The Iola register., 1896-05-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Carl Hoffman's Chickering hall ant
music house at Leavenworth suffered
from fire the other day.
Roy Osborn, of Salina, won the frs
prize in the annual spring oratorica
contest at the state university.
1t is announced that Mai Calvin
Hood, of Enporia, will again enter the
race for United States senator.
The headless body of an unknown
man was found in the hills 12 miles
from Hays City one day recently.
The canker worm was reported de-
vastating the leaves and buds of fruit
trees at Manhattan and vicinity.
Populists of the Thirteenth judicial
district met at Eureka recently and
nominated C. w. Shinn for judge.
AT Eureka the deadlock in the re-
publican judicial convention was
broken on the 2O7th ballot by the nom
ination of T. L. Dayis.
The large mill and elevator at Wa
mego was totally destroyed by fire.
The mill had capacity OF 25O barrels.
and the property destroyed was valued
at 5000
At Kansas City the other day George
Jatlets went to st. Johns cemetery
and committed suicide on the grave
where he laid his wife and baby a
year ago.
In his last weather report Chancellor
Snow says the April just past was the
hottest April in go years. The average
temperature was 81, and the hottest
Sc. 5 degrees
The total assessment of railroad
property for taxation in Kansas this
year, as fixed by the state board of as
SCISSORS, is $50. 2OO,OO or $500, 1000 less
than last year.
The Bank of Little River, Rice coun-
ty, has gone into voluntary liquida-
ton. The State bank at Window
moved to Little River and took tS+
place of the retired bank.
J. B. Adams, ex-editor of the Au-
gusta Press, is an aspirant for the leg
islature from Butler county. He is but
% years old, but has been actively en-
gagged in politics for several years.
Maggie Sinclair, of Herington,
committed suicide in a disreputable
resort at Kansas City the other day.
Her husband, who was barber, COM
mitted suicide at Fort Worth, Tex,
recently.
The masonic lodges of Salina have
bid for the proposed masonic home
soon to be erected The bid offers to
furnish the home of the late Col. w.
A. Phillips, with grounds and other
considerations.
1t is positively stated that ex-Gov.
Lewelling will not seek a renomina-
tion but will enter the race in opposi-
tion to Jerry Simpson for the populist
congressional nomination in the
Seventh district
The farmers in the vicinity Of EN-
poria recently reported great damage
being done to apple orchards by a cat
erpillar of new species, which COM
pletely strips the trees of their foliage,
fruit and blossoms
The Indian pupils at Haskell insti-
tute, Lawrence, held an oratorical con-
test one night recently, the first of the
kind ever held in this country There
were ten orators and the programme
was very entertaining.
George T. Challis, who built the first
house in Atchison, is dead. He was for
years a member of the wholesale gro
Gerry firm of Challis Bros, widely
known in early days At one time he
was rich, but died poor.
C. w. Trickett, cashier of the Wyan-
dotte national bank at Kansas City,
has rendered his resignation in order
to enter the race for the republican
nomination in the Sec
ond district against BuchaL.
The corner stone of the new German
Catholic school at Leavenworth was
laid recently, Bishop Fink presiding.
Nearly 1900 men, composing the vari-
Gus Catholic societies, formed in line
and marched through the streets
The announcement that Cyrus Le-
land. Jr., had declared his opposi-
ton to the denomination of Gov. Nor
rill caused political sensation. Two
years ago Mr.. Leland managed Nor
ril's campaign interests both before
and after the convention.
At the annual May day struggle Of
freshmen and sophomores at the
state university in which the seniors
and juniors took a hand, the sport
being an informal game of football
many students were injured. Over
800 players W ere in the game.
The body of male child was found
in the Arkansas river near the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad bridge in Wichita
the other day. Ropes had been bonnd
around its neck and arms and attached
to a heavy fiatiron. The crime had
evidently been committed over a week
ago.
Paul Maston, of Kansas City, in an
insane fit one day recently took a razor
and slashed his throat from ear to ear,
and while the blood was streaming
like water from the wound he applied
the razor to mis- arm, almost severinq
it from the body in two places. TIE
doctors said he would die.