The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-06-24
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

No liquor or gambling devices VIII
be allowed on the state G. A. r re-
union grounds at Topeka this fail
The contract for the erection Of a
new bridge over the Kaw river at Lee
compton has been awarded and work
VIII begin soon
] Ex-senator PETER and James A
[ TrOutman were the principal speakers
ct the Ottawa chautauqua assembly
Temperance day"
A late Washington telegram said
the Kansas boys at Camps Alger and
! Thomas would be sent TO Porto Rico
/ under Gen COppinger.
G. W Harmon, proprietor Of the
\ Huntington house, the second largest
hotel in Fort Scott, fed from warrants
\ issued for his arrest for selling liquor
/ Several Kansas banks have failed to
1 comply with the state banking law,
and Bank Commissioner Breidenthal
| threatens TO use harsh measures with
Y them
George Fowler, the Kansas City
I packer, increased his donation 10 the
new Fowler machine shop building at
I the state university from SIG,O 900 TO
81, 900.
Owners Of the Lawrence street rail-
way have decided not to tear up the
I track as contemplated some time ago,
/ but viii extend the line to the Haskell
/ Indian school
/ Zinc in alleged paying quantities
I was discovered near NeOdesha- Speci-
mems were sent to St LOuis for anal
ysis and was reported to be a rich
/ quality Of zinc
e
I Orville Knight, of Fort Scott, mem
/ bers OF the Twentieth Kansas, died in
/ camp at san Francisco Their bodies
I were brought home
Over 1000 people heard W J. Bryan
| speak on bimetallism at the Winfield
I Chautauqua assembly recently. SIR.
Bryan received One-half of the days
/ receipts, amounting to 500
A 81. COO wheat crop is ripening on
I an abandoned farm In Cove county.
I 1t grew from volunteer seed It's
on land sold by the school land com
missiOners, but never paid for.
The attorney general declares that
[ the law passed by the last legislature
for the taxation of judgments IS un-
/ constitutional, for the reason that
taxation under it is not uniform
For a consideration Of 500, 600, the
Davenport, Ia, owners Of the street
railway lines in Fort Scott decided the
entire plant to the Citizens Railway
company, composed Of home men.
Lightning struck the home Of J. G.
Stevens, in Newton, and four children
standing on the porch were severely
shocked by the bolt. One Of the boys
had his clothes torn of and was per-
haps fatally burned.
At the Kansas state shooting tour
nament at OIathe the state team cham
pionship was won By OIathe, who
scored s. out Of a possible 90 The in
dividual championship cup was Won
by Frank Hodges, Of Olathe.
Republicans Of the Sixth Kansas dis
trict, in convention at BelOit, nomi-
mated William A. Reeder for congress
on the fourth ballot His opponents
were II. L. Pestanl, " II. Haskell, ).
y Hawkes. and TheO Sternberg-
John 7. Delaney, a travelling whisky
seller, while on Rock Island train
near Phillipsburg accidentally slipped
on a banana peeling and fell, striking
his head on a car seat He has sued
the company for S25, 600 damages.
The annual mention of the Kan
sas Christian EndeavOr societies was
held at Topeka. Rev. II. Z Harlan,
pastor Of the First Christian church,
Topeka. was elected president and
Arthur Wood, Lawrence, secre tary.
The 1899 meeting viii be at Wichita.
The state textbook law, passed by
the last legislature, was declared
valid by the state in the case brought
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ton to cancel the contract entered in
to with the American Book company
and to purchase books adopted by the
state textbook commission.
The supreme court upheld the S1O.-
600 judgment secured by Mrs. Martin,
whose husband was killed in the Lin
wood wreck in January. 1895, against
the Rock Island and Union Pacific
railroads Each road tried to lay the
blame for the wreck on the other, but
the court held that both were to blame. /
The state board Of railway assessors
have completed the assessment OF the
Kansas railroads for IS9S. The total
amount is $50, 355, so. In 1897 it was
SIS, $50, I94 and in 1896 S5g. 2T9, $50. The
increase over 1897 Is SOS, 2T2- There
was SiOG, 600 worth Of track taken up
during 1897, which would make the
increase amount 10 s.. O5i ,2T3-
Recruiting officers have been at vari-
Gus towns IN the state securing vOlun-
teers for the Twentieth, Twenty-frst
and Tvent y-second Kansas regiments
There was no trouble in securing sol
diers, the supply for exceeding the de-
maud in every instance. Recruits Sc
cured for the Twentieth Kansas were
taken direct to san francisco
It took the following amounts to run
the Kansas charitable institutions for
MAY: IdiOtic and imbecile asylum at
| Winfield, Sc 25s -; school for the blind
at Kansas City, SI-S2S 5S; deaf and
I dumb school at Olathe. S5,OsG-65; sol
I ,jiers' orphans home at AtchisOu, 81,
7I7.SS; BelOit industrial school for
( girls. Si,O9O.54; insane asylum az Os-
awatomie. 81. 531-5A
The Fulton Milling company, among
I the Oldest IN eastern Kansas, vOlun-
tariiy quit business, alleging that IT
was impossible to make pure wheat
T flour IN competition with mixed -four.
Oscar L. Williams, United States
/ consul at Manila, who IS Just now at
tracing much attention, formerly re