The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-10-28
NO. 10.
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Citizens OF bronson VIII pore 0e-
A catte-dipping station viii be built
ut Chetopa-
PreIrs grain elevator at Columbus
was destroyed by IRE, causing SiO,-
600 loss
The fees Of the state grain inspector
for September were S, 1644 40 and the
expenses s., 64075.
John futile, Of Sedalia, No, is in
Jail at Girard, charged with breaking
into the depot at Hepler, Kan, and
forging a lot Of tickets
Unless the Emporia school board and
city council soon agree over tax levy
which is in dispute, the schools Of that
city viii be closed for want Of funds
The receipts Of the state oil inspector
during September were S1,OI7. 20 and
the expenses S412, GO, leaving balance
of S6O4.44 to be turned into the state
treasury.
The poor commissioner Of Topeka
persuaded Jane Bailey, 4 negress to
give up her two-year-old illegitimate
child for so cents worth of provisions
and the child was found good home
A Santa Fe freight train was
wrecked at Barclay, near EmpOria, BY
the breaking of an axle and Il cars
were thrown from the track and
smashed TO pieces No one was hurt.
The preliminary trial Of J. J.
Kunkel, the Lawrence tailor charged
with poisoning his wife and step
daughter, resulted in his being held
without bail on the charge Of murder
w. c. Oldheld, a Missouri Pacific
fireman who was thrown from his
engine near Independence aud had
his arm severed by the car wheels, has
sued the company for SS7, 600 damages
Douglas county lawyers are aGitst-
ing a plan to change the courts of the
county. They want q county judge
appoin ted to try all cases, except those
Of a minor nature, now brought before
justices of the peace
As Z result Of the recent snOwst0rm
80 miles of telegraph wire on the Santa
Fe between independence, Kan, and
Kansas City was down and over 500
poles will have to be replaced The
other railroads Jared almost as bad.
MethOdists of Newton celebrated
the twenty-6fth anniversary Of the
erection of their frst church there
Addresses were made by Rev. w. A.
Ouayle, DR.. J. P. Goblin, Rev. NJ IL
Haun, the ehurch's first pastor, and
others
Gov. Leedy has offered reward OF
$500 for the arrest and conviction Of
the murderer Of Mrs. Clara Oliver,
widow, who was found brutally muir
dered near her home on a Norton eoun-
ty farm. Mrs Oliver lived alone with
her two small children
L -
ton, who owe large sums to merchants,
viii try to take advantage Of the new
bankruptcy law to rid themselves Of
debt As the men have no property,
the merchants viii hardly realize Gny-
thing through the court
The stones for the soldiers monu-
ment in East park at Newton lave
arrived and viii be put in position at
once. The stones are very large ones
one weighing p, 600 pounds The mon
ument viii be surmOunted by cannon
ten inches in diameter and weighing
Is, 600 pounds
The scheme to amend the divorce
laws Of Kansas, making a three
months residence in the state sufIf-
eient TO institute divorce proceedings,
is being pushed by a number Of
lawyers, as the enactment Of suclt
law would prove a banana TO the
legal profession.
The board of education at Fort Scott
appealed to the city authorities to as
sist in enforcing the compulsory eouca-
ton law and as a result the police
were ordered to arrest every boy Of
school age caught upon the streets
during school hours without written
excuse from his parents
Secretary COburn's latest report from
the state board Of agriculture is de-
voted entirely to the pOrk-prOdueing
interests of the state. In glowing
terms he tells Of the hog as a wonder
full mortgage remover. In 1897 there
were g. 500, 494 hogs IN Kansas, valued
at 81, 997, 40, an increase Of $50, 600
hogs over the previous year
The secretary of state has forwarded
to the Kansas volunteers now in the
field or In camp printed list Of the
state, congressional, judicial, senate
rial, legislative and county nominees.
In several counties the list Of county
nominees was not given, because the
county clerks failed to certify the list
up IN accordance with request Of the
secretary Of state
AT Plttsburg the other nlgh5 VIII
Mccoy, q Mineral City miner, gOtintO =
game Of poker here in Eaton's gaming
house. He lost money and then, be-
ing seized with regret, held mp Eaton
with a revolver and took his money
back Eaton had Mccoy arrested for
highway robbery, and Mccoy IN turn
had Eaton arrested for running
gambling house, which, under the
Kansas law, is a felony.
A recent dispatch said Gen Mer-
Ram has ordered the following officers
and men 10 proceed to the Philippines
on the transport Indiana. which viii
sail IN week: Col Frederick Funs-
ton. Majs. Whitman and Metcalf, Sur
gcon Rafter, Assistant Surgeon Smith,
Adjt Walker, Quartermaster Hull
Chaplain Schliemann, regimental non
commissioned staff and band, and com
panies C, D, z, G, II, ], L and II,
Twentieth Kansas, making a total CT
81 officers and 80 enlisted men
J. V. Sanders, POpulist nominee for
county attorney Of Chase county was
perhaps fatally injured by falling
-, .-e-s ne If q hotel IN Cation wood