The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-06-04
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


at Empire City Of wiilfully
burning baby's fingers
The annual meeting of the Kansas
Reform Press association viii be held
at Emporia July 10 and2O,
Two thousand delegates were exc
pected to attend the annual convention
Of the Kansas Christian Endeaver
union, which assembled at Topeka
June 2.
John Coleman, OF Ottawa tried to
keep his daughter away from the Sal
walton army meetings by numerically
beating her. tie was arrested an q
charge Of cruelty.
State Bank Commissioner Breiden-
thai warns Kansas bankers that where
one bank bids for the county funds aud
then divides the deposits with the
other banks they are violating the
antitrust law.
A Topeka telegram said the o. NJ. b.
lodges, anti-prohibition, would boycott
the Santa Fe and Union Pacific rail-
roads because the attorneys for these
roads were agit&ting the enforcement
of the prohibitory law
Pittsburg has been made the division
point of the PittsbuFg & Gulf railroad,
creating a monthly pay roll of SIS, 600.
Pittsburg now has five railway systems
Fort Scott & Memphis, Pittsburg ~
Gulf, Sants Fe, Missouri Pacific and
Frisco.
Prof. D. E. Sanders, who has been
president of the Kansas normal col
lege at Fort. Scott 10 years, has re-
signed to accept the presidency Of
college at Dillon, Mont He viii be
succeeded at Fort Scott by Prof. G. w.
Martin, Of Baker university.
The state railroad board has ad-
dressed a letter to the different KAN
sas railroads suggesting a reduction Of
rates as follows: Twenty per cent on
the distance tariff now in force; 20 per
cent. on coal rates; IS per cent on
grain rates and five per cent on live
stock rates.
Rev. C. Il. Fem, of the First Congre-
gational church ii LeayenWorth, has
/ established a kindergarten in connec-
/ ton with his church, where mothers
can leave their children during the
services. The kindergarten will be
conducted in the church parlors, the
exercises to be of a se3i-rehgiOus ma
ture.
/ There is great excitement and coz
siderable acrimony in Montgomery
over the attempt to secure a grand
jury to aid in enforcing the liquor law.
| At Liberty Rev. D. NJ Campbell, the
! Methodist preacher who had been &C
tive for a grand jury, was waited upon
one night and threatened with mob
violence.
I The annual session of the Kansas
State Sunday School association at
I Newton last week was the most sue
cessful ever held. Martin Mohier was
elected president; E. r. Moses, S. b,
, Wood and Mrs Eva Nall vice presi
. dents; Mrs. Anna Foster secretary and
j R. NJ. White treasurer. Abilene was
chosen for the 1898 meeting.
p Emporia was afflicted with a mys
terious night prowler who had com
pletely terr0rized all the women iH
town. He would boldly force his way
into the apartments of young women
and try to carry them away In one
night he visited SO residences wher,
men folks were away and left only
when the screams Of women aroused
the neighbors-
Secretary Of the State Board Of Agri
culture Cohurn has issued an interest
D ing book on the Kansas poultry in
: dustry. The egg product alone for
1896 amounted to s3,6Os,s15. No field
+ crops, with the exception Of corn
wheat and hay, equaled in value th'
D poultry industry. which came within
, IA per cent Of paying the entire COS
Of the public schools.
In 8 speech at Mankato the othe
day Gov. Leedy said the only solutoi
2 of the freight rate problem was Il
build a north and south road to dee
c water. he saida party of railroad mel
were anxious to construct such a road
d If backed by the states Of Nebraska
g Kansas and Texas, and would not asi
o a cent until the road is completed. I'll
said the road would be 1000 miles Jon
and could be built for $40, 600 per mile
The state textbook commission ha
mi selected books for use in the publ
schools. They were al taken from dii
l. ferent companies at the rate 6Xed b.
h law, which is about so per cent unde
E. old prices Spoilers cost 10 cents arith
8. metics % to IS, algebrss 50, histories
D. 50, biographies 30 and 70, grammar
D. IS, readers, 20, H., 25 80 and io physi
s. ologies SOC, philosophers 80, bcokkeeI
lie ing 40, constitutions 30 and physica
# Biographies 80.
ID In decision at Fort Scott recent,
IN Judge Simons sustained the contention
lie Of Judge West that the Kansas bankini
j. law Of 1897 precludes the depositOrs o
suspended state bank from suini
stockholders for double liability
7, Judge Simons held that it was the eH
M elusive province Of the bank receive
4 1 to become the plaintiff in such action
y Attorney West also raised the poin
N that prior 10 1891 there was no kansa
- law authorizing the incorporation Of
" company to engage in the genera
a. banking business All state banks 81
n SO chartered ap2if this point is sus
I sained az banks chartered prior to ls9
are illegally formed.
Ex-senator PETER, in his Topeka Aa
. yoeate, has opened 3 fight OK Senate
p Harris, who in the legislature los
P winter abandoned the maSimuE rate
Z plank Of the peoples party pistform.
u Cove county, with paPalstion o.
= 400, docs not owe a dollar The CouH
2 ~ was organized II years ago, aud no
: case Of felony has ever been tried il
the county.
I A terrible rain and electric storu
+ visited IroE the othsr night over fFl
4 Fgne5es Of 'Tatsf falling - two hosts
seE ssf bogses were struck ~ Sight