The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-04-28
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.

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Out Of 10 schools in Lyon county "a
are equipped with Libraries
A fifth grain elevator viii be erected
at CoffeyviIle to cost $50, 900.
Col. Fred Funston cabled Gov. Stan
lev that all the Twentieth's wounded
would get well.
The governor appointed H L Rob
iBsOD, Of Topeka, as paymaster Of the
Kansas national guard
An early morning blaze destroyed the
big grocery house of J.. N. Jones, at
Lawrence Loss, SIG, 1000.
If the Kansas Wesleyan college at
Salina succeeds in raising $50, 900 1t viii
bring the college a gift of 500, 200.
The governor appointed Clyde B.
Parks, OF Oberlin- TO be quartermaster
general of the Kansas national guard
Gov. Stanley has decided to appoint
only negroes to positions in connection
with the new industrial school at Quin-
daro-
The receiver announces that credit
Ors Of the First national Cross bank
at EmpOria viii be paid so cents on the
dollar.
Miami cOunty's new courthouse at
PaOIa, one Of the handsOmest IN the
state, costing $50, 900, is now occupied
by county officers
District Judge Hazen, Of Topeka, de-
cided that in PartitiOning real estate be
longing to an estate probate judge
cannot divide homestead.
Gov. Stanley has approved all claims
created by Kansas in mObilizing volun-
teers for the Spanish war. They aggre-
gate $40, 600 and viii be paid at once
Mrs. Anna WeePer, a widow near
TescOtt, Ottawa county, was found
dead beside her bed. She had been
kneeling for prayer and was found in
that position
The state board Of charities has en-
pIOyed a ''hOme finder - whose duty 1t
viii be to travel over the state and find
homes for the 200 orphans now in the
state home at AtchisOn.
State Insurance superintendent
Church announced that his examiners
would not be allowed to charge more
than SO day and actual expenses for
examining insurance companies
Dr. Charles Myers, Of Greensburg,
viii be assistant superintendent of the
Topeka insane asylum. DR.. L. R. Sci
lers, Of Fort Scott, will be assistant
physician Of the OsawatOmie asylum.
Close friends of Gov. Stanley, in ex-
PLANTATION of the governors free and
generous praise Of Warden Lands, Of
the penitentiary, say that the gov
ernor has the warden's resignation in
his pocket
Rev. j. Z. Plat, a Kansas pioneer,
died at Guthrie, Ok. He taught the
first graded school in Topeka and was
from 1864 to 1888 professor of mathe-
MATES in the Kansas state agricul-
turaI college at Manhattan.
The volunteers in the Philippines
will be returned home in the order IN
which they sailed to Manila. The
Twentieth Kansas boys were about
the last TO sail from San Francisco and
viii be among the last to reach home
Secretary Alger wired Gov. Stanley
that none Of the Kansas volunteers
could be mustered out until the regular
troops reached Manila TO take their
place. No Kansas volunteer viii be
mustered out simply because he was
tired Of army life.
James Richtie, Of Augusta, lost a
foot in the charge up San Juan hill
Last week he received notice from
Washington that he had been allowed
a pension of $50 a month, together
with a bulk sum sufficient to buy him
an artificial member.
Fire at Mulvane did S.. 600 damage
one night last week. This was the
third FIRE since election and all are
thought to have been incendiary. In
each case the FIRE started in a saloon.
The officers thought serious methods
were being taken to stamp out joints
Calvin Hood, the EmpOria banker,
has brought suit in WyandOtte county
to recover $500 from Postmaster Nat
Barnes. Hood claims the money was
loaned by him to Barnes, but the latter
alleges that it was paid him TO spend IN
trying to get delegates for Hood fOI
governor.
Miss Olivia OBrien, one Of TOpeka's
best-kDOwn society young women, has
returned from a 6ve-mOnths' trip to
the Philippines, where she went last
Novem Der with Mrs Statsen berg, wife
of Col Statsen berg, OF the First
Nebraska volunteers She witnessed
many battles about Manila
Gov. Stanley appointed delegates to
the National Farmers convention, &C
be held in Boston on October 8 to 6, as
follows: At large, +. D. COburn and
6. ". Click; John Howerton, Rossville;
Hon. E II. Funston, Carlyle; Col For,
sythe, Liberty; 7. n. Potter, Peabody;
Thomas Anderson, Salina; George Al
lamar, Wallace; C. D. Perry, Engle.
wood.
Eight years ago A. f. Harris, a pas.
senger conductor on the Santa Fe out
OF Arkansas City, was thrown from
his train and killed He had Sc, OOC
insurance in benevolent societies, but
payment was refused on the ground
that be was intoxicated Mrs Harris
brought suit and the case has been
in the courts ever since. Recently,
however, q compromise out Of court
was effected whereby the widow re-
ceives 81. COO
The Cofeyville Vitrihed Brick &
Tile company has started up its Cherry
vale plant The plant has capacity
Of 100, 600 brick in "a hours and wiz
employ 100 men
Mrs. Jane W. Martin, mother OF
the late ex-Gop. John A. Martin. died
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