The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-01-08
KANSAS STATE NEWS

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as a bonus toward securing a stats
normal school there.
| The state school fund commissioners
recently purchased s1J7,COO of King
man county refunding bonds.
Corn is selling at places in western
| Kansas st 81 cents a bushel, the low
est in the history OF the state. Farm.
ers are using a great deal of corn for
fuel.
a new cheese factory has just been
| Started at Dillon, Dickinson county.
which makes four in that county; i'll
addition to the II eFeameries which
are tdaking butter
IHa nsyhlg elected judges Of the ab;
pela court, Northern department;
have named W, IL Thompson, of To.
| pekasa -, q. zates Of Mankota, and P.
J. Goss, Jr5 Of Colby, as clerks.
The johnson City Journal asserts
that within Btgnt6u, Morton; Craft
and Stevens counties there is not a
single pauper, and it submits this fact
in reply to those who are continually
bemoaning the poverty and suffering
in western Kansas,
Goy.-elect Leedy's closest friends
say he will oppose the wholesale ia.
designations of Republican, methods
and republican stewardship. He Is
quoted as saying that it might be wise
10 iivestigatB some panitentiary con-
tracts as the expense would be only
nominal
The board Of reformatory managers,
in a report to the governor, rec6m-
mends change In the criminal law
SO tBBt no boy Under 10 shall be se1t
to the penitentiary for his first crime,
unless it be murder, but instead shall
be sent TO the state reformatory at
Hutchinson.
Secretary Upton, of the populist
state committee, threatened to bring
mandamus proceedings against secre-
tary Bristow, of the republican state
Committed, to COMPEL The latter to file
an itefnized statement showing how
he spent S., GOO which he drew from tie
treasurer Of the republican state com.
mittee.
John Hitler, German farmer, stood
on the streets of Atehisou the other
night and ticllled under the chin every
woman who was without an escort
he claimed this was 4 c6mmod sHstC1I
in Germany, and cid not know he was
committing an o1fense, but the police
judge said German customs didn't "go'
in Atchison and fined Hitler $40.
| Thomas w. Davenport and Mary L.
Lamborn, of Fall Lear, were married
st Lawrence recently, which proved
the final act la en- unfortunate family
affair The two young people had
been under arrest charged with the
brutal murder of the girls father, and
the case against them was dismissed q
few days previous to their marriage.
Western capitalists have secured the
cooperation of farmers in an irriga-
ton ditch to connect the Arkansas
river with the Cheyenne bottoms. A
preliminary survey has been made and
200 teams will be put to work as soon
as the right of way is secured When
completed the ditch will run into an
artificial lake with an area Of $500
acres
The dead and dec5mposed body of
George Bryant, who two weeks ago
tried to murder his wife and tather-ifi= |
law on the streets of Fort Scott, was
found in coal drift near that city. !
There is no doubt that Bryant after |
attempting 10 murder his wife because
she would not live with him, COM
mitted suicide at the spot where his |
body was found.
In his biennial report Secretary Of |
State Edwards says that of 10000 char |
ters issued from that Office probably |
not more than 200 of the various com |
pauies and associations so Organized |
are in existence. This leads him to /
suggest that a law be passed giving /
the secretary OF state power to pass
upon all charters fled, with power to
revoke any that are deemed unworthy. |
The superintendent of city schools
throughout the state will ask the Iagiss
lature to pass a law providing that /
superintendent shall not be removed
except for cause. They claim the stand
ard Of the schools can be raised only
by continued service of school officers,
from superintendent down. At the
present time the school superintendent
can be discharged at any time there is
a change 10 the school board.
Over 2, 900 delegates are expected to
attend the annual meeting of the state
temperance union at Topeka January
r. Among the speakers will be E. w.
Hoch, of Marion; ex-Gov. St. John, Of
0Iathe; Congressman-elect Jerry D.
Botkin; Rudolph Hatfield, of Wichita;
Howard c, Rash, OF Salina, and james
a, Troutman, OF Topeka. The object
Of the convention is TO build up senti.
ment against the constitutional con-
ventiou proposition.
The Kansas State Teachers nesting
at Topeka last week was a success.
both in attendance and interest mani
Tested. J. E. PEARS, OF Lawrence, was
chosen president The resolutions
adopted favored child study, school
room sanitation, the establishment of
auxiliary normal schools and changing
the time Of the expiration of the term
Of the county superintendent to the
second Monday in January. The sub
jet of textbook legislation was not
even mentioned.
2. S. Elicit Of Washburn college,
who last month won the honor of rep.
resentiug that institution ia the state
aratorical contest. Is accused Of pla-
giari5Ei iy a felIow-student.
The safe 10 the HAYS City post Office
was blown open with dynamite and
robbed Of S4o5in money. A posse pur-
sued the robbers aud captured them
aud nearly al the stolen money was
hev. Z T. Ssbardon. 3 Presbyterian
minister at COlHBbaa. vas arrested
sna imprisoned ia ST Louis On q