Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-04-05
A SUMMARY OF KANSAS EVENTS.
For Popali.t. to Decide.

tVUvvvyvvIVVUVUHitV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
For Populists to Decide.
Senator Curran, of the peoples
party state committee, is sending a
list of questions. broadcast through
out Kansas and expects soon to get
the views of the rank and file of the
party on the question of fusion and a
to the democracy. Under
the new anti-fusion law two tickets
bearing the same names cannot be
put on the official ballot, and the
are wondering how the anti
elements in Kansas can
favor of calling the ticket in 1902 the
peoples ticket" and in 1904 call it
'democratic,' provided that the demo-
Gratis Loyalty support the populist
ticket.
Capper Controls the Capital.
The Topeka Daily and Weekly Cap
ital, the only morning paper at the
capital, has been sold to Arthur Cap
per and his associates for $4,000. Mr..
Capper owns 81 per cent. of the stock
and will control the policy of the pa
per. He is president of the company
and managing editor. Mr.. Capper is
a Kansas boy, native of Garnett. He
learned the newspaper business on
the Capital under Maj. j. K. Hudson
and knows the paper thoroughly. He
will sell the Mail and Breeze, of which
he has been owner several years.
Night Trial for Slater.
"Slick" Slater, the Topeka white
man charged with assaulting a white
girl, who was taken to Atchison three
preliminary trial in Shawnee county
at nine o'clock at night. To avoid a
Topeka mob Slater was taken overland
nine miles into Shawnee county to
the home of ex-Sheriff Wilkerson, and
the trial held before Topeka justice,
Nick Chflds Wouldn't Do.
partnership with Nick Childs, the col.
partnership with Nick childs, the col
ored publisher. She will hereafter en-
deavor to edit and have printed he1
paper, "The Smasher's Mall" without
his assistance. The trouble grew out
of the suppression by Childs of an
editorial written by Mrs. Nation scor-
ing District Judge Hazen.
Cadet Corps at Baker University.
The adjutant general issued commits
sions to the officers of cadet corps
of students at Baker university al
Baldwin. This is done under the Law
enacted by the legislature last winter
De- =,
Harry w. Stanley, son of Gov. Stan
ley, is first lieutenant.
Twins Run In the Family.
Mrs. James Little, living west Of
Atchison, gave birth to twins las
week. Eighteen months ago she gav'
birth to twins also. Now there art
four babies in the house less thar
10 months old. Mrs. Titles HUSBAND
was a twin and his father was a twin
She was twin also.
Will Not Move Baker University.
A committee appointed by the Kan
sas and South Kansas Methodist con
ferences met to consider the offer. o
a $1,000 endowment for Baker uni
versity provided the college was moved
from Baldwin to Topeka. The com
mittee rejected the proposition.
Work on Memphis Double Track.
About 200 railroad laborers wer
taken to Fort Scott by the Memphi
road to begin work on the construc
ton of q double track south from
Fort Scott to Washburn, where tn
Joplin branch joins the main line.
Wichita and the Saloons.
An examination of the books o
the city of Wichita shows that dur
ing the past two years and ten month
lected from the saloons.
The Uncertainties of Fame.
A ylhr ago Leavenworth county ha,
two United States senators; now sh
his residence to the Sixth district an
Senator Baker is in seclusion.
Oldest Voter In Kansas.
Ottawas has probably the oldes
living voter in Kansas il not in tn
| country. It is "Aunty'' Lewis, ne
gress, who claims to be 116.
Chance for missionary Work.
In Hutchinson there are 2,43S pei
sons between 6 and 81 years of agt
and of these 1,361 go to Sunday schoe
| and 1,O77 stay away.
| Order from FaF-OH China.
A mill in the little town of Cantor
Mcpherson county, has received an OF
der for 600 barrels of -four to be sen
| to China.