The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-20

The new domestic science hall at the
state agricultural college has been
dedicated
Hardin county, O., has furnished
Kansas three gOvernOrs-Carney, Green
and Stanley.
COfeyviIle is becoming a big grain
center, I, 200 cars being inspected there
in December.
Popu1ist legislators supported Sen.
atOr II. w Young Of Independence,
for state printer.
HutchinsOn's new theater, to be
built on the Kansas City Convention
hall prize plan, viii cost $4,000.
J. NJ. Hart, superintendent Of the
state reform school at Topeka, sent his
resignation to Gov. Stanley on the 18th
In Montgomery county last year
there were $50 births and 129 deaths
a big majority for the cradle over the
grave
A Topeka dispatch said that S. o.
Spencer, Of Fort Scott, would be ap-
pointed state oil inspector by Gov.
Stanley.
a vein Of fine rock salt three feet
thick and near the surface, was dis
covered on the James Gallagher farm
near Troy.
Sumner is the banner wheat county
Of Kansas, Nemaha the banner corn
county and Washington the banner
oats county
Chairman AIbaugh. Of the repub-
lican state committee, has been named
as receiver Of the First national
Cross bank at Emporia-
Gen. Otis reported from Manila that
Bert COrnett, of company Z, and Viii
liam II. Bash, company T, Twentieth
| Kansas, died Of smallpox.
A meeting of all labor unions in Kan
sas will be held at Topeka February
| to organize a state bureau Of lator, as
provided for in the new law.
Officers of the state temperance
union say they viii not ask Gov. Stan
ley to close the joints, and viii not
precipitate any prohibition war on the
governor
The farmhouse Of H f. MatheisOn,
! near Argentine, was entered at night
I BY burglars who carried away two
gold watches and S2TO in gold that
| was concealed in the walls.
q. c. Cavauess, who came to Kansas
] y
! He was in Lawrence when Qlantrell
/ raided that town Only a few days
/ ago Mr.. Cavaness' wife passed away,
| aged 81.
Harvey county employed an agent
to 60 after the tax dodgers He found
$500, 900 worth Of property that was es-
Gaping all taxation and the county col
Iected s. S13 from its owners, Of which
/ the agent received half
1t is not unlikely that a big state
heating and lighting plant viii be
built at Topeka this year at a cost Of
about $50, 900 to heat and light the cap,
itol building, the state reform school
and the state insane asylum
In a At Of dependency brought on
/ by financial reyerses which he is said
to have suffered only a few days ago,
Jacob n ZoOk, a prominent grocer OF
Lawrence, committed suicide in a
room at the Blossom house, Kansas
City, Mo.
While VIII Bruce, Of Verdi, was
driving with a friend near Solomon,
the team ran away and the men were
thrown out Bruce fell on his face IN
a puddle Of water and a sack Of salt
from the wagon fell on him, holding
him down until be was drowned.
Ex-Representative Brown, a silver re.
publican Of Cowley county, wrote let.
ter to ex-GOv. Leedy calling him 8
coward for sending a message to the
Legislature denOuncing Brown in his
absence Brown had accused the gov
ernor of bOOdling and the governor
called him a liar.
The president on the 10th signed the
bill to retire United States Judge Eos
ter. a Washington dispatch said il
/ was believed that William c Hook,
Senator Bakers law partner, would
succeed Foster, though Congressman
Curtis was fighting vigorously for Al
bert II. Horton
Recently w. A MObley, Of PaOla,
sent his two sons to New Mexico il
hope that the climate would benefit
their pulmonary troubles At PecOs
they were assigned to a hotel room
that had been Occu pied BY a man with
smallpox Arriving at Roswell, the
boys were taken with the disease and
both died
In Coffev county the fusion caudf
dates for county attorney and district
clerk, on the face Of the returns, had Z
majority Of three and received certih
Gates Of election Now word comes
from Manila that the soldier vote gave
the republican candidates for the tive
Offices II majority, which may eompli
cate matters.
At Topeka a charter was issued 4
the Topeka, WestmOreland & Water
Vile Railroad company, which pro
poses to build a line from Topeka Z
Waterville, a distance Of $50 miles
charter was also issued to the JET
fersOn City, Fort Scott & Southwestern
Railroad company, the purposes o
which is TO construct road from JEFF
fersOn City, No, 70 Fort Scott ant
through the counties Of Bourbon
Allen and NeOshO to Chanute, theme
southwest through the counties o
Wilson, Elk, Montgomery. Chautau
qua and Cowley TO the southern lin,
Of Kansas; estimated length 800 miles
F. h Dreaming, who served tel
years as probate judge Of DoniPhar
county, retiring on the 9Th, issued ]. IL.
marriage licenses during his Ofieia
career and married Iz3 couples
i State Auditor Cole held mp AL war
rants drawn to psy extra session leg
fslatire expenses until be received Al
opinion from ATTORNEY General Cedar.