Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


loon revenue system.
Frank Novels, the negro who was
charged with the murder of Mrs. Mat.
son, wealthy woman of Topeka, was
found guilty of murder in the second
degree at the late trial in that city.
William Mattox and Charles Clark
were recently arrested at Anthony
charged with the murder of Charles
Rodman q year ago. Mattox is a
brother-in-law of the murdered man.
The governor has appointed A. P.
Riddle, of Minneapolis, to be mem Der
of the board of regents of the state
agricultural college, vice W. u. Street,
whose term of Office is about TO expire.
Thomas B. Bowling, ex-sheriff of
Wyandotte county, was decided on to
take temporary charge Of the Kansas
City, Kan, post Office by the bondsmen
of Postmaster Mapes, who committed
suicide because of a shortage.
George A. Resin. 10 years old. was
shot and killed by Ernest Wilson while
attempting to break into a grocery
store at Pittsburg the other night
Wilson was sleeping in the store and
shot the young thief while in the act.
David Coulter, who shot and killed
15-vear-old Edward Illston, near To-
peka last fall, and who was recently
found guilty in the Shawnee county
district court, has been sentenced to
Fl years in the penitentiary. He is
only Is years old
Capt. Dillon, of Topeka, was found
lying near the Santa Fe railroad tracks
near Lawrence the other day badly in
jured. 1t was thought that he fell
from preceding train. He was picked
up by the evening passenger train and
taken to Kansas City.
Nellie Smiley, who worked in the
trimming department of Swift's pack
ing house, at Kansas City, Kan,
slipped and fell upon large knife the
other day which penetrated the abdo-
man and inflicted what was thought
to be fatal wound.
The Kansas NJ E. conference elected
the following delegates to the general
conference at Cleveland: Rev. A. S.
Embree, of Topeka; Rev. w H. Under
wood, Clay Center; Rev. J. A. Molter,
Baldwin; Hon. J. M. Miller, Council
Grove, and w. P. Fryhoffer. Randolph.
Frank Mapes, postmaster at Kansas
ing himself at his home in that city on
the 18th. Inspectors had been going
over his accounts and he was short
about IS, OOo For a year past, it was
said. he had been drinking and living
beyond his income.
On the night of February Is Charles
Rodman, Harper county farmer, was
murdered in his barn by unknown par
ties Later William Maddox, one of
the best known citizens, man named
Clark and Mrs. Rodman were arrested
for the crime. Mrs. Rodman confessed
that through Maddox she had paid
Clark $50 to kill her husband because
he had ill-treated her.
Dr. B. J. Perrine, of Vinland, Doug
las county, died the other day from
blood poisoning caused by his being
bitten by child suffering from diph-
liberia. DR.. Perrine was treating the
child and he had occasion to put his
finger in its mouth, when it bit him.
Blood poisoning set in, and he died.
The little one had a malignant form of
the disease, but recovered.
The state board of live stock sani-
tary commissioners met recently at To-
recently-issued rules for 1896 to con-
form with the changes made by Secre-
tary Morton, who has replaced the line
to its position of year ago, letting in
cattle from northwestern Texas and
northwestern Oklahoma. The new
rules of the Kansas board will be the
same as the national rules, excepting
that the Kansas board bars all of Ar
kansas and Kingfisher county, Ok,
and Garden and Lowell townships of
Cherokee county, Kan.
It is asserted as certain that Ander-
son Gray, of hypnotic fame, now serv-
ing a life sentence in the penitentiary
for murder. will be pardoned by the
governor. Petitions are pouring into
the executive Office asking for the par
don. Gray is charged with completely
in the murder of David Patton at Con-
way Springs two years ago. He was
charged with having exerted the power
of hypnotic suggestions over Tom Nc
Donald, thus causing the latter to kill
Patton. Mcdonald confessed to the
murder and gained his liberty by tes-
tifying that Gray had hypnotized him
and then Influenced him to do the
deed. Mcdonald has made an affidavit
that he swore falsely at the trial.
Pensions, were lately granted to the
following veterans: Monroe Brown,
Pleasanton; Daniel Plum, Walnut; Byron
O. Witter, National Military Home; Will
liam Devolid, St Marys; Camm T. San
ders, Marion; Isaac n. Strohn, Lam
sing. Increase, Erastus N. Emmons,
Washington; John McHaley, Dexter;
Patrick w. Gilligan. National MILL
tary Home; Andrew J. Sullivan, Coffey-
vile; Pleasanton 2. Ellis, Uniontown.
Original widows, etc. Mary M. Triggs,
Topeka; minor of Isaac Burroughs,
Shaw and Erie; Mary M. Marsh, Rus
sell; Eliza Thompson, Leavenworth;
minors of Edward Evans, Concordia;
Maria Craig, Lawrence; Josephine T.
Henry, Upton; Irene Sipple, Chautau-
qua; Sarah E. Holler, Manhattan. Re-
newal and increase, Barchal Y. Moss,
Arcadia. Reissue and increase, Chris
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