The Goodland republic., 1897-08-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Senator Royal Mathews, Of McPheE-
son, viii stand for the republican nom
ination for congress in the Seventh dis
trict
The entire national guard Of Kansas
will encamp at Topeka during festival
week and one day viii give sham
battle.
Senator Baker is kept busy at his
home in LeavenwcFth these days lis
tening to the opportunities Of Office
seekers
The Hutchinson & Southern railroad
will extend from Hutchinson to Pat
terson, Harvey county, to connect with
the Frisco.
A cyclone near Russell the Otherday
demolished a new house and killed
two carpenters that were working on
the building.
It is rumored that the Missouri Pa
cifc viii extend branch line from
Conway Springs through Wellington
to Arkansas City.
A tramp has sued D. A. Laws, OF EN-
poria, for 81 900 damages. The tramp
stopped at Laws house to beg, and the
bulldog tore him mp.
Since Gov. Leedy was inducted into
office there have been five deaths among
those directly appointed to Office either
by himself or other state officers.
A RECENT democratic convention at
Laken developed bad blood and one Of
the defeated candidates publicly horse
whipped Editor Purcell, of the Index.
There is a remarkable family near
Morrill,, 1t consists of 125 children
and grandchildren, and not one dead.
The parents are both alive and strong.
The state owes Atchison county S.
800 for the care Of insane patients for
three years, and the county will pay
no more state taxes until this claim is
allowed.
Chester I. Long says he will again
be a candidate for congress from the
Seventh district, and denies that he is
after the republican nomination for
governor.
Cattle on the ranch Of Hollowen &
Morgan, near Manhattan, were found
to have Texas fever and the whole
herd, numbering about 5000 head, are
quarantined.
At the tournament OF the Emporia
gun club recently the state wingshOt
championship was again won by Sex
ton, Of LeavenwOrth, who killed 25
birds straight.
A. L. Snyder, for many years
wealthy business man of Topeka, died
in the asylum recently. Six years ago
he got into trouble with the plumbers
union and spent his fortune fight
ing it.
In an opinion recently rendered the
encouragement says that where writ
ten contracts exist between school
boards and book firms, whether in city,
district or county, such contracts are
binding until they expire.
Topeka has the distinction of being
the home of the only colored female
lawyer in America. Hername is Edna
Lytle, and she graduated recently from
the law department Of cOlOred uni
versity. at Nashville, Tenn.
/ In the opinion of State Superintend-
ent Stryker, a textbook contract is
only binding upon the school board
that makes it. He says no board can
bind its successor. The question will
be taken to the supreme court
Gov. Leedy has stated that matters
were so shaping themselves as to
warrant him in calling a special ses-
sion Of the legislature in September or
October to pass a maximum freight
law and to strengthen the anti-bribery
law.
Thousands of pounds Of Kansas
creamery butter are purchased every
week by Kansas City packers and ex-
ported to foreign countries. In the
last two months Armour alone bought
in Kansas 276,78O pounds, paying 13H
cents per pound.
State Treasurer Hefebower, who
held out for some time against the
state buying S25, 600 of Wichita bonds
with permanent school fund money,
on the ground that Wichita was al
ready too heavily bonded, finally gave
in and the bonds were purchased.
In a circular recently issued State
Superintendent Stryker advocates the
wholesale adjustment of schools in
sparsely settled districts ia western
! Kansas and recommends a collection
and delivery of pupils de says in
| many districts there are but three to
five pupils.
The various publishers who have
contracts toprovide textbook for Kan.
sas schools have appointed e. W. Crane
and J. +. Alberts, CT Topeka, to establish
repositories in every county, where
| local dealers can be supplied. The
law allows local dealers ten per cent
profit on books sold.
| The Santa Fe railroad wiz spend
/ s152, 900 in the erection % building,
along its lines ia Kansas this fall
! This does not include smaller depots
and other ike Improvements The
new Buildings are Winfield elevator
/ SIS, 600; Topeka shops, ss5, 600; Dodgs
! City depot. $50 600; Argentine round
house, sl2, 600; Hutchinson depot Sill.
GOO; Newton shops, sl0,oo9s Winfield
depot, saOgS
Judge Hazens Of the Shawnee county
district court decided that the statutg
| does not grant the right of appeal
from 81 order Of The probate court ru
] moving an administratOE
The Stahiebach family. mother
brothers and SISTER. iu Jail at Galeca
I for numbering Frank Galbreath- s7e
I said 80 have other crimes TO their Eee-
ord fheif tactics resemble tbs Ben
Gess
a setEgraus ss0Ia alsrkcta SAID ?.