The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS

Gov. Leedy viii be the principal |
speaker at Florence on July 4
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Lease is to be
the Fourth of July orator atHamilt0n, |
No
The First national bank of West |
morelard has gems iHte voluntary
liquidation.
DR.. Pitcher says Busy, the man who |
stole two Augusta girls and is now
Under penitehtiary sentence, is insane.
BecaHse 6eofge Roark, of Weir City, !
neglected to pay Tor a glass Of beer |
procured in a joint OF that city, John |
Poteau, proprietor of the place; sii9t |
and fatally wounded him. P6rtead ess
capped arrest.
S. G. Isett, Of Ghanute, has been ap-
pointed a member of the staff Of GeY. |
Leedy, with the rank of lieutenant |
colonel. Mr. Isett was the democratic
candidate for acknowledgement with |
Col. Th8mas Moonlight In 1886.
Mrs. NeIIig Sawyer Kgdzie; professor
of household economy and hygiene Ill !
the Kansas agricultural college at
Manhattan, has been elected to SINH
lar chair in the Bradley POlytechDjC
institute at Peoria, III, 1t was said
she would accept the position.
Rev. John L. Hawkins said to be
the oldest Presbyterian minister and
college graduate, died at the home Of
his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Osbun, near
Fort Scott, at the age Of 81 years. He
was born at Chambersburg, Pa, Au.
gust 4 1900; and graduated from Wash
ington college IN 1915:
The big eastern fire insurance com,
panies are changing their charters toll
conform to the ruling of Superintend-
eht Of INSURANCE McNall in regard to
tornado insurance. McNall rHled re-
Gently that no foreign insurance COM
pany, whose charter did not specially
authorize it, could write foreign BUSH
ness in Kansas.
At the close of the Southwestern
Fremen's association held at Joplin,
Mo-, w. F. Griffith, of Joplin, Mo-, was
elected president j. j. Little, Of Fort
Smith, Ark, vice president; Hall Por-
ter, of Carthage, No, seeretary-treas-
hry; w. Il. Holmes, of Pittsburg, Kan.
inspectoF-generaI. The next annual
meeting will be held at Pittsburg.
Many farmers in the vicinity of Law.
renee complain of their potato vines
whitening and dying, An unusual
acreage of potatoes has been put in be-
tween Lawrence and Kansas City on
both sides Of tile river and the new
trouble may prove serious. A bug and
dry weather are the causes of the dam
age. The insect is the potato stalk
weevi1.
Taylor Riddle. secretary of the state
live stock sanitary board, has investi-
gated the mysterious disease which is
raging among the cattle OF Saline
county, and he says~it is neither Texas
fever nor blackleg, as was at first
feared. A great number of cattle have
died from the disease, which was in
troduced into the county by animals
from Texas.
The validity of the state law anthof-
izing the collection of poll tax in cities
Of the first class has been attacked by
County Attorney Sheppard at Fort
Scott, who has been employed to fight
its collection in Fort Scott Mr.. Shep.
pard contends that the law Of 1898,
pretending to repeal the poll tax law
SO far as it affected cities of over 20,00l
people, practically repealed the whole
law.
Judge James W. Fitzgerald, of ST.
Mary's, died recently from the effects
of q cold contracted by him during the
campaign last year while making
speeches for free silver. Mr.. Fitzger-
aid was about go years of age, and was
said to be one of the best posted men
in parliamentary law in America.
Years ago he became somewhat distin.
guished by his fight on lawlessness in
the city of Cincinnati, while he was
police judge of that city. He had lived
il Kansas about eight years.
The board Of national soldiers home
managers held d business meeting
at Leavenworth. The destruction of
Gov. Smiths residence by a dynamite
bomb was under consideration, and
the board decided ohave the residence
rebuilt at once and to discharge any
veterans from the home who had the
slightest connection with the crime.
The board decided not to change the
order transferring Gov. Smith to the
Pacific home, and he will leave July
if Mrs. Smiths health will permit
The stock yards inquiry, held at
Kansas City, No, so far as the taking
of oral testimony is concerned, has
practically ended. and the lawyers
have gone home, but Judge Martins
question, did you pay anything to
councilmen or members of the city
government in furtherance of your eff
forts to have streets vacated?" is still
unanswered. There is a probability
that the court viii meet at some fu-
ture time and hear a cross examina-
ton of Col. Morse on the subject, but
it is only a probability.
The Republican State league met IN
convention at Topeka and was called
to order by President Ed Madison.
Rev. H. D. Fisher opened the eonven-
ton with prayer, and then President
Madison delivered the annual address,
which was received with enthusiastic
applause. After the appointment OF
committees the election for officers
took place, and resulted as follows:
President, E. E. Caldwell, of Lawrence:
secretary, James Larimer, of Topeka;
treasurer, W. d. Frost, of Fort Scott
Delegates were elected to represent
the state at the national league meet
ing to be held at Detroit, Mich, in
July.
The Council Grove board Of eduea-
ton has passed the following resOlu-
ton; ''That teachers employed in our
public school shall not dance or Dlsv