Hutchinson gazette., 1900-04-19
KANSAS ITEMS CONDENSED.

ut AuBuhlH HHN '"''' vs.
$40 In cash,
The receipts of the lola post olllce
for tho last quarter exceeded 100000
emitting that city to free delivery
Gov. Stanley, by proclamation has
asked the people of Kansas to con-
tribute to lndia's famine relief fund'
Joseph G. Hartzell, bishop OF the
Methodist Episcopal church In Africa
will deliver the baccalaurcate sermon
at the Kansa state university com
mencement week,
Gov, Stanley has named Fred W.
Cowley, u young cottlemon near
Columbus, us II member of the Kan
Ras live stock sanitary commission
TO succeed Taylor Riddle, term eX'
pired,
The promoters OF the electric line
from ROsednle TO Olathe, which ls
proposed TO connect Kansas City with
the latter place, secured 2O-ycar
franchise from the county board OF
Wyandotte county
The annual debate between the
Kansas aud Nebraska universities Will
be held at Lincoln, Ncb., May T. J'
A. Anderson, l., j, Lyons and James
Vandall will represent Kansas Lyons
and Vandoll are both Indians
4. C. Kirby was found guilty of mur-
der In the second degree for killing
q. 4. Foley, Union Pacific agent ut
Perry. Foley boarded 0t Kirby's
hotel and he was accused Of having
caused the downfall Of Klrby's daugh-
ter.
To accommodate rs increasing busl'
ness and keep pace with the growth Of
the city, the Kansas City, Fort Scott
g. Memphis railroad will erect at
Paola a handsome new depot, The
present structure was built 30 years
ngo,
S. N. Hayden, Missouri Pacific en-
gineer at Fort Scott has been APP
pointed on assistant scrgcOnt-at-orms
TO the national republican convention
in Philadelphia His appointment
came through Senator spooner Of
Wisconsin,
An analysis Of the recent municipal
elections in Kansas shows that tenn
perance sentiment Is being revived,
The chief issue IN nearly every town
was the liquor question, In over two
thirds of the towns where liquor was
the issue prohibition scored victory.
The Kansns Woman's Press associa-
tion, in session at Topeka, elected
Mrs. Cora g. Lewis, Of Kinsley presl-
dent; Mrs, Minnie d, Morgan, of Cot
tonwood Falls, vice president; Mrs.
Ida G. Frowe, of Ottawa, secretary
and Mrs. Mary L. Rupp, of Clyde,
treasurer.
A reward Of $500 has been offered
by the Cowley county commissioners
for the conviction of the murderers
of d. c. Coates, the Santa Fe opera
tor at Winfield who was shot by some
unknown assassin ON the night Of
April 2. The state will offer $500
more II is expected, and the Santa
Fe $500.
The second step in the plan to hold
a sem-centennial exposition in To-
peka in 1904 in celebration Of the
1lfteth anniversary of the organiha-
tion OF the territory of Kansas was
taken at Topeka last week when the
state executive council issued an ad-
dress calling n meeting to be held at
Topeka on June to discuss the prop
osition.
Shoughnassee, the famous and
venerable chief Of the Pottawatomic
Indians, died in the Pottnwatomie
reservation near Nudcnu, Jackson
county He was over 90 years old
and, while never troublesome in re-
cent years, was tenacious Of abb
original customs and privileges, and
jealous of white encroachmcnt and
dictNtion.
The state board of charities or
dered improvements made at the fol-
lowing state institutions: A $4,000
brick cottage at the industrial school
for girls, Beloit; Il $4,000 brick and
stone administration building az the
Topeka insane asylum; $4,000 hricI;
industrial building at the state roe
form school, Topeka; $39,Ai6 hricli
and stone custodian building for the
state imbecile asylum, Winfield,
1t has been discovered that Kan
sas sorghum cane, out of which th,
government, at great expense, triy,
TO manufacture sugar, can be made
into sirup element of glucose thai
pays well, and the first factory +,
utilize the cane on an extensive seal,
is being fitted up at ort Scott. Scy
eral thousand acres of cane have hccl
contracted for with the farmers an,
this years output will be 70 carloads
The sirup is sold to mixers at 25 cent
gallon,
The Western Football league, com
posed Of the universities of Nebraska
Kansas and Missouri which wa
threatened with disruption two o
three times last fall, has at last bee
broken up. Nebraska first pulc
out, and Kansas and Missouri coul
not maintain the league, The breal,
ing up of the league, however, doe
not mean that the three uniycrsitie
will cease to play football with eac
other 1t simply means that cac
game hereafter will be plnNcd on cor