Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-03-27
KANSAN OFFERS QUEER WILL
Document Made Up From Memory
Presented for Probate in Saline
County Recently.


For the first time in the history of
the probate court of Saline county an
application to admit a will made up
from memory of the original VIII,
which is lost, will be heard by Judge
G. w. Wilson early next month. When
Daniel Kilahan died without known
relatives some months ago all efforts
to find will said to have been drawn
up in 1907 were unsuccessful The
will was executed by Judge w. F. Mus
ser, now deceased. James Markey
makes application to have admitted
for probate will drawn up from mem
DRY, which names a number of bene-
ficiaries By law the administrator
and the county become defendants.
Kilahan, who lived alone, was found
dead in bed. After his death the
shack in which he lived, and his sta
bles were wrecked in hunting for val
tables. Several hundred dollars were
found, and this with the farm, stock,
and money in the banks, totaling sew
eral thousand dollars, were thrown
into the hands of the court. If the
probate court refuses to consider the
will drawn from memory the Kilahan
possessions will revert to the state
The case may find it's way into the dis
trict court and later in the supreme
court before it is finally settled.
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Women Put Up Own Ticket.-Deter-
mined that Colony, a thriving town in
Allen county, shall progress as a COM
munity center, and that it shall have
a building especially dedicated to that
purpose, the women of the town will
have a full ticket in the field to be
voted upon at the municipal election
in April.
Democrat on Republican Ticket
DR.. w G. Tllaman, Democratic mayor
of Atchison in 1901, running on
reform platform on the Republican
ticket, secured the nomination as G.
o. P. candidate according to the Off
cial returns.
Girl Lassoed a Coyote.-Miss Dora
Miller, II years old, who is visiting at
the d. H Smith ranch, Hardner. Kas-,
went with Smith the other day to a
trap that had been set for coyote.
Evidences showed an animal had been
caught and had taken the trap away
with it While Smith went back to
the house for a gun, Miss Miller fol-
lowed the coyotes trail on horseback
Catching up with it, she lassoed the
coyote and choked it to death.
TWO Kansans Die of Burns.-Henry
Jackson and his motherin-law, Mrs
Beck. were burned so severely at Well
ington that both died An oil stove in
the Jackson home caught fire. Jack
sons clothing ignited when he at
tempted to throw the stove out win
dow. Mrs. Beck, who was on the sec
ond floor when the fire started, was
taken from the building only after she
had been rendered unconscious.
Neodesha Man Kills HimseIf.-Enos
Sperry, 50 years old, who came to
Neodesha from New Haven. Conn.
thirty-six years ago. committed sui
eide recently on account of financial
worries
Dies on Way Honse-James w.
George, foreman of the car depart
ment of the Central branch shops at
Atchison, and one of the oldest men
in point of service on the line. fell
dead while going home from work
He went to Atchison in 1878 He was
So years old.
a Pioneer Woman Dead.-Mrs. Mary
E. Alternately. IS years old. is dead at
Ottawa She was niece of Doctor
Abernathy of England, who attended
Queen Victoria. Mrs Abernathy had
lived there forty years-