The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-03-10
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.

Ex-POstmaster Jack Morgan, of Weir
City, was killed in a railroad accident
at Upland, Ind.
Rinney's big elevator At Scandia.
Republic county, including 5000 bush
els Of corn, was burned.
An attempt will be made to extend
Westmoreland's railway to Myers VAL
ley, Louisville and Wsmego.
The story is again revived that ex-
Attorney General Boyle viii open
law office in Kansas City, No
Charles L Kagey was appointed
county attorney of Logan county 70
succeed A NJ. Gibbons, deceased
Near Window, Mcpherson county,
Ed futile and wife were down with
smallpox and an epidemic was feared
The legislature refused to appropri.
ate mOuey.tO carry on contest to de-
termine the Kansas Missouri state line
/ controversy.
Private Howard Olds, who was
wounded at Manila, enlisted in COM
pany f at Fort Scott His father lives
at St. Joseph, Mo.
Chief Clerk LObdell, Of the house,
was the recipient Of a handsome gold
watch, set with diamonds, given by
| the members Of the house.
Judge William Margrove, for over
40 years a justice Of the peace, will
probably be appointed judge Of the
new city court at Fort Scott
Eugene F. Ware, of Topeka, has pur-
chased the Monitor" block at Fort
| Scott, which was built by Gen Rice
and his sons several years ago
AS the result Of redhot crusade at
Enterprise, all slot machines were
/ taken from stores and proprietOrs no
| titled that they must not be replaced.
DR.. AlgOOd, who undertook to " in
ter 100 head Of Alabama cattle at
| Luray, lost about SO per cent. of thcu
by the severe winter weather.
Julia MarlOwe, the noted actress,
once lived in Kansas, her parents
| coming to the state from England
| Her real name is Fanny BrOugh.
D. W. Van Horn, aged 3d. of Wesling.
| ton, attempted TO board a passenger
| train at Caldwell, when be was thrown
under the cars and dragged IS feet,
both his legs being cut of near the
/ body.
The legislature passed two bills of
L =
| that the term of county superintend-
ents begin June 1, and one giving dis
tricts the right to consolidate and sup
port q central school
Mrs Sarah J. Moore, mother Of the
Moore brothers, newspaper prOprie-
/ tors at Pittsburg, Is dead. Her hus-
band. who died two years ago, had the
distinction of being the Oldest editor
in point Of service and age in the west
Thew Ice, a young man Of Mound
Valley, acciden tally dislOiged a tar
get rife from where It hung upon the
wall As the rife fell II was dis
charged, the contents striking lees
brother, aged seven, in the abdomen,
killing him.
A Girard hoy with the troops at Ma
Mia writes to his mother that the army
doctors all. encourage the smoking Of
cigars and cigarettes, saying that it
makes the smoker sleepy and that
sleep is the best preventive Of disease
in the tropics
The John A. Martin monument, for
which money was subscribed by the
people of Kansas a year ago, has ar
rived in Atchison and Is being erected
at Mount Vernon cemetery In a few
DAYS the monument will be unveiled
with exercises
Weeden Arnold, of Burlington, who
was arrested in Kansas City for at
tempting to abandon his 13-year-Old
daughters baby, and afterward re-
leased. was arrested upon his return
TO Burlington, charged with being the
father of the daughters baby.
The republican members Of the
Kansas delegation in congress saw
the president and asked him TO
appoint D. W. Eastman, of En-
poria, consul to Barcelona when dip
lOmatic relations between this gov
eminent and Spain are renewed
The weather report for February is
sued by Chancellor Snow, of the state
university, says: The past month has
broken the records for low tempera-
ture- It had the coolest day, the cold
est week and, with one exception, the
lowest temperature On our 81 years
record.
Congressman Peters bill providing
for an appropriation Of Sl51, O00 fosths
erection Of a federal building in Kan.
sas City, Kan, was signed By Presi-
dent Mckinley. The new custom
house viii probably be located on Min
nesOta avenue between Eighth and
Ninth streets.
At Newton, h L Wells, who pro-
cured $500 worth Of cattle from
Francis & Rowland on represen tatiOn
that he was a wealthy stOckmau Of
Mitchell, Eeb-, pleaded guilty to fraud
and was sentenced 70 the penitentiary.
The cattle were recovered at Denver,
Col, where Wells shipped them
At Junction City two land sales were
eOnsummated aggregating 81, T5O J.
r -Klegar, a prominent stOckman,
bought the J. P. Fall farm of 800 acres
Of bottom land, Tx miles from the
city, for $1,000. Jacob Meyer. six
miles southwest Of Chapman, bought
the William Becker bottom farm Of
$40 acres eight miles east, on the river,
for ST., ESQ
A man representing himself as
Charles Anterior, Of Ellsworth, Kan.
and a son Of ex-State Treasurer. Ather-
ton, victimizsd a number of citizens Of
Montgomery City, Mo, on a bogus
land scheme.
Congressman BOWersOclZ, Of Law
renee. appointed his son. Fred Bower
seek. to be his private secretary