The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-11-20
KANSAS STATE NEWS

Topeka has IS church organizs lions
and CO church buildings
The schools at Sabetha are closed on
account Of diphtheFia scare
Sixty carloads Of sheep will be fed
near St. Marys the coming winter.
Bishop John H. Vincent, Of Topeka,
viii spend the winter in South Amer
les.
A Wabaunsee county man is shipping
hay to Illinois It brings him 81 per
ton.
Lieut. Gov elect Harvey and Miss
Belle Cone, Of Topeka, will be married
on December 16
Topeka viii have a pigeon show in
December. Over 1000 entries have al
ready been made.
It is said that Gov. elect Leedy will
appoint ". Il. Upton, of Coffey coun-
ty, private secretary.
J. L. Bristow, private secretary to
Gov. Morrill,, is talking of making his
Ottawa Herald a daily.
a single chunk Of coal weighing 5, 600
pounds, nearly three tons, was taken
from mine at Weir City recently.
S, E. Cole, OF Harper county, has IS,
600 bushels of wheat stored which he
expects to unload On the market at 81
per bushel.
GoV.-elect Leedy and his associates
upon the state ticket are opposed to an
inaugural bali and one viii probably
not be held this year.
Miss Lizzie Hind, of lie Roy, has be-
gun suit for $4,000 against Warren
Crandau, a wealthy farmer of Coffey
county. for alleged breach of promise.
J. S. StiliwelI, of Hiawatha, who
sued W. E. Painter for $1,000 fol
alternating his wife's affections, was
awarded the paltry sum of 81 By a jury.
The Kansas State Horticultural
society will meet at Topeka December
Gil. A big display of fruits and other
products will be an attractive feature
Miss Boyle, in Miami county, and
Mrs. Briefly, in Cloud county, both re
publican nominees for county supeFin
tendent, were the only ones on theil
tickets elected.
A large force of men is at work OF
the Maple Leafs new grain elevator ii
Kansas City; Kan. It will hold 1850
900 bushels and will be the largest il
the Missouri valley.
L. S. Crum, of Oswsgo, is credited
with desire to be United States mar
shall of Kansas under Mckinley
Farmer A. w. Smith, of Mcpherson
wants to succeed Click as pension
agent at Topeka, There are others,
lie Lambert, of Emporia; Attorney
General Dawes, Judge T. E. Carver
Mike Sutton, of Dodge City; Charles E
Lobdell, of Dighton, and R B. WEIGH
of Topeka, are talked Of as candidates
/ for United States district attorney Of
Kansas.
The coming annual meeting Of the
state board of agriculture promises &c
be very interesting and profitable
Among the noted speakers will be ex
Gov. Furnss, I. A. Fort and R. NJ. Al
len, prominent agriculturists Of Ne
braska,
Republicans are claiming that Kan
sas will have one elector for Mckinley
for the reason that George T. Pitts, o.
Sumner county, a fusion elector, was
at the time of his election acting as
receiver for Wellington bank, which
! it is alleged, makes him ineligible as
an eleetor.
The G. A. R reunion grounds at Ellis
worth will revert TO the state If tht
recommendations of the G. A. R. de
partment committee are accepted by
/ the legislature. Ellsworth donated
$50 acres for the reunions, and th'
state has expended $50, 600 on buildings
but the location is deemed impractic
able.
The election returns show that Rev
/ J. D. Botkin, for congressman-st-large
ran about 8, 600 votes ahead of his assO
ciates on the fusion state ticket, al;
majority over Congressman Blue is
placed at ll.O0G His big vote is cred
| tied to the third party prohibitionists
who had Endorsed him at their STATE
convention.
An abstract of the latest reports from
the lie national banks in Kansas shows
that the average reserve held by then
increased since July IA from 81 81 pei
cent to 3s.17 per cent; the loans auC
discounts decreased from 81, 974, S95 z
/ S17, COG, 34s, and the reserve increased
from 1898, 36s to IS, ia, 677i deposits
decreased from SIS, COS, is4 to SIS, s96,
555; gold holdings increased from 81,
lis. 465 to sl,1s5.s 52.
One of the ballots taken out Of th'
box at Arkansas City had writer
across the face Of it: Il don't know
how to vote this ballot, but / want t
vote the straight republican ticket
Fix it up yourselves" After long dis
cussion the judges counted the bailO
on the theory that it came within th
meaning Of the law which provided 70
the counting Of ballots (which elearl,
showed the intention OF the voter.
/ If this view should be sustained by th
courts the process Of voting in Kansa
! will be vastly simpli6ed-
The equal suffrsgists Of Kansas, i
| convention at Topeka last week, II
elected Mrs Kate Addison president
| Mrs Fannie Rabbit, Of Winfield, wa
elected viee-pgesidenti Mrs. Baird, G
Eureka, and Miss Gregg, Of GaFnetf
secretaries; Mrs Laura NJ johns
member national committee; Mr.
Wardall, MrR Waite, Mrs Thornto
and Mrs Addison delegates 10 the nj
tionsl association. II was voted
ask the legislature to enact q law n
curing the appointment Of two wome
on the state board Of charitiea
state Observation-Disclosures StEEie
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