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Some News About Kansas. tion will not consent to such a trimKansas City, Kas., now has a police matron. ming, either. A number of Republican papers are Coldwater has a new anti gambling ordinance. geting 80 thoroughly ashamed of the present administration that they spell State Superintendent Stanley wants the party name with a lower case "r." to be renominated. The St. Louis Republic insists that The A. P. A. State convention met its "small fry" interview was authenin Topeka this week. tic and that he said it. Burton is tryThe Wyandotte County Historical ing to get out of it by a general denial. Society is a new organization. The Meriden Ledger (Rep.) says MorThe Republican State convention rill cannot carry a township in Jefferwill be composed of 615 delegates. son county, and that he had better deA. D. Hubbard, of Topeka, has been velop interest in his private business elected President of the State A. P. A. affairs. Ex-Chief Justice Horton says he is The Republican State convention not a candidate for Senator or anything has been called to meet at Wichita else. March 10. This convention will elect delegates-at-large to the national conThere will be thirty names on the vention. ballots this year, besides township officers. The Capital's voting contest shows Four of the nine officers of the State 3,188 for McKinley, 282 for Reed, 228 for Allison, and 155 for Harrison. For A. P. A. organization are from Kansas second choice Reed and Allison are in City, Kas. the lead. The Wichita Eagle (Rep.) is willing The Galena lead and zinc mines are to excuse Morrill on the ground that he is insane. enjoying 8 great big steady growth in the matter of development which will In the convention fight in the Resoon make that region the richest in publican committee Leland's crowd the West. won by one vote. The Watchman, recently started at Ed Hoch threatens to show up the Washington by L. S. Sprengle, forpresent "business" administration if merly of the Republic, has been sold the fight on him don't stop. to Otis Nesbitt, a bright young newsThe People's Paper (Stafford) is fapaper man. vorable to Caldwell for President beColean, the embezzling Fort Scott cause he is as homely as Lincoln was. bank cashier, entered a plea of guilty Jerry Simpson, in a Washington inand was given three years in the Peniterview, says he will be a candidate tentiary. He was short several thoufor Congressman in the Seventh dissand dollars. trict. The receiver of the Alliance ExSalina is getting tired of paying exchange at Anthony has been discharged orbitant water rates, and the Union and the management will revert to the wants a municipal ownership system original company. It is doing a good adopted. business now. Harry Root, who has been working The Fourth district Republican confor the Atchison Champion for fifteen vention will be held March 9 at Emyears, is now traveling for the State poria, A candidate for Congress and Journal. delegates to the St. Louis convention The Bank of Kansas City, Kas., for will be named. which redeemer Billy Buchan was atThe Paola Republican (Rep.) thinks torney, has joined the army of the that if Chief Justice Martin wants to "busted." be re-elected he ought to ask the PopIf the present Board of Railroad ulists for the nomination rather than Commissioners is worth a continental the Republicans. to the State of Kansas no one has The latest candidate for the Populist found it out. State convention is Salina. That city At a recent series of revival meetis in a Populist county, is centrally loings in Greeley county one-twentieth cated, and would be able to accomoof the entire population of the county date the convention. was converted. John G. Otis and A. H. Wetherbee, The Populist State convention is apboth well-known Kansas men, are parently a good thing, judging from members of the Board of Directors of the way the best towns in the Stateare the Colorado Co-operative Company hustling for it. located at Naturita, Col. "Foghorn" Funston inclines to the In the list of bond bidders the Advoopinion that he can be Secretary of CATE only finds two from Kansas-the Agriculture if McKinley is elected to First National bank of Manhattan, the Presidency. $10,000 at 112, and the First National Gaines, the Topeka redeemer policebank of Atchison, $50,000 at 110. man who shot Albert Cruger last sumThe Tribune now wants a watermer, was found guilty of manslaughter works plant in Meriden. That town is in the third degree. doing its best to keep up with the proA canvass of the Republican State cession, and the Tribune deserves credit for its able efforts in that line. committee resulted in thirty-two de. claring for McKinley, two for Reed A Kansas City, Kas., man has deand one for Allison. vised & scheme whereby he can pull a The Lawrence World wants to know string which connects with a feed-box what kind of a "restorative" Morrill in the stable and thereby feed his has given Barney Kelly to keep him horse in the morning without getting out of bed. quiet 80 long at a time. The Burlington Courier, on behalf of The Baldwin Bulletin (Rep.), which is getting on to Morrill, says "it is not the Populists of Coffey county, places in nomination for Governor Senator strange that whiskyites gather around him like flies to carrion. John W. Leedy, of LeRoy. The Senator is a good Populist, a good fighter The Leavenworth Times says the and an honorable man. Republican convention was called early so the anti-Leland forces would The Galena Times will begin the publication of a daily edition March 1. not have time to organize. This paper is the paper of southerst The fight that a number of cities are Kansas for information in regard to making to secure the Populist State enormous and rapidly increasing minconvention would not lead anyone to ing enterprises of that section. believe that the party is dead. Harper county raised 4,147,675 bushThe Supreme court has rendered a els of corn this vear of which 999 249
