Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-12-16
SHORT KANSAS ITEMS


The Kansas congressman held .
caucus at Washington Saturday night
Governor Hoch spent Thursday in
Smith Center, where he made q
Speech
Annie Southland, a waitress. commit
ted suicide at Chanute via the car
bolic acid route.
United States District Attorney Dean
Is in Washington relative to possible
land fraud prosecutions
The Kansas Oil Producers associ-
alton has begun national campaign
for equitable oil rates.
William Swalwell, a carpenter. was
killed at the Santa Fe shops at To-
peka by q travelling crane.
Every politician in Kansas is say
ing ct told you so.'' Now, let the
senatorial scramble begin.
The coal rate hearing has been fin
ishei by the railroad board and the
case taken under advisement.
The state auditor says the state ed
ucational institutions cannot use their
expense funds for advertising.
The medical students of K. u, who
attended the Rosedale branch OF the
university have visited Lawrence.
Mrs. Susan Caldwell, charged with
the murder of her husband at Salina
will be placed on trial December g.
Joseph Click, Union Pacific brake
man of St Mary's, was killed at Lin
coin Center by falling under train
Orders have been reviewed in the
Chautauqua county field, it is said,
to cut oil runs in half for the present
Burlington men will have to go to
bed now while their wives wash their
shirts The laundry there burned
down.
The body of c. w. Purkey, farmer
who lived near Peru, was found in a
box car at Independence with the skull
crushed.
William Butler, a negro who trial
to run over grading outfit near
Silverdale, was shot and killed by the
boss of the jcS.
Charles Purkey, son of c. W. Pur-
key, who was found dead in box car
at Cherryvale, has been held for the
murder of his father.
The federal prisoners at Fort Leav-
enworth had deep sea Turkey" for
dinner Thursday. Inland, deep sea
! turkey is called halibut.
The State Temperance union is go
ing to send an emissary to the presl-
dent to ask him to aid in driving the
demon rum out of Kansas.
Louis Michael, a pioneer Jewish cit
izen of Leavenworth, who had been In
business there for fifty years, died
the other day, " years old.
D. H. Runnels, editor of the Winona
| News. was killed at Winona when the
| concrete arch of the cellar OF house
he was building caved in on him.
Secretary Crumbine of the state
board of health has become alarmed
| by the prevalence of jiphtheria and
has ordered all schoolhouses disinfect-
ed.
| William Williamson, an Oklahoman,
| pleaded guilty at Topeka to using the
| mails to defraud and was sentenced
to three years in the federal prison at
! Leavenworth.
Grayson Roger, proprietor Of the
| Chambers hotel at Leavenworth has
been arrested charged by Miss Sallie
Moyse with opening a letter to her
from Governor HOch-
Whisky, according to the state rail-
road board, is a luxury and not a ne
.cessity in Kansas and the express COM
panies are given permission to raise
the rate on it if they desire.
J. C. Lincoln, freight traffic man
ager of the Missouri Pacific, says
such hearings as are now on before
the state railroad board never bring
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sides are ignorant of the subject they
are handling.
Sportsmen will be glad to know that
| Governor Hoch's visit to the state fish
hatchery at Pratt has resulted in the
| governor favoring a great extension OF
| the work He wants the legislature
! to authorize the purchase of 1000
/ acre tract which can be turned into
| a lake, and also the purchase of a
fish car.
]. H. Richardson of the Kansas City
| Western electric road and eastern
| capitalists have been looking over
| right of way through the southern end
! of eLavenworth county for proposed
electric road from Kansas City to To-
| peka There have been several other
such schemes On tap, but none of them
! have ever planned out anything
There may be some disposition to
poke fun at Mayor Savage of Yelling
| ton for his Thanksgiving proclama-
| ton, but nevertheless there are one
| or two things in it worth bordering
over. Concluding he says: IF you
/ are at "outs" with your neighbor, be-
cause his chickens got in your gar
| den, go over early in the morning and
shake hands with him and tell him
that you are so thankful and happy
| and that it was not good garden
anyway and that you want to, forget
all about it. 1t is a day of helpfulness
as well as thanksgiving Let your
good wife know how thankful and
happy you are Tell her how charm