The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-04-29

the stealing OF live stock
Among those who offered their sew
I ices TO the governor as soldiers was ez-
/ Gov LeweHing, Of Wichita
The state coal oil inspector turned
I S74z into the state treasury for March,
which makes a total Of s.. $50 for the
year.
Not for several years have farmers
I OF southern Kansas been so backward
with corn planting, the result Of too
much rain.
George Potter, who had his leg cut
\ OF by a Santa Fe freight train at
Larned, got a judgment Of s., 500
/ against the railroad
A midnight IRE at Haddam destroyed
three business houses, including the
hall. occupied by the various fraternal
societies Of the town.
Fighting Joe" Hudson, Of Topeka,
rendered his services to Gov. Leedy
and said ne desired to lead a company
Of Kansas boys against Spain
The total enlisted strength Of the
Kansas national guard is ,2T3- The
inspecting officer reports the guard to
be in very fair condition in every par
tiq1lar. . III -.
DE-. Wiley @. Woodruff was raising
military company of state university
students, to become a part of ma
tiOnaT organization Of university stu
dents.
Mrs. Plumb, Of Emporia, recently
won a SO, 600 suit against Capt A A.
Thomas, a partner of the late senator,
in the supreme court of the District
of Columbia
The machine shops at the state uni
versity recently destroyed by light
ming viii be rebuilt Immediately, the
citizens Of Lawrence having raised the
$50, 900 required
Secretary Corburn, of the the state
board of agriculture, has issued a
quarterly on THE Plow. Cow and
Steer which promises to create as
much interest las any Of his former
publications.
E c. Little, private secretary to
Gov. LeedE,lsec1Red the iBames of SO
Abilene young men who will 90 to
fight. Little may lead them, and it
was suggested that he might become
commander Of the volunteer forces Of
Kansas.
The Manhattan, Alma & BHrlingame,
a line Of railway SIS miles long between
Manhattan and Burlingame and con-
meeting the Union Pacific and Santa
Fe, was sold under foreclosure for
$500, 600 to a representative Of the
Santa Fe.
The convention OF Fourth Congress
siOnal District Republican League
clubs was held at Emporia last week.
Speeches were made Thy state and
congressional candidates W A Mad
isOn, Of Lyndon, was elected secretary
Of the league.
Capt. Il. NJ Phillips, county-treas-
urer-elect Of Shawnee county, and a
company Of 70 men, organized in To-
peka, marched to the statehOuse and
rendered their services to Gov Leedy
in case Of war. It is the first vOlun-
feer company that viii be subject to
the call Of the governor.
II Col Alexander Warner, late presi-
dent Of the bank at Baxter Springs,
was convicted in the Cherokee county
district court on Eve counts Of having
violated the state banking law. When
Col far1fer's bank failed several
months ago there was less than $50 in
the vaults Col Warner was until re-
Gently q member Of the legislature
and prominent republican politician.
Gov. Leedy pardoned Marion Clark,
Of COffey county, who was sent to the
penitentiary forten years for highway
robbery. Clark islthe 16-year-Old boy
! who was sentenced on circumstantisi
evidence a year ago and on whose ac-
count J. Custer, one Of the jurors, COM
mitted suicide about two weeks ago.
Evidence had been secured that Clark
was innocent and Custer killed him
self because Of remOrse.
A committee Of prominent pOpulists
I Of Wyandotte county visited the at
tOrney general recently and requested
/ that ouO-warrantO proceedings be
brought against w. T. Quarles, chief
| Of police Of Kansas City, and 5. c. Mil
! Ter, county attorney Of Wyandotte
county, with a view to ousting them
from Office. The committee charges
/ that the eonaition Of the police affairs
/ id that city and county is a disgrace to
the party; that saloons and gambling
( dens are run in open defiance OF law
and are of a more vicious character
than is permitted in Kansas City, No,
where no prOhibitOry law exists
Judge W. c. Webb, one Of the best
known men in Kansas, died at Topeka
He was q native of Pennsylvania, but
! was for many years q resident % Wis
consin, where he served in the legisla-
ture as a republican. He came to Kan
sas in 1866, locating at Fort Scott In
early life he was a democrat. but left
( that party because Of his anti-slavery
views He served In the union army,
rising to the rank Of colonel In 1875
I he moved TO Topeka and as a republic
an was three times elected TO the legis
I lature and held the Office of county at
! torney. district judge and judge Of the
( superior court OF Shawnee county, and
/ other public positions Seven years
/ ago he Joined the peoples party. His
I last work was the reEisiOn Of the Kan
I sas statutes
In the federal court at Topeka last
I week the last OF the criminal charges
I against W H Hill. founder Of Hill
( City. Graham county. was dismissed
/ Hill was charged with obtaining gov
eminent land under false pretenses,
I Init Heeseaned prosecution under tech