Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-26
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
To Find Home. for Them.

To Find Homes for Them.
Having erected barrier against
the importation of vicious homeless
children into Kansas, the state board |
of charities now proposes to find
homes for the homeless Kansas chill
dren. There are number of private
institutions in the state which make
a speciality of finding homes for home
less children, but the state will go in
to that business also. It has a vast
number of wards of that kind on its
hands. In the past these children
have been housed up in one or the
other of the state institutions, and
no effort made to find them homes.
Catholic school at Fort Scott
The order of the Sisters of St. .Jo-
seph of the Wichita diocese of the
Catholic church purchased the $4,000
j. d. Hill residence in Fort Scott. 1t
will be converted into a young wo-
mans academy. The academy at Wich-
tia will be removed to Fort Scott, as
will also the headquarters of the sis
tiers of the diocese. A large dormitory
will be built and one of the principal
Catholic institutions in the west will
be established there.
Celebrated His Tooth Birthday.
In noting that Uncle Billy Fay,
citizen of Usage City, had celebrated
his Tooth birthday, the Free Press
says: "The world isn't so very old
after all. A line of 10 men as old as
Uncle Billy Fay would reach back to
the time of Jesus Christ, and the
sixtieth of such a line we would find
in the garden of Eden making the ac-
quaintance of the new woman.
Fortune for q Veteran.
Jonas Reyner, an old soldier who
lived in a tent on the Neosho river
near Oswego and made his living by
fishing. received two happy surprises
the other day. One was letter in
forming him that his pension had
been increased, while a second letter
told of the death of rich uncle in
Ohio who bequeathed Rayner $4,000
cash and 1000 acres of land.
Burton's First Appointment.
w. E. Ward has been appointed reg
lister of the land Office at Colby. Ward
lives in Wallace county, where he
edits a newspaper and conducts a
stock ranch. He was a member of
the Kansas house last winter. He sue
ceeds K. E. Wilcockson, who offered
his resignation some time ago.
A feature of the masonic jubilee
at Wichita was Jerry Simpson and
Chester I. Long taking the obligation
of Scottish Rite mason side by side
at the same altar. They have been
political enemies for ten years, have
run four times against each other
and never have been friends.
So Mckinley Can Attend.
The Kansas G. A. r. encampment
billed for Junction City on May SO
has been postponed until June 6-S.
| The postponement is due to the fact
| that President Mckinley announced
he would visit the encampment if it
| was held during his tour through
Kansas.
Gas Struck on Asylum Ground.
Chairman Henry Allen, of the state
| board of charities, reported that nat
ural gas had been struck on the asy-
lum grounds at Osawatomie and that
the flow is probably sufficient to fur
nish light and heat for the asylum.
The well was sunk by the board.
| Governors Mansion Purchased.
| The executive council, by authority
of the legislature, has purchased a
mansion in Topeka for the governor.
It is the Bennett house, located nine
l IL h. ko+ oIo nd nc
originally built at cost of $4,000.
The state got it for $4,000.
A Kansan 3S Years.
Jacob Schafer, wealthy citizen
who recently died at Emporia, came
to Kansas SO years ago and had been
active in the building of Lyon coun-
ty from raw prairie to it's present
prosperous condition.
Parsons Saloons Must Quit.
The city council at Parsons passed
a very stringent prohibitory ordi-
nance, declaring all joints public nui-
sances and authorizing the confisca-
ton of the stock and fixtures.
For Two New Bridges.
Two new bridges will be built over
the Kaw river in Riley county this
summer-one at Ogden, near the west
lime, and one three miles west of Man.
haitian. They will cost $4,000 each.
Arbor Day n Failure.
Gov Stanley's efforts to revive in
Iterest in Arbor day were fruitless.
Little attention was paid to his proc
lamation, and so far as is known no
public demonstration was made.
School Trensurers Are Liable.
The attorney general holds that the