The Advocate and news., 1898-02-23

LOH CdHuludCy lOI GOV6TuOT IL Lnal
since the admission of the State Atchison
people have drawn public salaries
amounting to $375,000 while more than
half the couties have not received that
much in the aggregate.
The Chanut Blade (Dem) denies the
statement that eX-Speaker Dunsmore has
become middle-of-the-roade Mr.
Dunsmore has views of his own, which
he expresses freely, the Blade says, but
nobody accuses him Of being in harmony
with the Steinberger crowd.
H. S. Martin (Dem.), OF Marion, has
announced his candidacy for the fusion
nomination for Congress in the Fourth
district. His friends say that this and
one other Congressional nomination
would satisfy them and that they will
favor the denomination of the entire
State ticket.
Dave Leahy says that some artistic
Kansas fake writer has broken into the
columns Of the New York papers with a
story to the effect that the present State
administration has put an electric
spanking machine into the Reform school
for girls at Beloit OF course the story
will be believed in New York.
It is rumOred that Mr.. Coburn de-
clined to become a candidate for Gov
ernOr because lot of fellows who had
declared for him were trying to dictate
his policy for him. AS he is not the
sort Of man who can be handled by any
one he concluded to save himself en-
barrassment by withdrawing. Mr.. Co
htIVn iu Out Of f,1ona IN ba
party.
J. P, Baden, of the Winfield Roller
Mills, has brought suit against G. Wood
Davis, the statstician, and the Kansas
Farmer for the publication Of alleged IL
belous matter. Damages to the amount
of $25,000 are asked. The suit grows
out of the publication of an article over
Davis signature in which he charges
that the mill adulterates its -four with
corn meal.
Henry Booth, of Larned, was found
dead in his barn yard one day last week.
He had been captain of Kansas COM
pany in the army, postmaster, member Of
the Legislature from two different dis
tricts, receiver of the United States land
Office, chairman of the Republican State
committee and speaker Of the House.
He was a very popular man. His death
was caused by heart disease.
John Fouloy, a Chinaman who has
lived at Hiawatha for twenty-eight years,
is in trouble in his native land. He
succeeded in securing naturalization pa
pers and passport as a citizen but these
have been taken up because the law pro,
hibits the extension of the rights of citi-
zenship to the Chinese. He has considera-
BILE property and is spoken Of as a good
business man by the local papers.
Senator Baker has written a letter to J.
w, Sponable, of Paola, in which he says
that he favors postal savings banks but
that he is opposed to paying interest
on the deposits, as this would lead the
government into the business Of loan
ing money in order to get sufficient in
come in order to pay it. Mr. Baker evil
IDENTIFY thinks that 1t is wrong for the
government to do anything in a finan-
Cial way but to borrow money.
Miss Mullins, who was County Super
intendent of Finney county, married a
Missouri preacher and moved to Nevada, |
in that State. Previous to that date she |
appointed her sister as deputy. The Com |
mssioners met and declared the Office |
vacant, appointing j. E. Van Schoiack |
to fill the vacancy. But the sister dis |
pUtes his claim to the Office and both are |
trying to perform the duties Of the Of
flee All Of the parties are Republicans.
In view Of the fact that the Attorney
General OF Missouri has given an opinion
in which he holds that under the law the |
Bible cannot be read in schools, Superin-
tendent Stryker has been asked for an
opinion as to whether the same condition
exists in Kansas. In his decision he
quotes the law, which is as follows:
"That no sectarian doctrine shall be
taught or inculcated in any of the public
schools of the city; but the Holy Scrip