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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11
COURT ROOM TRAGEDY
One Lawyer Kills Another During a Dis
pute 81 Junction City, Ark,

One Lawyer Kills Another During a Dis.
pute at Junction City, Ark.
JUNCTION CITY, Ark, June "a
bloody tragedy was enacted here yes
terday in a Justices court room, in
which one man was murdered and
which may result in the lynching Of
the murderer. The murdered man
was W. d. Coffee, Of Eldorado, and Che
murderer is j. j. Sheppard, Of the same
place. Both men were lawyers. Coffee
and Sheppard were opposing counsel
in a trial before the justiceeourt Dur
ing the progress Of the case the attor-
neys became involved in a dispute and
abused each other, shocking profanity
being used Coffee picked up chair
and Sheppard drew pistol and fred
four shots in rapid succession into
Coffee's body, killing him almost in-
stautly. Sheppard is in the city Gala
boose under hesvy guard to prevent
lVnching.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11

KANSAS CITY, Mo, June 6.-Prentice
Teller, the most notorious mail box
thief in the country and a criminal
known to the police all over the land,
escaped from the custody Of Deputy
Marshal Madsen yesterday at noon in
Marshal Crenshaw's Office at the fed
eral building, and has not been appre-
hended. Teller is wanted in St. Louis,
and was brought here from jackson,
Mich, after completing a term in the
Michigan penitentiary. Teller walked
out of the federal building yesterday
almost before the officers eyes, and
vanished as completely as if he had
been swallowed up.
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AWFUL FLOOD IN FRANCE.

DeIuge Of Water Devastates Villages, rae
tories and Crops and Buries Cattle in
Landsiides.
PABIs, June s.-The latest details
from Grenoble, in the department Of
Isere, show that the desolation
wrought by the cloudburst which
caused the River Norge to overflow its
banks is far more extended than was
at first supposed. The deluge Of water
caused enormous laRdslides OF trees
and sand from the mountains into the
valley, overwhelming houses, burying
cattle and destroying other property.
In many villages the fleeing inhabit-
ants left everything behind them.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11
KANsAs INSURANCE


Interesting Facts sud Figures from chs Ah-
nual Report Of superintendent MeNaii.
Topeka, Kan, June 8.-State Super
Intendent Of Insurance MeNall haa
completed his annual report, the 9th
Of the insurance department In his
letter Of transmittal 20 the governor,
after devoting three pages to fraudu-
lent secret beneficiary societies that
try to get into the state, to the insnr-
suee laws and to the fremen's relief
fund, he says:
There were engaged ii the business Of IRE
insurance in this state IN the year 1896 ten niue
tuai companies organized Under the laws Of
this state. During the year they insured p-0p-
erty Of the value OF g. s52.S5la5S. TeSir total
income for the year was sSS, 76I0a They paid
losses in the sum Of G45,T540a. and December
81, 1885, they had 1874 members. There were
50 fire insurance companies Of other states and
countries doing business IA Kansas in l09a
They insured property in this stats in the sun
Of Sli7, sO9, t7l4e. received premiums in the sum
Of 81, 544, 176 IS and paid losses in the sum Of
-------ss , aa.sT4
There was one domestic life insurance e0m=
Kansas Mutual Life Insurance Co. The insure
anee written II this state amounted to $751;
780s2 pre.aiums received amounted to $751;
1897 and .he losses paid during the year
amounted to SIS, 500 The amount Of insurance
in force December 81, 1895, was 60, 2S5, s7495.
There are "a foreign life insurance companies
doing business ia the state. The insurance
written amounted to s. 97s, $685.; they collect
ed premiums IN the sum Of 81 1895, 2i1.22 and
their losses paid during the year amounted to
1884 99G1z. The amount OF insurance in force
December 81, 1896, was $50, 123, o7aT8
During the % years that this state has had an
insurance department the foreign life, accident
and IRE insurance companies have taken cut
10 the state in premiums the vast sum Of s45,
S32, 66L26 During the same time they have
paid back in losses to the people Of this state the
sum Of so, GA, 4l653, The argument is made By
insurance people that some portion Of this vast
| difference is expenses This IS true, A portion
Of the same was used in paying salaries Of
I presidents OF companies. One received at one
time 100000 per annum. and one Of them at
| this time is receiving S75, 600 per annum.
Certain foreign insurance companies have
| been tTansacting business in Kansas by
permission Of the state, They have no re-
gard for the laws Of this state, OF any other
when the same comes in contract with
| their financial interests. Their presidents
| ettorneys and general agents advise the viola
1 ton Of Law as to doing business in this STATE
without authority. The sooner this class o.
| companies is banished permanently from tht
stats the better it will be for the people Of Kal
sas
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AVENGED HIS pAUeHTER.
Bob Orr Dangerously Shot at Mount YER
non, No, by BIS Victims Father.

