The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-02-25
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Citizens Of Madison raised 81 SEQ
which VIII be used IN boring for gas.
Machinery IS being placed in posi-
ton for big brick plant at Humboldt
One OF the largest sme1ters in the
country wiz be erected st la Harpe,
Allen county
The Santa Fe recently finished a new
depot at South Winfield, built Of
/ pressed brick
Eddie Grape, aged four years, was ac-
cidentaIly drowned IN q cistern at
LeaTenworth-
republican convention viii be held at
Ottawa, Nay
A Clay county farmer last week sold
I 5000 bushels Of wheat at 50 cents,
POeketing s.. 500.
There are nearly 400 cIsameries and
shimming stations IN Kansas A year
ago there were only rs.
A young son Of II. Garten, near Med
/ icine Lodge, fell into tub Of boiling
water and was scal6ed to death.
Three Illinois professors want to es-
| tablish a normal school at Newton on
the order Of the one at Fort Scott
Republicans Of the Third district
/ viii meet at Independence April to
nominate q candidate for congress
A party Of Indiana farmers recently
/ invested SIS, 900 IN farms near Newton,
upon which they viii settle this spring.
/ Cattle dealers of Kansas and Denver
l have leased 81 sections Of land IN Dick
/ insOn and Morris counties and viii
pasture 90, GOO head thereon this sum
mer.
James R COlean, who wrecked the
State bank at Fort Scott, has been
made prison secretary at Lansing, the
/ highest place a convict can hold at the
| prison
Superintendent Sweet, of the Has
/ keII Indian school at Lawrence, refused
to resign, as requested, and a Wash
/ ingtOn telegram said he would be re-
moved
A community four miles west Of Pea
body had an epidemic of black measles.
I The public school was dismissed and
other precautions taken to stop its
/ spread.
Eugene MikeseIl, the Fort Scott Jew
eler, pleaded guilty to having burned
I his house IN order to defraud the insu-
rance companies His wife was allowed
to 60 free.
The contest for clerk Of Crawford
| county resulted in a victory for Cum
ningham, the fusion candidate. It
was alleged that the ballots from three
/ precincts were tempered with
At least /, 800 delegates were expect
ed at Topeka on the 21st to attend the
/ National Creamery Buttermakers' con-
veutiOn. There were over 600 entries
and liberal prizes were offered
Judge L. Houck, Of Hutchinson, who
died at the age OF 6S. had been judge
Of the district court there u years.
/ Although a captain in the confederate
army he became a republican after ar
irving in Kansas
A telegram from lola said exon
gresham Funston would enter the
race for the republican nomination for
/ governor. It was said that A. w.
/ Smith, Of Mcpherson, would throw his
strength to Mr.. Funston
Owing to a quarrel between the two
/ G. A r. posts at Wichita the matter Of
raising funds 10 defray expenses Of
the state 6. A r encampment at
/ Wichita in April was placed in charge
of a committee Of citizens
A Topeka telegram said the state
/ officers would commence action to COM
/ pei o. B Taylor. coal oil inspector
under Gov. Lewelling, to turn over
money collected by him while In Office
1t is alleged that so, 900 are unaecOunt-
ed for.
The attorney general decides that
/ county clerks are entitled to all fees
! they receive from business other than
5nT
| This includes the acknowledgment Of
deeds, afidavits and instruments Of
/ like character
William StryBer, state superintend-
ent OF the public schools, says the
| Scriptures may be read in the
/ public schools Of the state, provided it
is done without note or comment.
| The repeating Of the Lords prayer is
also permissible
The State Temperance union has
secured DR.. Howard H. Russell, super
! intendent OF the National Anti-SalOOn
| league to hold temperance revivals
/ throughout the state, beginning April
I. Two organizers viii also be placed
| in the field Immediately
There is said to be a fve-fOot vein Of
| FIRE clay at the state Penitentiary, and
a Leavenworth dispatch said the state
administration would probably put
state cOnvicts to work manufacturing
fire clay instead of digging coal and
competing with free labor.
Mrs Frances KaPOntere, of FrOnte-
nae, was convicted and fined for circu-
/ lating slanderOus stories about her
neigh Dor, Mrs Shara She refused to
pay the fine and was sent to Jail
After one days Incarceration Mrs.
Kapontere decided to pay the fine and
inhale the air Of freedom
State Superintendent Stryker has
sent letter to school district officers
IN which ne suggests that a reference
| library be placed IN each school and
/ good pictures be hung on the walls
/ He also says drawing should be re-
quired BY law Of all applicants for
/ teachers certificates, and should be
taught IN every school through all Of
the grades
The state superintendent Of insur-