The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-05-14

pay his men on the basis of an eight
hour day,
L. J. Best, formerly a well-known
politician of Beloit but recently a lum.
Der manufacturer Of Topeka, com
mitted suicide while on a business trip
to Beardown, Ark.
The state penitentiary earnings for
April were s12, 10Y and the expendi-
lures s15, 4S9. The increased expeDdi-
lures came from purchasing new cloth
ing for all the conviets.
The sherifs of Dickinson, Clay,
Greary, Morris, Riley and Wabaunsee
counties have purchased bloodhOunds
to be used in chasing criminals. They
will be kept at Junction City.
The board of education of Yelling
ton refused to lease one of the city
school buildings for a county high
school, as provided for by a recent leg
islative act, thus virtually killing the
project.
For two years the Presbyterian
church at Great Bend has been torn up
over internal dissensions. Two minis
tiers have resigned and SO members
withdrew and joined the COngrega-
tional church.
A worm resembling the caterpillar,
which destroyed the apple crop in
Lyon and adjoining counties last year,
has reappeared IN greater numbers
and already denuded the foliage in
maHy orchards.
The Homeopathic Medical society of
the state, in annual session at Hutch
inson, elected A. NJ. Hutchinson pres
ident; Willis E. Buck, vice president;
G, W. Coffman, secretary, and W. a.
Yingling, treasurer.
Kansas railroads have responded IA
vorably to the invitation sent out by
the railroad commissioners asking for
a conference on freight tariffs. 1t is
probable the conference viii be held in
Topeka about May 20.
The Goth annual meeting of the State
Dental association was held at Topeka
last week. R. A. WATSON, Ottawa, was
chosen president; E. Baumgardner,
Lawrence, secretary, and S. J. REM,
Leavenworth, treasurer.
Superintendent of Insurance McNall
is confident he will drive the alleged
Clarkson insurance trust out Of the
state, several companies already nOti-
flying him that they will no longer ad-
here to the Clarkson rates.
The sportsmen of the state held a
big three-days' meeting at Manhattan
last week. New officers chosen in
! Guided E. Brewer for president and w.
Beardsley for secretary. Ottawa was
chosen for next years meeting.
As a solution of the freight rate
problem ex-senator PETER advocates
the handling OF freight on the same
basis as mail matter, by weight, with
out regard to distance. He says this
would remove all determinations
Among the "a graduates of the
Wichita high school was Evelyn, the
Oldest daughter of Mrs Mary E. Lease.
She is wonderfully like her mother in
voice and expressive power and the
big audience fairly went wild over her
Grafton.
The state school fund now owns So,
| 2OS, 798 in bonds. The amount of cash
in the general revenue fund of the
state May / was 1924, 212, and the cash
in the state treasury $500, 832. The in
| surance fund shows a steady increase,
there being S29, 1852 to its credit in the
treasury.
/ At Pratt the other night Charlie;
| Cleveland, a railroad employee, was shot
by his wife while he was out walking
with a couple of other women. Mrs
| Cleveland tried to shoot the women
but the revolver would not work. Mrs
| Cleveland is Heading church member
and the episode created a big sensa
ton.
| Kansas has more eX-gOVernOrs living
than any other state in the union
They number seven, and all take par
in the business affairs of the day
Their ages are: George w. Click, 10
John P. St. John, g.; E. n. Morrill,, 6S
Samuel ]. Crawford, 81; Thomas A
Osborn, 81; L. U. Humphrey, So, anC
L. D. Lewelling, 40.
The annual session Of the Federation
of Women's clubs at Hutchinson las
week was exceedingly profitable, dele
gates representing over 1000 member
being present officers chosen were
/ Mrs. W. C. 4cClintoclE, president; hrs
S. R. Peters, vice president; Miss Julit
Walsh, secretary, and Mrs. Snyder, 0
Leayenworth, treasurer.
/ Warden Lands, Of the state peni
Tertiary, mas stopped the practice o
, pardon lawyers who go into the prisoI
and take money from prisoners on tn
ground that they would secure par
dons for them. Warden Lands says
| prisoner has a better show by appeal
ing direct to the governor without tn
intervention Of any lawyer.
Fabian Lagree, member OF a Frenc
colony near Moundridge, recently tel
heir to 100000 through the death Of
sister who owned large mining inter
ests ia Montana
The state textbook commission ha
, been restrained from doing bushes
until the courts decide the eonstitT
tionality of the law. Judge Hazen, c
Topeka, granted the temporary IL
Junction
Gov Leedy has issued an order Il
3 curing all companies OF the nations
: guard 20 report to the nearest g. A. T
II post OF Memorial day, and be subjeC
) on that lag 70 The orders Of the 20.
commander