Bob Orr Dangerously Shot at Mount YER
non, No, by his Victims Father.
AURORA, Mo-, June 8.-R j. McIu-
tyre, a prominent citizen and lumber
merchant Of Mount Vernon, shot and
dangerously wounded Bob Orr, as the
latter was about 10 board a freight
train to take q ear Of stock to Kansas
City. Orr had been accused Of
betraying MeIntyFe's daughter aud is
said to have been engaged to a girl
at Rogers, Ark After the shooting,
Mcintyre gave himself up to the
sheriff. The affair has created big
sensation. Both families are promi-
nsnt in business and social circles, the
man shot being a teacher in the Pres
bvterian Sunday school.
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MUST MOVE 70 KANSAS.
Suit WIN Be Brought Against the Kansa
City Stock Yards Co.

Suit Win Be Brought Against the Kansas
City Stock Yards Co.
TOPEKA, kan, June s.-AttOrney-
General Boyle stated that in a few
days he would file q suit in the federal
court to compel the Kansas City Stock
Yards Co, to maintain its principal
offices in Kansas. He said;
The investigation has disclosed the fact that
the main offices Of the company are in Boston
and this is in violation Of the law under which
the company Is chartered The company
IS organized under the laws Of Kansas
The law in this state requires the head
quarters Of all companies organized under it tC
be maintained in the state, In the case Of the
stock yards, we find that the stock books, cash
account and everything else are kept at BOs-
ton. The Kansas City men can't even tell
what the dividends are. If the company wants
to operate under its Kansas charter it must
bring those books west
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11
ILLINoIs JUDICIAL ELEoTIoNs.
Republicans Win in Cook County and
Throughout the State Generally.

Republicans Win in Cook County and
Throughout the State Generally.
CHICAGO, June 6-The judicial cleo
ton yesterday was carried by the re-
publieans, who elected all their dele
gates by pluralities Of about 1900 in
the city and 1000 in the county, out
side of the city. Although the ticket
was called republican, it included all
the "A judges now on the bench Of the
circuit court, eight republicans and
six democrats. The silver party had
five candidates in the field for the cir
cult bench, but its candidates secured
only about one-ffth as many votes as
the republicans. The amended Tor
rens land title law was overwhelm-
ingly adopted. Judicial elections were
also held throughout Illinois. Re
turns indicate that the republicans
have carried u Of the II districts.
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SUIT FOR DAMAGES.

The Metropolitan Life Wants 100000
from State Insurance Commissioner Nc
Nall.
TOPEKA, Kan, June S.2The Metro.
politan Life Insurance Co. of New York
has begun damage suits in the fed.
eral court against State Insurance Com
missioner McNaiI, aggregating 500, OOO
One claim is for $4,000 because Of the
frequent publication OF statements en-
anating from NcNall and damaging I'd
the company. The other $4,000 is
asked on the ground that the company
has been damaged to that amount by
McNalPs attempt to revoke its license
''the news of which was telegraphed
over the entire country"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11
DARING EXPLORERS.
Princeton Men to Use Mortars and Kites in
Scaling a Difficult Rock.

SNdlluG u DEllcuiE ROCK
BAYONNE, N, j., June 8.-Prof VIII
liam Libby, Jr., of Princeton univer-
sity, viii leave for Albuquerque, n. NJ,
early in July with a party of six ex-
plorers. They will attempt to scale
relatively a rectangular table with
perpendicular sides 700 feet high. The
Outcroppings of red sandstone project
from the face of the walls, making it
almost inaccessible, There are indica-
tons of occupancy by prehistoric race
in the pieces of pottery at the base of
the formation. Prof Libby has ar
ranged to throw a line over this table
land, which is several acres in extent
on top, by means of tandem kites. He
has a mortar and life line packed ready
for shipment, with which an attempt
will be made to fire a line over the
table land in case the wind is too light
for the kites, Larger lines will be
dragged over and the ascent made in a
bOatswain's chair.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11
BAILEY FOR BRYAN.
The Texas Congressman on the Democratic
Outlook for 1900.

