Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1900-12-08

as winter quarters and general rendezvous, The
and E1hipi IL Co.. iscorporaIed with capital
of capital there is nothing surprising about
the on ne t9s
porated in England and now showing on the con-
Ths nsM Sompany has psoss limited number
aas All sss sn .s
able 70, and all communies lions addressed to The
Quarters, kansas City, Mo-
Senator Harris holds over for two
years
Frankfort has raised 5000 70 decor
ate it's school rooms
The average age of the Kansas
school marin" is 22.5 years.
The women of Marion are raising
money to build an opera house.
A man in Highland weighs 325
pounds, and his wife 2s5 pounds
Peabody ships homemade galvanized
metal tanks all over the United States
The country about Bush ton brags on
the number and style of its windmills-
Lord Scully dug up 81. o69 for taxes
on his Butler county ranch the other
day.
Syracuse is about to buy the Alamo
ditch for the purpose of irrigating it's
trees.
Volume six of the Kansas geological
survey is in the hands of the state
printer.
The Republican fambeau club of
Topeka will attend McKinley's inau-
guration-
The Topeka city council has been
| asked to appropriate $4,000 for park
| purposes
George Hewes was acquitted of the
charge of killing Robert Bomar at
Wichita.
1t is inferred that Mr.. Mainland, a
farmer in Barton county, is all that his
| name implies.
Muriel ingalls,, daughter of the late
John j. ingalls,, is president of the
Sunshine society of Atchison.
In Rush county there was tie in
the votes received by Mr.. Mccormick
and MIR. Anderson for the office of
county attorney. Before drawing
straws, as provided by law, the men
| agreed that the winner should make
the loser his deputy and equally divide
the salary. Mr.. Mccormick, the Pop
ulist. won, and Mr.. Anderson will be
his deputy.
In Atchison county the other day
father brought home a nice young step
mother to his two grown daughters.
/ In a week the two girls were married
on their own account and they conf
dentially informed friend that they
hurried to get away from home be-
cause s'that young thing wanted us to
call her Ma
Hamilton county has won the BAN
ner for polling the largest prohibition
vote of any county in the state COM
pared to the voting population. There
were 800 votes cast at the recent cleo
| ton. OF this number the Prohibition
state ticket received seventeen, a little
over per cent of the total vote. No
other county in the state cast per
cent of its vote for the Prohibition
| ticket.
| Seven members of trades unions
have been elected to the legislature.
They are: Joseph Butler, Democrat,
cooper, Kansas City; Joseph Landry,
Democrat, printer, Argentine; c. A.
Luling, Republican, printer, Wichita;
j. w. Tapp, Populist, butcher, Wichita;
John Halliday, Populist, coal miner,
Pittsburg; Tom Willerson, Populist,
| coal miner, Scammon; Grant Hume,
L
The Peabody News says Kansas has
been as tickle college girl in re-
gard to changing the spelling of her
name. Following are few of the
| ways the state has been known: Kan
zas, Canceas, Cansez, Kansez, Acansias,
Canvas, Canzis, Okanis, Kanseis, Cam
| ses, Canon, Ramon, Kans, Kanses,
| Konza. Kases, Kanzan, Kanzans, KAN
saws, Kaws, Kaw, Canaan"
Colonel ]. G. Rowland. governor of
the Soldiers home at Leavenworth,
| after conference with Colonel Sydney
Cook, has issued an order which for
| the district between Lansing and the
city limits, under penalty of expulsion
| from the home. This order is directed
at the famous klondi6e, little co1lec-
/ ton of saloons and bawdy houses
| which has been built up near the home
The Hiawatha World notes that Max
Phillips, who was working for J. v.
| Farwell, of Chicago, when the Spanish
war broke out, is still drawing his
! salary from Mr.. Farwell, who pledged
remained in the service of his country.
Phillips is in the Philippines
Captain John Seaton of Atchison,
the venerable member of the house of
| representatives, reelected again, is the
| champion of an effort to reform the