Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-05-19

parties would always be severely dealt
with
Parmenter's Parole Asked.
Application has been made to Gov
ernor Hoch for the parole of Charles
Parmenter, of Bourbon county, who .s
serving sentence of Is years in the
penitentiary for numbering Frank
Bruner. The crime was committed
four years ago, and Parmenter was
convicted of murder in the second
degree. Charles Griffith, R. w. Blue
and Grant Hornaday presented the APP
plication to the governor.
Hutchison Raised The Money
Hutchinson has raised S150,000 in
money to build a car line and electric
light plant The car line and electric
light plant will be built this year.
The last of the SSO,0OO bonds of the
road are sold and the stock subscrip-
lions and the aid voted by the city
completes the financing of the biggest
proposition undertaken there in years.
Every cent of this money was raised
at home.
Atchison Voted Park Bonds.
Two bond propositions were voted on
at a special election at Atchison. One
was to issue $55, 900 for the construction
of culvert over White Clay creek
This was defeated by 157 votes. The
second proposition, to issue $4,000 in
park bonds, with the tacit understand
ing that the money is to be turned
over to Atchison's commercial organi-
zation to aid it in locating new manu-
featuring enterprises, carried by lie
majority. The vote was light.
wichita Pipe Line VIII Begin May Is
BY the 18th of May the first ship
Montgomery county end of the pipe
line that is to be built from that
county to Wichita for the purpose
of piping natural gas there according
to statement made by J. o. Davidson
to the city council of Wichita when
he asked for an extension of the tim@
granted in his franchise for beginning
work on the line.
Safe Blowers in Clay Center.
Burglars blew open the safe belong.
ing to the Hartman Bros Broom COM
pany in Clay Center securing $50 in
money and jewelry valued at more
than that amount. One of the Hart
man brothers lives over the office and
was awakened by the explosion. He
at once notified the officers who with
in a few minutes Weere on the trail
of the robbers, but did not catch them
The Oklahoma Debaters Won.
The last of a series of there debates
between the teams of the Kansas State
Normal and the Oklahoma Normal OF
Alva, held in Emporia, resulted in q
unanimous decision for the Oklahoma
debaters, giving them the champion
ship of the series. The winning men
were William Erdman, Sander J. Vige
and Loren Williams.
ssDrummers. Plan n Parade.
Oklahoma and Kansas travelling
men, who are making plans for the
annual convention of the United Com
mercial Travellers, in Wichita, May IL
and r. have announced that parade
would be the feature of the gathering.
1t will be the first attempt ever made
by western commercial travellers to
feature one of the conventions Wives
of the commercial travellers have been
invited
The annual government inspection
of the cadet corps and military band
of the Kansas State Agricultural col
1ege was witnessed by over 1000 stu
dents and visitors. Maj. Mann, OF
the general staff, Washington, D. c..
was the inspecting officer. The cadets
made a fine showing. Capt P. NJ
Shaffer, Twenty infantry, is in
command.
Iron MouIders at lola Strike.
Twenty iron workers employed at
the United Iron works at lola walked
out on a strike. Eight or ten
men who knew that the strike was
coming stopped work during the week.
There was not an iron moulder left
at work. The strike is the result of
an order issued by the Kansas-Mis-
souri, branch of the Iron Moulders'
union.
Holiday to "CIean Up"
In compliance with a proclamation
issued by Peter Everhardy, the mayor
of Leavenworth, half holiday was OBJ
served for persons to clean their prem
ises. Fully three-fourths of the res
idents cleaned their yards and COM
piled with the request of the mayor.
Was Rejected by Widow.
Washington Solomon, a Missouri
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