The Globe-republican., 1901-05-30
KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Fred WeigaDd, a Burlin gton boy.
died of locI1jaw caused by running
rusty nail into his foot
Mrs. Ida Eclzert Lawrence, who read
a poem at the Iaun ching of the battle
ship Iowa, was from In Kansas.
The annual grand lodge of the
Knights of Pythias in session in Kan
sas City, Kansas, appointed their next
annual meeting to be held n Wichita
Christian Scientists have pr released
site for new church in Wichita and
also the old congregational church
which they will move and make over.
Grant Hornaday. who used to make
a full hand hoeing corn, has just
bought theatre in Fort Scott for $22.-
600 He needed it to fill up his assort-
nent of properties.
The Dodge Avenue Methodist church
Of Wichita has been struck by light
ming which tore off shingles from the
tower and also some siding from one
side of the building.
There is good demand for farm lands
in Saline county at an advance in price
of from 20 10 so per cent over four years
ago The prospect for good wheat
crop were never better
Clarence D. Huffman, a prominent
teacher of Southeastern Kansas, was
killed at Pittsburg in a collision be-
tween electric car and string of
coal cars being pushed before
CINE.
The health officers of Dickinson
county made an order that there should
be 10 public gatherings in the county
for 80 days account of smallpox.
which put stop to all school com
mencements-
IN I<o1
ing money to each other at 3 per cent.
There are some farms changing hands
at an advance of about 10 per cent, the
sales being mostly in farmers investing
in adjoining lands.
State superintendent Frank Nelson
has received invitations to address
more than 300 school commandments
all occurring within very short peri
cd OF course he had to stop accepting
when the time limit was filled.
James Goggins pioneer in Kansas
who settled in Geary county. has just
died. He came, like all first settlers.
empty handed to Kansas. In life he
gave each of his sons fine farm and
has left his widow large property.
Two nuggets were pumped out of a
well in Perth, Sumner county. which
old miners declared were genuine gold
and they We're sent away for assay.
This resulted in report that the assay
showed that the nuggets were almost
pure gold The came up from a well
so feet deep in reddish gray sand The
community went wild.
Kansas veterans desire thai the fact
may be repeated that there never was
d draft for soldiers in Kansas. a draft
was ordered in February, 90 and pro-
ceeded for month when n peremptory
order to stop it came from Washington
and the men who had been chosen We're
released. This was effected by protests
from Kansas which set forth the fact
that Kansas had furnished more troops
according to population than any other
state. Under calls from '61 to 90 the
Kansas quota was 1881 The actual
number of volunteers furnished was
p SOC, excess of s,s75-
A Wichita abstractor says that there
few mortgages being recorded and the
old ones are practically all paid and
cancelled There never was so many
cash sales made now.
Bank Commissioner A1baugh believes
that there is $50 in cash per capita
now in Kansas The banks in the
state, by their last report, hold So, OoO,-
900 of deposits and Mr. Albaugh thinks
1T certain that there is as much more
in the cash drawers. in the pockets
and stockings of individuals and hid
den in secret places
on every divorce day in the district
court at Fort Scott a handsome bou-
. quot is placed on the judges desk. 1t
is not known who sends ii but 1T is
supposed that some divorced woman
has established a memorial divorce
day.
Judge Arson r Clark, in a test case
at Sterling, decides that the law COM
polling the appointment of old soldiers
TO official positions is not valid He
says the legislature would have equal
power to compel voters to vote for old
soldiers to force their appointment
Farms and grazing land are in de
nand in Ellis county at greatly in
creased figures Horse buyers have
shipped from Hays City about $50, 600
worth of draft horses Stock wintered
fine on wheat pasturage-
Miami county, has paid off the last of