The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-17
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purposes
All wooden sidewalks in Newton
viii be torn up and rebuilt with brick
and stone
Congress voted So, 900 for barracks
and other improvements at Fort
| Leavenworth-
Gov. Stanley appointed A. ]. Tur
ner, Of Chanute, q regent Of the stats
normal school
Maurice P. Gould, Of Wamego, Won
/ honOFs in a class prize competition al
/ Yale university.
The Santa Fe railroad will erect an
immense building at Argentine to be
used for carshOps
There is a big agitation In Salina
/ against joints and it will be the Issue
in the city election
The Kansas boys at Manila, it Is
/ said, excel in marching, discipline and
/ the manual Of arms.
George Yeager was drowned while
/ trying to cross the Kaw river above
/ Lawrence on the ice.
The body Of Capt d. S. Elliott, OF
/ the Twentieth Kansas, was started
/ home from Manila on the 10th,
| Ex-Gov. Leedy. has purchased stock
in a zinc mine at Galena and viii de-
vote most of his time to mining.
Residents near Browns creek and
Prairie townships, in south Jewell
/ county, want rural free delivery.
Farmer Store, living north of Gil.
rard, was robbed Of SI95 cash by q
strange man he had kept over night.
Gov STANDBY appointed w D. Casey
/ for judge and J. w. Starr for marshal
Of Atchis )n's new city court Starr is
a negro.
Members Of the Topeka bar ban
/ quoted Federal Judge Hook the other
night. David Overmyer was toast
master.
Prof Lapier Williams, a teacher in
the Kansas City schools, was appointed
superintendent of the state blind
asylum at Kansas City.
A whole township Of land in Kear-
ney county was purchased by CalifOr-
MIA parties who will engage in the
breeding Of fancy stock.
Rev. w. W. Boyd, a noted Baptist
divine Of St Louis will preach the
baccalaureate sermon at the state uni
veTsity commencement in june.
Dapt David s Elliott, who met
death at Manila, was a member Of 16
different secret societies and carried
life insurance aggregating SIG, 90.
A cable from Manila said that Capt
c NJ Christy, Of company z, Twen.
tieth Kansas, whose home is in COffey
county, has resigned under charges. q
A Topeka telegram said Gov. Stan
| ley would remove from Office Taylor
/ Riddle, chairman Of the live stock
board, and Warden lands, OF the state
penitentiary.
Warden lands says the state bind
ing Irvine plant at the penitentiary
viii be in operation about June 1. 1t
will employ IS convicts- Machinery
will cost SIS, O1O and motive power
SIS, 900.
The masonic lodge and Sons Of Vet
Grams camp at Lawrence received relics
from the TWEEN tieth's boys at Manila
in the shape of gavels made from
pieces of the sunken Spanish cruiser
Reina Christina
State Accountant Joseph E Riggs,
of Lawrence, handed his resignation
to Gov. Stanley, who requested it
There viii probably be DO appoint.
ment made, as the legislature made no
appropriation for the Office.
John Gilbert, the beast who mur-
dered his wife aud four small children
near Industry, Clay county, comes of a
bad family. His grandfather was
driven out of Clay county years ago
for stealing from his neigh bors-
The grand IOd ge of colored masons
Of Kansas will meet in AtchisOn Au-
gust 1918. A monument which is be
/ ing erected in AtchisOu to the memory
Of d G. Lett first grand master Of
Kansas, viii be unveiled at that time.
County Attorney Shepherd, of Bour-
bon county, viii arrest the manager
Of the Western Union Telegraph CON-
pany at Fort Scott who was not obey.
ing the special session law reducing
telegraph rates. in order TO test the
legality Of The law.
Two bills were vetoed BY Gov. Stan
lley-the one licensing certain persons
TO engage in the drug business and
the measure allowing certain persons
to practices dentistry without the
usual state examination or the pres
eu "a ton Of certificates
The legislature passed an appro-
DriatiOn bill allowing Secretary Co
burn, Of the state board OF agricul-
ture, s., 500 salary per year. but the
figures were juREled after the bill had
passed and before il reached the gov
srnOr, making the salary s. 600
A. s. Polete's joint, across the river
from EudOra in LeaVenworth county,
known as sandy Hook" was burned
the other night A partyof from 25 to
50 assisted in the burning and kept
close guard while the structure was in
flames to see that their plans were not
.interfered with The joint has been
notorious for months
Capt c. L LOnFlsy. q well-known
t. A. r man OF Cofeyville, was ap-
pointed to q $4,000 position on the
VicksburR NatiOnal Military Park
commission
The house appropriated 81, $50 TO
Mason S Peters to pay his contest ex.
.pensss Of two years ago when J. P.
Harris, Of Ottawa. contested his slec.
ton &C congress
In signing the SO. 600 appropriation
for the negro university at Qui1duro,
SOY. Stanley used q new gold pen fur
nished by ChRncsllur Verno1- uhtcb
viii De plaeed 81 the commissions Ct
the new Industrial buil6in7 81 C1f0-