Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-13
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.


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Eastman Gets q Land Office.
Advices from Emporia were that D.
". Eastman had been notified from
Washington of his appointment to be
register of the land Office at Enid. Ok.
This appointment is great surprise
! and settles a scramble for the place.
Eastman had been appointed census
supervisor of the Fourth congressional
district, but Senator Baker protested
and the appoin tment was withdrawn
and Charles S. Briggs, of Carbonate,
named instead. Then Eastman was
slated for the receivership of the Atchi-
son national bank, but again he was
disappointed and now he is safely
lodged in a very profitable land office.
Herbert's Political Prediction.
Anent the warm contest now waging
in the First district between friends of
Congressman Curtis and Bailey, Ewing
Herbert, one of the political leaders of
Brown county, predicts that Senator
Baker will have the republican sena-
torial caucus nomination, that Curtis
will be renominated from the First
district and Bailey from the state at
! large, and that Leland will be national
committeeman.
Refused to File the Papers.
| Last winter the popu1ist senate de-
! clared the judgeship in theTwenty-sec-
ond district vacant, holding that Stu
art, the republican nominee, was elected
by fraud. The fusionists of the district
| met recently and nominated James
| Falcon as a candidate, but the state
boa I'd of canvassers refused to file
Falcons nomination papers, holding
| that there is no vacancy.
A New Suggestion About Funston.
| The Topeka Capital urges republic
| ans to nominate Gen. Fred Funston for
congressman-atlarge next year. The
populist leaders say that if Funston is
nominated for congressman-at-large
they will run Lieut.. Col. Little, of the
Twentieth Kansas, for the same posi-
ton. and have Little challenge Fun
ston for joint debate on the expan-
| sion question.
Her Stormy Matrimonial Ventures.
| w. II. Catch. Dickinson county
farmer worth nearly $40, 900, has been
sued for divorce. In his answer to his
wife's petition he says she cOurted him,
he being widower for a year and at
! last he married her in Kansas City. He
says he found out later that she was
only 33 years old but had been divorced
| four times. This makes her fifth expert
| ence.
| He Should Be Brought Home.
A recent dispatch from New York
| city said:
| Miss Fselen Gould has been annoyed for the
| last ten days by letters from calling i'm
self James NJ. Anderson, who has been address,
| ing her as his wife and says he loves her, and
| tnafs he Ike To ms q
house last night and ask ed to see her and was
arrested. Anderson is over go years old and
wears G. A. R. button. He says he belongs to
a Topeka G. A. R. post.
In Memory Of Col. Anderson.
The college of Emporia, a Presbyte-
rian school, will soon have a 100000
| library, gift from Andrew Carnegie.
The gift is in memory OF the late Col.
j. B. Anderson, of Emporia, who, in
an early day, befriended Mr.. Carnegie
when he was poor and hustling for a
living.
| Grasshopper Story.
Reports from half dozen counties
In the wheat belt say grasshoppers have
destroyed much of the young wheat.
In Ellis county large areas have been
cleaned up by the hoppers, and unless
heavy frost soon comes the farmers
fear greater damage to the growing
crop.
Santa Fe Building Locomotives.
The Santa Fe company will commence
at once the construction of 10 new en-
gines at the shops in Topeka. This,
with the SO new engines ordered built
at an eastern locomotive works, will
give the Santa Fee GO new engines
within the next year.
Excitement in This Election.
Miss Hattie Combs was elected queen
of the Fort Scott carnival after an eX-
citing contest, 9,43s votes being cast at
ten cents each. Miss Combs received
4,377 votes She is a teacher in the
Fort Scott high school.
Chicago Wants Funston.
The Hamilton club, OF Chicago, wants
to entertain Gen. Fred Funston at it's
annual meeting and a committee will
come to Topeka when the reception is
held and extend the general an invita-
ton to attend.
Tragedy at the Sabetha School
S. G.. Whitehead, public school jani-
tor at Sabetha, shot and dangerously
injured Fay Benson, high school
pupil. The shooting was caused by a
quarrel over the possession Of the foot
ball.
Will Cost Topeka $4,000.
The people Of Topeka expect to spend
SO, 900 in the Twentieth Kansas recep-
ton. Half this amount will be donated
by the city and the other half by the
business and professional men.
| Simpson Is for Breidenthal.
Ex-Congressman Jerry Simpson de-
elares for Breidenthal for governor on
the fusion ticket and predicts that the
bank commissioner will be nominated
by reclamation.