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RECENT DATE. Danger to Local Banks. At the annual meeting of the Kansa Bankers' association at Fort Scott la week alarm was expressed at tl branch banking scheme as proposed b some of the eastern bankers. It wa declared to be an effort to supplant th local banks and control the bankin business of the country. Presider Sawyer, in his annual address, declare that bankers pay more taxes in propo tion to their property than any other class of taxpayers. Secretary Harp reported an association membership 183, which shows an increase of 61 i the past year. Resolutions were adop in favor of the abolition of "days grace" of all commercial paper. Th bankers also placed themselves on re as opposing the establishment o postal savings banks. Rebekahs Meet at Wichita. The twelfth annual Rebekah assen bly of Kansas convened at Wichita la week. It was one of the largest eve held in Kansas, 286 lodges being repr sented, with a membership of 13,67 showing an increase of 1,936 member in the past year. The officers for th following year are: President, Mrs. Mary E. King, Burlingam vice president, Miss Katie Watkins, Lawrenc warden, Mrs. Mary E. Needem, Clifton. TI appointed officers are: Chaplain, Mrs. Sara M. Hanna, Kansas City; marshal, Miss Matt Jones, Mound City; conductor, Mrs. Sad Brown, Kingman; inside guardian. Miss Kit Squires, Galena; outside guardian, Mrs. Ef Shriver, Harper. And They Were Married. While Howard M. Koontz, of tl Twenty-first Kansas, was stationed Chickamauga camp last summer 1 was taken ill with fever. Miss Bert Greer, who was a member of the Girl Relief society, of Chattanooga, waite on him and they fell in love. Recent Koontz was appointed a lieutenant the Fourty-fourth regiment at Fo Leavenworth. The regiment has bee ordered to Manila, and Miss Gre recently journeyed from Chattanoog to Fort Leavenworth and the coup was married. Mrs. Koontz will go Manila with her husband. Trial Conducted by Telephone. A novel proceeding in a justice court was held in Chapman. The d fendant was wanted for assault an escaped before the warrant was serve He secured Senator Hessin, of Manha tan, to defend him. Hessin called 1 the county attorney at Abilene and tl justice at Chapman, pleaded guilty f the defendant, heard the fine assesse and sent the fine and costs by the ne: mail and the case was ended. It Wants Financial Aid. The College of Emporia is in deb and a mass meeting of the citizens wa called to consider ways and means help the college out. The sum of $5,00 is to be raised by the citizens on or b fore January 1 and deposited in th bank, with the understanding that the synod does not raise the remainin $13,000 by May 1 each subscriber sha have the right to withdraw his mone from the bank. Abandoned His March. Carl Brown, who led Coxey's arm to Washington, and who arrived Wichita from Denver on his secor march, declared his march off. E notified his men he would go I further. Brown is the son-in-law Gen. Coxey, and ever since the mar of the industrial army to the nation capital he has been planning anoth march, which was to have startled tl world. Souvenirs and Medals for Soldiers. Among the souvenirs being prepar for the Twentieth Kansas voluntee upon their arrival home is a letter fro the Kansas G. A. R. department co taining the greeting from the soldie of the civil war to those of the Spanis American war. The G. A. R. depar ment also proposes to have enoug medals made out of a captured canno to supply each volunteer with one. An Agent Brought to Grief. R. S. Witter, traveling agent for Sabetha nurseryman, was arrested f a unique swindle. He kept sending big orders and drew his 15 per cen commission promptly. In due tim however, the nurseryman began to r ceive notices from railroad agents th the nursery stock shipped out was u touched, and an investigation show that Witter's orders were bogus. Too Much Idle Money. The Exchange bank, of Stockto notified the bank commissioner that had gone into voluntary liquidatio The owners claim that banking is n profitable. There is little demand f loans, and idle money by the million is lying in the bank vaults. In tl meantime the fixed charges of tl banks, such as rent, clerk hire and i surance continue just as usual. Kansas Apples for Paris. Secretary Barnes, of the Kansas Ho ticultural society, is collecting appl of the finest to
