The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-10-04
KANSAS NEWS OF RECENT DATE.
The New Election Law.

The New Election Law.
The election law enacted by the
last legislature will make o lot of
trouble for the voters, unless they
study it well. The law will apply to
the election of county commission
ers and township officers this fall.
Attention is called to the following
important changes in the law: Any
ballot is wholly void. and no vote
thereon can be counted
If cross x mark shall be found
thereon outside of circle or voting
square; or
If any mark shall be found thereon
other than the cross X mark; or
If a cross x mark shall be found in
a circle at the head of a ticket and
also in one or more voting squares on
that or any other voting ticket, unless
the cross x mark shall be in the cir
Gle at the head of a ticket and also
in each and every voting square after
a name on the same ticket; or
If cross X mark shall be found
In two or more circles at the head
of the different tickets; or
1T a name or names be written
thereon other than the name of
some person whose name is not
printed on the ballot for whom the
voter has voted in the blank column;
or
If more candidates have been
marked than there are persons to be
elected to an office; or
If the ballot has been defaced or
torn by the voter; or
If there has been erased from the
ballot and device, emblem, figure, let
ter or word; or
If the ballot has been written upon
or marked with anything except a
pencil having black lead.
HiEhwaymen Spared the Train.
The other night when the katy"
passenger train stopped at the
"Katy"-'Frisco crossing at Oswego,
three masked men boarded it and
ing on the platform to get off the
train, when they were relieved of
their watches and other valuables,
the money amounting to about $40.
1ne "nlte HOu8es
Senator Harris, of Kansas, was
among the western senator's who
called at the white house recently.
The visit was purely social one.
During the exchange of pleasantries
Senator Harris told the president that
the people of Kansas and of the west
were in touch with him and believed
in him.
Specimen of Kansas Seas.
Prof. Martin, of the department of
paleontology, is busily engaged in
mounting skeleton of plesiosaur,
found in western Kansas. It is rep
tile somewhat similar to the croco-
die, with limbs capable of being used
only in water, and lived in the Kan
sas seas thousands of years ago.
Picnic for Newspaper Writers.
Ed Greer, editor of the Winfield
Courier, lately gave a picnic for his
country correspondents. There were
62 present, ranging from Is years to
80 years of age. The youngest CORE
spondent was Miss Barbara Earhart,
WuOSC uuOCucT duu STduuIlOCucT were
also on the Courier's list.
Now a stDrug Store Inspector"
DR.. r. T. Bryant, of Lincoln, has
started on a tour of the state to
inspect drug stores. His authority
comes from the state board of pE r.
macy. It is not known how DIR. Bry-
ant gets his pay, for there is no APP
preparation for the inspection of drug
stores.
Marriage of Miss Matte Eskridge.
John NJ. Steele, Kansas City news
paper man who went to the Philip
pines with the Twentieth Kansas, was
married at Emporia recently to Miss
Matte Eskridge, daughter of ex-Gov.
c. v. Eskridge, for many years editor
of the Emporia Republican.
Miss Beals Defeated for Queen.
Miss Matte Beals, the telephone
girl who won claim No. 2 in the Law
ton district, was defeated for queen
of the Wichita fall festival by Miss
Florence Gilmore, a stenograpLer.
No Escapes for q Year.