The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1899-06-02
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viii receive as extra pay $500; the pri-
Yates sT4 each.
One Of the Kansas soldiers who was
present at the capture Of MaIOlos says
that the flag of truce displayed by the
natives who remained in town when
the American troops entered was
pair of white duck trousers.
The number Of convicts in the Kan
sas penitentiary for the last ten years
has averaged $40. During that time
there have been 40 deaths, four killed
by guards and by accidents, leaving 136
by disease, and Of this number more
than half, or 70, died from tuberculosis
and lung troubles.
Fifty-three Kansas counties are rep
resented in the Twentieth regiment.
Sixteen CaIifornians, five Missourians
and five Texans are on the rolls. Wash
ington, Wisconsin, New York and
Hawaii contribute each one man. The
total number Of men on the rolls is
1853.
Pick up any newspaper of any city,
any day, and you viii find something
in it about Kansas. No state in the
union gets so much free advertising.
Perhaps the state deserves it. It is a
state of wonderful people, wonderful
institutions, of wonderful live stock,
Of wonderful crop yields, of wonderful
mines, of wonderful soil, of wonderful
climate.
John J. Ingalls,: The history of Kan
sas is written in capitals. 1t is pune
tuated with exclamation points. Its
verbs are imperative. It's adjectives
are superlative. The commonplace and
the prosaic are not defined in its lexi-
con. It's statistics can be stated only
in the language Of the hyperbole. Kan
sas was the prologue to q tragedy
whose epiIOgue has not yet been prom
Ounced; the prelude to a fuRue of bat
ties whose reverbations have not yet
died away.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Rogers of BOur-
bon county, old and feeble, gave their
son the old home and the farm, with
the proviso that he would provide for
them their remaining days on earth.
No sooner had this unnatural son came
into legal possession Of the property
than he began to abuse the old folks
and finally drove them away. The case
got into court and a righteous judge
declared the provisions Of the deed
had been violated and he gave back
the old home and the farm to the old
man and woman and turned the unna-
tural son down and out.
A case Of the greatest Importance to
railroad employees, which has just been
decided by the United States supreme
court, is cited by the AtchisOn Globe.
It is a case entitled Sturm against the
Rock Island, originating at BeIleviIle,
Kan. The supreme court Of the United
States, reversing the supreme court Of
Kansas, in effect holds that the wages
of a railroad employe, earned in Kan
sas, can be garnished in Iowa, although
the emplsye resides in Kansas, and the
wages are exempt under the laws OF
this state. This may be sound Law, but
it is liable to work hardship to railroad
men. Under the decision, it may be
easy to prosecute a railroad employe
with false claim.
Cy Leland tells a story about Gen.
Jim Lane that is characteristic Of the
most unique figure in early Kansas
history. Lane was at Fort Scott with
about $500 men when the news came
that Gen Price was approaching with
an army Of 1900. Lanes regiments
marched out to a prominence east Of /
town and two miles away Prices army
could be seen crossing the hills. The
hiIlsides we're black with the confeder-
ates- Lane lined his men up in single I
file and they made a formidable ap- |
pearance from a distance. Lane rode |
up and down before his men He wore
an old straw hat and rode 8 diIspida- |
ted horse sBIen Of Kansas" Lane be
gan, athis is Kansas against Missouri" [
The prospect OF meeting such an over
Whelming enemy had depressed the
Kansans, but Lanes next utterance !
was reassuring- After an impressive
pause Gen Lane resumed whenever
one man meets another, the other man
is Just as likely to be frightened as you
are" AS the result Of Lanes parade, /
Price was so impressed with the
strength Of the enemy that be kept on
his way to Lexington. without stopping !
to give battle--Kansas City Tines