The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-11-20
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

4 Ol4IG C6EAOnAo "a obCCR 49, 49,
near st. Marys the coming winter.
Bishop John Fl. Vincent, of Topeka,
will spend the winter in South Amer
lea
A wabaunsee county man is shipping
hay to Illinois 1t brings him 81 per
ton.
Lieut. -Gov.-elect Harvey and Miss
Belle Cone, of Topeka, will be married
on December 16
Topeka will have a pigeon show in
December. Over 1000 entries have al
ready been made.
1t is said that Gov.-elect Leedy will
appoint W. H. Upton, of Coffey eoun-
ty, private secretary.
J. L Bristow. private secretary to
Gov. Morrill,, is talking of making his
Ottawa Herald daily.
A single chunk of coal weighing $500
pounds, nearly three tons, was taken
from mine at Weir City recently.
5. E. Cole, of Harper county. has 95,-
900 bushels of wheat stored which he
expects to unload on the market at 81
per busheL
Gov.-elect Leedy and his associates
upon the state ticket are opposed to an
inaugural ball and one will probably
not be held this year
Miss Lizzie Hind, of LIE Roy, has be-
| gun suit for $4,000 against Warren
| Crandall. a wealthy farmer of Coffey
county, for alleged breach of promise.
]. S. Stillwell, of Hiawatha, who
sued w. E. Painter for 1900 for
alternating his wife's affections, was
awarded the paltry sum of 81 by jury.
The Kansas State Horticultural
society will meet at Topeka December
Gil. A big display of fruits and other
products will be an attractive feature.
Miss Boyle, in Miami county, and
Mrs Briefly, in Cloud county, both re-
publican nominees for county superin-
tendent. were the only ones on their
tickets elected.
A large force of men is at work on
the Maple Leafs new grain elevator in
Kansas City, Kan. 1t will hold 1885,
600 bushels and will be the largest in
the Missouri valley.
L. S. Crum, of OswegO, is credited
with desire to be United States mar
shall of Kansas under Mckinley.
Farmer A. w. Smith. of Mcpherson,
wants to succeed Click as pension
agent at Topeka. There are others.
l. E. Lambert, of Emporia; Attorney
General Dawes, Judge 7. F. Carver,
Mike Sutton. of Dodge City; Charles E.
Lobdell, of Dighton, and r. b. WEIGH,
of Topeka, are talked of as candidates
for United States district attorney of
Kansas.
The coming annual meeting of the
state board of agriculture promises to
be very interesting and profitable.
Among the noted speakers will be ex-
Gov. Furnas, /. A. Fort and r. NJ. Al
len, prominent agriculturists of Ne
braska
Repu blicans are claiming that Kan
sss will have one elector for Mckinley
for the reason that George T. Pitts, of
Sumner county. a fusion elector, was
at the time OF his election acting as
receiver foSa Wellington bank, which,
it is alleged, makes him Ineligible as
an elector.
The G. A. r. reunion grounds at Ellis
worth viii revert to the state if the
rec concentrations of the G. A. r. de-
parjm"nt committee are accep ted by
the legislatures. Ellsworth donated
100 acres for the reunions, ana the
state has expended $50 600 on buildings,
but The location is deemed impractic-
able.
The election returns show that Rev
J. ID. BOtkin. for cOngresSman-atla large,
ran about 5000 votes ahead of mis- assO-
ciates on the fusion state ticket. His
ma jority over Congressman Blue is
placed at 1000. HIS big vote is cred
tied to the third party ohibitionists,
who had Endorsed him at their state
An abstract of the latest reports from
the 116 national banks in Kansas shows
that the average reserve held by them
increased since July IA from 80. "a per
cent. to 3S.17 per cent; the loans and
decreased from ST., 974, sos to
ST, 006. 34S, and the reserve increased
from S4,993, 368 to SIS, tx, GIT; deposits
decreased from SIS 965, ls4 to S15, $780,
s55; gold holdings increased from ST.
11S 465 to 81, 1s5 s65.
OnG OF tue DdllOLS taken out OF the
box at Arkansas City had written
across the face of it: 81 don't know
how to vote this ballot, but want to
vote the straight repub lican ticket
Fix it up yourselves" After long dis
cussion the judges counted the ballot
on the theory that it came within the
meaning of the law which provided for
the counting of ballots (which clearly
showed the intention OF the voter
If this view should be sustained by the
courts the process of voting in Kansas
will be vastly simpliied.
The equal suffragists of Kansas, in
at Topeka last week. re-
elected Mrs Kate Addison president.
Mrs. Fannie Baboitt, of Winfield, was
elected vice-president; Mrs Baird. of
Eureka, and Miss Gregg, of Garnett,
Mrs. Laura NJ. Johns,
member national committee; Mrs
Wardall, Mrs Waite, Mrs. Thornton
and Mrs. Addison delegates to the ma
tional association. 1t was voted to
ask the legislature to enact a law re-
curing the appointment of two women