The Advocate and news., 1898-01-05
CONCERNING KANSAS.


so it is presumable that his home district
will enthusiastically support Bush for
reelection.
c. A. Hamhn, formerly editor Of the
Mcpherson Opinion, has bought the
airard News. Albert Finger, the former
editor, has improved the News and
madc 1t very credltable paper
The old line insurance companies have
cancelled their policies ON the Fort
Scott waterworks plant because they
allege II is now in possession Of "inex-
perienced hands" thereby increasing the
risk.
A call has been issued for meeting
of the free silver Republican State COM
mittee to be held at Topeka, January
IL. 1t is signed by D. c. TillOtson, r.
w. Turner, DR.. F. B. Lawrence and J.
A. Davis.
A meeting Of colored Republicans of
Kansas was held last week at Topeka at
which resolutions were unanimously
adopted demanding the nomination Of
w. B. Townsend, OF LeaVenworth, for
State Auditor.
At home talent theatrical entertain
ment at Cedar Point the floor gave way
throwing fifty people down about twenty
feet. One or two broken limbs were
reported and nearly every person was
bruised or scratched.
Last fall the Cincinnati Enquirer Of
fered a gold watch to the person who
would make the closest guess on the
number Of votes cast for the successful
candidate for Governor of Ohio. Miss
Gillett, of Hope, Kas., won it.
Justice Johnston says that the number
of cases filed In the Supreme court Is
only about 300 per year now, compared
with an average Of 800 In boom days.
He thinks that the court will catch up
with It's work in another year.
The Kansas City Times printed pic
ture of Assistant State Superintendent
J. w. Amis, last week, which bore as
much resemblance to that gentleman )
good looking couutenance as Harry
Freese's does to John Breidenthal's.
The American Book Company gave an
informal musical entertainment at the
Copeland hotel last Thursday evening.
Everything imaginable was done to at
tract the attention Of educators but fail
ure seems to have been the result.
The Emporia Republican favors di-
vision of Kansas into Federal judicial
districts by drawing q north and south
line. This would throw Emporia in the
center Of the eastern district and would
BRING on fight for the location Of the
court there.
The Smith Center Journal says that
it Is authorized to announce that DR..
]. B. Dykes will not be candidate for
the Popullst nomination for Congress
in the Sixth district. He says that he is
favorable to the denomination OF Con-
gressman Mccormick.
Probate Judge Simpson, of Pratt
county, will resign, so 1t Is said. Repub-
liCan papers say that this action has
been taken because of the reduction in
pay caused by the new salary law. The
same article states that the Illness OF
mis- wife is the real reason.
A. G.. Stacey, who was secretary Of the
Senate in 1889, says that the title OF the
insurance bill passed at that sessions all
right. He says that he interlined the
title in the engrossed bill by order Of
the Senate and that this was done, Of
course, before the Senator signed 1t.
Warden Landis, of the penitentiary,
says that there Is no truth in the story
that he intends to purchase mining ma
chimes for use at Lansing. These ma
chimes do the work Of thirty men. He
has invested in two fire extinguishers
which were deemed necessary for the
protection of convicts and State prop
erty.
o. S. Hiatt, of Leavenworth county,
has been given q traders license for
Pawhuska, in the Usage reservation.
He has been Republican director Of the
penitentary and his present job, or op-
portunity, rather, Is said to be worth
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