The Advocate and news., 1899-04-05
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The Saline County fair will be held at
salina, September 25 to 20.
The Manhattan Republic is preparing to
furnish the town a daily paper.
G. w. Toothaker has been appointed local
oil inspector for Wyandotte County,
G.H. Roberts hos been appointed commits
sioner of deeds for Kansas at Kansas City,
Mo.
&C. Boyle and w. P. billiard will form
partnership and open a law office at Kan
sas City.
w. j. Krehbiehl has sold the Newton Re
publican and Kansas Volksblatt to the
Newton Kansan.
The Lawrence Gazette and Jefersonian
have been consolidated under the editorship
of Ed Martindale
The Ancient Order of United Workmen
added ! 1853 members to its ranks in Kan
sas during March.
The Santa Fe road will build q locomo-
tive erecting shop costing $l5O,OOO at the
Topeka shops next year.
During March more than 400 cars Of cot
ton bound for Japan have passed through
Kansas on the Santa Fe.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Nelson has prepared pamphlet OF the new
laws of interest to teachers.
The last act of the Board of Railroad
Commissioners was to secure the placing
of a Santa Fe station agent at Kellogg
Hoxie has had the distinction of enter
tanning safe blowers unawares, but sadly
misses two gold watches and $40 in cash.
Governor Stanley has decided to hear
personally all applications for pardons. He
has drawn up set Of rules regarding hear
ings.
The presence of u mountain lion in the vi
cinity of Preston has the same effect on the
children of that place as the curfew ordin-
ance.
Speaker Pro Tenn Benefel of the House
of Representatives is q candidate to sue
ceed Ridgely as Congressman in the Third
district.
T.. I. Dewey Blue Rapids merchant,
has received a letter from Admiral Dewey
thanking him for naming his son after the
famous admiral
Governor Stanley has appointed Robert
M. Wright commissioner OF forestry ana
irrigation, to success Il. ID. Wheeler, whose
term expired April /.
The annual oratorical contest between tn
Leavenworth and Fort Scott High schools,
held at Fort Scott last week, resulted in
victory for Fort Scott.
Ohios Senator Hanna and other capital
lists are said to be interested in u project to
build an electric railway between Kansas
City and Leavenworth.
Superintendent of Insurance Church has
reinstated the Travellers Insurance com
pany, which was barred by McNall on a re-
fusal to allow an examination.
Patrick II. Bolton, of Lost Springs, Ma
rion County, has been made insane through
heavy losses in the Gillett failure. He imag-
ines he n Governor Roosevelt.
After McNal went out the Indiana
State Life Insurance Company tried to get
into the State, but Superintendent Church
would not allow them license
1t is quite probable that Colonel Funston
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his gallantry. This would make Ed Little
colonel of the Twentieth Kansas.
Governor Stanley sent cablegram to
Colonel Funston, saying; kansas honors
you and your brave men," 1t took $S2 out
Of the governors contingent fund.
Tom Ballinger, of Coirey County, has
been appointed member or the peniten-
tiary board of directors in place of +. NJ.
Drake, whose term expired Saturday.
Claude Holiday, the mail clerk who was
badly injured in the Lang wreck on the
Santa Fe in September, 1897, has been paid
Sll 200 in settlement by the railroad com
pany.
Those in charge of the Miami County
Good Roads associations celebration at Pa
ola July 23, intend to make it the biggest
thing that part Of the country has seen tor