The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-10-14
NO. g..
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

EallS was destroyed Dg 4Fs-
November Ii Topeka viii vote on
municipal ownership Of waterwOrks-
Seneca viii soon have telephOne
connection with Centralia and other
surrounding towns
The poll books for Kansas soldiers
in Cuba viii be sent TO the island by
man to be named by Gov. Leedy-
Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith delivered a republican speech
at Topeka on the night Of the 9TH.
There are 9O1 Christian EndeavoT
societies IN Kansas, with over 5000
members connected with churches
Among the brigadier generals mus
tered out BY the war department on
the 18th was Joseph x. Hudson, Of kan
sas.
There are II, 100 members Of the Re
beksh order in Kansas, and the num-
Der Of lodges has increased by 20 dur
ing 1898
COffeyville viii soon vote on a propo-
sition to issue $40, 900 bonds to the
Kansas, Oklahoma Central & South
western railway.
The new normal college at Nicker-
son was dedicated recently, ex-State
Superin tendent Winans delivering the
principal address
The arrest at Lawrence Of James
Henderson and a raid Of his house for
stolen goods explained half dozen
burglaries in that city recently.
Newton has /, 235 male citizens who
are eligible" for poll tax, but re-
cent court decision IN the Fort Scott
case makes the poll tax law void.
The new paper mill at COfeyville
covers an area of 50, 900 feet, has
capacity of 40 tons Of straw daily and
employs 40 men and $50 women and
girls.
Citizens of Great Bend gave a ban
quet to company a, Twenty-frst Kan
sas, and raised enough money to pay
the railroad fare Of the boys back to
LeavenwOrth.
The regents Of the Kansas state agri-
cultural college recently bought ST.
500 Of Oklahoma territory school
bonds. The bonds draw six and seven
per cent interest
The Maple Leaf railroad may buy
the Leavenworth, Topeka & South
western branch, in order to gain en-
trance to Topeka and an outlet 20
southern territory.
J. E. Meeker, of the firm Of Fleming
& Meeker, jewelers. at Chanute shot
himself accidentally and died almost
instantly. He was agent for the
American Express company and prOmi-
nent in local politics, society and busi-
ness
William Blalack, who in 1855 pleaded
guilty 90 second degree murder in the
~ Z s0A ~ nd
was given a life sentence, has secured
a new trial on the plea that his con-
fession was made through fear Of mob
violence.
James Collier, a private in the
Twenty-second Kansas, who died in
Philadelphia hospital, was buried at
Atchison with military hOnOrs- He
was the youngest member of company
T., not having reached his seventeenth
birthday.
The report Of the state mine super
intendent shows that LeavenwOrth
county coal miners are the best paid
in the state. Last year the average
wage per DAY for them was ST. as
against SL945< IN Crawford county, the
next highest
At Vermillion G. W. Crawford,
welI-digger, was overcome with air
damp. The workmen on top pulled
him up, but just as he reached the top
his feet slipped out Of the rope and he
fell into the well, a distance Of IS feet
breaking his neck and back.
Lieut.. Guy Morgan, Twenty-second
Kansas. who was accused Of participat-
ing in the dissertation Of the eOnfed-
crate graves at Manassas, Va, was
tried by court-martial at Camp Alger
last week and acquitted. He then
Joined his regiment at Fort Leaven-
worth.
At Somerset, Miami county, while
digging in a well, William Ballard and
Burt Purvis, young men. were killed
by airdamp- John Gatlin, who went
to their rescue, was also rendered IN
conscious and Bob Copper, who got
Gatlin out Of the well, had narrow
escape
Thousands Of old soldiers in Kansas
who are drawing a pension viii be in
tefested in m order recently prOmul-
gated by the post Office department.
authorizing pOstmasters to cash pen
sion checks. 1t is estimated that $780,
600 will be saved to the pensioners Of
the United States each year by this
order.
at the state meeting at Topeka OF
Turner'S, a German society, first hon
ors IN the mems class were carried OF
by Topeka Marysville was second,
Hanover third, Leavenworth fourth
and Lawrence fifth. In the ladies'
event first prize was wen BY TOpelzs-
In the individual turning, the muscU-
lar men from MarysviIle won first hon
ors-
The twentieth annual session of the
northwest Kansas conference Of the
United Brethren church, just closed at
Lebanon, was one Of the largest and
most profitable gatherings Of the kind
held IN years Bishop J. S. Mills. Of
Denver, ohieiated, and was assisted by
Elder c. Z. Mckee, Of Buell.; J. McMil-
Ian, Of C0neordia. and T D. Critics, Of
Russell
Louis Medcalf, who was camping on
the Arkansas river near Hutehinson,
stole several sets Of harness In the
city. BloOdhOunds were put on the
trail and Medcalf was soon run down
Col a 6. Stacey, an old Kansas
newspaper man, now residing at New