The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-02-05
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

a hen is worth more than an acre Of
ground.
| airs. Hannah D. Gilmore is under ar.
scst at Atwood charged With murders
h.g her husband.
An incendiary fire at Chanute de-
stroyed five store buildings known as
ne Freeman block.
The faculy and students of Midland
college, at Atchison, viii try to raiss
| $1,000 for a library
The new board Of penitentisry di-
rectors is composed Of C. z. Allison.
Erie; NJ. L. Drake, Mcpherson, and A:
a, Newman, Clay Center,
A poll Of the present state senate de
yelops the fact that but three members
favored straightout resubmission. A
number favor constitutional conven-
ton.
At Radical, Montgomery eddnty. Dr.:
Femuel Pegley, 10 years old, is under
srFest for attempting to kill his IL
| ear-old girl wife. He is thought to
re insane.
Rev. H. E. Ballou. a Christian
preacher, will be chaplain of the peni-
.entiary under Warden Lands. He
vas the fusion candidate for congress
q the First district.
Judge Myers; of the LeavehwortH
district court, decided That Wien a
!airOad company abandoned its train
,ervice the right-Of-Way reverted to
he original owners.
Senator PETER announced from
Washington that he will devote his
time in future tn the editofship of the
Topeka Advocate, and that he viii OPP
pose fusion with the democrats.
There is 81, 400 in the state treasury
which belongs to the various fire de-
partments of the state from the tax
from eastern 1rsurancg companies
1t viii require special act Of the leg
islature to get it out.
The College of Emporia conferred
the degree 6f a. NJ. upon Ewing Her
bert, of Hiawatha, and ". A. White,
of Emporia, who were formerly stu
dents of the college, Both are we'll
known young newspaper men.
G. ". tanning, Of Lyon county, has
brought suit fur s25lOGe damages
against Post Office inspector Cochran
and W. o. Skaggs, who he claims had
him falsely imprisoned on the charge
Of opening d iettsf addressed to
Skaggs.
Gov. Leedy has named Mrs. John P.
st. John, of Olathe; Harrison Kelley, of
Burlington, and C. B. Hoffman, of En-
terprise, as regents Of the state agri-
cultural college, Mrs; St, John Is the
wife Of exGoV. st. John, tie Hoted
prohibition apostle.
Many farmers in western counties
who gave their notes for grain fur
nished by the state two years ago have
defauited in their payments, The
counties .steed sponsor for the pay.
ment OF these notes, and they will Rave
to pay them. About $50, 600 is due.
Custer post No. 6, at Leavenw orth
one of the largest G. A, r. posts in
Kansas, adopted resolutions condemn
ing Gov. Smith, of the soldiers home,
declaring that his administration of
the home was tyrannical, and demand
ing that congress summarily remove
him.
There is a state law allowing coun-
ties so cents a day for caring for in
sane people who cannot get into the
regular asylum. The amount expended
the past two years for this purpose
reached the enormous sum of S110, O50,
which is $50, 600 more than any previous
two years.
The trouble over the orator to repre-
sent the Emporia state normal at the
interstate contest next May has been
adjusted, The oratorical college res
scinded its order declaring the late
contest Illegal. This gircs F. N. Ma
hin, OF Arkansas City, the honor to
represent the college.
A bill to prohibit the sale of patent
medicines, drugs or nostrums until the
formula is presented to and favorably
passed upon by the state board of
health is one Of the measures now be-
fore the Legislature. A heavy license
Is also fixed upon all drug stores hand
ing such proprietary medicines.
Matte Price, a fashionable young
woman Of Fort Scott, was convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary for
having concealed several bolts of silk
which two Of her male friends had
stolen from a dry goods store. sbs
was said TO be the fairest woman ever
convicted of felony at Fort Scott.
The county treasurers of the state
held their annual convention in To
peka last week. Bills covering the fol.
lowing subjects were presented to the
legislature for enactment: Providing
for a uniform county depository law;
to compel treasurers to make annual |
settlements with the county commits.
sioners.
A non-partisan celebration of Kan
sas' S6th birthday was held in repre-
sentative hall in Topeka on the seth. !
Two thousand people attended. Chief |
Justice Doster presided, and speeches |
highly eulogistic of the Sunfower state
were made By Judges Doster and Hor.
ton, Senator-elect ". A. Harris, Jerry |
Simpson and D. c. Tillotson.
The State Temperance union has is
sued an address congratulating the |
advocates of prohibition upon the re- /
viVal Of interests on the part of press |
and pulpit in the state in temperance
reform and also upon the aggressive
work Of the ". c. T. e., the I. 0. 6. T., |
the Y. P. s. C. E. and other non-parti-
san temperance organizations.
Labor Commissioner Bird has notified |
Ell mayors Of cities, towns and villages
IN Kansas, and all police boards, that I
the eight-hour law in regard to labor
must be observed.
The house voted to kill the bill max
ing it a misdemeanor to trespass. The