The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-12-16
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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Wamego sold her SIS. 600 waterwOrlzs
bonds to eastern men at 3 premium OF
81, 100
The republican state committee
spent s.. e99. So during the recent cam
paign-
A colony Of 50 Germans from the
fatherland located near Florence re-
Gently
Salina is now connected by long dis
tance telephone with New York, via
Kansas City.
The Whittier school building at
COffeyville was entirely destroyed by
FIRE Loss, SO, OOO-
d. W Little, OF Wallace county, will
be assistant state school superintend-
ent under Mr.. Nelson.
An early morning fire at Lawrence
destroyed the New York store, owned
by P. II. Pierce. Loss, SIS. 600.
Capt J. C. Watson, of EmpOria, sue
ceeds E NJ Wilson as superintendent
Of the ". r c. home at Ellsworth
The Allen county grand jury has ad-
journed and the lola Register invites
the boys who hid out to come back
President Taylor suspended IA pu-
pills, mostly girls, from the EmpOria
duct
Fred Bancil, of the Twentieth Kan
sas, died on the transport Indiana just
before reaching Manila He was
buried ashore.
J.H. Prichard, of Fort Scott, has
been appointed captain to assist Adjt.
Gen Allen in recognizing the Kansas
national guard
Farmers of Marshall and Brown
counties organized a mutual fire and
tornado insurance company, with a
capital of 500, 600.
Eugene f Ware has given the Fort
Scott library $50 to buy story books
for children. Mr.. Ware donated the
library to the city originally.
Congressman Ridgely, Of the Third
district, spent more money than any
other candidate in Kansas, the total
Of his expenses footing up s., 5I3.
A Washington dispatch said that as
the Twentieth Kansas regiment was
one Of the last to sail for Manila, it
would be one Of the last to return.
The courthouse at Lincoln Center, a
stone structure erected before the war,
was burned down the other night, the
work Of an incendiary. Loss, SO, 900.
A letter received at Leavenworth
from a member of the Kansas negro
regiment at Santiago said there is
great deal Of sickness among the men
there.
George Rhinehart, a schOOl-teacher
near AtchisOn, was taken to Topeka
TO answer to the charge of statutory
assault, preferred by young woman
residing there
Ex-Judge Theodore Botl1in, who
has been acting as assistant United
States adjutant general with rank of
captain, was hOnOrably discharged
from the service on the 18th.
The annual reunion Of the survivors
Of the Eleventh Kansas cavalry, Sen
ator Plumb's regiment, was held at
EmDoria recently, on the thirtyfifth
anniversary Of the battle Of Prairie
Grove
Two months ago Mrs P. B. Plumb
and other Emporia ladies organized q
children's manual training school there
for little tots Of both sexes and all
cOlOrs and conditions The school now
has Il teachers
The total railway milage in Kansas
is given at s. 1914 miles less than last
year-and the assessed valuation is
SIS, 42S, O9i. There are II telephone
companies in the state, with property
valued at 500, I2L
The Fort Scott city council passed
an ordinance levying a tax of $50
against all druggists taking out per
NIT to sell liquor, but the mayor vetoed
1t on the ground that the tax would
be virtually prOhibitive.
Gov.-elect Stanley certified that it
cost him S6z5 to conduct a campaign.
Of this sum, $500 went to the state
committee; $3.50 for railroad and hotel
bills; $50 for newspapers; $50 for tele-
grams and S25 for postage.
The Kansas & Southern railroad,
with 500, 900 capital, has been char
tered. 1t will build line from West
mOreland north to Blaine or some
point on the Leavenworth, Kansas &
Western. a distance Of nine miles.
The first involuntary bankruptcy
case case brought in the federal court
at Fort Scott was brought by Burn
ham, Hanna, Munger & Co, of Fort
DEOEla ~ lutte jules ~ AL = Al L q DA8
firm at Yates Center, into liquidation.
Ed Jack, of WyandOtte county, has
invented a Continuance to prevent snOr-
ing It is based on the theory that no
one can snOre with his mouth shut,
and Mr.. Jack has arranged bride of
rubber webbing to accomplish this
purpose
While o. Z Emerson, proprietor of
the Rock Island mine at North EN-
Pire, was trying to fix a wheel on the
derrick at the top Of the mine be lost
his footing and fell head first to the
bottom, a distance of 40 feet, meeting
instant death
GOv.-elect Stanley announces that
he will have but % positions to give
out He intends TO appoint the heads
Of departments and hold them resPOn-
sible for their own subOrdinates- Gov.
Stanley viii give four appointments 20
each congressional district
Raymond =. Dawes, Of company G,
Twentieth Kansas, died in a hospital
at Honolulu November 81 He is a son
Of ex-Attorney General Dawes, Of
LeavenwOrth-
At lola the other day District Judge
Stillwel sentenced ten jOintkeePers to
terms Of Imprisonment ranging from
four months to two years and to fines