The Globe-republican., 1897-07-29
\. Il. KLAENE. Pu blisher.
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.
KANSAS.


The stock yards case IS still being
Tried, but the people are tired Of it and
the newspapers have quit it.
Mike Sutton viii get his bond filled
sut by an insurance company. This j.
the new practice in Kansas and it j,
how safe to be a mans friend.
Kansas people should stay away
from Alaskan gold fields. There !.
more money in Kansas wheat fields
than there is in all Colorado's mineral.
A bathing club has been organized
1t Chanute. The members take ar
awful oath to battle every year wheth-
er they need it or not
The Tennessee street car line in
Lawrence is being torn up and will
probably not be relaid. The company
has under consideration the using OF
the material in extending the system
10 Haskell institute Indian school
There has been an unusual amount
Of heavy freight traffic through New
ton during the past week. Much stock
Is being sent east, and extras have
been running in all directions. All
the empty cars possible are beng sent
west and south.
The safe in the postoffice at Melvern,
Usage county, was blown omen Thurs
day, and SO heavy was the charge of
dynamite that the safe was a total
wreck. Ten dollars in stamps and an
equal amount in money was secured.
The robbers escaped.
Chanute made gain during the past
year of SO in population. At the be-
ginning of the year it had population
Of 4,153. Chanute increased her popu-
lation last year more than any other
city or town in the state with the ex-
ceptiOn of two-Pittsburg and Arlxan-
sas City. Neosho county is credited
with a gain of LII making her popu-
lation 10, 3OS.
Last spring the city mills of Abilene,
IN order to test the spring wheat grow
ing in Dickinson county. in hope of Sc
curing a grain that would be free from
danger of winter killing, put out some
seed of spring wheat under favorab
conditions. The first field of ten
and one-half acres, just threshed,
yielded only forty bushels, while win
ter wheat in the vicinity gave twenty
five or thirty bushels per acre. The
outlook is for no more experiments.
Only sixty -four acres were sown in the
comfy this year.
The university at Ottawa hes re-
ceived an interesting accession to its
roll of students. Mr.. T. Fushida,
young japanese of 20 years. has arriv-
ed fresh from his native land to enroll
at Ottawa university. Mr.
Fashida, although but three weeks
from his native heath, has already
himself-he wears his
irst suit of clothes of western civiliza-
tion-and talks remarkably good
quality of the English language. Mr..
Fushida's home is at Chofu; he has
been a student at Toxic and Yokoha-
ma.
The indications are that q large
of the cities of Kansas will at
tempt to break the contracts they have
with the book companies for the sup
ply of school books for periods ranging
from two TO five years Within the
past week the attorney general has
rendered opinions in six different cases.
In each instance he has held that the
board of education of city of the first
Or second-class has no right to make
contracts for longer period than a
year, and that if proper steps are TAX
en- any 6ve-year contract can be annul-
cd. One of the first duties likely to
attack the validity of the contract is
Topeka The board of education made
. fve-year contract for certain books,
and the contract has four years yet to
run. Now it happens that the state
text book commission adopted about
half the books that Topeka is using
under the contract, the patrons of the
schools will be required to pay twice as
much for each book IS they would 9th
erwise. At the same time. the books
now furnished are not as good as those
adopted by the commission. The local
board Of education is not inclined to
violate the contract, but some of the
patrons of the schools are beginning
to complain and threaten to bring pro-
ceedings to enjoin the enforcement of
Il. Crane & Co. have the contract.
Mr. Crane said that he did not care
voluntarily to cancel the contract, as
it would be poor business ethics, but
that if any legal steps were taken he
would willing compromise by agreeing