Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-30

farmer sentenced to life imprisonment
for using alleged hypnotic power to
get man to commit murder, and who
was pardoned a year ago, has brought
suit for divorce from his wife, alleging
infidelity. A number of leading citi-
zens of Sumner county are named al
correspondents, some of them men who
were active in securing the conviction
of Gray and in opposing efforts to Sc
cure his pardon.
Figures from the Pension once.
Pension Agent Leland, at Topeka,
reports that from March to Septem-
Der so there were 4,093 new pensioners
added to the roll. In that time there
were dropped, on account of death,
marriage of widows and children be-
coming of age, 1885. OF this number,
1903 were on account of death. On
March L there were log. O97 pensioners
on the Topeka roll. On September 80
there were 1O7, 255-an increase of 1, 15s.
stryker Reverses Order.
State Superintendent Stryker has
reversed the order recently issued that
applicants for third grade certificates
must average so per cent. on eXamina-
ton. He says he has discovered a
statute which provides that the aver
age need be only 20 per cent. with a
Oh w per CchG- III any OhO
study, and that his circular is there
fore void.
Will Not Cite Mr.. McNan.
Attorneys for the Mutual Life In
surance company of New York will not
cite State Insurance Superin endent
McNan for contempt. McNall refused
to issue the company a license after
being ordered to do so by Judge Will
liams. but under Judge Williams deci-
sion the company can do business in
Kansas without a license from McNall.
Under the New Anti-Trust Law.
In Neosho county the prosecuting
attorney will subpenae witnesses and
try to secure evidence against several
wholesale grocery, tobacco, oil, crack
err and canned goods houses that are
alleged to be in trust. The proceed
ings will be under the Farrelly anti
trust law. Retail merchants will be
among the witnesses subp9naed.
Novel Plan to Catch Thieves.
A new plan of Undertaking is in
effect at Hutchinson and the mayor
urges everybody to aid. When any
person is molested on the street or at
home. day or nj ght, he will telephone
central" whereupon the fire whistle
will sound the thief alarm, and every
citizen is deputized to arrest and run
in any suspicious character.
Unfortunate Miss Farmer.
A recent telegram stated that Miss
Annabel Farmer was found wandering
in the vicinity of Washington park,
Chicago. and appeared to be demented
and faint for want of food. Miss
Farmer is from Erie, Kan, and two
years ago she was a stenographer in
the office of Warden Lynch, at the
Kansas penitentiary.
some Thousand Kansans"
|. EX-State Senator Hill 2. Wilson is
editing book entitled Zone Thousand
Kansans." which will soon be issued
from a Topeka printing house. The
book is only open to those who have
done something that entities them to
be recorded as foremost citizens. 1t is
asserted that money cannot buy a
place in the book.
Distressing Accident to a Young Lady.
Miss Mamie Brown, a young lady
teacher in the schools at Cato, was SO
severely burned recently that she will
probably not recover. Her clothes
caught fire from Il stove and her limbs
and body were frightfully burned,
while one hand was almost reduced to
n crisp
An Unusual Proceeding.
John and William Blalock, who are
now serving life sentences in the state
penitentiary from Cherokee county.
have through attorneys brought suit
against the state for release. alleging
error in the trial record. Able law
yers argue that the state cannot be
sued.
Secured the Combination.
Two big stores in Great Bend were
robbed of 500 the other night by a
| thief who secured the combination to
the safes by representing himself as
an agent of the Mosler Safe company
| and was allowed to clean the safes
Insanity Caused by Baptism.
Mrs. Hattie NJ. Belden. wife of q
young farmer near Tecumseh, was
| recently taken to the state insane asy-
lum for insanity caused, so physicians
| say, by being baptized in ice cold
water when she was a girl.