Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1903-10-09
Latest Kansas Events.
sutton a Native Kansan.

sutton a Native IAansan.
Eli r. Sutton, an agent OF the Uni
versity of Michigan, who was recently
sentenced TO long term in prison for
completely in defrauding the state by
bogus contracts, was born in Kansas
In the SOS he was student at the EN-
roria state normal school and gradu-
Sted from there in 1889. He was aft
erward an assistant teacher Of mathe-
mates in the state normal.
Condition OF Kansas Banks.
The abstract of the condition of the
national banks of Kansas at the CLOSE
of business on September 9 shows the
reserve to have been 1852 against 1857
Ter cent. on June 8; loans and dis
counts increased from S30,074, 414 to
$31 ,674 ,724; lawful money reserve in
creased from S2,933.13 to S3,0S1 ,576;
individual deposits increased from
S35, 372. 667 to $37 1908. $50.
Wells Wants Reports.
Seth G. Wells, auditor OF state, be-
lieves that the state is not getting
the benefit of all that the various fac
tories and farms at the state institu-
tons produce He will try to compel
the officers of these institutions to
make reports which will show the
value of the products and the manner
in which the products have been used.
Penalty of Dfsobedience.
While hiding in a cane patch the
three-year-old son of J. P. Drivetts,
70 IF Col hod h iohf
foot entirely severed by a moving ma
chine. The child had been sent to the
house, but instead of obeying he hid
in the cane patch to scare his father,
he said.
Humboldt Makes Rapid Growth.
Humboldt has erected so new resi-
cences and several business houses the
past year; also two new churches,
miles of brick walks and many blocks
Of curbing and guttering. The town
expects an electric railway, waterworks
and electric lights before another
year.
Model Coal Mine at Worlds Fair.
Prof. Grimsley, director of the Kan
sas mineral exhibit at the St Louis
| coal operators large share of the
mineral exhibit for display of Kan
sas coal. 1t is the intention to have
| model coal mine in operation.
Cannot Convict Soldiers Widow.
District Attorney Dean will dismiss
the case against Mrs. Harriet D. Meas
Ter, of La Crosse, charged with pen
sion fraud. He says he has found it
almost impossible to convict a soldiers
widow. Mrs. Measler was tried last
| week at Wichita and acquitted.
Balm for Lacerated Affections
| Mrs. Jennie Viles, wife of farmer
| in western Atchison county, has sued
Miss Del Baldwin for $4,000 for alien
ating the affections of Viles. Miss
Baldwin has lived with the family Is
years.
Marshall i'm Charge.
E. E Marshall, of Ellsworth, @ has
been installed rs superintendent of the
state reformatory at Hutchinson, sue
ceeding J. H. Simmons, who resigned
to become president of a bank at
Dighton
Do Not Want Separate School.
At Chanute a separate school was
provided for negro children, but on
the opening day but one dusky child
applied for admission there, while
dozens applied at the white schools.
Relatives Must Pay.
Attorney General Coleman is trying
to find out VIII at inmates in the various
state eleemosynary and charitable in
situations have estates or relatives able
to pay for their board and treatment.
Woman Sues JOfntkeepcr.
Mrs. Mary E Shannon. of Wyan.
dotte, has sued John Sprague, a joint
keeper, for $1,000 damages, alleging
Sprague sold Mrs. Shannon's husband
liquor after she told him not 10.
Raised $4,000 for Crippled Boy
Friends of Sherman Davis, a boy al
Hiawatha who recently had both arms
cut of by railroad train, have raised
by subscription $4,000 for his educa-
ton.
Eighty Cars Loaded with Feeders.
Eighty cars of white-faced Here
ford cattle, or 800 in all, were I'M
loaded at BrookviIle the other day to
be fed by prominent cattlemen near
there