The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-03-11
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

A DoniphsE county wine company s.
shipping wine to Leipsie, Germany.
A civic federation has been organized
at~Salina to fight the licensing Of
joints
A farmers horse near Severance be-
came so frightened at 3 team that he
fell dead
The Fifth district republican con-
gressiOnal convention viii be held at
BelleTille April IS
The Seventh district republican con
RresFional convention viii be held at
Hutchinson May 3.
A stock company composed entirely
Of farmers viii establish q large
creamery at Independence.
! The Kansas state school fund com
mission purchased 100000 Of Cowley
county refunding bonds at par.
Wichita is expecting that the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad shops viii be
moved from EldoradO 70 Wichita
The total receipts OF the state insur-
/ anee superintendent's Office Tor Febru-
airy were s59, 4s5. Ofthis SIS, s99-0I is for
the 6remen's fund
Granville Lewis and D. Cole, two
heretofore peaceable cOlOrcd men OF
/ Hutchinson, qusrreled over woman
and Lewis killed Cole
James Robb, who came from Penn
/ sylvanis to Ottawa 50 years ago, died
there recently. BE had been police
judge, postmaster and state legislator.
/ Among the passengers who arrived
in New York on the Sd from Colon was
Col Thomas Moonlight, Of Leaven-
/ worth. ex-Unfted States minister to BO-
livia-
A most disastrous blaze visited Bern,
Nemaha county, destroying nearly all
/ the business houses and i've residences
! Loss over $50, 600. One man was burned
to death
| Gov Leedy has offered reward Of
1 $3.50 for the apprehension OF TerrOl
Drury, who Is wanted in Kingman
county for killing Carson Carver
/ schOolmate, in 1894
Mrs Margaret Jones, wife Of prom
\ inent farmer Of Douiphan county
/ committed suicide by taking laudanum-
I She was 90 years old and had been an
/ invalid half her life
/ Secretary Of the Interior Bliss has
/ approved for patent to the Union Pa
/ cifie railroad a list Of lands selected
! under its grant, embracing 250 acres
/ in the Topeka district
/ Near Zyba, Sumner county, Mrs. Nc
! CanIess and her young son were hand
I ling target rifle when a discharge
/ accidentally struck the woman in the
/ bowels, INJECTING a fatal wound
/ The four-vear-old son Of George Dur
| ham, Of Girard, died Of mad dogs
bite People there were greatly
/ alarmed in consequence and all IN
/ muzzled dogs were ordered killed.
The federal government has recently
/ shipped ten tons Of military equip
/ ments to e-Kansas militia, valued at
/ SIS, 900. Il war broke out Kansas could
/ muster 100 companies within week
Mrs. Julia Harris, of Wellington,
was recently admitted to practice law
\ in the Kansas supreme court. There are
seven Kansas women now authorized
/ to practice IN the state supreme court
Senator Baker has introduced an
/ amendment to the sundry civil bill in
/ thesenate providing for the expendi-
/ ture Of $50, 900 for improvements at the
national soldiers home at Leaven-
worth
| The executive committee Of the free
I silver republicans has issued an adj
/ dress to the voters Of Kansas, in which
a plea is made for nOn-partisan voting
and for unity Of action in behalf Of
I free silver.
In case Of war with Spain the Kan
I sas division Of Sons Of Veterans offers
and offer the first regiment mine com
panies) at the first call Itnumbers
now so drilled men and IL is claimed
] --v- h. --.r---=A-1 -, 4 n0n IN "a
The faculty Of the state university
1 expelled Il D. Smith, law student,
| for disorderly conduct at the recent
state Oratorical contest Smith is
/ charged with capturing the banner Of
Baker university and using it for
brushing shoes
I Insurance. Superintendent McNaIl
says he viii bring suit to collect about
so, 600 alleged 70 be due from three
eastern companies that are doing both
life and accident insurance business.
MeNal1 claims they should take out
I separate licenses
The iOng-taIked-of suit by the attor-
ney general to recover s147, 971 In uni
versitT bonds voted by the city Of
Lawrence and never paid, and now
held by the state school fund, has been
fled in the Douglas county district
court and a protracted legal contest il
anticipated
Ezra Burris, aged 81. the son OF re-
spectacle parents near Madison. was
convicted at Independence Of murder,
his victim being Abe Curehim, who
was killed near Caney while travelling
overland In company with Mrs Cur
chin and Burris- After the murder
Mrs Curchin disappeared and her
name was connected with the crime
In view OF the fact that several sub
ordinate officers Of the state militia
had wired the war department at
Washington rendering the services OF
the militia. Adjutant General Allen
issused general order requesting the
officers Of various companies not 70
move on Havana without first consult
ing the adjutaBt general or GOV. Leedy.
The entire family Of Harvey Fultz,
Of Pittsburg, were poisoned by eating
canned salmon Ms Fultz's coudf-