Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-10-23
SOME KANSAS HAPPENINGS.
odd Fellows Grand Lodge.

Odd Fellows Grand Lodge
The grand lodge of the 1. o. o. f. OF
Kansas was held at Topeka last week.
Officers We're chosen by ballot last
summer. The encampment elected H.
G. King, of Cedarvale, grand patriarch
and Ed T. Reese, of Leavenworth. sec
rotary. A lively discussion occurred
over the resolu ton to eliminate the
insurance feature from the order, but
the resolution was tabled The queS-
ton of greatest interest, however, was
the De Boiessierre home trouble, and
by vote of to the grand lodge or
dered the dismissal of all suits against
the trustees, which practically sewers
the order from any connection with
the home. Suit will be continued,
however, to get back the S34, 900 which
the grand lodge already put into the
home.
Another Textbook Decision.
Judge Walter L. Simons, of the Fort
Scott district has decided that the
new state textbook law does not abro-
gate existing contracts for textbooks
because it does not apply to them
Nearly every district in the state has
contracts and some are observing the
law and some are not All other dis
trict courts that have ruled on the
question have found that the law does
affect existing contracts, and now the
boards will not have settled policy
until the supreme court decides the
point.
Greater Deposits Than Ever.
Statements from about one-fourth OF
the Kansas state banks under the call
for October have been received by
the state bank commissioner. If the
same average of increase in deposits is
kept up, the deposits in Kansas banks
L CSD.D IN L..
will be an increase of over 81, 600, O00
during the past three months, while
it will also be a record breaker in the
amount of deposits. The largest figure
the deposits ever reached before in the
history of the state was $40, 100000.
Great Gathering.
Over 1O,O veterans attended the
state G. A. r. reunion at Leavenworth
last week. There were campfres, pa
rades speeches and personal reminis-
cences galore, and more than a score
of orators enlivened the different gath
erings with patriotic eloquence. Three
Kansas regiments, the Second, Sew
enth and Fourteenth, had headquar-
tiers in camp. Illinois was next to
Kansas in the number of veterans,
over 600 being registered from that
state.
Say Weights Are Unjust
The Kansas Grain Dealers assoc1a-
ton, made up of shippers who buy in
the smaller towns from farmers and
ship to Kansas City, has presented res
olutions to the board of trade in Kan
sas City, declaring tn at hereafter mem
bers of the association will not ship
grain to any Kansas City firm which
will not guarantee to furnish a GER
tificate of weight from duly APP
pointed weighmaster under the laws
of Kansas or Missouri.
Had His Young Wife Arrested.
On account of domestic trou bles the
young wife of Charles Senter, of To
peka, left home recently, taking with
her $500 of her husbands savings.
Senter at once had her arrested for
grand larceny, but when the couple
appeared before a justice, the husband
backed down and paid $50 costs to have
the case dismissed. Mrs. Senter paid
back the money but refused to go back
home with Senter.
The Populist Handbook.
The populist handbook, which has
been prepared by Chairman Taylor
| Riddle, of the state committee, with
| the assistance of state officers and
| others, has been completed and thou
| sands of copies will be sent out in a
| few days. Its purpose is to show what
| the populists have done since they took
control of the affairs of the state last
| January.
| Says Appropriation Is Inadequate.
Secretary of State Bush has refused
| to have printed for circulation the an
nual address delivered on the opening
| day of the state university by William
A. White. In years past the opening
address has always been printed in
pamphlet form and distributed by the
state Mr.. Bush says the appropria-
1 ton is insufficient.
ME-. Costigan Makes a Discovery.
Walter j. Costigan, of Ottawa, claims
| that the present railroad law has
| provision which, if enforced, would
prohibit the issuance of railroad
| passes He has called the attention of
| the state board of railroad commits
sioners to it, and an effort may be
made to test the matter.