The Globe-republican., 1902-11-20
KANSAS COMMENT

county citizen boasts of having voted
4s years consecutively in the same pre-
cinct.
LADIES PARADE.-The Ladies Cornet
band of Smith Center paraded the
streets and dispen sed music in honor
of the result of the election
FINE PREMIUM LIsT.-It is issued by
the Harvey County Poultry association
which will hold its seventh annual ex-
hibition in Newton on December I-6-
APPOINTS HIS SEcRETARY.-Cong
man-elect Phil Campbell has appointed
r. p. Ritter, of GaIena, his private
secretary Mr. Ritter is a young man,
the son of ex-senator J. n. Ritter
AFTER A PLAcE.-Stephen Cave, of
Haskell county, was early at Topeka
looking up his chance for sergeant-at-
arms of the house of represen tatives.
Cave is the prairie dog DETERMINATION.
LARGE COURT DoCKET.-The dis
trict court of Labette county opened
at Oswego with 1o4 suits to dispose of,
II of them being criminal cases. There
is one case of alleged violation of the
quarantine law.
WAGON MAKER MIssINe.-Louis Alt,
a wagon maker of Sa1ina, has mysteri-
ously disappeared and there is not the
slightest clue to his whereabouts He
had good business and there seems to
be no cause for his departure
TEACHERS MEET AT CLAY CENTER
About GOO teachers, comprising the
North Central Kansas Teachers assoc
citation, will meet in Clay Center No
vember % and %. This is said to be
the largest association in the state.
MOVING TO WIcHITA--The material
in the Missouri Pacific shops at Ell
Dorado is being moved to Wichita.
Ten families go with the shops. When
the shops are completed Is more fam
lilies will be transferred to Wichita.
PosToFFICE RoBRED.-The postoffice
at Stafford Vile, Chase county, which
was in a hardware store, has been
robbed of S36.7 in money orders and
$50 in cash. The hardware store also
lost about 5000, divided about equally
between cash and goods.
Two WILLS TO SAME EsTATE.-It is
seldom that the husband dies and
leaves a will and his wife dies so soon
after and leaves will for the same
property and there are two admins
traitors for the same property at the
same time. This state of affairs exists
in Sedgwiclx county. The condition of
the estate is in such shape that there
is likely to be no difficulty in closing
its affairs
Two LEAvENwoRTH GIRLs.-Miss
Blanche McGonig gle, daughter of James
McGonig1e, the government con tractor
and of the wea1thiest citizens of
Leavenworth, will be married on No
vember 20 to DIR. Powell Fauntelroy,
u. S. A, and early in December Miss
Matte Stone, daughter of ex-senator
James c. Stone, will be married to
Lieutenant Sidney s. Burbank, of the
Sixth infantry.
MORE Rock ISLAND CHANGEs.-C. L.
Nichols, formerly superintendent of
the Illinois division of the Rock Island,
has been made superintendent of the
Nebraska division of the road, with
headquarters at Fairbury. The APP
pointment is already effective. E. o.
Melcher, of the Boston and Maine road,
will take Nichols place. H o. Sworth-
wood has been made assistant superin-
tendent of telegraph of the Rock Island
in place of A l.. Lingafe1t, rcsigned-
DIPHrHERIA EPIDEArIC.-It exists at
Maple Hill, Wabaunsee county. There
We're fifteen cases when a doctor who
was called from Topeka reached Maple
Hill, some of them malignant. The
schools are closed and strict quaran-
tine maintained
HAS ErJoUGH.-Judge Hazen of the
Shawnee county district conrt has
nearly rounded out twelve years in
that position. He declines to be can
didate for another reelection, sayin g
that he has received enough of criticism
and abuse.
BAGGAGE CARS CRowDED--The other
day a hundred trunks belonging to eS-
cursiOnists who had passed other
trains were put off at Emporia- The
wires We're kept hot but the trunks
could not be forwarded until a baggage
car came along which had room for
them
SIX YEAR TERMs--Sone wise men OF
Kansas have inst begun to find out, as
they think, that hereafter county com
missioners will be elected for six year
terms; one to be elected at each bien-
nia1 election Is this true?
A TEACHER FOR CoNvICTs- plain
J. ID. McBrian, of the Kansas peniten-