Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-08-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Young repu Dix OF Elm orla placed
Mr.. Peach at the head of their club.
Abilene is trying to economic by
trying to get along without electric
lights
1t is said that Ed c. Little, of Abb
lene, is working to succeed PETER in
the senate
Congressman ]. P. Dolliver, of Iowa,
will make six speeches in Kansas dur
ing this campaign.
j. NJ. Simpson was elected chairman
and j. L. Bristow secretary of the re-
pu blican state committee.
Ex-Gov. Lewelling was nominated
for state senator by the populists and
democrats of Sedgwick county
John W. Breidentha1 was elected
chairman of the populist state commit
| tee by vote of seven to three
| Garrett A. Hobart, republican nomi-
nee for vice president, will attend the
big reunion at Topeka in September.
Rev. 81. E. Ballou, of Seneca, is the
populist candidate for congress in the
First district to oppose Case Frederick.
| Hon. J. r Burton, of Abilene, will
make several political speeches in
Maine before the fall election in Sep
| tenn Der.
The state meet of the L. A. w. at
Salina, August 1921, is expected to be
big affair. Over 81 900 in prizes
| offered.
B. F. Hewitt, an old and highly re-
spected citizen of Olathe, died the
other day from blood poisoning pro-
duced by spider bite.
| Andy Mcdonald, a Kansas City fire.
man, was killed while making a run
| the other day, and three other fremen
with him were seriously injured
Wyandotte county has been amicably
settled and Editor Martin, of the Ga
zette, is supporting J. P. harris for
congress.
| Friends of Hon. A. P. Riddle, editor
of the Minneapolis Messenger, are
pressing his claims for insurance COM
missioner to succeed the late George
T. Anthony.
| The Kansas Seventh Day Adventists
hold their annual conference and camp
meeting at Council Grove from August
&c to September Z. Fully l, 200 camp
ers are expected.
| The semi-annua1 distribution of the
state school fund, which amounts to
S2OS, 900. or ~ cents for each child of
school age, will soon be made by Su-
perintendent Stanley.
| The Mystic Brotherhood. secret
anti-prohibition order will submit
numter of questions to Gov. Morrill,
and Mr. Leedy touching their views
on the resubmission question.
| Lieut.. Berry, young graduate of
| West Point whose home is in ELS
worth, is under arrest charged with
serious crime. The complaining wit
ness is young girl only 16 years old.
! A sensation was caused at Wichita
the other day by the arrest of George
S. Wilson, a well-known attorney. who
was charged with cmbezzling ST, 500
from an estate of which he was agent
| ]. c. Ragsdale, NJ, K. & L. bag
ga eman, and j. H. Thomas, a colored
porter, have brought suit at Parsons
for SIG, 600 damages against j. w. Ca
rev. a railway contractor, who accused
them of theft.
Democrats and populists of the
Fourth congressional district nomi-
mated John Madden, an Emporia
| lawyer, for congress to oppose Charles
| Curtis. In 1855 Madden was a repub-
lican presidential elector, but became
a populist in 1899
Judge Vandivert was hung in effipy
at Larned one night recently and the
figure labeled ''Vandivert, the Gar"
Vandivert is the judge who sent j. w.
Rush to jail for refusal to obey or
der of the court, and the insult is sup
posed to be the outgrowth of this
trou BILE
Cyrus Leland has secured some of
the leading republican orators of the
country to stump Kansas during the
campaign. Among them are Roswell
G. Horr, John Sherman. Senator Jo-
seph B. Foraker, Thomas b. Reed, Sem
tor Frye, Ben Butterworth, Congress
men Hepburn, Dolliver and Burrows
and Will am E. Mason.
| william Chadburn escaped from the
penitentiary at Lansing, one Sunday
| recently in smooth wav. During
cha pei exercises he got permission to go
to the closet, but instead of doing SO he
went to the guards room and put on a
suit of citizens clothes He then man
aged to fall in with a mum Der of visit.
ors and marched out. passing three
sets of guards
Ottawa, recently sold to s. F. Beeler.
corn at Il cents, payable in Mexican
silver dollars The transaction was
proposed by Allen in free silver argu-
ment, who little thought that Beeler
could get hold of that many Mexican
dollars, but Beeler fooled him, and
Allen would not go back on his word
A number of ex-union soldiers from
different parts of the state met at To
peka the other day and organized the
Veterans Protective League of Kansas
A. w. Smith, of Jefferson, was chosen
n IL %