Barton County democrat., 1902-09-19
Change of Faith Delayed.

Change OF Faith Delayed.
Senator ]. w. Tapp, OF Wichita,
who, after the fusion action of the
populist state convention June "a, be-
came republican. says his change
of faith will not become absolute
until after the election of a United
States senator next winter. He says
at the November election he will vote
for most of the fusion combination.
In the legislature he will support W.
A. Harris for United States senator
if there is any chance to elect him.
If there is no chance for Senator
Harris" he said, '.I will GO Into the
republican caucus and abide by its
action. My first choice is Gov STAN
ley
May Have to Pay the Bonds.
Wabaunsee county is trying to
hatch up some plan to evade the
payment of S13S,0O0 in bonds is
sued in 1880 to- aid the Manhattan,
Alma & Burlingame railway. The
bonds fall due in 1910. When the
company tore up the track from To-
peka to Manhattan about four years
ago, the commissioners felt that ft
should release them from the pay
ment of that proportion of the
bonds, but the bondholders think
otherwise.
Is the Bride Under Agef
Charles Ellsworth and Miss Goldie
Laquien, of Junction City, eloped to
Plattsmouth, Neb., and were married,
the bride giving her age as Is and the
groom as %. The couple first tried
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a short time before q telegram had
been received from the sheriff OF
their home county, requesting the
county judge there to refuse the Ii
cense on the ground that the bride
was under age.
They Want Yearly Reports.
An effort will be made during the
next legislature to secure the re-
peal of the law passed at the last
session providing that the reports
of the state insurance department.
shall be published biennially instead
of yearly. The insurance men are
| kicking about biennial reports be-
cause the information, they contain
is old and of no. value when printed.
The "RepeaI' Doesn't Work.
Last spring Solomon City elected
a city ticket on a platform that "re-
pealed'' the prohibitory law, and
joints have been running since that
time. But temperance lecturer in
vaded the town recently and has had
warrants sworn out for a dozen diff
ferent persons for violating the law.
Worked as Section Hands.
Several of the students at OF
tawa university have been working
during the vacation as section hands
on the Santa Fe. They worked faith
fully, laid by their wages, and gave
an oyster supper to their foreman
in memory of the happy hours they
had spent in his company"
Want a State Fire Marshall
The mutual fire insurance compa-
nies of Kansas adopted a resolution
urging the legislature to pass law
creating the position of state fire
marshal. It will be the duty of
such officer to investigate all big
fires and run down persons guilty
of incendiarism.
Jury Acquitted Mrs. Edwards.
At Burlington jury acquitted Mrs
Jennie Edwards of the charge Of
beating to death her step-daughter.
Feeling against Mrs. Edwards was
strong but the evidence against her
was circumstantial.
May Build Town Hall.
Most of the labor on the new school
building at Lansing was done by
state convicts and Warden Jewett
contemplates the erection of a towT
hall with prison labor.
Socialists to Nominate.
John G. Otis, chairman, has called
a meeting of the socialist party OF
the First district at Topeka, Septem-
Der 29, to name a candidate for con-
gress.
Boycott Junction City.
Soldiers at Fort Riley are boy
cotting Junction City, claiming that
ten-cent rate between the fort and
town on the electric line is excesr
sive.
Hudson to Succeed Carmichael
Gen. J. K. Hudson, of Topeka, was
elected senior vice commander of the
Kansas G. A. r. to succeed M. a. Car
michael, of Colony, deceased.
Phillips County's Cinch.
All three OF the nominees for con-