The Texas Congressman on the Democratic
Outlook for 1900.
WASHINGTON, June s.-CoRgressman
Joseph w. Bailey, of Texas, the house
leader Of the democracy, has come out
fatty for the denomination Of William
Jennings Bryan for president in 1900
at seems to be the almost unani-
nous opinion of the democrats with
whom ! have been brought in contact
personally and otherwise" said Mr.
Bailey, that the democratic party
should commit itself unreservedly to
the readoption Of the Chicago platform
of 1896. The almost universal desire
appears to be to add nothing to and
abstract nothing from that platform,
but to accept it without qualification
or reservation as the principles Of the
democratic party for 1900, It will be
impossible to disassociate Mr., Bryan
from that platform.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11

MERIDEN, Conn, June 8.-The VIII
cox & White Organ Co, one of the
largest manufacturers Of organs in the
United States, has made an assign
ment- The company was organized in
1876 and established many branch
houses throughout the country. ]. H.
White, of the company, said the direct
liabilities outside of the contingent
liabilities. would not exceed So. OOA.
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MONEY INSTEAD OF GRAIN.
Plan to Ship Cargoes OF Wheat TO India Has
Been Modified.

Plan to Ship Cargoes OF Wheat to India Has
Been Modified.
WASHINGTON, June s.-Lewis KlOpsch,
publisher of the Christian Herald of
New York, which had undertaken to
procure cargoes Of grain to be sent to
the famine sufferers in India, has no.
titled the navy department that the
grain on hand will be sold and the
money forwarded to India instead, as
the best and speediest means of relief.
Mr.. Klopsch writes that the delay in
securing a ship was one of the rea-
Sons for the change in plan. Then, too,
the Indian roads at this time, the wet
season, are very difficult Of passage,
while the natives, having been made
to believe by unscrupulous native grain
dealers that the Americans have poi
sOned the wheat that was to be sent to
them, refuse to eat any Of it under any
circumstances.
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oOsT o. lie MIssIssIPPI.

Commission Reports an Aggregate Expen-
diture Up to Date Of More Than $4,000
900.
WASHINGTON, June 8.-Tbe Secretary
Of war has sent to the senate a state
ment showing the total expenditures
under the Mississippi river commits
sion up to date, The statement was
made in response to a resolution of in
quiry, and shows that the total for the
river above the passes is S24, 557, SS1,
with an unexpended appropriation Of
SS56, $50; on the jetties and below the
South pass, IS, 222,77S.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June S.-If a real
estate agent attempts to sell a piece OF
property and acknowledges his inabil-
ity to do so and then later on the trade is
made by some one else to the same
people with whom he was negotiating,
he has no claim for the commission he
would have made had he made the
sale. The court of appeals gave this
opinion this morning in a case where
j. n. Page was suing C. C. Griffin for
gf00
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11
PECULIAR BANKING METHODS
Officers OF the DeIunet Baxter SPRING.
Bank Placed Under Bond.

Officers OF the Delunct Baxter Springs
Bank Placed Under Bond.
COLUMBUS, Kan, June 8, THE pre-
hminary examination Of the officials
Of the defunet Baxter Springs bank,
which has been in progress for three
days, was concluded yesterday. Col.
Alexander Warner and his son, Benja-
min Warner, were held for trial in
$4,000 bed each, and A. A. Warner,
cashier, and Russell Davis, bookkeeper,
were held in $500 each. The evidence
showed that the bank was insolvent
for long time before the failure. In
diVidual notes of bank officials and Ct
the entire Warner family were de-
posted and funds withdrawn.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11
- HeIetoIors Eseapsd TaEatIoa

TOPEKA, Kan, June 8.-The Kansa;
board Of railway assessors officially
adopted the plan of the Missouri Off
Gals, by which it proposes to catch fol
assessment over $1,000 600 worth Of
property in and about Kansas City
which has heretofore escaped taxation
in Kansas. The concerns which vii
be affected are the paeking-houses
wholesale houses, breweries. etc.
which own cars for the Transmission
of their goods.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11
TO STOP CATTLE SMUGGLING
Kansas Live Stock Board WEI Make Rigid
Order Against the Practice.

