The Advocate and news., 1899-04-05

list party.
| AtchisOns mayor, under the advice Of the
city physician, has urged his constituents
to take a tablespoonful of cider vinegar
three times a day for a week in order to
ward off small pox.
John Gilbert has been convicted and SEN
fenced to death for the murder of his wife
and three children. The deed was commit
ted near Industry on February 2S. He was
tried at Clay Center.
j. Med. Trimble, Robert Gillian and i.
J.. Martin have been appointed receivers OF
the X. c., p 4 G. This action was taken
because of default of interest amounting to
$575,0O0, due April l.
The State Board of Health has issued q
bulletin showing the number Of praeticing
physicians in Kansas as 1873, as follows:
AllOpathic, l,467; eclectic, 26l; hOmeop-
athic, l9l; others, 81.
Andrew j. Arnold, an early settler Of
North Topeka and one of Shawnee cOunty's
leading Democrats, is dead at the age of "a
years. He was postmaster Of Topeka under
Clevelands second term.
The Santa Fe road has created the posi-
tiOn of landscape gardener, and A, Refs
isch of Lawrence, has been given the posi-
ton He will see that the grounds around
stations are made beautiful.
A rumor is current over the country that
Jerry Simpson intends to write book on
his experiences in Congress. He says he
has not written book and does not intend
to write one on any subject.
The roads were in such bad condition last
week that a large brick kiln near Atchison
was compelled to suspend operations for
for lack of fuel although a coal mine is
within half mile of the plant.
Receiver Albaugh of the Emporia First
National bank has filed suit against Will
liam Martindale, vice president of the de-
funct institution, to recover $lS6,000 which
he claims belongs to the depositors.
Congressman John p, Dolliver, of Iowa,
will deliver the commencement Grafton at
Baker University, June |. The baccalau.
reate address will be delivered by DR.. Jo-
seph f. Berry, editor of the Epworth Her
aid.
While dozen or more Kansas cities are
chasing after the new insane asylum, Hutch
nsOn is making an effort to get rid Of the
State reformatory. Citizens of the town
think that the institution gives Hutchinson
bad name.
John Henry Collins has been sentenced to
death for the murder of his father and will
be taken to the penitentiary to serve life
sentence. Most Topeka people believe that
he is innocent and that he will be pardOned
out in q year or so.
The colored people Of Wichita have plan
ned home for destitute and homeless chill
dren of their race. 1t will be known as the
Helen Gould Home of Wichita. It is nec-
essary because the children of the county
are not permitted in the children's home
of that city.
Henry Sanderson attempted to shoot his
sweetheart, NADIA Fleisher, at her home
southwest of Mayetta. He did not harm her,
but succeeded in killing her aunt, Mrs. John
Fleisher In consequence he was taken from
the sheriff at Hoton and lynched By farm
ers living near Mayetta.
Henry Allen private secretary of Gov
ernor Stanley, resents the imputatiOn that
he began life as barber. He alleges that
he began life as a baby, afterwards worked
at being a beautiful child with long curls,
and did not become known as barber un-
til quite young man.
The best war correspondent that Kansas
has furnished for our wars with Spain and
the Filipinos is Charles NJ. Buchanan, son
of the editor, Pittsburg, Kans. He is in
Manila with the Twentieth Kansas, and
keeps the readers of his fathers paper we'll
informed as to what the Kansas soldiers
are doing.
Warden Landis has already received pro-
pOsals for carload to be shipped to Yer
mont from the penitentiary binding twine
plant, hut no twine will be sold outside OF
Kansas as long as the demand within the
State remains unsupplied. The force OF
men at the plant will be seventy-fve at
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