The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

The population of Atchison is Il, sol.
NJ f. Flynn, machinist of Enter
prise, was arrested for passing counter
felt money.
Rev. Don. S. Colt. pastor Of the NJ.
E. church at Wichita, mas been called
to the pastOrate of church in Ale
gheny City, Pa.
Free silver advocates of Douglas
county will have a rally at Lawrence
July It. Ez-Gov. St John and Ed c.
Little will be the speakers
Mrs Mahala Starne died at Fort
Scott recently, aged go She and her
husband, who survives her, we're
married Y years ago in New York
state
Republicans Of the Second senatorial
district met at Atchison the other dav
and nominated B. r Wallace for the
state senate and instructed him to vote
for Ingalls,.
The Topeka council the other night
passed an ordinance making it unlaw-
ful to post obscene OF immoral pictures
or Autographs on bill boards or in
show windows.
Eugene Moore, of Kansas City, Kan,
lived Is days with a broken neck. He
exhibited wonderful vitality as long as
life lasted, and his case interested
many physicians.
Arkansas City officials are rigidly en-
forcing the curfew law. Recently a
l4-year-old girl who was found on the
streets after nine p ~, was arrested
and fined S25 and costs.
Many saloOnkeepers at Lea7enworth
were reported as closing their places
because they could not afford to pay
both federal and city license. There
were 100 saloons in the town.
Sam Levi and Claude East, managers
of the baseball team at Topeka, left
the city after the Fourth of July
game, taking the days receipts and
leaving many creditors to mourn.
1t was stated recently that stealing
cattle and shipping them to market
had become so common in Greenwood
county that when a man missed a steer
from his herd he Immediately took the
train for Kansas City.
The A teachers of the Fort Scott.
Kan, city schools have signed con-
tracts to teach next year at salaries re-
duced five per cent from what was paid
last year. The reduction includes the
superintendent and all grade teachers.
Chairman Leland has invited Senator
Thurston, of Nebraska, and exon
gresham w. E. Mason, of Chicago. to
open the republican campaign in Kan
sas The meeting will be held at To
peka the night following the state
convention.
Five desperate prisoners escaped
from the Columbus jail one afternoon
recently, and on their way out of town
held up citizens in buggies and on
horseback and took the vehicles and
horses and made good their escape into
the territory.
The $4,000 libel suit brought at To-
peka by Ben H. Henderson against ex-
State Printer Snow, was dismissed the
other day. The suit was brought in
1894, and was the outcome of a bitter
quarrel between the two men over mol.
itics, although both were popuIists.
d. c. Orr, who was well known bV
nearly all Kansas travellers as the as
sistant passenger agent of the Bur
lingtOn railroad at Kansas CITY. has
resigned that position to accept the
general freight and passenger agency
OF the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
I. f. Carver, judge of the court of
appeals, Central division, is said to be
candidate for judge of the supreme
court before the republican state con-
VentiOn. The other candidates. be.
sides Judge David Martin, are c. B.
Graves, OF Emporia, and Nelson Case,
Of OswegO
A man giving his name as A. J. Sib.
ley went into Watkins bank at Law.
renee the other day and attempted to
cash forged check. He was arrested.
and it was soon learned that he was a
lunstic who had several weeks ago es-
capped from the state insane asylum at
St Joseph, Mo.
One Of the boilers in the Rex mill in
Kansas City, Kan, exploded the other
day, completely demolishing the en-
CINE room and seriously iniurinq
Charles Hollis, a fireman. The force
OF the explosion was terrific, and parts
OF the boiler were found in the Ksw
river 100 yards from the mill
Gold standard republicans in the
Sixth congressional district were re-
ported as organizing opposition to A.
&. Ellis, nominee for congress, because
OF his well-known leaning toward sill
YER Business men of Topeka were
trying the same ''disciplining" process
on Congressman Curtis, who had an.
noEneed his opposition to the St Louis
money plank
Sir Jahn Penaer a ,otad En-Iisl,