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

Broom corn il selling at $50 ton In
western Kansas
A firm has shipped 1, 400 horses from
Abilene to the eastern markets the
past year.
The public schools at Clyde were
closed on account of an epidemic of
diphtheria-
Cows belonging to an Osborne county
farmer were killed by eating second
growth sorghum.
Democrats of the Third district have
| Endorsed E R. Ridgely, the populist
| nominee for congress.
The handsome new three-story gov
eminent building at Salina has been
thrown open to the public
The reformatory at Hutchinson will
this year have moiasses from sorghum
the inmates themselves raised.
A Newton man has invented a device
for milking cows which is said to be
the best of its kind ever patented.
Joseph OFT, an old-time Santa Fe con-
ductor, was run over and killed while
switching cars in the yards at Chetopa-
State Bank Examiner Briedenthal
says the cause of all the bank failures
during last year was from lack of
proper management
Several farmers in the western part
of the state will import their seed
wheat this year, claiming that the ma
tive seed has run OUT
Harry Sherlock, a Holton cigar
maker. was so anxious to die that he
took carbolic acid and then hung him
self to the limb of an apple tree.
At the Paola fair Miss Flo Lock-
wood, of Prof Nash's racing ombina-
ton, fell from a horse and received
| serious injuries about the head and
shoulders
The middle-of-the-road populists
have opened headquarters at Topeka.
John f. Willis, of jefferson county, is
chairman, and Abe teinberger, of
Girard, secretary.
One of the anomalies of the political
campaign is found in Thomas county,
where the republicans Endorsed j. B.
Hampton, the democratic nominee for
representative.
railway man who had travelled
over the state said the attendance
from Kansas to the g. A. r. encamp-
ment at ST. Paul would be very light,
the veterans preferring to wait and at
tend the state reunion at Topeka.
Potato raisers in the Kaw valley
have been making money by hauling
their product overland from Lawrence
to Coffey and Franklin counties, where
they were paid 60 cents per busheL In
Lawrence the price was only 25 cents.
At Hutchinson recently Charles Robins,
a young street loafer, was caught rob-
bling the till of a merchant Being
taken before the district judge he
pleaded guilty and just "a hours after
the crime was committed young Robins
was in the reform school
Eldon Lowe, county treasurer of
Bourbon county, has brought suit to
test the salary law passed by the last
legislature, which decreased his salary
from 81 900 to 81, 500 during his term of
Office He claims the full salary that
was in effect when he took the office.
Rev. c. w. Backus, pastor of the
Grandview Presbyterian church in
Kansas City. was requested to resign
by the Topeka presbytery in recent
session at Kansas City. There is fac
tional strife in the church and it was
reported that pastor Backus and his
friends would resist being deposed.
There are in Kansas 2s5 state, LOG ma
tional and 1874 private banks. During
the past year state banks have failed
aud % gone into voluntary liquidation;
three national banks have failed, and
four gone int liquidation-a total of AZ,
against the organization of % new
banks, making net loss of 20 during
year.
Inc state F1remenS ASSOCIATION. In
session at Topeka, elected A. p. Elder.
of Ottawa, president; d. S. Elliott. of
Coffey and Fl. II. Zeigler, of juno
ton City, vice presidents, and f. G.
Lemaster, of Abilene, treasurer. The
principal prizes were won by Beloit,
Maryville and Minneapolis, in the Or
der named.
A number CT independent prohibit
tionists of the state met at Topeka re-
Gently and nominated Rev. J. E. Brant,
of Fort Scott, presiding elder of the NJ.
e. church, for governor, and A FL.
Vance, of Topeka, attorney-general.
The platform names prohibition the
only issue. 1t was rumored that the
gubernatorial nominees of the two
factions of the prohibition party would
withdraw in Brant's favor.
The Kansas Bankers association, in
state convention at Topeka last week,
elected A C. Jobes, of Wichita, presi-
dent; F. NJ. Bonebraxe, of Topeka, Sec
rotary, and j. w. Thurston, of Topeka,
treasurer. A resolution was passed
suggesting that bankers all over the
state discourage the use of express
money orders by declining to cash or
receive them on deposit except upon
payment of a reasonable sum for han
ding them.
The attendance at the reunion at
Topeka on Thursday and Friday of
last week was the largest ever seen at
the state capital Thursday was G. A.
dow ond n0O mon tho