The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-16
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

The state board Of paFdons has rec
commended Gov. Leedy to give Willie
Sells an unconditional pardon.
W. w. Rose, Of Kansas City, was
elected superintendent Of construction
by the state board Of charities TO sue
coed J. G. Haskell
The cost Of the expert testimony
given by witnesses for the state to es-
tablish the value Of the property Of
the Kansas City Stock Yards Co. was
s., 1880.
There is one instance in Marion
county where the figure "1S" is not a
hoOdoo. Ben Bell has raised his 18TH
crop Of wheat, and it is the best he
ever had.
Gov. Smith, Of the Soldiers home at
Leayenworth, has been presented with
q handsome gold-headed cane by sew
eral Of his Kelley comrades, as a token
Of their esteem and friendship for him
Attorney-General Boyle has rem
dered an opinion that all fees Of the
bank commissioner, charged for ex-
aiming state banks in the hands Of
receivers, must be paid by the receiv-
ers Of said banks
Col. James Hallowel (''Prinee Hal")
is seriously i'll with diabetes at his
fathers home on a farm near Linden,
Ind. The attending physicians sag
that it is not probable that he viii re-
cover, but that he is not in immediate
danger of death.
The Kansas university museum has
received a huge South American snake
from Tom Bassett, q former resident
of Lawrence, but who has been in
South America for some time. The
snake is a rare specimen and is eight
feet in length. 1t was sent alive and
came through in good shape.
The deaths among the soldiers at the
home at Leavcnworth, including those
absent on leave during the past year,
ended at midnight June 80, numbered
l6A Singular to relate, the same mum
Der Of deaths among the members oc-
Cured during the preceding fiscal
year, making the total for the two
years S2S.
Since the warden Of the penitentiary
took the stripes off the conviets and
gave them suits Of cadet gray, new
IDEAS of the fitness Of things have been
developing at Lansing. Warden Lam
| dis received a petition signed by all
The convicts in the leather working
shops asking for new aprons to protect
their uniforms. Aprons have not YET
/ been provided.
The superintendent Of the state sol
diers' homeat Dodge City and the war
den of the penitentiary have fled then
reports with the state auditor for the
month ofJune. The Dodge City home
cost for its maintenance during the
month SS,60991. The expense bill o.
the penitentiary was, for salaries
/ So, 500. SO; for maintenance, So, 1872. Il
The receipts of the penitentiary from
labor Of eonviets was s8,67425
Gov. Leedy RENTED the fines Of foul
Dodge City jointkeepers who haC
served out a Jail sentence but were IN
able to pay the fine imposed upon
them. The governor said he RENTED
the fines because none of them had any
money and there was no way possible
/ to get them to work it out. He thought
perhaps they might profit by theiI
long confinement and go to work IN
the harvest fields, where labor is il
such great demand.
The Kansas boys who were granted
degrees at Harvard college were
Masters Of art, Ralph Waldo Cone, o
/ Seneca; Thornton Cooke, Of Herring
ton; John G. Hail. Of Lawrence; th'
| degree Of bachelor of arts was cen
ferred upon james Horace Patton, o
Paola; Carl Francis Prest of Salina
Frank Nash Morrill,, of Hiawatha
Burtiss Burr Breeze, of Reeee. Schuyler
Coifax Bloss, OF Clay Center wa
awarded honorable mention.
The Colored Free Silver league, o
Kansas, at it annual meeting at To
peka, adopted resolutions indorsing thu
state administration and elected tn
following officers for the year: Presi
dent, ]. r. Lyle, Topeka; vice presi
dent, Z. W. Leseher, Galena; secretary
J. B. Gibbs, Kansas City. Kan; CORE
spending secretary, P. C. Thomas
Kansas City, Kan; treasurer, E. 3
tCabbel, CofeyvilIe; chairman execu
tive committee, j. W. Anderson To
peka.
GOV. Leedy has issued commission
to assistant inspectors and weighmas
tiers in the grain inspection depart
! ment as follows: S. S. Harvey Of Oh
tawa county, ". F. Thompson Of Sedg
wick county and J. B. Daniels of VS.
andotte county, assistant inspectors
F. B. Sehifbaur, A. H. Schissler g
Reno county, B. ". Reynolds Of Mont
Pomery county, William Sullivan q
Atehison county, J. Lee Simpson q
Leavenwortb county and Frank j
Beveridge OF Marshall county Weigf
masters.
Bank Commissioner Breidentbal sa5
the banks Of Kansas are in better cor
] dition to-day than they have been fo
years There are s75 state banks !
Kansas and III have reported. Thes
show in the aggregate leans amour
ing to 1865. SOS, cash on hand 81, 125
e61, sight exchange 81. 471s SOS. The d
, posits amount to s7,s74.l 25. while the
I hold borrowed money in bills payab
, and rediscounts aggregation only S3l
6s2. The reserve to-day is 4s $500 p'
cent Of the deposits. The law requirl
only &c per cent.
6. a. Pickett, editor OF the toI
Scott Daily Citizen 8 paper pledged
I lfght for resubmisSion and against Pr
s hibition. has mystefiously dissPpesrs
+ from Fort Scott
z The smeltef at Argentine has bee
: adding 70 its force Of men 10 ali T.
3 departments Of the plant Il vas So
Z TIE plant would be running IN fu