The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-03-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

/ Lloyd Battorf, of Jewell county, is
only Is years old but he weighs go
pounds.
An Ohio man viii put in brick man
ufacturing plant at lola with capaC
ity of %, 900 bricks day.
The linseed oil works at Fredonia
exported 40 car loads of oil meal to
Liverpool, Eng, recently.
Farmers Of Dickinson and adjoining
counties win experiment generously
in spring wheat this season.
George a. Taylor, of the defunct Bank
Of Argentine, has been expelled from
the local masonic lodge for defrauding
brother masons.
Hundreds of Kansas weekly papers
ire becoming independent in politics.
The change is gradual and has been
taking place for two years.
Editor johnson, of the Severance
News, was married at st. Joseph, Mo-,
recently to Miss Marie Anderson, of
Troy, Kan. 1t is said the couple
eloped.
Fred Humphreys, student at the
state agricultural college at Manhat-
tan, is under arrest for stealing vari-
Ous articles of clothing from fellow
students.
Mrs. Greenfield, a widow living alone
near Chamite, was bound and gagged
the other night by two burglars who
robbed her house Of all the valuables
they could find
The family of Il. s. Humphrey, Of
Larned, consisting Of father, mother
and three children, took morphine by
mistake for quinine and all had mar
row escape from death.
4. B. Fisher, of Fort Scott, was con-
victed and fined for breaking into one
Of his houses occupied by a tenant who
who failed to pay rent. He will test
the case in higher courts.
State Labor Commissioner Bird tried
to prosecute Gov. Leedy and other
state officers for alleged violation Of
the eight-hcUr law, but the county at
torney refused to issue warrants.
A bitter school war at Ellinwood
eliminated in fight the other day
when Superintendent of Schools Har-
rison visited the town. He was egged,
knocked down twice and marched out
off town.
The senate committee appointed to
canvass the vote decided that S. A.
Riggs pop.) was elected Judge of the
Third judiciOus district, the count
showing that he received % votes over
C. A. Smart rep.
Postmaster Fitzhugh, of Kansas City,
refuses to deliver mail addressed to
jointkeepers for the reason that the
places were run in open violation of
law and Uncle Sam could not therefore
countenauce them.
Cyrus Leland, Jr., is in Washington
assisting Senator Baker in distributing
patronage to Kansans. Mr.. LeIandsays
he is after no Office for himself, though
he is credited with an ambition for the
place Of minister to Mexico.
Ex-Gov. Morril has traded S44, coo of
stock in the First national bank at
Leavenworth to ex-United States SEN
ator Caldwell for an 6OO-acre farm in
Wyandotte county. Mr.. Caldwell also
succeeded Morrill, as president of the
bank.
A Chicago man bought 100000 bush
els Of corn at Manhattan this week,
paying 10 cents a bushel. When the
grain was all garnered he gave a ban
quet to the farmers who had sold the
corn and to the business men of Man
haitian.
Work on the new federal peniten-
tiary at Fort Leavenworth will begin
soon. Congress appropriated s150,OOO
for the work, but the 500 convicts will
be utilized and an institution repre-
senting an outlay Of $500, 1000 will be
erected.
Secretary Coburn, of the state board
of agriculture, has sent circular let
ter to the ], 200 assessors and 1O5 county
clerks OF the state urging more com
plete and accurate statistics pertain
ing to the dairy and creamery products
and the areas in nurseries and vine
yards of the state.
A man in Doniphan county has a
plan for solving the surplus corn prob
lem. He suggests that Gov. Leedy is
sue a proclamation calling upon every
family in Kansas to, upon a certain
day, purchase Is cents worth Of corn
meal He says that in a single day the
entire surplus crop would be consumed.
Representative Gates, of Jackson
county, sent note to the house the
other day saying he was too sick to ap-
pear and requesting that his friend,
the bearer of the note, be permitted to
occupy his seat. As the constitution
recognizes no proxies in legislation,
Mr. Gates friend was not permitted to
represent him.
The New York Life Insurance Co.
will resist the order of Superintendent
McNalI expelling it from the state for
refusing to settle the Hillmon policies.
The company declares that Mrs. Hill
mon long ago disposed of all her in
terests in the policies and that a syn
dicate of Kansas lawyers are now fight
ing for them.
While returning from literary socie-
ty near Hope Arthur Andrews and John
Bragg had a race on horseback. twas
very dark and their horses ran into q
load OF young people, breaking up the
carriage and killing both of their
own horses. The occupants were Sc
riously injured and Andrews was
thrown to the ground with such force
that he was unconscious for hours.
BY a vote Of 81 to the Kansas con-
ference Of the NJ. E. church, in session
at Manhattan, was placed on record as
faYoring the admission of women to
the general conference. The next con-
ference will be held at Seneca.
The next state oratOrical contest
will be held at Lawrence. 0. q. Caster,