Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-06
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Crawford county has a woman who
owing up to being 102 years old.
There is a famine of tank cars il
the Chanute oil fields and producers
cannot fill orders.
Farming land in the vicinity of Alb
iline is selling at $50 per acre, and the
demand for farms is increasing
The Pittsburg electric railway has
been sold to eastern capitalists, who
will improve and extend the system
A fire in the residence district Of
Newton destroyed several residences
recently. The loss was about $4,000.
The Chetopa State bank has beer
sold to Harry w. Bedell, acting for the
Banking Trust company of Kansas
City, Kans.
Mrs. Carrie A Nation has paid off
the mortgage on the home for drunk
ards wives, which is located in KanS
as City, Kansas.
Work has begun in earnest at the
north smelter and the pottery plant
in Pittsburg. The engine was start
ed Saturday night.
The trial of James Oliver at Wichita,
charged with the murder of Joseph
c. Casey, March 10, began in the dis
trict court Monday afternoon.
Victor Murdoch representative in
Congress from the Eighth Kansas dis
.rict, says that it will be only a few
Years until Southern Kansas will pro
luce oranges.
Wichita is having a census taken
Oy the assessors and notice has been
served upon them that unless they can
lind at least 10000 inhabitants they
would better hide out.
worth, Wyandotte and Chanute are un-
easy because the terms of their new
Democratic mayors were ushered in
last week with a snow-storm.
A part of Wichita girls who were
In Ocean Beach, Cal, recently found
man there who was palming himself
off as William Allen White. They
detected the fraud and exposed him.
A part of one of the main street
business blocks in Galena was destroy
ed by fire Tuesday, resulting in a loss
Of $4,000. The heaviest loser is John
Volz.
Private John Potts of the Seventh
battery, stationed at Fort Riley, has
been directed to report at Fort Leaven
worth for examination for second lieu
| tenant in the army.
Wk1le hunting for horses on the old
Three Bar ranch Sunday afternoon a
| farmer discovered the dead body of
woman lying in an old VOLTS den,
three miles southwest of Chase.
Under the direction of Prof Lucien
|. Blake of the engineering department
Of the University of Kansas, a wireless
telegraph station has been installed
On the top of Fraser Hall at Lawrence.
A. B. Coyne, a Topeka boy who has
been in the United States navy, is
| nome to stay. Mr.. Coyne is "a years
II age, and during the four years of
| ais service never received a demerit
mark.
Isis temple of the Mystic Shrine of
Sallna, has arranged to make the cere-
nonia1 session of the order, to be held
here May %, great day for Masonry
Kansas. About $50 candidates will
| be initiated.
Mayor Everhardy of Leavenworth.
| aas notified the councilmen that he
would nominate Joseph Cranston for
| chief of police, Wiley Murphy for
street commissioner, and John MaduS-
ka for city engineer.
| r. A. Clark, an elderly man and a
| farmer, living near Girard, was prob
ably dangerously injured by a bull
Monday He had started to cross
ield when the bull knocked him down
md trampled upon him.
The men who are believed to have
ourglarized two stores at Phillipsburg
| Friday have been captured at Scanria.
They were caught with the goods in
their possession, one wearing a shirt
ne had stolen, the offercers assert
| D. H. Brown, who held the position
| Of superintendent of schools for ten
years at Fort Scott has resigned to
accept a position with the state man.
ial training normal establishment by
he last legislature at Pittsburg
Fred L. Vandergrift, who, as the
City Star, has been the dean of Topeka
newspaper correspondents from time
llmmemorial, will leave Topeka on May
L and go into business for himself
The young man who disappeared
| from Winfield and was found several
months latter in Carlo, Ill, tells the old
story about not remembering how he
got there, and even processes not to
recollect ever having lived in Winfield
Mr.. and Mrs. A. K. Miller died in
Coffeyville the same day. They were
81 and 76 years old respectively. The
wife died at O'Clock in the morning
and the husband survived her one
hour. They had lived together fifty
years.
F. R. Ogg, who was defeated for
mayor of Olathe by one vote, has be-
gun contest against ]. ]. Glover, the
| successful candidate, in the supreme
court Mr.. Ogg believes that a re-
| count of the ballots will give the place
to him