Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-06-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The great musical jubilee open ed at
Hutchinson on the Goth.
Topeka is soon to have a lodge of In.
| dependent Order of Good Templars-
The Kansas City, Kan. board of
| trade is seeking a reduction of grain
rates
Topeka horsemen will furnish sew
eral entries at the Leavenworth races
in September.
Some thief stole a carpet valued at
S13S from the state house at Topeka
several days ago.
Populists of the Third district have
nominated j. E. Ridgely, a Girard mer-
| chant, for congress
Arthur Foster, barber, was recent
ly drowned while bathing in the Kaw
river at Kansas City, Kan.
Large fields of grain were flooded by
late rains in southern Kansas far as
| the Indian territorial line.
The late rains made the Cotton wood,
Neosho and Marais des Cygnes rivers
higher than they had been for Is years
An unknown negro man committed
suicide at Topeka the other day by
jumping from the bridge into the river.
The second day of the jubilee meet
| ing and musical contest at Hutchin-
son was VOCeo great success Inc
array of musical talent was said to
have been the greatest ever assem- bled
in the state.
James v. Hughes, of Topeka, was
| recently arrested in New Orleans for
kidnapping his own child. Mrs. Hughes
had secured divorce and the Judge
gave her the custody of their little
girl, which Hughes soon after stole
While recently drilling an oil we'll
near Benedict the Forest Oil Co, struck
at depth of S., OeO feet the strongest
flow of gas ever experienced in Kansas
The pressure was estimated at 700
pounds and the sound of the escaping
gas could be heard three miles.
James Flannery, brakeman for the
Maple Leaf road, living in Kansas City,
Kan, was found in an unconscious
condition from an overindulgence in
liquor the other morning. He was
| sent to the police station, where he
died three hours later without recover
| ing consciousness.
]. W. Reagan, surveyor of Bourbon
county, lately received a letter from
President Kruger, of the Transvaal,
South Africa, calling him to that coun-
try to accept an appointment as chief
engineer for the government, with a
special view of investigating the irri-
cation possibilities of the country.
The Kansas Pharmaceutical associa-
ton, at Fort Scott, decided to meet
next year at Junction City, and elected
the following officers: w. J. Evans,
lola, president; Ed c. Fritsche, Leaven-
worth, and NJ. S. ingalls,. Halstead.
vice presidents; Mrs NJ o. Miner, Hia-
watha, secretary; 7. w. Atkins, Girard,
treasurer.
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Gently held an interesting meet at
Frankfort. Phe chief event of the
tournament was the team shoot be.
| tween Frankfort and Leaven worth for
the state cup, emblematic of the team
championship of the state. The Frank
fort team won this cup from Leaven-
worth in April, 1895, on a score of 176
to ia, and defended it against Leaven-
worth at the late meeting on a score
OF 191 to 1S2.
Justice Herr, of Argentine, recently
attended a ball game and during his
absence an ex-convict named Christie
pher Schaeffer robbed him of sos and
left. ScLaefrer was sent to the PEN
itentiary two years ago for stealing
from the smelter company. Justice
Herr interceded for him and secured his
freedom almost a year before his time
had expired. He had given Schaeffer
board and bed since he was released
and expected to keep him until he
could secure position.
Warden Lynch, of the peniten tiary,
was recently in CO inference with the
| prison directors concerning the practice
of using the prison appropriations as
| common fund regardless of the pur-
poses for which the legislature specific
| ally granted them. He declared that the
practice must be discontinued or a spe-
| cial session of the legislature be called
| to grant relief He says that some of the
| accounts have already been over
| drawn and out Of others not a cent
has been used for the purposes orig
inally fixed by the legislature
The contest in the soprano solo at the
musical festival in Hutchinson was one
of remarlza BILE high grade The contest
ants were: Mrs II. Whiteside, Hutch
| inson; Miss Bertha Simmons, Column
| bus; Mrs. R H Morrow, Council Grove;
| Miss Emma Dent, Ottawa; Mrs 6. H.
| Parkhurst, Topeka: Miss Abbie NJ.
Freeman, Winfield; Miss Lottie Booth,
Larned; Mrs D. A Dobson, Coun-
ell Grove; Miss Lucy Wyatt, To-
| peka- They sang the contest selec-
| ton, with Verdure Clad,'' from Gre
alton" and one selection of their
| own.
| The sheriffs of SO counties in Kansas
| were recently busy levying upon the
| property of d. NJ. Ferry & Co, of De-
! troit, Mich. This seed firm had con-
tracts with farmers of southwestern
10 raiSo Saad for them and re.