The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-11-06
KANSAS STATE NEWS

The Santa Fe railroad viii erect
large ice houses at Topeka and AFgen-
tine.
The Baptist ministers of the state
will hold an all day conference at To
peka November H.
Farmers ia northern Kansas were re-
ported buying great numbers Of cattle
for feeding purposes
d. 7. Kennedy, an old citizen and
prominent mason at Eureka, was killed
by the accidental discharge Of a shot
gun.
A. P Riddle, superintendent Of in
insurance, is at his home in Mime
apolis slowly recovering from a stroke
Of paralysis.
Albert Robbins and C. Cadwalder are
in Jail at Atwood charged with setting
fire to Farmer Jonah Fosters hay 10
get revenge.
White Lewis and Ira Keim were
hunting near Mcpherson, the latter's
gun was accidentally discharged, his
brother receiving fatal charge OF
shot
1t is suggested that a great number
of men in Kansas will have to join the
Salvation army after election to keep
mp their practice of marching in
parades.
A ten-months-old Parsons child,
while playing near a candy bucket
containing about four inches of water,
fell head foremost into it and was
drowned
A man giving his name as Frank Nc
Lain is in jail at Atchison for attempt
ing to collect money from members OF
the masonic fraternity by false repre-
sensations.
Friends of Postmaster q. S. Martin,
of Marion, deny the report Of an al
legged shortage of $500 published few
days ago, and affirm that his accounts
are all right.
A military company has been formed
of boys in the Leavenworth high
school. They will be drilled as cadets
and a stack of arms will be furnished
by Uncle Sam.
Patrick Cullen, a veteran at the
Leavenworth soldiers home, became
melancholy the other day and drowned
himself he served in troop F, First
Missouri cavalry.
The court of appeals Of the Northern
department, sitting at Abilene, decided
that a decree of divorce does not be-
come final or operative until the ex-
piration OF six months.
At Abilene, Councilman Pitts, while
putting on belt in his mill, was
caught by the belt, wound on the shaft
and crushed to death He was a lead
ing miller of central Kansas
John R. Coulter, an inmate of the
Leavenworth soldiers home, got back
pension of $500 the other day. He was
so happy that he filed himself full of
whisky and soon died of heart disease,
The Sunt1ower Poultry, Kennel and
Pet Stock association will hold the an
nual bench and poultry show in Kan
sas City, Kan, December 1913. Lib
eral prizes will be offered and the ex-
hibition will be made an attractive one.
A charter has been granted to the
Kansas ex-Slaves' State Pension assO-
citation, whose avowed object is to lob
tain pension for all ex-slaves and for
their general welfare and benefit 9th
erwise," Headquarters are at Topeka.
The grandmother of Annie NJ Cur
less, of North Topeka, objected to an
admirer OF the young woman, and
when he called sent him home, where
at Miss Curless beat the aged lady with
a board so severely that death was ez-
pected to result
B. f. Wallace, a crazy hired hand
near Jewell City, tried to kill himself
by saturating his bed with kerosene
and setting fire to it. Failing in that,
he set fire to his employers barn,
which was consumed, together with a
lot of grain and four mules.
Reduced railroad rates have been
granted to the meeting of the Kansas
Dairy association at Abilene, Novem'
Der 1920; Southeastern Kansas Teach
ers' association at Fort Scott, NOVem-
her % to 2S; Southwestern Kansas
Teachers association at Wellington,
November 27-28
It transpires that United States
Marshal Nicely was held up on the
streets of Topeka during the recent
carnival and robbed of 81, 800. The
matter was suppressed for a time in
order to effect the arrest Of the sus.
poets A man and woman, both col
ored, are now in jail charged with the
crime
An Atchison paper says that instead
of making golden rod the national
flower, everyone should pull every
plant up by the roots that his hand
can reach. The golden rod blossom is
the cause Of the epidemic of hay fever
every fall, and also causes a disease re-
sembling consumption in horses that
are LETT in fields where the golden rod
grows
At Mcpherson Farmer Sherman Row
land attempted to dictate to his wife,
from whom he had separated. She
called an officer to protect her, which
angered Rowland, and he shot bott
the woman and officer, though they
were not seriously hurt Rowland
then mounted a horse and rode away
and vas found lying dead beside the
road, where he had killed himself.
G. W tanning, q prominent mer
chant OF Lyon county, was arrested
Tor opsEisg letter addressed to hi
bF0lher-.n-laW, she happened, il tai
instance to bs an enemy Of tanning.
Two boys il Haslzsli eouaty recently
applied q lighted match 20 a squirrel