The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-22
KANSAS STATE NEWS

Charles Z. Scott viii publish a daily
edition Of MS lola Register
In an interview Gov. Leedy declares
very positively in favor Of capital pun.
ishment
George ", Clark, as referee in the
stock yards suit vas allowed $500
and expenses
Thirty head Of early spring steer
calves brought sis apiece at a sale ia
Jewell county.
Frank Beaurman, young Leaven-
worth county farmer, was gored 20
death by bull.
The IS-mOnths-old baby OF Frank
IIagendefIer, of Everest was drowned
in a bucket Of soap suds.
Charley Clary, married man with
two children, disappeared from Gar
land with Miss Annie Hall, aged 10
Ed Goldberg, Of Wichita, recently
appointed agent for the Quspaw In
dams, formerly resided at Canton, o.
! L. L. Roby, Of Topeka, has retired
from the Kansas Endeavorer, and the
paper will hereafter be printed at
Newton, with Rev w. l. Garges as
editor.
North Topeka has a cooperative
clearinghouse, by means Of which 10
persons expect to red-cc the expenses
Of housekeeping to about sL75 per
week each.
/ Holton has a new public library,
with 500 volumes, which owes its ex-
istence 10 Is young ladies comprising
the Boobman club. a literary society
only year old.
The Baptist Young Peoples union,
In annual convention at Lawrence,
elected w. Il. Keith, Clay Center, pres
ident, and Miss Carrie Sheffield. To-
peza, secretary.
Bishop Jesse Engle and wife and
Miss Francis Davidson, of the River
Brethren denomination, have gone
from Abilene to Cape Town, Africa, to
work as missionaries
The state military board has decided
TO deal more harshly with the differ
ent company officers, and their &c
counts and reports will be watched
more closely than in the past
The state temperance union has
issued an address to the church people
Of Kansas urging them to join in the
observance of the third Sunday in
October as Temperance Sunday.
The real estate men of Kansas met
ID convention at Leavenworth during
the carnival last week E. jameson,
Leavenworth, was elected president,
and c, j. Peek, Salina, secretary.
The state supreme court has decided
that where any company or concern
maintains a large pond or reservoir
and permits children to play about it,
it is liable il anyof the children should
be drowned
Burglars entered the Fort Scott
Catholic church in broad day and at
tempted 10 obtain two solid gold come
nunion cups, and were in the act Of
separating them with ehiaels when
frightened away.
During the performance Of Lemen
Bros circus at Neodesha the other
night a small riot occurred between
the showmen and some citizens.
Charles Irwin was shot and several
persons were injured.
The republican state committee
charges that Warden lands shipped
9enitentiary coal into the strike dis
,ricts aud helped defeat the miners in
their recent struggle. The charges
are, Of course, denied.
State Oil Inspector Wharton arrived
IN Topeka recently and turned in s,,eoO
in fees lie was smarting under the
criticism OF the state auditor about
the conduct Of the Office, aud said
there was 10 truth in the charges that
were floating around.
State Bank Commissioner Breiden-
thai requests all banks IN Kansas TO
dispose of their real estate holdings;
not that real estate is not a profitable
holding, but that bank is not q real
estate company, and land is not 3
proper asset for a bank.
The Brown county republican cen.
trial committee has recommended the
lippoin;nsnt Of republican election
boards, on the ground that 10 fusing
az q free silver party the democrats
and popuiists lost their identity and
forfeited all rights to representation.
The city Of Hutchinson voted ss5, coo
il bonds as o bonus for the Hutchin-
son & Southern 10 build S union depot.
general Office, r0Rndhouse and ma-
chine shops there. The company IS 70
eomplete buildings and have shops in
operation before the bonds are issued.
There are only 70 counties 10 Kansas
where populists and democrats haVe
not fused on county officers They
lare Barber. Cload. Dickinson, Graham.
Greeley, Gray, Haskell. KesrHey, Lane.
Meade, Ness, PaEnee, Rswlinsi Rush,
S. John, Thomas, WOodsons Wallace
and Wichita.
Judge Wells. Of the appellate court
I in a test case submitted from Marshail
county, rendered q deeisi0a that prsc-
ltically iavaiidates the eightho1f law.
he held that s is5orer who sy0rts
more tAaR eight hours . day eauuot
tgeooYer for surplus line beezHzs 10
helped 70 violate tie laT and IS, there.
fore. barred from any benefit uader it
The only way that the law can appiy
IS s. here On understanding IS had ia
+ siFanee between employer AID eHss
ploye This kills theintentof the law.
ios the employer is not required % enc
. plaT sd sigbth0rf advocate,
Kansas branch no. I. o! the social
dem7eresy, has been orRsatzed as To-
pQha. 81 A. Waterman, deputy bank
ecnmisEonsr, and CTS ALLEN. son 81
iastiee hifsa arr cEcerS
Ihe Eatioaat ehrlssisn assosist1uE
WITH headquarters 30 Topeka. hess
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