The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-09-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS

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'jointH war.
Topeka has a Bryan club with
membership Of about 2,50O
Topeka now has IS miles Of gravel
street, representing an expenditure OF
more than 81, 00O,0aa
Ez-CoDgrsssman W, A. Harris has
been nominated Tor the state senate by
the fusionists Of Leavsnworth county.
Ex-senator John Martin declined to
accept a democratic and populist nom
nation for judge in the Topeka dis
tgiet
AtehisOn's corn carnival. September
q, promises TO be big affair this year,
Railroads viii run extra trai1s iFem
surrounding towns
Il. Il. Jewell committed suicide nesr
Mount Hope, placing the barrel Of
gun to his abdomen and pulling the
trigger with a stick.
Rev. Richard cordley, Of Lawrence,
viii deliver the opening address at the
fall term Of the state university, Fri
day morning, September IL
Jasper Lasuer, q young farmer near
Olathe, was arrested fag stealing IA
head Of cattle from a neighbor and
shipping them to Kansas City.
Topeka wants a military eneamp-
ment during the reunion this month,
bat State Auditor Cole says there is-no
money in the treasury to pay for it.
The 1000 or so Of the veterans st the
LeayenWorth soldiers home who draw
pension money have about $4,000 d.
vided among them every three months.
1t is said Mrs Mary E. Lease has es-
pOused the cause Of socialism, and
after the present political campaign
closes she will locate permanently on
the Atlantic coast
The Mankota Monitor says this
years corn crop in Jewell county win
weigh out" 1900, 600 bushels, or $50
bushels to every man, woman and
child in the county.
Gov Morrill, has pardoned D. R
Jones, who was sent to the penitsn-
tiaTy from Barton county in 1854 for
forging county warrants. Jones was
said to be dying Of consumption.
Frankfort has spent $4,000 in the
erection of new buildings destroyed
by the terrible cyclone In the early
summer. OF this sum 1000 was paid
back by tornado insurance companies.
John Stuart, Of Atchison, has
brought suit for $4,000 damages
against the Santa Fe for malicious
prosecution. Officers Of the company
had Stuart arrested on the charge Of
stealing.
The receiver of the Wichita West
ern railway is collecting evidence TO
submit to Federal Judge Caldwell to
have 40 miles of the road abandoned.
The last ten years the road has been
operated at loss Of Sl,OOO,OOO
William Taylor fell from the window
of his room at Wichita the other night,
lighting on the pavement with such
force that his back was broken. Il
was thought he had gone to sleep
while sitting in the window for fresh
air.
At the state L, A. w. circuit races at
Wichita, Lawson, the Terrible
Swede," broke a record by going half
mile, paced by triplets, in 56l( seconds.
The triplets made the half mile in
559{, breaking the worlds tripiet
record.
Ex-CongresSmau Ben Glover, OF Cow
ley county, who Topped from the popu-
lists to the republicans in 1894 and was
given charge Of the farm of the girls
| reform school by Gov, Morrill,, has
thrown up his job and come out for
Bryan.
W. Z. Harris, of Oklahoma, while in
a sumnambulistic condition walked out
Of a box car of a moving train on the
Kaw bridge at Topeka and fell head
long into the river. He was recued by
railroad men, with slight bruises
Harris was beating his way on the
train.
Rev J. G.. Dougherty, a leading
temperance worker of Kansas City,
predicts that the prohibition ques.
ton will be re-submitted at no distant
date. He thinks this action would be
preferable to a continuation Of the
! lawless condition Telgning IN some Of
the larger cities of the state.
| Secretary Coburn, Of the state board
of agriculture, in a report on the
creamery industry in Kansas, says
they are doing an immense business,
especially with Colorado cities, Thou
sands of pounds are shipped there
every week and the creameries are al
ways behind with their orders
The first anniversary of the opening
Of the state reformatory at Hutchinson
was celebrated the other night by the
us young inmates, over 100 guests be-
ing present. The programme Of music,
Rotations, etc, was rendered by the
inmates and revealed a remarkable tai
ent along those lines in the institution
Greenwood county cattle shippers
last week shipped 40 head Of cattle "a
England, sailing direct from Boston to
Liverpool This shipment is something
Of an experiment, and ia order TO make
s thorough test various grades Of cat
tie were saRt-sOme choice export
steers, some OF medium quality and q
few rough ones.
The state tTeasurer's disbursements
for the month of August amounted Z