Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-17
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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has been elected commander OF the Royal
Legion in Kansas.
TIE late session of the State Medical As
ISOLATION at Topeka YVES largely attended
and many Interesting papers were read. Fol-
lowing are the officers elected: President.
DR.. j. Bell, Olathe; vice-president, DR.. II.
d. Hill, Augusta; second vice-presldent,
DIR. James A. Lane, Leavenworth; treas
urer, W. W. Cochran, Atchison; secretary,
DR.. j. E. Minney, Topeka. Delegates to
the American Medical Association: Drs.
Mottram, Lawrence: Frye, Kansas City,
Minney, Topeka; Buck, Peabody; Phillips,
Salina; Shenck Usage City, and Morse,
Lawrence.
MAJOR DRorGHT, Of Wyandotte, has
brought suit against the Kansas City,
Wyandotte & Northwestern railroad to
recover SIS 600 for money expended and
services rendered to that company, and the
sheriffs Of Wyandotte, Leavenworth, jack
son, Jefferson and Nenaha Counties have
attached real estate belonging to the COM
pany to the value of s3JO.OOO.
The mayor of Leavenworth has com
| MERGED suit against the Missouri Pacific
road, which it is claimed entered the city
and used its streets and crossings without
authority.
Hon. THOMAS RYAN has been renominated
for Congress by the Republicans OF the
Seconn district.
In the probate court at Leavenworth the
other day Mrs. Irwin Swsine. of Tonganoxie,
was adjuGged insane. Her husband stated
on the stand that during the past winter
q lot Of Christian Scientists held pro-
tracted meeting in the village, to which his
wife was regular attendant. She studi 81
| np1 nou hr,, IN
weeks ago she gave signs of not being ra-
tional and that her matu hobby was faith
| cure. She announced herself as being able
to make the blind see, the deaf hear and
| the dumb speak.
LATE post-ofice changes in Kansas: Els.
tablished-Agenda, Republic County;
Basehor, Leavenworth County; Konantz,
Stanton County; Tampa, Marion County.
Names changed-Ingalls, Lincoln County,
to Bayne; Wano, Cheyenne County, to st.
Francis.
| THE State Homeopathic Society at Its
late annual meeting elected s. A. Newhall,
| president: F. B. Sherburne, vice-president;
j. A. kirkpatrick, secretary, and G. II.
Anderson, treasurer.
The Social Science Club of Kansas and
" estern Missouri held its semi-annual ses-
sion at Kansas City on May 10 and IL. Mrs.
Witten Mcdonald, of Kansas City, deliv-
cred the address Of welcome and Mrs. 6.
A. Atwood. of Manhattan, responded. A
number of interesting papers were read by
ladies present
A CALL has been issued for a convention
of colored men to be held at Lawrence
May 81, the object being to consider the
relation Of the present political parties to
the colored voters, with the view OF lnde-
pendent action without regard to party
ties. The call is signed by w. D. Kelly,
c. II. J. Taylor, w. ID. Matthews, Lemuel
King and others. Each county will be en-
titled to one delegate for every 2OO colored
voters or major fraction thereof.
THE other morning the eleven-year-old
son Of George Hahn, Of Rosedale, took the
family horse out to Craze and tied the
halter strap around his wrist. A dog
jumped at the horse when it ran away and
the boy was draggnd to death.
THE receipts Of the penitentiary for April
were SIC, 1897, and the expenditures S12,-
1855.
THE firemen's tournament at Salina on
the Oh drew together 5000 people. The
champion hose race for prize trumpet
resulted as follows: Minneapolis 3S%
seconds, Clay Center As seconds, junction
City IS seconds, Soloman As seconds. In
the hook and ladder contest, Minneapolis
won in 81 seconds, Junction City 3osl,
Abiline 3l4, Salina 33H. The running
contest with hook and ladder for the
championship belt also went to Minneapolis
in 81 seconds, Junction City 3414, Abiline
3514. The combination race was won by
Minneapolis in $40 seconds.
MRS. n. L. PRENTIs, of Newton, was
oh Of has oil Coio nh
at its late meeting.
The total amount disbursed at the pen.
sion agency in Topeka for the month of
April was 32.497O5
The twentieth annual meeting of the
Kansas Grand Commandry Knights Tenn
plar lately held at Wichita elected the fol-
lowing officers for the ensuing year: T. P.
Rogers, of Topeka, G. E. c.; c. W. Hunt,
Lawrence, d. g. c.; G. w. Post. Beloit, G.
g.: W. s. Corbett. Wichita, G. c. G.. e. c.
Culp, Salina, G. S. W.; E. Gray, Larned,
G. j. W.; d. G. Upper, Leavenworth, G.
p; j. H. Brown, Wyandotte, G. r.; C.
Beck, Leavenworth, G. T.. j. Hoober, indie.
pendence. G. W. d. NJ. Ferguson, Paola,
G. s. B.; B. Mckee, Newton, G. s. B.; e.
s. Wheaton, Fort Scott, G. s.
j. R. DAVIDSON who defrauded friends at
Russell Of about s., 0p0 in 1879 was recently
arrested in California and returned for
trial. His location was discovered by his |
calling for his pension, which he had left |
untouched for nearly eight years.
The President has approved the act |
authorizing the Kansas Valley Railroad |
Company to construct and operate a rail- |
road through the Fort Riley military reser. |
walton.
PENSIONS granted Kansas veterans on |
the 10Th: Hiram b. Vennum, of Lincoln;
William R. Hueble, of Costell; Archibald |
G. Buchanan, Of Abilene, and Preston e. |
Rule (deceased), and Francis Rule, OF Cam
bridge.
FOURTH CLASS postmasters appointed in
Kansas on the 10th: Henry Robbins. at
Gladys: W. S. Neal, at Henkie; r. II. Glib
son, at Farnsworth; E. S. Brumnl, at Doni
phan; E. L. Pease, at Clayton, and Susan
l.. Beach, at Emerson.
THE Pratt County National Bank, at
Pratt City, was entered by thieves ut noon
on the 18th and robbed Of a package con-
tanning s4,Ol6. The bookkeeper and the
teller had gone to dinner and the cashier
partly turned the com bination on the safe,
locked the door of the bank and went
across the street to the post-office. He was
gone about ten minutes, but during his alb
sence the robbers broke pane Of glass in
a window, uudid the fastening. raised the
window and committed the theft. No clew
to the robber.
THE Indian board has allowed the claim
of George Fleming, of Leavenworth, for
IS, 200 on account of depredations by Chey.
enne Indians IN 1867.
CONTINUED fine rains.
LATE post-ofice changes in Kansas: Es.
tablished. Birmingham, Jackson County,
Abarnam Davis. postmaster; Edith, Logan
County, Fred Homeier. postmaster: Null