Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1901-11-15
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
Deceived by Her Mother.s

Elsie Packer, aged 10, innocent and
unsuspecting, was sent from Lucas.
this state. to Denver, Col, by her
mother to merry Tom Starky, former
~ Of Lucas Starkey was notified OF
the girls presence in Denver to mar
ny him. He was dumbfounded, as he
never had any knowledge of her con-
templated journey to Denver and
never dreamed of marrying her. Il
was learned that the Packer girl was
sent to Denver by her mother in the
hope of getting rid of her. as She
(the mother) was recently married.
The Kansas Senatorial Succession.
James 81. Lane and Samuel C.
Pomeroy We're the first United States
senators, being elected in 1861. Lane 3
has been succeeded by Edward G. 8
Ross, Robert Crozier, Alexander Cald-
well. James NJ Harvey, Preston B.
Plumb, Bishop W. Perkins. John Mar
tin and Lucian Baker, in the order
named. Pomeroy has been succeeded
by John j. Ingalls,, William PETER,
and w. \. Harris, in the order named.
Topeka Mail and Breeze.
State Teacher.' Association.
The programme of the Kansas
Teachers association at Topeka De-
cember 1927 includes an address Of
welcome by Gov. Stanley. Col t.
W. Parker, OF the University Of Chi
cago, will conduct a "round table"
on the course of study" DIR. Win
ship, of Boston, and DR.. Tomlins, OF
New York. will lecture. Some of the
hac% ~ o1So hova
places ON the programme.
Kansas Printers In Washington.
There are in the neighborhood OF
a half hundred employees in the gov
eminent printing Office from Kansas,
whose average daily pay is 81. About
one-fourth Of this contingent arc for
mer residents of Topeka. E. c. Jones,
recently appointed chief clerk of the
government printing Office IN Manila,
is an Emporia boy.
Trouble In the G. A. n.
Commander Norton, OF the Kansas
G. A. R., has removed Charles Har-
ris, OF Emporia, and Ed Jones, OF
Holton, members of the auditing
committee. Norton alleges they
talked too much" in connection with
the controversy over Adjt. Gen. Rid
dies handling of the contingent fund
Place for Frank McGrath.
Frank .McGrath, of Beloit, one OF
the organizers of the Farmers Al
lance and manager of John F. VIII
let's campaign for governor in 1890.
is to get a good place under Senator
Burton. He will be chief deputy ua-
der United States Marshal Crum. with
headquarters at Topeka.
May Lose Rural Free Delivery.
Patrons on rural free delivery
routes must furnish boxes for their
mail and must keep the roads in good
repair. On some of the routes in
eastern Kansas the patrons haven't
paid much attention to the require
ments and are in danger of losing the
service.
Prizes for Kansas Wheat.
The Kansas commissioners to the
ST. Louis exposition have decided to
offer $40 in prizes for the best sam
pies of wheat grown in Kansas this
year. The prize wheat will be placed
in the Kansas exhibit at the st. Louis
worlds fair in 1908.
Bethany's Twentieth Anniversary.
Gov. Stanley delivered an address
at the twentieth anniversary of Beth
any college, the Swedish institution
at Lindsborg, on November IL. Bish-
OPP Won Scheele, of Sweden, was In
attendance.
Fisk to BE q Teacher.
Rev. D. II. Fisk, the Topeka Congre-
gational preacher who is ION the
rack because of advanced thought"
sermons, will be given a professionally
in Washburn college.
County Must Pay Its Share.
The attorney general holds that Q
county must pay for its portion of tho
special improvement of streets in
front of its courthouse or jail or othes
property.
State Fair Bonds Voted Dowa.
The rural voters of Shawnee coun-
ty defeated the proposition to vote
bonds to improve the fair grounds at
Topeka for state fair purposes.
Apples Going to Waste.
A letter from Cottonwood Falls
said that unless buyers soon appeared
there hundreds Of bushels of extra
fine apples would go to waste.
individual Deposits Increase.
The latest report of the condition
of Kansas national banks shows an
increase of individual deposits from
S32, o19, $40 to So, 564,4
Fortune for Five Sisters.
Mrs. NJ. T. DeForest, of Irving, and
her four sisters will inherit through
the death of their uncle. the late Hen