UEWVI - g0I'-6V .lIO 7 IaVVIU0'
Topeka, Kan, June 9.-The state
live stock sanitary commission is dis
eussing the importation of Texas and
Oklahoma cattle. They will probably
nuke an order requiring people ship
ping stock from counties bordering on
the quarantine line to produce from
the proper authorities a certificate Of
health before bringing cattle into the
state. The prevailing high price of
stock from the safe side of the guaran-
tine line is such as to be great In
ducement to dishonest parties to SNUG
gle stock from across the line and sell
them as healthy cattle.
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NEVADA, Mo-, June al. Mitchell, a
white-haired man, SO years Of age.
after a separation from his family for
more than quarter Of a century. az
rived yesterday in Walker township.
this county, 70 make his home with his
children About 90 years or MORE Rgo
Mitchell LETT his family in Illinois and
vent to Sioux county, Ia. The mother
moved with her children to Vernon
and reared her large family OF boys
and girls here. a few years since ihs
mathsr died and the fatber has come
b make his home with hischildrsa.
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MORTALITY AMONG HOGS.
Cholera Prevailing in Iowa at an Alarming
Extent.

Extent.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, June S.-The
packing-house at this place has found
much difficulty in securing the desired
number Of hogs for slaughtering pur-
poses. A resort has been made to the
Dakota markets and even then the
killing is only $500 a day. The cause
of this shortage is cholera. The dis
ease prevailed to an alarming ex-
tent during the fall and early winter
months: The exact loss to the farmers
will never be known, but Director Sage,
of the weather and crop bureau, has
been gathering valuable statistics. He
sent out requests that the assessors
take figures and the returns are in
from 81 counties. In these the number
lost is given at sol, 900 head. If that
proportion of loss obtained throughout
the state the number will reach 1885,
0OO
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11
DunkaFds Meet

FREDERICK, Md. June S.-The annual
conference of the American Baptist
church of the United States, otherwise
known as the DuRkards, which began
here this morning, has brought to-
gether no less than 1000 men, women
and children from points outside of
Maryland, and promises to be the
most interesting meeting in the history
of the organization.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11
POEM CAUSES A MURDER.
1fate Politician Wantonly Stays an Ard
more Editor.

more Editor.
WICHITA, Kan, June Sat Ard
more, I. T., James Williams, editor Of
the Daily Chronicle, was shot through
the heart by Clarence Douglass, an
Ardmore politician, in the presence of
hundreds of people. Douglass was the
subject of an article, written in Josh
Billings style, which appeared in
the Chronicle yesterday. His name
was not mentioned therein, but
his public career was held up
to ridicule and his political am
billions referred to in such a man
uer as to leave the subjects identity
very evident. When Douglass met
Williams he accused him Of the author
ship Of the Objectionable article, and
Williams laughingly admitted that he
wrote it. Douglass Immediately drew
his gun and fired.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11
Powers VIII Not Sield.

LONDON, June "A dispatch from
Constantinople says that the powers to
whom Greece has intrusted her inter-
ests show no signs Of yielding any Of
the three points in the Turkish de-
mand, the annexation Of Thessaly, the
abolition Of the cspitulati0ns in the
case Of the Greek subjects in the Otto
man empire. OF an exorbitant indem-
nffu
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KANSAS CRY, No, June S-A num-
Der Of eastern capitalists arFiyed in
Kansas Clay yesterday aad spent The
day st th&stcck yards They are upon
On Investigating trip TO satisfy she5z-
selves aSto the Inducements Tor DOSING
qeHes npes Eensas eattle
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Cant arnnId min.

HUTCHINSON, Kan, june Capt.
Arnold, ex-sheriff Of Cherokee county,
who was recently appointed superin-
tendeEt Of the state reformatory here,
has declined the position. ". j. lin
gentelter is temporarily in charge o.
the refOrmatOrv.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11

HuDsOS, Wis, June s.-Five men
were instantly killed and four were
badly injured by collision On the
Omaha railroad, near Hudson Junction.
yesterday afternoon. The trains were
running ct q high rste Of speed and
met on q sharp carve, aifcrding the
crew no possible escape.
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&c - 60 80 -. Z.

