Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-01-06
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The old Planters hotel at Leavenwort
is to be re-opened for business, soon.
Kansas hotel-keepcrs want law pass
ed to protect them against dead-bcats.
Graham Gem is the name of pape
published at Hill City, Graham county.
The Populist editors of the state will
meet in Topeka on February 0 and 10.
The railroads of Kansas carried "a,
652,991 passengers during the past year
The John A Martin monument will b,
unveiled at Atchison on Decoration day
People about Sabetha, Seneca anc
Oneida are excited over smallpox scare
The Pabst Brewing Company viii
build cold-storage plant at Coffevvillc
Wichita is working on plan for mu
nicipal ownership of All electric light
plant.
Judge West, formerly of Fl. Scott, non
of Kansas City, has been selected as as
sistant encouragement.
Governor-elect Stanley says he lack.
about 10000 of having enough office.
to supply the applicants.
A cave-in at a mine near Galena, Sat
urday evening, instantly killed one mar
and seriously injured another
Senator Harris favor government own
ership of the Nicaragua canal and vii
fight tor such an arrangement.
A big dipping vat for cattle is being
built at Chetopa. government inspect
or will probably be appointed for that
place.
A tramp was arrested at Newton fol
stealing waste from the Santa Fe rail
road, and was fined $25 and givei
thirty days in Jail.
1t is stated that a convict in the Kan
sas penitentiary is writing book ell
titled Three years in the Kansas He'll
and How Come to Go There"
The last four troops of the Sixth cav.
airy and rcgimental headquarters band
and hospital have been moved from
Huntsville, Ala, to Fl. Riley, Kas.
Department Commander Eastman Of
the c. A. II. hos "iti,d,awn non. III,
race for Insurance Commissioner "be
cause there arc too many applicants.
Burglars blew open the, safe in the
Sanra Fe depot at Howard, Kansas
Wednesday of last week. Dynamite was
used and the safe was completely
wrecked.
Southwestern Kansas stockmen figure
that next year will be good year for
stock cattle, especially for COWS suitable
for breeding purposes, as the available
supply is greatly reduced.
The stock wards company at Kansa,
City has rcgained its confidence in Kan
sas since election, as it has leased ten
acres more land on which to extend its
U.s. l. soCOLl Lantern.
with a salary of 81 per annum, sar-
castically remarks the Arkansas City
Traveller, ''it is almost compulsory for
our aldermen to seek other employment
in order to support their families"
Mrs, Mary E. Reed, of Coffeyville, has
sued the Sprinfeld and PhGnix insurance
companies for $1,000 each, as the
amount of insurance on the old Royal
hotel, which was burned in September.
Horace Grant, of the Lane Graphic,
has discovered.a woman of that town
who has become so aesthetic that she re-
fuses to patch his pants, but advises him
to pin chrysanthemun over the hole.
Ex Governor Morrill, was elected super,
intendent OF the Hiawatha Congrega-
tiondl Sunday school for the twenty
sixth time one day last week and the
scholars presented him with gold headed
cane.
Down at independence, Mr. Mollidore,
a road overseer, is testing the virtue OF
crude oil on the roads around the city.
The object is to keep them in good con.
dition-prevent mud, dust and rough
ness. 1t is said that oil puts roads in
almost as good condition as asphaltum.
Mrs, Mary Cavaness, motherof Editor
Cavaness, of Chetopa, and Postmaster
Cavaness, at Baldwin, died at the home
OF the latter on Wednesday, aged 90
years. She came to Kansas in 1854 and
always has been one of the mothers" of
Baker University.-Kansas City Journal.
This is the fourth special session ia the
history of the state. The first special
session was during Governor Osborne's
in 1874. and was for the
purpose OF appropriating money to help
the grasshopper sufferers. The mex;
special session was called by Governor
Click in 1884. Ii was fer the purpose of
passing measures to prevent the spread
Of contagious cattle diseases then pre-,