Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-09-16
Governor Capper and Ex-Gov.
Hodges Made Addresses
at the Funeral.
STATE MONUMENT PROPOSED
Governor capper Willing to Assist In
Movement, He Said-Missourian
Paid a Tribute.

The little First Congregational
church at Olathe could not hold all
who came to the funeral services of
John P st. John, first Prohibition gov
ernor of Kansas and national fig
ure in the crusade against liquor
They were of all creedS and condi-
lions, including a lame old negro
nanny. Hundreds went to the
church earlier in the day.
Eulogies We're spoken by Governor
Capper, ex-Gov. George H Hodges of
Olathe and H. P. Faris of Clinton, Mo-,
in behalf of the Prohibition party, of
which Mr.. ST. John was the presiden-
tial candidate in 1884.
Governor ST. Johns life was an in
SEPARATION to me and to thousands of
Others said Governor Capper. His
name will go down in history as
great American like John Brown, be-
cause of the principles for which he
fought so valiantly- Think of the 11s
million boys and girls who never saw
a saloon! That must be credited to
Governor ST. John more than to any
other man.
81 should like to see the people of
Kansas erect a suitable monument to
his memory and will be glad to assist
in any way 1 can"
Mr.. Faris paid a tribute to Mrs ST.
John, who stood by his side through
these troubles as a helpmate to this
knight"
This friend of ours is not dead"
said Mr.. Hodges, his work lives and
will go on. And while he will have
his monument, he has the greatest
monument the world can give, the
love and respect of his fellow men,"
DR.. Marvin M. Culpepper of the
First Methodist church conducted the
services. His text was from ST. John
i, 6: There was a man sent from
God, whose name was John" Doctor
Culpepper, who was. close to Mr.. ST.
John in his final illness, said of him
that after skirmishing around in the
world of thought, in his last days he
came back again to Jesus, the Naza-
rene, realizing that there is but one
Savior"
To Build Prison SiIo.-Warden T.
w. Morgan of the federal penitentiary
at Leavenworth has been authorized
by the government to purchase and
install a 130-ton silo. The drouth and
the need of something to keep feed
for the large herd of prison milk cows
finally induced the government to go
into the silo feed proposition.
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Lawrence Wants Rattery.-Law-
renee citizens have presented to Ad-
jutant General Martin in Topeka their
formal petition asking the establish
ment of a battery of field artillery
there, as authorized by recent proyis-
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Kansas.
Pageant at Osawatomie .-More than
three thousand persons observed the
sixtieth anniversary of the Battle of
OsawatoEie recently. Governor Capper
delivered the speech dedicating the
bronze tablet given by the Woman's
Relief Corps of Kansas and dedicated
to the Grand Army of the Republic
At night a dramatic pageant reproduc-
ing the Battle of Osawatomie was
given. This celebration will be OBJ
served annually August 49,
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Conscience Paid Her Fare-Eugene
Morality, city ticket agent for the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail- |
road at Wichita, has received a letter
in which were three SO bills and |
81 bill with note signed by a girl 1
who said she had been converted at |
the holiness camp meeting there
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Used Wooden key.-With wooden |
keys whitfield from a broom handle, |
two prisoners recently unlocked the |
doors of the Ford county Jail and |
walked out. They have not been re-
captured.
Crushed in Cave-In-John Buffing-
ton, As, was crushed to death by a
cave-in of earth in sand bank in
which he was working at Smith Gen.
ter. Bert Carson also was caught, but
managed to dig himself out
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Bonner Springs Promoted.-Three
wards were created in Bonner Springs
following proclamation by Governor
Capper declaring it a second class
city The first municipal election un-
der the ward divisions is to be INovem-
Der %.
Quarantine Fort RiIey.-In an order
issued recently by Lieut. Col Tyree |
Rivers, commandant at Fit Riley, per-
sons living at the post are prohibited
from visiting the towns of Milford and