The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-01-13
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

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Mrs. Adam Harris, Of PaOla, is the
mother of IA children, the oldest of
whom is but Is.
A state militia company Of 46 mem-
bers was organized in Yates Center
with T. W. Butler captain.
On the last day Of 1898 the Baptists
at Peabody held special services and
burned the mortgage on their church.
1t was officially announced that
Henry J. Allen, of the Ottawa Herald,
had been selected as private secretary
to Gov-elect Stanley.
Raymond Carr, aged IS, Of Sedan,
was drowned while skating on Caney
river. He went through into four
feet Of water and slid under the ice.
Jay Simpson, a travelling soap fake
artist, and Mrs Spence, who elOped
from Eureka, were captured at Moline
by officers and taken back to Eureka
An unknown disease was raging
among Weir City children. A half
dozen deaths resulted, none of the
children being sick more than four
hours
The departure Of Mrs. Grant GiIlett
from WOOdbine to Join her husband in
Old Mexico caused the running OF sew
eral attachments on her property IN
Dickinson county.
W. j. Yates, the young business man
who disappeared from Larned two
weeks ago under a cloud, was found in
a hOspita at Oakland, Cal, suffering
from brain trouble.
Norman Palmer and wife, who were
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ary 5, 1884, celebrated their sixty-fifth
wedding anniversary at NOrtOnville
on January ., 1922.
Galena is now the center of the
greatest zinc reproducing district in
the world. Her output In 1898 was
valued at s3,247,O O4, surprising the
Joplin district about One-half
Gov. and Mrs. Stanley were given a
reception in the First Methodist
church at Wichita on the eve Of their
departure for the state capital. Two
thousand people shook the governors
hand.
In his last call for a statement of
the conditions Of Kansas banks, Bank
Commissioner Briedenthal requires
each bank to return a statement of the
amount and character of cattle paper
on hand
Chancellor Shows bulletin on 1898
weather IN Kansas saysi During the 81
years record only two have had more
snow than 1885, only three have had
more rain and no other year has had
.-ao lew = =cn IF z~;nd
David Munday, defeated republican
candidate for the legislature from the
Eighth representative district, Leav-
enwOrth county, will contest the cleo
ton of Matt Edmunds; fusiOnist
whose majority was u.
Minnie Grisham, aged IA, Of Galena,
was burned to a crisp from her ankles
to her neck. She was cooking dough
nuts, when the grease caught fire and
the flames ignited her clothes Her
physician said she could not recOve-
Mrs Nora Finnegan, aged 10: years,
died the other day at her home in Good
Intent, AtehisOn county. She was left
a widow in Ireland 50 years ago and
soon after sailed for America with her
children. 1t was always Mrs Finne-
gan's boast that she never had to call
a physician.
Many Of the ex-cOunty officers in the
q counties in Kansas, whose special
fees and salaries laws are said to have
never been voted upon by the legisla-
ture, though they have been in effect
since 1895, are arranging to bring suit
to recover the amount Of the reduction
effected in their respective salaries
Rev. J. P. AeImOre, a Swedish pastor
at Hutchinson, upon his return home
from an out-of-town visit, found sew
eral sticks of dynamite in his heating
stove, which he claims were placed
there by enemies Rev. AelmOre is a
bachelor and recently wres tied in
court with a breach Of promise suit
Mrs. Fred BingOr, of GaIena, while
slightly dementcd, strOlled away from
home, and when found was clinging
to the rotten cribbing in an aban-
doned mine. She had fallen into the
shaft a distance Of 100 feet, and re-
ceived no injuries whatever save a
shock which restored her lost memory.
A Topeka telegram said: The Kan
sas butter-makers will 90 before the
legislature and demand protection
against the manufacturers Of oleOmar-
garine, who are placing their product
on the Kansas market Though the
creamery industry has grown nearly
100 per cent in Kansas since the last
legislature met, il has met increased
competition from the makers Of
OleOmarzarine, who are succeeding in
getting a footing in all the smaller
towns as well as the larger ones
The discriminating Insurance tax
bill, passed at the extra legislative
session and approved by the governor,
provides for tax of two per cent on
all insurance, guarantee and accident
companies organized IN the United
States. On foreign companies the tax
is four per cent on the gross premi-
ums- The new law makes II Obliga-
tory on the uPerintendent Of insur-
ance to revoke the license OF any com
pany falling to pay the tax promptly
The measure viii bring about $50, 600
revenue to the state annually
The receiver Of the defunet First na-
.ional bank at Humboldt sold over
sT5, COO Of the banks assets at public
auction and they brought less than
81, OO0- Notwithstanding the tremsn-
dOus shrinkage, the bank VIII pay de-
pOsitors 90 cents on the s.
Edward Gates, Of Wichita, who com
mitteu suicide at La Crosse the other
day, left a note saying he would rather
be dead than be tormented longer by
aspersi0Es On hia character