ATBgSs, June 5.-EbeFs q rrmor
that the government IS inclined 10 Of
fer Che Eeesinstead Of sR indemnity,
On the ground that it would Be irapos-
siDle for Greece towags another Eag
for-at least ten years. and aEat then
isis vessels ggaEsd be obsolete.
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Boiler Explosion AIMS twenty NIea.

Mexico CITY, Mex, June S.-A boiler
exploded yesterday morning in the
print works Of Noriega. Bros, in
Puebla, causing the death Of % or more
persons, the number not being posi-
lively known, as it has been impossible
to remove the debris caused By the ex-
plOsi0n.
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Reform sohoolboys PIap Esoape.

TOPEKA, Kan. June s.-The officers
Of the state reform school have disc6v-
cred a plot Of the inmates TO maks
their escape and have taken greatpre-
caution to preVsnt'it The plan Of the
boys was for all to make dash for
liberty the day after the new officers
take charge this week. s.e
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-11
SPECIAL SESSION MAY RESULT
Kansas Rate Conference Failure May Cause
the CnnreninE OF the I.aEisIatnra.

Attuet-1 rate conference EailAEt may cause
the Converting o! the Legislature.
Topeka, Kan, June silt IS said that
Gov. Leedy contemplates calling a
special session of the Legislature for
next winter the object Of course being
to adopt maximum rate law. The
governor keeps a close mouth on the
subject, except to his intimates, but it
is coming out that he was greatly dis
appointed by the outcome of the recent
rate conference between the railroads
and railroad commissioners.
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KlIled bv a lIarshaI's Posse.

SOUTH McAEEsTER. L T., June -
Bill Ledbetter. charged with grand
larceny, was killed near White6eld by
Deputy Marshal Clay's posse. bedbet-
ter had been indicted by the last grand
jury and was killed while resisting
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Mystery ABOUT Dyche's Movements.

SAN Francisco, June S.-No lit
tie interest is manifested here over the
coming Of Prof. L. L Dyehe, Of the
Kansas university. 1t is announced
that he is to spend the summer at Le-
land Stanford university. studying in
the museums, but 1t is suspected that
his mission here is an altogether differ
ent one. For several days it has been
rumored that q polar expedition was
to be fitted out on the Pacific coast
this sumner, and now If is strongly In
timated that Prof. Dyciie IS to head It
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CBAEaz, n J.. JuEs 8-Snow fell
here yesterday, but Che fakes melted
as they struck the ground The squall
sttlaets1 general attention. as few
residents here bad ever fetoF1 seen
EaeR D. Jams
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Parsons and s. JEDI Postn,aster. Naned.

Parsons and st. Joseph POstDasters Named.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-The president
has sent the following nominations TO
the senate: ADMINISTRATIONS; Rich
ard S. 0akford, Herington; Harry q.
Lask, Parsons; Alfred York. Fort
Riley. Missouri; Frank NJ. Atkinson,
ST. Joseph.
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- a million. for New. EGFh's P95r
EgR. YORE. Jupe s.--aiEeE s. Isasesi
fsresia snE ri the I7afog, Hirseh 7sFag.
has received & dF6ft for sgs9a)6,
first iinstaiEi.lsHb of Stseoo,eoo given By
the Baroness HiFseh for the 5eReat Q.
ts poor Of this city.
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CHICAGO, june alive two-stoTy
frame dwellings were badly damaged
and nine families we're rendered home
less By fire which broke out yesterday
evening at Dol Jefferson street Several
persons were carried from the burning
building aud two received severe Ia
3uries.
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JACKSONVILLE. H.. June Q. p The
graduation exercises Of the deaf and
dumb institution took place IN the
chepel last evening. The oratons and
essays wsse delivered IN sign Language
By the graduates, while teachers inter
prefed them for the benefit Of the au-
aienee.
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Ei1gztoF aaa Electric light Plant Burned.
DAVID CRY, Neb.. JEae 9-Fire to-
tally destroyed the Bel grain elevator,
TIE largest in the state outside Of
Cmahs, and the ely s.eetrle ligas
aisut Loss So e9e,