The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1898-01-14
NO.21.
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

Lucy Curtis, mayor of CimarrOn, also
conducts a general store.
Chanute business men have reor-
ganized their board of trade.
During December Harper county
people paid So, 900 back taxes
Topeka and Pittsburg now talk by
telephone, distance of 2SO miles
George Ellis, a Butler county farmer,
has 60, 600 bushels of grain in storage
Over !, 900 fowls were on exhibition
at the state poultry show at Manhat-
tan last week.
While digging a well near Colony
Isaac Powell was killed by prema-
ture explosion.
The Third ward school at yelling.
ton, a $4,000 stone building, wa
badly damaged by fire.
Since November the clerk of Sum
ner county has paid three cents each
for "a, S64 rabbit scalps.
Two Memphis freight trains cOllided
near PaOla, both engines being smashed
and IA cars of merchandise, grain and
stock burned.
The annual convention of the Kansas
Alliance is in session at Topeka Mrs
Emma Troudner, of Carbonate, is the
presiding officer.
Charles GrOvenOr, the wealthy young
Lawrence lumberman who left home
while temporarily deranged, was 10
Gated at Des MOines, Ia
The Kansas Farmers Alliance, in
state convention at Topeka, elected
Mrs. Emma Troudner president and
Mrs. Bina Otis secretary.
hoe NJ
Kinstry, a Kansas City lawyer for
merly Of Hutchinson as commissioners
of deeds in Missouri for Kansas.
a fire started on the LeavenwOrth
county poor farm by mischievous boys
destroyed much valuable property, in
Guiding a large field of corn in shock
Justices of the peace are beginning
to resign by wholesale throughout the
state as a result of the reduction of fees
by the new law which takes effect next
Monday.
Gov. Leedy has issued a prOclama-
ton asking the cooperation of the
people in an effort to ascertain if that
enemy of fruit trees, the San Jose scale,
is injecting Kansas orchards.
In the past ten years the Kansas
cows have produced milk, buster and
cheese that have been sold for SAT, 49,.
100. The greatest year was 1897, when
the products aggregated s., 259, 759.
Willard Cooper and Fred Spencer,
Topeka youths, stole two horses and
lit out for the Indian territory to be-
come ''coyTb boys but at Emporia they
were intercepted and returned to their
parents.
G. G.. Brown, a business man Of Car
bOndale, mysteriOusly disappeared a
week ago He went to Topeka to ne
gotiate for a lumber yard, but no trace
OF him has been discovered since. He
is not known to be financially in
vOlved.
Edward Myers, a wealthy Leaven-
worth county farmer, left home sud-
denly and under suspicious circum-
stances. Two lawsuits followed, one
for divorce and one for SO, 900 by
ten-year-old orphan girl who charges
that Myers defiled her person.
Insurance superintendent McNall
turned in 81, POI. 46 to the general fund
during the year 1897, as compared to
SO, C31. 80 turned in during 1896. It is
claimed that the decrease is due to the
fact that fewer companies did business
in the state IN 1897 than In 1896.
The Salvation army celebrated le-
gal victory at Hutchinson. For about
three months the army has been shut OF
Main street by city ordinance placing
a license on all parades. Judge Simp-
son, Of the Reno county district court,
decided that the city had no authority
to tax . religious parade
Bank Commissioner BreidenthaI says
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so far this quarter, a showing is made
OF net increase in the aggregate sur
plus, Of S532, $50. This is a remarkable
showing in view Of the fact that this
is the debt paying season Mortgages
are being lifted and taxes paid, but
the bank surplus keeps right on in
creasing.
United States District Judge Foster
has suspended sentence IN the cases Of
Thomas Balm. Dr. A NJ Edison and J.
=. Day, who formerly conducted what
was known as the American Bond &
Coupon company, and were each sen
fenced to 80 days IN Jail for running q
lottery. The three men have promised
under oath to never have anything to
do with the lottery business again
As a result Of the examination Of
applicants Tor certificates 70 teach IN
county normal Institutes during the
summer, almost half the number
failed, a remarkable and unusual rec
ord There were issued TO conduct
Ors Of institutes % certificates, all re-
neyEals. Of 50 certificates to instruct
Ors, all but three were renewals
SeTenty-three applicants failed en-
tirely.
In his annual meteorological sum
mary for the year 1897, Chancellor Z.
II. Snow, Of Kansas university, says
the year .SgT was warm, dry and calm
It had the warmest September and Oc-
tOber, the cIoudiest February the
caImest September, The smallest total
rainfall and the clearest month Sep
tcmbeT) Of our % years record Only
six years In that time have been
warmer.
J. S. Ewait, jOintist at HOisingtOns
was driven out Of that town re-
Gently for knocking trainman sense
less while under the influence OF IL
quor IN his place.