Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-08-28
A DIVORCE LAW.
A Draft Of a Bill for Adoption in All
States Outlined.
THE AMERICAN PARTY CONVENES.
"A New Political Party Called to Order at
st. Louisa Combine Arranged to
Control the Output of Win
dow Glass.


sion yesterday, John c. Rich erk, Esq,
of Chicago, as chairman of a special
committee appointed for the purpose,
reported a draft of divorce bill for
adoption in all the states, to be sub
mitted to the National Bar association.
If the association approves 1T, the
members will urge its adoption by
their different state legislatures The
bill is modelled after the divorce law
in force in the District of Column
bia, which was drawn by commit
tees of congress, which represents
the entire country. The bill provides,
in brief. that no person shall be en-
titled to a divorce who has not resided
in the state two years before bringing
suit, nor unless the defendant shall
have been personally served within
the state or shall have voluntarily APP
peared in such action. No divorce
shall affect the legitimacy of children
of such marriage. except where it shall
be declared void because of a prior
marriage. The proceedings shall
be had in the county where the
complainant resides, but process
may be directed to any county in the
state. If it shall appear to the court
that the defendant is nonresident at
the time of application for divorce,
and that the cause of action arose
while the defendant was domiciled in
the state, and the defendant has been
absent from the state for a year after
the return of one summons not found,
the court may authorize notice of the
suit by publication. The court must
hear the case by examination in open
court, and divorce shall not be granted
in default unless the judge shall be
satisfied that proper means have been
toll 70 he def he
cause of the divorce has been fully
proved.
THE AMERICAN PARTY CONvENES-
ST.. LOUIS, Aug. 25.-Col. E. II. Sell
ers and James 81. Phelps, of Detroit,
arrived here yesterday to make pre-
liminary arrangements for the first
convention of the new American party,
which meets to-day at Druid's hall.
The convention will be called to order
by Col Sellers, who said last night that
he did not know how many delegates
would be present. He hoped, that every
state would be represented. In an in
1terview, Mr.. Phelps said:
The call for the convention was issued last
month by Col Sellers, and sufficient number
<af responses have been received to warrant us
IN the conclusion that the time has arrived for
the organization of new political party in the
Omitted States There is widespread discomfort
in the rank and file of the old parties and this
fact must be evident to all intelligent persons,
The American party will be broad enough to
admit all good citizens of this government, re-
CARELESS of their place of birth religious be-
Hefs- 1t will be the party representing the
people, and not the corporations There is
gust much need for it now there was for
-rhe republican party some 40 years ago.
WINDOW GLASS TRUST.
CHICAGO, Aug. 25.-The American
Window Glass association, a strong or
.ganization along the latest improved
trust lines, will be the outcome of the
meeting of glass manufacturers held
here yesterday. 1t will take the place
of the old trust, which went into vol
untary liquidation four years ago this
fall, but it will be stronger than the
old body. 1t is proposed to organize
along the line of the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Co. the corporate title OF
the plate glass men, The
products of all manufacturer.
will be paid for at an agreed price ant
turned over to the manager of the
trust, who will distribute the product
among the jobbers. Production viii
be prorated, according to the numbel
of pots operated by each manufac
turer. There are 1000 pots in tn
country and the new association viii
control /, 500 of them. AS soon as tn
association is formed, there will be a
increase made in the price of glass, an
wages, it is said, will be raised ten t
twenty per cent