Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-23
SHORT KANSAS ITEMS !

southeast Kansas, a record price
Leavenworth is all worked up over
the finding of human foot in a sewer.
The southwest Kansas and Okla
homa implement dealers held a meet
ing at Wichita
Lester Price, who killed his father
with a hammer at Ottawa, has been
adjured insane.
Joseph Bristow las gone to Wash
ington to appear as witness in the
Crawford postal fraud case
Kansas merchants at Topeka Tues
day formed an organization to fight
the mail order business
The various civic leagues in Cow
ley county have federated in an eff
fort to get rid of the joints
The store of Ross & Brown of Cold
well was ROBBED early Wednesday
morning of silks volued at $4,000
The implement dealers OF Wichita
Wednesday passed a resolution indoors
ing the presidents rate program
The National Life Insurance com
pany of Vermont has paid the $4,000
policy on the life TO c. j Devlin-
Cliff Hetherington of Atchison may
die from injuries received when his
auto went over a bank with him.
J. L. Brady is now in charge of the
Lawrence Journal, having sold his in.
terests in the World to w. C. Simons.
The supreme court has dnied writ
of habeas corpus to Charles Keleher,
one of the Hill City murder suspects.
Representative Murdoch and Sena,
tor Long will introduce bills for a
100000 postoffice building at New.
ton.
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chinery at the Pl..sburg brick plant
Wednesday afternoon and crushed tc
death.
The custer suit against the Stand.
ard Oil company has been postponed
until the March term of the supreme
court.
Edward Lesion of Ho1ton has been
arrested charged with connection
with the Nebraska land fencing
cases.
The Second battery of the field ar.
tillery, which marched overland from
Fort Sill, Ok, has arrived at Fort
Riley.
The car shortage, which caused
much Inconvenience to shippers
throughout the state, has been re
lieved.
Jacob Price of Richmond was struck
by his son, who is believed to be in.
sane, and mis- skull was fractured. He
may die.
A drug" store was raided at Par.
sons Monday and enough wet goods
and fixtures to stock up a good joint
were secured.
James Butler who organized the
Farmers Co-operat Shipping associa
ton, is now organizing co-ope- alive
packing plants.
The dairy, poultry, corn and alfalfa
institute trains are out over the Cen
trail Branch and other Missouri Pa.
cific lines this week.
Rnbe Vaughn, who was sent to Jail
at Medicine Lodge for six months for
kidnapping his own child. has beer
pardoned by Governor Hoch.
G. w. Bowman, father of the miss
ing treasurer of Phillips county, has
made a tender of $4,000 to cover
up the shortage in his accounts.
John Graham, in taking a shotgun
from shelf at Pittsburg Tuesday
accidentally discharged it and killed
his stepfather, Willis Lawrence.
Joseph A. Seagraves of Topeka.
now a policeman on the canal zone, is
in Topeka securing some bloodhounds
which he will take to the isthmus.
Hal Richards, an employee of the
American Express company at Fort
Scott, has been arrested on the charge
of stealing an express package con
tanning $3.50.
A CLUB" case has been appealed
from Lawrence to the supreme court
to determine whether social clubs
can be made amenable to the pro
hibitory law.
The Topeka Commercial club Tues
day night celebrated the semi-con-
tennia1 anniversary of the. founding
of the town. None of the original
settlers is alive.
A thief entered the home of P. G
Walton, president of the First Ma
tional bank at Anthony, Tuesday
night and stole jewelry and diamonds
valued at $4,000.
Dell Travis, the stage game warden.
has bought a flock of pheasants for
breeding purposes and is negotiating
for 5000 more to be turned loose in
the state next year.
Shippers from every Kansas and ter
ritory town will be at Wichita this
when the implecent mems convention
opens. Freight rate reforms will be
the only topic of discussion
Warren Cooper of Manhattan died
at ST. Louis Monday, and in his will
left $1,000 to the Missouri Humane
society. The rest of the estate goes
to two cousins in Manhattan.
The Santa Fe has obtained a char
ter for the Medicine Valley railway.
which will be a cutoff between Dodge