The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-08-14
Latest Kansas Events.

AdI~Ol Ao11
They Need Not Swear.
Under a ruling made by Attorney
General Coleman, the form of affidavit
which accom- panics marriage licenses
must be changed in every county IN the
state. For 2cvcf1l years the probate
judges have repaired persons seeking
marriage license; to make affidavit
that they o. either of their parents,
are not cpileptic, imbecile, feeble
minded or afflicted with insanity. The
attorney general holds that the probate
judge cannot compel the person seek
ing marriage license to prove that his
PARENTS have never been afflicted with
any of the diseases mentioned. The
. Hew marriage license law enacted last
winter does. provide tha: where the
probate judge knows the parents or the
persons asking for a license to be al
a.icted with such disease, he may refuse
TO grant a license.
The Pride of the State.
The University of Kansas now has
IL buildings, seven OF which were
erected from appropriations by the
legislature of the state and four by
private gifts. Nine Of these buildings
are used for purposes of instruction
and contain 235 rooms, including lab
toratories, recitation rooms, and sew
eral lecture halls accommodating
from 100 to 1000 people. The build
ing and equipment of the university
are valued at $1;300,000. The unfyer-
.sity has granted 2,431 degrees, and
the alumni are increasing in number
at the rate of!over 200 a year.
Dewey Invited to Lawrence.
Admiral George Dewey has been tn
vited to attend the five days reunion
of the Kansas Grand Army of the Re
public in Lawrence in the third week
OF September Gen. John G. Black,
commander-in-chief of the Grand Ar
my, is to deliver an address on the first
day of the reunion, and on the second
day George R. Peck, of Chicago, is to
deliver an Grafton on the life and char
acter of Abraham Lincoln.
Flood Weakened Salt Wells.
Tests have just completed on the salt
wells west Of Solomon which have been
worked anew recently. 1t is found that
since the flood the water in the wells
has IL per cent. less salt than before
Many of the wells of the city have
become salty and unfit for use. The
extensive soaking of the ground seems
to have scattered the saline deposit
through wider area, at the same time
weakening 1t.
Salary: of the Scrip Commissioners
The trouble over the salary of the
union military scrip commissioner is
expected to end in mandamus suit in
the supreme court. Mr.. Wells, state
auditor, has refused to pay James l.
Aliens salary for July on the grounds
that Allen did not perform the duties
required of him in connection with his
position Of scrip commissioner.
Church to Honor Benefector.
G The official board of the First NJ. E
church at ottawa voted to place {
bronze tablet to the memory. of S. B
Rohrbaugh in the new church, which
will be dedicated September 6. Mr.
Rohrbaugh has given $4,000 toward
the new $4,000 church.
Exhibit of Jelly.
Director of Horticulture Schell will
depend upon the women of the state t.
fix him up an exhibit of jelly for tn
Kansas department at the worlds fair
Mrs Dassler, of Leavenworth, ha
agreed to get the women interested.
Lecompton's High School.
The school board of .Lecompton ha
come into possession of the property o
O Lane university, including apparatus O
all kinds, and high school will be es
tablished. Lane university has move
10 Holton.
Indian Made of Corn.
A feature of the Kansas exhibit a
fhe worlds fair will be big India
made out of corn. 1t will occupy
prominent place in the center of til
states display in the agricultural build
ing.
To Build Fine Road.
A route for the state road from Atch
ison to the soldiers orphans home ha
been selected and work will be starte
soon. The legislature appropriate
10000 for the road. State prison brio
wilrbe used.
Chairman Albnugh Suggests.
Morton Albaugh, chairman of tn
republican state committee, favors d
vorcing state charitable institution
from politics. He says superintend
ents should select their own help.
A. O. u. w, Insurgents.
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