The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-05-05
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.

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bonds to build a new schOOIhOuse.
The Santa Fe railroad VIII this-year
lay go miles Of new steel rails, to cost
S1,5OO, 600.
St Francis, Cheyenne county, was
practically wiped out by fire, only one
store building being left
John Collins is now a typewriter IN
one Of the prison stores. He was not a
success in the tailor shop.
Hutchinson sent so volunteers to the
Spanish war, and now she has sent 50
soldiers with the regulars to Manila
Preston B. Plumb, the youngest son
Of the late Senator Plumb, graduates
from a military school in California
this spring.
While StOrekeePer Carpenter, Of
Solomon City, was at supper, his store
was entered and $50 cash taken from
the open safe
Republican politicians were demand
ing the resignation of Superintendent
SimOns, the new superintendent Of the
Hutchinson refOrmatOry.
a large part Of the right-Of-way for
the new electric road from Kansas
City, Kan, to Topeka has been secured
and work viii be pushed rapidly.
LOlO, the child midget Of Mr.. and Mrs.
". w. Brown, Of Salina, died after hv-
ing 20 days. 1t weighed two pounds
and measured Is inches in length
Kansas City, Mo, wants to give the
Twentieth Kansas boys a big reception
and banquet IN Convention hall when
the regiment returns from Manila.
Gov SANKEY'S law firm at Wichita
has gone into court to test the legality
Of the new law establishing city courts
for Wichita, AtchisOn and Fort Scott.
Insurance Commissioner Church de-
cided that guarantee companies doing
business in Kansas must pay the two
per cent. premium tax the same as in
surance companies
The mother OF State Senator E. 7.
Shaffer, who died in Bourbon county
recently, was 93 years old She is sur
vived by II children. 20 grandchildren
and 50 great-grandchildren
Seth Stone, of Florence, whose leg
was cut of by a Rock Island train, has
sued the company for SIS, 600 damages,
alleging that the engine had no head
light and the bell was not TUng-
The 100000 waterwOrIzs plant in
Fort Scott, owned by New York CAPT
talists, was attached by the sheriff in
behalf of Albert Warren. who sued the
company for S25, 900 for alleged black
listing.
The county commissioners Of POtta-
watOmie county decided to hereafter ex-
tend no aid to paupers in the various
townships. Those unable to care for
themselves viii be cared for at the
county poor farm,
Gov. Stanley made a direct personal
request of President Mckinley that
Sergeant John D. Elliott, of company
g, Twentieth Kansas, whose father
was recently killed at Manila, be made
a lieutenant IN the regular army.
A cablegram from Manila on the 2Sth
said: FiftyAmericans were overcome by
the heat and Col. Funston dropped ut
terly exhausted after the battle. The
men Of the Kansas regiment cheered
him crafty when he went among them.
When the Farmers state bank of
Everest quit business recently it paid
its depOsitOrs in full. There was money
left after paying the depOsitOrs and 1t
is now said that 81, 200 is missing from
the vault which cannot be accounted
for.
Capt. BOltwOOd, Of company K,
Twentieth Kansas, who distinguished
himself for gallantry at Calumpit,
served in a Massachusetts, regiment
throughout the civil war and was in
many hot engagements. His home is
in Ottawa
Senator Battey, who was sent to In
dianapOlis. Ind, by State Insurance
Commissioner Church to examine the
Indiana State Life Insurance company,
spent ten days at the work and charged
SO per day and expenses for ten days,
aggregating S152-
I. E. Lambert. United States district
attorney, has asked for the pardon Of
Col. a. G. Stacey, convicted Of sending
improper matter through the mails to
his divorced wife. If PardOned Stacey
SAYS he viii establish a weekly paper
at some place in Kansas.
Topeka Sunday schools viii attempt
to multiply their attendance by two
before the close Of the present century.
There are now 5000 children attending
the various Sunday schools In Topeka,
but there are as many children OF
school age IN Topeka who do not at
tend Sunday school as there are who do.
The G. A r. IN Kansas gained 961
members the past year. The cash In
the state Department. treasury aggre-
gregates 8, 535. There are EOS WOman's
Relief corps in the state. with mem
bership of 5000. The Sons Of Veter-
ans have a membership Of 1900, a de
crease during the year because Of
numerous enlistments IN the volunteer
and regular army.
The telegraph companies yielded to
demands Of the state officers and viii
charge the rate for kilograms estab-
lished by the new law They do this
to avoid taking the initiative IN a suit
to test the cOnstitutiOnality of the new
law They viii, however, render a bin
each month for the full rates, and if
the law is declared uneonstitutiOna
VIII expect the state to pay the differ
Cnee-
The state temperance union has Is
sued an appeal for the Inauguration Of
a total abstinence pIedge-signing cam
paign.
The county attorney Of Crawford
county wiz collect 500 to sso0 from
each 5ointl1eePer in the county every
three months and pay It into the school