Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-31

OF the officials until he convinced them thai
Australia needed an agricultural college
| similar to the institution in Kansas Large
| appropriations We're made and college
| buildings are now in course of construc.
| ton. and when the institution is finally
| completed it will undoubtedly be placed
under the management of Professor Shell.
| ton. That the latter is still loyal to Kan
| sas Is we'll evidenced in the fact that he
has just sent his Oldest son back TO the
college at Manhattan to complete his edu-
| cation.
| One Kansas man who went abroad and
! did not cover himself with glory is Alfred
| E. Grubb, formerly of Chanute, who of late
| has occupied considerable space in the St.
| Louis papers. He was recently arrested by
| the United States authorities on the charge
of sending an indecent letter through the
mails to his wife, or rather to the young
woman who had been his wife. They had
resided together at Kirkwood, Mo-, but she
secured divorce from him. He attempted
reconciliation and rc-marriage through
the medium of love letters, one of which
she turned over to the authorities who
mulcted him in the sum OF 500 and costs
because II broke poStal regulation. To
make the story even more sensational, the
st. Louis papers relate that he is engaged
Jacksonville. Ill.,, who remains loyal to him
through all of his troubles
1t is announced that the famous Hillmon
insurance case will be tried for the sixth
time at the June term of the United States
district court in Topeka. Five of the nine
district judges who belong to the Eighth
circuit have already presided at trials of
this case,and Judge Foster is now negotiat-
ing TO procure the attendance of one of the
remaining four as trial judge.
In the midst of the natural excitement
which attends these troublous times it
should not be forgotten that next Tuesday
is Grounding day.
The Populist legislators are worrying
over the fact that they are not assailed
night ard day by emissaries of corpora
tlons which want to buy their votes They
had an idea that when they came to Tone
ka they would find vote buyers on every
street corner, and that at least once a day
they would have an opportunity to display
their virtue by shouting "Avaunt wicked
tempter! OF course, the Populist legisla-
tors do not want TO sell their votes. but
they feel great deal as the young lady
does who declares that she has never been
kissed, but who hates to admit that no
man ever tried to kiss her.
1t was not as senator that Mr. PETER
first looked upon himself as permanent
fixture. In his opening editorial in the |
Co1eyville Journal, twenty-five years ago,
ne said: Let it be understood that we |
are not a tramp enterprise but came here
as permanent fixture in the place"
-
A, debating society at Manchester, after |
4 long and acrimonious discussion which |
through four meetings has de- |
cided that when Nebuchadnezzar was
that time it was into an OK.
The children of Kansas are just as earn
estly partisan as their parents. Go into
any school house in the state during a po-
litical campaign and it will be found that
the youngsters are divided into factions
and parties in precisely the same degree as
their elders. An amusing illustration of
his occurred at the school in Pleasanton
The other day, when the half year orator.
cal exercises were taking place. One lit
lie girl had been assigned the telephone as
topic for her essay, and the result was a
anciful story, from which we extract the
ollowing in Illustration of the political
1ias of the little lady: with an astrono-
ner's aid we aimed in the direction of
I
vent whizzing out of sight and was soon |
irawn by attraction TO the pIanetS 1t was |
ound and connected with the central sta
ion in big city, situated on lake. AS
Don as l found the wire was stationary
teiephoned over it.. Being nineteen tril-
ions of miles away, the sound Travelled a
title slow, but 1 soon received an answer |
elling their experiences up there. A man
Talking in field had found our cannon
all and at once concluded it came from
ur planet from the wire which was at
ached to it. There was much excitement.
n the conversation found that Mars had
eople just like us, with established laws
no government. The people are enter |
rising, Industrious and happy. and I asked
hat kind of money they had up there.
hey telephoned back that it was the gold
Then l told them that Kansas
ad gone for the PopuIists and free silver
nd Instantly they cut the wire and 1t fell
ack upon our planet with great crash"