The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-30
Along the Kansas Nile.

G. w wheatley easily won the Re
! publican nomination for congressman in
| the Third district.
| Some one has discovered that a town
| ship trustee is not eligible to the place of
| census enumerator.
o. P. Ergenbright Of Independence
| has Withdrawn in favor Of Charles Scott
for ngressman-at-large
| Kansas has never selected those two
of it's public men for the honor Of stat
ues in the capitol at Washington.
Labor Commissioner johnson is getting
| up a list of usurers in Kansas, and as
soon as he has the data will begin prose-
| cutiOns
State superintendent Nelson IS very III
at his home in Topeka. He was taken
sick while travelling over the state de-
| livering speeches.
! The State Board of Charities will not
proceed with the construction OF the new
asylum at Parsons until after the meet
ing of the next legislature.
| The editor Of the Preston Plaindealer
has acquired, big gift of heaven. this
spring four kittens. He has named one
Coburn, after the Kansas secretary.
Leavenworth is built on a coal mine.
but the complaint is made that owing TO
a combine Leavenworth pays more for
| her coal than any other town in Kan
! sas.
William Tracey Of Doniphan county
was married for the second time last
November. After his wedding he bought
coffin for himself and filed II away.
Last week he died.
| The Kansas legislature can make itself
absolutely solid at its next session by
| passing a law making all elections come
on the same date not more frequent than
once every two years.
Newt. Allen Of Chanute and ]. G. Brad
ley were elected the Philadelphia dele
gates from the Third congressional dis
trict. Bradley was until recently a Le-
land man. Allen is for BurtoS
The Rock Island has a new map which
shows BY the shading OF the line the
part Of the country passed through IN
day time and that passed through AZ
night. The Kansas City Times -ays that
the man who invented the idea got s. 90
for It.
The Republicans % Pratt county VII
present the name q J. Q. Thompson %
the Seventh district congressional con
vention as a candidate for preEifeutIal
elector. and they already haYe assurances
from enough delegates 90 almost assure
his nomination M. Thompson "a az ablc
campalguer. fine appearing gent e-1a1,
and Il nominated ne vii make a vigorous
campaign u tie state for Republican
ism.
Z e said that a Kansas housewife had
a Methodist and Baptist minister . dir
ner. bat couldn't decide when cne sac
should ask % say the Blessing Her
promisfug Young son saw the difficulty
got Up. approached the two mlaizters
ulta extended f5reaE-er AMI recitee.
Meme. Iene. Nlney DO. catch q Niger
b. tie toe II Re ao eTs let him x.
meme. mene. mtney no and % TIE Bap p
tist minister sad. You're 81
Cyrus Leland IS row thought to - ost
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fnsze have already been ehoasG. AID
these are al designale1 a. Barton mer-
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5ifgan 80 - senator. Thss .ezges GER
more 1atlaaa1 delegates 20 ps seessd
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does s11 Ext aay = ths Ee2s1alIs ten.
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