The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-05-12
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was closed down because 1t was too ez-
Pensive.
The salary Of Brig. Gen. Funston VIII
be SC, SIS per year That Of a colonel is
s., S75.
The claim is made that Gen. Fred
Fun ton is too young to be a United
States senator
Gen Fred Funston received a slight
wound in the hand while in battle near
San Tomas Oh the 5th-
i. H. Tracy, Of WamegO, viii be
special assistant TO Attorney General
GODDARD. The place pays $4,000 per
year
Topeka has abandoned its usual fall
festival and viii devote all its energies
TO a welcome Of the Twentieth Kansas
boys
The recent high winds blew the soil
away from the roots Of wheat to such
an extent that the crop estimates are
considerably lowered.
Gov. Stanley addressed an audience
Of 1000 people in the N. E. church at
Lawrence and raised $3.50 for Y. NJ
c. A. building in that city.
Capt. William Albright, Of company
c, reported wounded near Manila, was
until he enlisted paying teller in a ma
tiOnal bank at LeavenwOrth.
W. A. Griffith, Of st. Louis, was
elected to the chair OF art in the Kan
sas university. Griffith is an EmpOria
boy and has a Partisan education.
The three state medical societies in
session at Topeka last week decided
that in future each Of the schools Of
medicine would hold separate meet
ings-
The machinery for the new cotton
mill at Independence cost $50, 600. The
mill viii draw supplies Of raw mate
rial from the surrounding part Of
southern Kansas
Lieut.. William McTaggart, killed in
battle near Manila, was a son of Sena-
tor Dan McTaggart, who was muir
dered two years ago by tenant near
independence.
c. J. Peck, Of Salina, was appointed
assistant superintendent of the state
refOrmatOry at Hutchinson and George
G. Price, Of HOdgeman county, princi-
pal Of the schools
Gen. Otis reported these deaths in
the Twentieth Kansas on the ID:
Henry Morrison, Of Salina, died Of
wounds; Albert Terry, Kansas City,
Kan, accidental drowning.
Petitions were being signed extern
sively throughout southern Kansas
to make May ?, the date upon which
Col. Funston was made brigadier gen
eral, legal holiday in Kansas.
Masked robbers entered the post
Office at Cheney, SedgwicH county, and
demOlishing the safe with dynamite
carried away 2,OOO twO-cent stamps
and half hundred dollars cash.
W. Y. Morgan. state printer-elect,
has purchased the printing plant Of
State Printer ]. S Parks, which was
formerly owned by Gen. J. K Hudson
Mr.. Morgan viii take charge June l.
&. J. Dalze, a Baptist missionary at
! Hillsboro, who has a wife and five chill
dren, eIOped with the wife Of c. B.
Funlze, a prominent business man.
| The woman also deserted four children.
Curtis Orwell, who entered West Point
from Independence several years ago,
| has been promoted to first lieutenant IN
I the Seventh regulars, now at Detroit,
Mich The regiment has been ordered
to the Philippines.
Wilder s. Metcalf, the new colonel
/ of the Twentieth Kansas, is a graduate
of Oberlin college. In 1897 ne gradu-
ated from the law department of the
/ Kansas university and began the prac-
/ tice of law IN Lawrence.
I Adrian Smith was arrested at Earl
/ ton, Montgomery county, for throwing
/ stones at moving passenger trains
/ When taken into court he insisted on
/ being given the full sentence, saying
he had been in the penitentiary before
and liked prison life.
/ George Taylor, former cashier Of the
/ Argentine bank, sent to the Kansas
state penitentiary nearly two years ago
/ for Incorporating the banks funds,
/ has returned to his home in Turner.
Taylor was pardOned by Gov. Stanley
/ after serving about twO-thirds OF his
/ time.
Two young ladies in Greeley county
/ had to fight a prairie fire to save their
home and succeeded In stopping the
fire when it was within foot Of the
barn and feed stacks One OF the girls
had her clothing almost burned of her
back and was compelled to roll over on
the ground to extinguish the fire
Troy. oltiAleN lpklolLllSA NSLt.Sates 10
the annual session Of the Transmissis-
sippi congress at Wichita. May 81 to
/ June 3, as follows: John E Frost, To-
/ DeIa: E n. Morrill,. Hiawatha; J. s.
Emery. Lawrence: W c. Robinson,
Winfield; /. Scott, Howard; Calvin
/ Hood. EmPOria; II. D. Lee, SaJina; A.
\ h Ellis, BelOit: J. Z. Greenlse, Hutch
inson; Henry Mason, Garden City.
At Cherryvale another big flow Of
gas was struck at a depth Of go feet by
the Edgar Zinc company.
At the age Of 10 an lola girl has been
through the experience OF being mar
ricd- . mother, and divorced
a Topeka Telegram said Gov. Stanley
would IN few days appoint J. = Tom
linsoa, Of Minneapolis, warden Of the
Kansas penitentiary-
J. D. Hinzy, Of wilson a student Of
the Salina normal school, was arrested
TO forging notes
Esethany college, the Swedish institu-
ticn 1T Lfndsb0rg- has 5T4 students
go women and 80 men
The two young sons Of Charles Bar
kuly. Of Ellsworth, Ters given a -
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