The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-02-27
NewS in Brief


The ship subsidy bill was put 70 rest
for the present session Monday By the
action Of the house committee on
merchant marine and fisheries The
majority Of the committee voted 70 not /
report the bill
The Ladrones are still making it
lively for the constabUlsry in the
island Of Luzon- A conflict occurred,
IL miles east Of Manila Monday, In
which they captured 50 scouts and ten
men Of the cOnstabUlary whom they
set free
Iii reported that the Archduchess
CarlOtta is dying at Palace Tseken
near Brussels. The archduchess Is
the widow Of the Inflated Macmillan,
emperor Of Mexico, who for 81 years
has been hOpelessly insane. Carlotta
Was bride at IL, an empress at "A and
maniac at %. She represents IN her
own person the tragedy Of q French
and Austrian empire in Mexico She
is the daughter OF Leopold l. Of Belgi-
I'm, sister Of the present monarch
Washington's birthday, February -.
coming on Sunday the celebrations Of
the event in most places over the cOun-
try were held on Monday. The Amer
lean people have lost none Of their old
time enthusiasm for the observance Of
the national holiday.
Admiral Dewey recently won the
suit, in the court Of claims, for prize
money for himself and the officers and
men of his feet on account Of the
| Spanish vessels sunk in the battle OF
/ Manila and afterwards raised, repaired
and put in commission. In the same
court the Sampson case was lost.
The Kansas City Stars head writ
/ er," in Mondays issue Of that enter
prising daily, says Of the Kansas law
makers: ats Lazy Legislsture-Only
/ a Few Measures Passed" No one will
/ be found TO contradict the Stars char
| acterizstiOn.
An earthquake has raised the island
Of Guam six inches.
Turkey is buying Maxims to sup
PRESS the uprising in Bulgaria
Admiral Evans, commanding the
/ Asiatic squadron, advises sending Cat
ling guns, anticipating Boxer uprising
/ In China.
| The pay Of the members of the legis-
\ lature will stop OF Tuesday Of next
week, March 3. For this reason it is
| expected that the work Of the session
/ will be wound up next week and q fin
al adjournment taken. The members
do no not like to stay long after their
pay stops.
Carrie Nation, writing from San
| Bernardino, Cal, to a friend In Tope-
ka, enclosed SO to be given to Miss
Blanch Boise.
Bale Wsggener's ''justifiable homi-
eide bill" when a person kills q Sian
derer or defamer, stands no chance Of
passing the house, even much less the
| Kansas senate. 1t is a proposition
that any sensible man would not en-
terrain for moment.
Governor Bailey has signed the joint
resolution for the election Of state
I printer This question will be submit
ted to a vote for an amendment to the
constitution at the next general elect
ion in 1904. The provision is d good
one and should carry.
In the joint session of the senate
l and house in the state of Oregon, Q. W.
/ Fulton was elected to the United
States senate on the 18th ballot. He
is a native Of Ohio, is so years old He
has served four terms in the state sen
ate and was president Of that body
from 1898 to 1901.
1t is understood that in the protocol
referring the Venezuelan matter to
The Hague tribunal in the interim of
decision of the case by that interns-
tiOnsl court Belgium will act as trustee
and will administer Venezuelan Gus
toms in behalf Of the powers.
It is reported that the peach crop in
| Missouri will be a total failure the
coming season on account Of the Sc
we're weather freezing the buds Of the
trees.
It is announced that the Zeigler ex-
petition, and possibly Peary, the Arc
tic explorer, will make "dash for the
| Pole" sometime in May. The one that
takes the pole will have the inside
track, and unless the cOursers both
slip up on the ice, may get there-nit.
The New Orleans .Madri Gras was in
full bloom this week, and thousands Of
people from all over the United States
were there to enjoy the famous winter
carnival Among the DOtables pres
ent were Admiral Schley, Gen. Joe
! Wheeler aud Miss Alice Roosevelt.
Pool Grinstead, editor of the Wa
/ thena Times, was seriously stabbed By q
drunken negro Sunday. Editor Grin
/ stead is the DOniphau county man
who was convicted Of libel, and not
only lost his newspaper plant, the Wa
thena Republican, on a judgment, but
served altogether 800 days in jail.
Bishop Merrill, of the Methodist
church, is seriously i'll Of pneumonia
at Wesley hospital, Chicago.
| Cornell college, at Ithica, y. Y, has
an epidemic Of typhoid fever. Twelve
students have died Of the disease and
] 500 students have left for their homes
fearing the cOntagiOn-
In an action for divorce and slimony
in 3 New York supreme court the fact
that the alleged husband Of Mrs Cath
4 arine Taylor called her my Dear
i Wife" in the presence Of witnesses con-
stituted a common law marriage. Ali
mony to the amount Of S7,O3I was al
lowed Mrs. Taylor from her husband
/ Washington H Taylor.