kan,
and Rev. Henry Farwell, of Lawrence,
delegates to the general conference at
Saratoga Springs.
The semi-annual convention of the
county superintendent of Kansas will
be held at Newton, May IL, Is and IA.
The semi-annual address will be de-
livered by Edward Stanley, state SUI
perintendent. The association has
about 90 memb ers.
The other day $50 students and sew
eral professors in the state university
at Lawrence turned out to capture
George Taylor, the escaped Missouri
murderer, who was reported to be
hiding in the brush. They succeeded
in bagging crazy man.
The Academy of Language and
Literature, recently in session at Law
renee, elected officers for the ensuing
year as follows: President, w. H
Carruth, state university; secretary,
Miss Meddie O. Hamilton, Winfield;
treasurer, B. w. Woodward. Lawrence.
Under an order issued by the secre-
tary of the state board of health upon
a request from Warden Lynch, the
state penitentiary has been quaraR-
tined against the admission of prison.
ers from counties in which smallpox
has existed during the past few weeks.
The counties W L ch it specially applies
are Shawnee and Wvandotte.
E. M. Rodman, brakeman on the
6nion Pacific, was killed in the Union
Pacific yards at Kansas City the other
day. He was attempting to make an
air coupling on westbound fast
freight. Just rs he had finished the
and stepped from between
the cars he was struck by Missouri
Pacific train on parallel track.
Patents recently issued to Kansas
inventors: Daniel Blair, Burns. corn
harvester; Joel II. Canaday, Elsmore,
fruit gatherer's staging; John W.
Hayes City, plow; Charles A.
Gordon, Bonner Springs, vegeta BILE
cutter; Aaron J. Hunt, Hiawatha, fod-
der loader; Peter M. Linquist, Els
more, gate; John A. Minor and j. j.
Hover Baileyville, sub-soil pillow; Will
liam K. Mottram, Ottawa, thill sup
port
Pensions lately granted Kansas vet
Grams: Original, George L. White,
Bellville. Additional, John Gerard,
Supplemental, John J.
Ross, Yates Center. Increase, Alden
& Munson, Marysville; Isaac [ Wag-
her, Topeka. Original widows, etc,
Eliza beth Wicker, Winfield; minors of
Alonzo Champion, Garden Plain; Mary
.. Hinckley, Topeka: minor of Ben
amin f. Weaver. Severance; Mary A.
Jackson, Elmont; minors of Thomas
Emmitt, Pawnee Station. Mexican
var survivors, increase, John S. Elkins,
National Military Home.
The encouragement decides that
boards of health have the power to es-
a blish any reasonable regulations as
@ the health of the people, but such
boards of health have only the power
riven them by the legislature. He is
Llso of the opinion that local boards of
health and school district boards have
10 power to compel any person to sub
nit to vaccination, and that school
boards have not the power to prevent
child from attending school simply
because its parents refuse to have it
-accinated. If the child has been ex-
posed to contagious disease then the
district board and the local boards of
lealth have the right, in the interests
# the people, to prevent the child
rom attending school or going where