The Advocate and news., 1898-01-19
CONCERNING KANSAS.

postmaster at Wakeheld.
Under the new stock quarantine regu-
lations all OF Missouri is placed in the
safe area while all Of Arkansas Is in
the quarantined district.
Southwest Kansas millers complain
that exports Of wheat can not be sent
through promptly. On this account
they are losing business.
The LeaVenworth Times says that the
Nemaha delegation will be for Bailey
as first choice and for Curtis in the
event that Bailey can't win.
Rufe Cone Is very much displeased
over the removal Of Police Commits
sioner Furnish, of Wichita. He says 1t
will cost the Governor 1900 votes.
Rice county will convert Lyons ho-
tel into county Jail. So many Kansas
jails are empty 4hat cheap second
hand one might have been secured.
Rev. f. e. Moore, pastor Of the Harper
Baptist church, suffered a stroke Of par
alysis while in his pulpit last Sunday
night. He died a few minutes after.
County printing rows are breaking out
In various parts OF the State. People
should boycott the papers which con-
tinue the fight in more than one issue.
The Capital says that the majority of
the Republican farmers, who attended
the agricultural meetings last week, IA
Vored Seaton and Hessin for Governor.
A writer for London paper who is
touring the United States says that he
finds less friendly feeling toward Eng
land in the West and South than in the
East.
The Chanute Blade says that the his
tory Of ex-offlcials Of Neosho county
shows that half Of them went out Of
Office weaker financially than when they
went in.
Attorney General Boyle has issued a
letter to County Attorneys asking them
to prosecute agents of insurance COM
panies who are doing business without
license.
Last year there were 2,269 liquor IL
censes issued by the government in Kan
sas. This exceeds the total number Is
sued In Arkansas, Alabama, Florida and
Mississippi.
Marshal Sterne has named Fred Trigg,
of Garnett, as his Wichita deputy, Trigg
Is a newspaper man, whose good for
tune Is a source Of satisfaction to the
press gang.
Postmaster Barnes, of Kansas City,
Kas., one Of Lelands henchmen, follows
the example of the Kansas boss by ap-
pointing his son and daughter to places
in the Office.
1t seems that the reason why o. w.
IIendee did not continue in the service
of the Nebraska Independent was that
he sold mileage which had been issued
on that papers account.
In his speech at the silver conference
last week ed Little said he went into
revolt after the st. Louis convention,
that he is still in revolt and proposes to
stay in revolt all his life.
A few years of administration of the
Attorney Generals Office as it Is now
conducted will result in the development
OF sentiment in favor Of multiplying
the present salary by four.
r. H. Brundage retires from the Paola
Times and has been succeeded by j. T..
Highley, who bought the paper of State
Treasurer Hefebower, Mr.. Brundage
having operated it under a lease.
Phillips county, controlled by Repub-
licans, paid $99.5O more for the printing
Of the ballots a year ago than Shawnee
county did Shawnee has voting pop
ulation Of four times that of Phillips.
County Attorney Wildly, Of Crawford
county. has brought proceeding in the
Supreme court to Oust ex-County Clerk
Ecker (Rep), who was defeated at the
last election but who refuses to vacate.
In order to prevent the Supreme court
from ousting him from the Office Of
County Commissioner, A. L. Perry, Le-
lands nephew, has not qualified. BY his
failure to do so Cyrus Is still in office.
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