The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-11-19
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


day, the 18th.
The net earnings Of the Kansas state
grain inspection department for 0ctO-
Der were S69s
In 1896 the resources Of Kansas state
banks were SIS. e91, AL This year they
are ss1, s4s. ESQ.
The Kansas orphans asylum az
Leavenworth has been forced TO elOsa
for lack OF funds.
Kansas banks have Sc, 100000 more
Of deposits and 3. 600, 600 less OF loans
than one year age
At the recent election Ellis county
carried bonds for the erection of a new
courthouse at Hays City.
The announcement comes from To-
peka that Mrs Annie I. DiGgs VIII
be elected state librarian.
The Santa Fe railroad wiz soon erect
a depot, eating house and division
Offices at Newton, to cost $50, GOO
Mrs. Joseph New and George Dobbs
are under arrest at Eureka charged
with the murder Of Mrs News hus-
band, a prominent farmer.
S. E COttrells employed in an eleva-
tor at Coffeyville, had his foot caught
in one Of the cups and his leg was torn
from his body, causing instant death
The assistant attorney general says
he fears the provisions of the anti
trust law are so severe that the law
viii be knocked out by the supreme
court
r. l. Nethertou, Of Harper, was ac-
Quilted by jury at Lawrence Of bur
glary and larceny alleged to have been
committed while student at the state
university.
Cora Cottle, q half-demented I,sav-
enworth girl, started a fire in her lap
and was burned to death. Her mother
and brother were seriously burned try
ing to save her.
In a recent interview ex-Gov. Level
ling denounced the present metropOl-
itan police system and said 1t would
break the political back Of any gov
ernor who fooled with st
The annual meeting Of the Kansas
State Horticultural society viii be
held at Topeka December $3.50. Some
Of the leading horticulturists OF the
country will make addresses.
John Mcdonald, editor Of the West
ern School Journal, wants q state
grammarian appointed to correct laws
after they are passed by the legisla-
ture and before they are published.
Gov. Leedy has pardOned T. L. Nc
Mauus, Of Weir City, who was convict
ed in August and fined $1,000 and sem
fenced to $50 days in Jail for running a
joint. McManus is 2 noted strike
leader.
Albert Steigmeyer, a farmer, was
buried alive by the eaving in of sand
pit on his farm near Salina- He was
dug out Is hours after the accident oe-
Cured It is supposed he was instant
" killed
Gov. Leedy has Feen informed that
the state board Of charities was pay
ing II cents a pound for soap for use
at state charitable institutions that
was selling on the open market at
three cents.
The recent decision Of the supreme
court unfolding the CubbisOn anti
gambling law, has dampened the spirit
Of gambling house keepers, who real
ize that a conviction hereafter means
term in the Penitentiary.
While showing his married sister
how he could defend himself if at
tackled, J. T. Young, Of Hiawatha, acct
dentally discharged the gun, the
charge killing the woman and barely
missing an infant in her lap
A recent telegram from Fort Scott
said it was generally understood in
political circles that Attorney General
Boyle would be candidate before the
next pOpu1ist and democratic state
conventions for governor, in opposition
TO Gov. Leedy. -
Judge Hazen, of the Shawnee county
district court. decided that Superin-
tendent McNan lad a right TO inter
fere with Harrison Clzrkson IN max
ing rates for Kansas fire Insurance.
companies, and that McNall could ex-
clude any company entering the Clark
son combine.
A petition is being signed exclusively
by Sedg1gieh county POpulists request
ing the dismissal Of Rufus Cone as a
member Of the state committee for
having authorized a statement to be
made IN local paper that he voted
the entire republican ticket at the re-
cent election
The Scottish-American Investment
company Of London has brought shit
IN the federal court at Topeka against
the Kansas Loan & Trust company OF
WHICH l. d swell - yGE-oA--GtAs ~ r.
cover s125, 900. The plaintiff charges
fraud and alleges that Sweet and his
associates are IN default S45, 900 for
loans collected. but not turned over.
An agreed statement Of facts IN sho
action BY the state to enforce the new
scrip Law Ia Crawford county was sub
Enitted to Judge Sfmons at Girard By
attorneys on both sides The law vas
passed 20 effect the abolition of the
company stores in the mining districts
and to require the companies TO pay
cash wages The companies mSjatain
that the law IS unconstitutional, and
It has been agreed 20 take the shortest
cut to the supreme court 20 have the
question settled. It wiz be appealed
Immediately after Judge Simons passes
upon Il next month.
The valuation Of Cofeyvflle, as sworn
20 By the assessors. IS 1873 sos As the
local bank deposits are SIS go. So Is
evident somebody has mads improper
returns. The Journal tilialzs the eli Fa
actuai valuetioa = 81. coo CO.
At the recent Kansas elee5u CO
county ofaesr5 eFsEs cbossn.
1Gbl5cans c5atn -
gFoulc leaTs 81 o1 hs