Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-09-02
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Governor Hoch spoke at the Hutch
inson reunion
Emporia has organized an Anti
Horse thief society
The state G. A R. reunion opened
at Hutchinson Tuesday.
Sugar is scarce in Kansas because
of the quarantine down south
There are fewer cases before the
federal court this term than for many
years.
James Fay, who recently escaped
from Lansing, has been captured at
Omaha.
Parsons has been asked to grant
some Chicago promoters a street car
franchise.
The price of zinc ore has been cut
will continue to run
Edwin Knowles. cashier of the Cen
trail National bank, will be cashier of
a new Topeka bank.
Governor Hoch says he has already
made up his mind on successor to
Justice Cunningham.
Governor Hoch has issued his Of
fetal proclamation setting aside Sep
TENDER as Labor Day
Aekerman's island in the Arkansas
river at Wichita will be converted
into a big amusement park.
w. H. Jordan has just completed his
twentieth year as the editor and pub
Usher of the Seneca Tribune.
The first spike has been driven on
the line of the new Coffeyville-Inde-
Observation-Disclosures electric line
Willie Coleman while lifting a
watermelon at Wichita. came into con-
tact with full load of No shot
Rosa Null and H. Clay Kelley are
under arrest at Pratt for the murder
of Harvey Null, the won:an's husband
Lena Gordon, a 13-year-old girl, was
arrested at Fort Scott yesterday,
charged with robbing rural mail boxes.
Water now being the official drink
in Kansas, Topeka expects something
to start about the time Governor Hoch
gets home.
James Toel, married man. is under
arrest in Severy for making an as
sault on Mrs. Myrtle Broderick, a mar
ried woman.
The real estate of the defunct To
peka bank will not be sold at auction,
but at private sale, in order to get
better prices.
alleged to be stealing watermelon,
was shot nv Eric Stavland, farmer,
and may lie.
Whatever may happen to the battle
ship Kansas in time to come, the fact
remains that she had to take water
once anyway.
The decrease in the number of
civil war pensioners at the Topeka
agency is being offset by the regulars
added to the rolls.
Mrs. ]. w. flashing has sued the
Garnett Gas company for $4,000 dam
ages for losses growing out of the gas
explosion last spring
The Hutchinson Independent- is Of
the opinion that prohibition against
religion would result in more Kan
sas men going to church.
The board of control has ordered
superintendent of charitable institu-
lions to make reports monthly of the
amount of supplies used.
The Topeka Elks are recurring what
has become of the bottle of chamDs enc
which they provided for the christen-
ing of the battle ship Kansas
Mrs. Perry, superintendenr of the
Beloft Industrial school for girls, has
given a bond for 50 500. the siouers of
which can qualify for $2,000,00O-
The railroad board has ordered the
Missouri Pacific to place the Lenora
branch in roDsir. SO that the trains
can run on the track occa sionallv.
w. D. Greason's Miami Republican
celebrated IFS fortieth birthday a few
DAVIS ago. II is one of the rnallv ex-
cellent weeklies in Eastern Kansas.
Mrs. AdeIho-t Morrison ,--ife IF a
Santa Fo nnoineer attempted suicide
twice at F-,poria F-idav. She over
taxed herself caring for rN'ative and
her mind became unbalanced.
The Cirard p-oss saws this isn't
srch a bad world after all- A sub
scriher who owed it $40 a5 on sub
turned in a pint of cherries on &C
count
The new raritaI National hank of
To-eka viii, have e1na 400 eap'.al> The
following a-o dirocto-e: A II. Bates,
F. II. C-cshv. r. w Nerriarn. Lee
Monroe. w s. Lindsay and E. A. Her
bush.
A decision of much interest TO oil
land lessees was banded down at Erie
SATURDAY., when Judge Stilwel1 held
that when there was no market and
oil was storod they were not liable
for the royalty.
L. N Flint has sold his falf interest
in the Manhattan Nationalist to his
is secretary Of the ansas university
alumni and will begin publishing the
Graduate Magazine.