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funding $140,000 of 6 per cent. railroad bonds into 5 per cent. bonds. A reduction of 1 per cent. in interest will save $1,400 per year. Norton Champion: "The Republicans have overlooked one opportunity, and that is, to quote the price of farm products at Klondike to show the evident prosperity now on tap." Probate Judge Reaburn, of Lyon county, dropped dead in his office at Emporia, October 20. He was elected on the Populist ticket last year. His death was caused by apoplexy. Congressman Curtis denies that he will be a candidate for Governor next year. He says that he will be a candidate for Congress in the First district and for no other office. A greater saving can be made in county taxes than in any other levy. In counties where Populist officers have had a reasonable chance very large reductions in expenses have been made. It is reported that there are straight Democratic tickets in Harper, Dickinson, Leavenworth, Jewell, Pawnee, Mitchell and Wyandotte counties. In the latter it is a gold Democrat ticket, though. Hiawatha Democrat: "When the allied forces start out to hunt for a candidate for Governor in 1900 they don't want to overlook Hon. W. E. Bush. They will find some mighty good timber there." Republican leaders have been greatly worried lately because of the cool reception their literature was receiving. They have just learned what is the matter. The stuff all comes under Hanna's frank. The greatest danger in the local elections this year is in over-confidence on the part of Populists. Every silver man should vote. Not only that, but each one should see that his neighbor goes to the polls. The debt-reducing and expense-curtailing record being made in Populist counties should open the eyes of the people to their interest and result in a general victory for the Populists in the local elections this year. Judge Riggs has sustained the new bankink law in a case at Garnett in which the creditors of a defunct bank ask that the receiver be directed to bring action against the stockholders for the benefit of all of the creditors. V. J. Lane has conducted the Wyandotte Herald for twenty-six years without change of name, politics or location. There cannot be more than two editors in the State with a continuous newspaper record of longer duration. Two years ago it cost $186.75 to print and publish the ballots in Sheridan county. This year it will cost all told about $15. This is due to the passage by the Populist Legislature of a law cutting the former exorbitant rates. In a statement before the State Board of Railroad Assessors last summer, Bailey Waggener, attorney for the Missouri Pacific, said that the lines in Kansas of the company he represented could be reproduced for $9,000 per mile. It is a well-known fact that local taxes are more burdensome than State taxes. This year is a good year to take steps to reduce county expenses. It can be done by electing Populist officers who are pledged to economy in public affairs. The Bank of St. Francis will go into voluntary liquidation. The Bank of Western Kansas (Garden City) will consolidate with a national bank. The Farmers' and Merchants' bank of Pratt has sold out to the Peoples' bank of the same place. The Santa Fe has dicharged Conductor Ferguson, in charge of the west-bound train which was wrecked at Emporia. This action was taken as a result of the investigation by officials of the road and