Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-04-07
W. A. MORGAN DEAD
Pioneer Editor and Former G.
A. r. Department Com
mander Passes Away.
FATHER OF LIEUT.. GOVERNOR
Col. Morgan Was Stricken With Ap-
oPIexy at Hutchinson and Died
the Same Day

Col. William A. Morgan, Kansas
pioneer and editor, former department
commander of the G. A. r., and the
father of Lieut.. Gov. W. Y. Morgan,
was stricken with apoplexy at Hutch
inson recently, and died the same
evening. The interment was at Cot
tonwood Falls.
Lieutenant Governor Morgan is a di-
rector of the Associated Press and was
on his way to New York to attend a
directors meeting. He was caught by
wire in Kansas City and Immediately
started for Hutchinson.
Colonel Morgan was native of Ire
land, having been born March 6, 1841.
He came to this country when he was
6 years old, the family locating at Gin
cinnati. There he received his school
ing and learned the printing trade. He
served three years in the Civil War,
enlisting as a private in Company d,
Twenty-third Kentucky Infantry. He
went to Cottonwood Falls in 1871,
where he owned and edited the Chase
County Leader thirty years.
Mr. Morgan represented Chase Coun-
ty in the legislature and was senator
from Chase, Marion and Morris coun-
Ties III the S0SSlOnS Oh 1oS0-1oSO.
Besides his son, Lieutenant Cover
nor Morgan, he is survived by one
daughter, Mrs Charles A. Coe, of Cot
tonwood Falls, with whom he had
made his home since the death of his
wife.
College Founder Dead-C. J. Strom-
quist, widely known Swedish pioneer
and one of the founders of Bethany
College, is dead at Lindsborg. He
came to Mcpherson County in 1872.
He held county offices, was the leader
of the temperance cause in the legis-
lature in 1895, and 1897. He was IA
years old.
Caldwell Advance SoId.-C. NJ Hunt
of Garnett, and J. r. Bennett, of To
peka, former state printing shop en-
ployees, have bought the Caldwell Ad-
vance from Mrs. Clarice McIntire, re-
Gently elected clerk of Sumner Coun-
ty. Mr.. Hunt is Mrs. McIntires
Woman Fatally Burned.-While
Mrs. Florence Forgey, of Lebanon was
cleaning clothes a vessel on the stove
containing gasoline exploded and she
was enveloped in flames. A chance
caller put out the fire, but not until
Mrs. Forgey was fatally burned and
the home virtually destroyed.
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Husbands Blood Save Wife-A
pint of blood transferred from her
husbands veins to her own probably
saved the life of Mrs. James w. Phil
lippi in the Atchison hospital Mrs.
Phillippi's condition now is favorable.
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Public Health Body EIects-The
Kansas branch of the American Pub
lie Health Association, in session at
Lawrence, elected officers as follows !:
G. A Haskins, Lawrence, president !;
S. p. Elder, Atchison, vice president;
Miss Myrtle Greenfield, Lawrence,
secretary and treasurer. The organi-
cation effected at the meeting was a
temporary one, which will be com
pleted at the meeting of the Kan
sas health officers at Rosedale on
April %.
To Write Flag Essays.-A prize will
be offered in the schools of Douglas
county for the best essay on 1.-THE
American Flag" The pupils are at
liberty to choose their own subject
as long as the essay is about the flag
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Sold Snuff to a Minor.-A Lawrence
merchant, NJ. r. Wier, has been ar
raigned on charge of selling snuff
to a minor, a student of Haskell
Indian school. He admits selling the
snuff, but declares the boy claimed to
be of age.
Farm Fire Loss $18, o0o.-Fire of un
known origin caused loss of SIS, 00C
| on the farm of Carlin Brothers in
the south part of Saline county re
Gently. Two barns, one of which was
the largest in the county; six horses
two mules, a number of hogs, twenty
tons of hay and more than $4,000
worth of corn burned
Truck Broke Dealers Leg G
Stewart, motor car dealer, received
broken leg and other injuries wher
truck backed over him at Pratt
4 recently. He will recover.
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Died From Paralysis-Marvin Wood