The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-05-07

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The sitting of the federal court at
Fort Scott has been postponed from
the first to the fourth Monday in May.
There was no money on hand to pay
witnesses.
Special Master Clark has begun hear
ing testimony in the suit to prevent
the state from enforcing the Jacquins
live stock law. The sittings are at
Kansas City.
Wholesale tobbers of central and
western Kansas are organizing to push
a maximum treightrats bill before the
next Legislature, basing the rate on
central Kansas points.
The New England Loan & Trust Co.,
of Boston, which shut down on Kansas
business three years ago, has sent In
structions 20 its agents in northeast
ern Kansas to again solicit loans,
Further sittings Of the bribery inves,
tigating committee have been post
poned until May 12, pending decision
of the supreme court as to the right OF
the committee to compel Witnesses to.
testify.
And now State Printer-elect Parks
is in danger of being Investigated. NJ.
0. Albright, Of Kingman, says Parks
election was the result of fraudulent
deal between Parks and w. L. BrUwhl
OF Kingmaa.
Mrs. Ada Campbell, gOOd-looking
and well-cducated white woman, the
mother Of three children, was arrested
near Kansas City charged with being
the leader Of d gang of chicken thieves
thatwere operating in Johnson county.
1t is said there will be endless litiga-
ton over the law passed by the last
legislature authorizing county clerks
to extend all taxable property not
listed by assessors. The charge IL
made that the law was not legally
passed.
Insurance Commissioner hcEall has
ruled that nd company can insure prop
erty in Kansas except against fire un-
less it is chartered Under The Kansas
laws, This ruling will practically bar
outside companies from writing tor.
nado insurance in the state.
The following officers of the Kansas
Academy of Language and Literature
were chosen at tue recent annual meet
ing at Manhattan; President, L. H,
Perkins, Lawrence; vice president,
Mrs. C. E. WILDER, Manhattan; seere-
tary, Miss Hamilton, Winfield.
The district court of Greeley comfy
has declared invalid s42, 600 of that
county's bonds now held by the state,
The debt for which the bonds were
issued was for county warrants, and
the court held that county commits.
sioners could not issue bonds to cover
county warrants.
The question as to WHO'S the pioneer
| Kansas editor seems to be still in
doubt. Among the oldest" however,
may be mentioned Marsh Murdoch,
W. 7. McElroy, W. T. Voc, John S.
Gilmore, 7. B. Murdoch and J. D.
Sampson, each of whom has been in
| the harness about 80 years.
The board of pardOns has recon-
manded clemency in the case Of Will
liam Sells, convicted in Neosho county
in 1886 of numbering his father, mother,
brother and sister. bat the Neosho
county people made vigorous protest
against any such action, and 1t was
said Gov. Leedy would not pardon
him.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
recent G. a. R, encampment at Cha,
mute voted to hold the annual reunion
at Leavenworth this fall, Topeka an
nounces that a state soldiers reunion
will be held there also. The commit
tee says the Topeka reunion vii be for
''the thousands of old soldiers who do
not belong 70 the &. A. r.
Charles Bliss, Of Gaiena, and Gertie
Younger, daughter of a wealthy Co
lumbus citizen, were lovers and longed
70 be married, but the young lady's
father would not listen TO il. When
Bliss applied for a marriage license It
was refused on account Of Mr.. Young
er's objections. Young Bliss was BAT
led, but the girl was not. Securing
proof that she was Of age, she went to
/ Carthage, Mo, procured a license, met
her lover at Joplin and the ceremony
was performed. Then they returned
to receive the parental blessing.
Bank Commissioner Breidentha1 says
that only in the emergency of heavy
withdrawalsof deposits will he consent
to bankers borrowing money, and in
no case viii he permit the use Of col
lateral to secure such loans. Under
the old law banks were given to Dor
rowing money and putting up GOuble
negotiable paper OF other collateral,
thus depriving depositors of available
assets IN case of a banks failure. Mr..
/ BreideHthal says that bank ought to
/ be able to borrow money on its own
credit, and if it cannot it ought to 60
Into liquidation and pay its creditors.
Rev. George Merideth, Methodist
preacher at Augusta, was recently
horsewhipped by half a dozen women
whose husbands had been arrested fo1
disturbing Rev. Merideth's meetings
Judge Il. C. Mcfarland, who was
United States commissioner under
Presidents Garfield and arthur, died
| IN Topeka recently He sgas a pioneer
citizen Of Kansas, and left quite a large
estate.
Charles Barker, a Florence baabeTi
Fsas recently oaughs Tor S. 900 By tht
failure Of g Topska bucket shop. and
be didn't DO shiGs bat hsys tbs $50
/ Eetaly Of the concern put in ISL On th1
gheTge of tTsea