The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16
EmpOrla's drought is broken.

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The canyons will erect one Of the
largest smelters in the West at La Harpe.
The Haskell institute foot ball team
gave q banquet to it's friends last week.
Thomas M. PiersOn, who has lived
near Lawrence since 1855, died Friday
evening.
Two Mcpherson prisoners escaped
from the county Jail Friday night by
saving out the bars.
Prof. w. d. Kuhn, of Campbell uni
versity, has quit teaching and will go
into the grain business.
The city council Of Great Bend will re-
fuse to fine jOintists IL half thetaxpayers
sign a. petitOntO that effect.
DIR. A. r. Mcleod, coroner Of Wyan-
dOtte county, dropped dead at his home
in Kansas City Saturday night.
r. II. HOag will prospect for natural
gas I'm and around Newton. II he fails
to find gas he will start a salt plant
Ed C. Gates, Fort Scott Republican
lawyer, wants to go to Congress from
the Second district. He is young yet
The Masonic grand lodge of Kansas is
convened at Wichita with large num-
ber Of visiting MasOns In attendance
The Santa Fe stock yards at EmpOria
have been improved and when remOd-
eled will have a capacity OF 1000 head.
J. H. Hamilton, of Columbus, has an
nOunced his candidacy for the Republi-
can nomination for Secretary of State.
George King, son OF A. S. King, Of
Centralia, died Of scarlet fever, con-
tracbed from a letter received from Ger
many.
J. X. Elwell, Of Lawrence, has gone to
Cuba for the Central Union Cuban com
mittee, OF New York, with Miss Clara
Barton.
The AtchisOn Globe has started fund
to erect a monument over Ex-Governor
John A. Martins grave. Ex-Governor
Glick contributed $25.
Matthew A. Watson, one Of the ear
hest settlers of southeastern Kansas,
died at his home at Oresllne, Saturday,
at the age Of SS years.
r. ]. Bennett, representative from
Dickinson county, Is lying at the point
Of death at his home in HerlngtOn He
has cancer Of the stomach.
A public meeting In the Baptist church
at Olathe, Sunday, censUred Ex-Governor
John p. St. John for signing druggist's s
petition for liquor permit,
The Santa Fe will put in elghty-two
miles Of steel rail between La Junta
NvN hhe iVour mil
permit record breaking run.
Prof. ]. H. Farrell, OF the department
Of music of the State university, will
return to Lawrence this week from
Italy, where has been completing studies
In music.
Dave Leahy: The january earnings
OF the State penitentlary exceeded the
expenses by $4,000, and not pound OF
coal was sold or consumed outside Of a
State institution.
1t is said that Wichita is unable to
raise the thousand dollars pledged to
secure the G. A. r. encampment last
spring, and the encampment will there
fore go somewhere else
Workmen at Arkansas City in repair
ing water pipe dug up section OF the
first water main laid in the city, eight
cen years ago. 1t consisted of a round
cedar post bored out and bound with
strap iron.
Judge L. HOuk, of Hutchinson, died
Saturday at Chicago, where he had been
for O year for medical treatment. He
WaS we'll known as q prominent jurist
and was for ten years Judge Of the Ninth
Judicial district.
The Comptroller of the Currency notes
the following changes in national bank
officers In Kansas: The National Bank
Of Pittsburg, Josiah Lanyon, president
In place Of s. II. Lanyon; Fl. c. Willard
vice president, In place OF Josiah Ian,
yon.
AtchlSon county will receive Az pei
cent. for the use Of $50,000 of its fund
Local banks got into contest as t