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The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24
FROM TOPEKA,
Special Dispatch to The Atchison Champiou.l
TOPEKA KAs. Sept, 2l-l2:I0 A.

Special Dispatch to The Atchison Champoul
TOPEKA, KAs., Sept, 2l-l2:10 A. NJ
The business of the special session closed at 12
A. NJ. to-day, and has only been waiting since for
the bills to be enrolled and signed. The Cover
nor has approved all the bills passed at the spe-
cial.sessicn.
The County Treasury bill will be published in
TO- morrow's Commonwealth and become a law
from that day. The first statement under it will
therefore be due on the first Monday of October.
Auditor Wilder prOnounces this bill as worth to
the state all the expense Of the special session.
The business of the session may be summed up
as follows; Senate bills-the two relief acts; one
for the western Counties aud the other authori-
zing any County to issue bonds for relief purpo-
ses, both requiring n vote of the people The
other bill is known a. the railroad law, bring
ing the railroad offices within the State.
The House bills are the Lawrence relief bill
and the County Treasury bill, and one bill con-
ferring rights of majority on George Unger, Of
Leavenworth.
A joint resolution also passed authorizing the
Commission to investigate the fraudulent opera
tionsGn Harper, Barbour and Comanche Couu-
ties.
A concurrent resolution ordering the laws and
journals published with those of the next session
has also been adopted.
Several memorials to Congress in relation to
Indian matters and extension of time for the
payment on lands have been passed.
The resolution ordering the State Treasurer to
deliver the Pomeroy- York money to the legal
owner, failed in the House, and resolution sub
mitting to the people 4 proposition to vote $780,
600 in State bonds passed the House but failed In
the Senate, only receiving three or four votes
The Treasurer is paying the members tonight,
and the special session Of 1874 will be adjourned
sine die at 10 o'clock Tuesday Speaker Fenloa
has presided with great ability and fairness. and
to the entire satisfaction of every member Of the
House
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24
PENITRNTIARY HORRoR.
An Unprovoked WHrder Ameng the CsuvIet.-
Fall Particulars Of the Horrible Ira gedy.

Our State Penitentiary is 8 well ordered instu-
tion, but accidents will happen, and the turbu-
lent passions of The cOnvcts occasionally break
out. Such outbreak occurred Wednesday af-
ternOOn, at l:30 o'clock, in the stone cutting yard
in Superintendent ElleuwOod's gang. James
Tracy and Jack Green, alias David Mnncie, were
at work together, when some words passed be-
tween them enraging Tracy, who walked up to
Green and struck him with his fist on the tenn
pie. Both parties were put under arrest and
marched to their cells. Green complained Of q
headache and sent for DIR. Carpenter, the prison
physician, who responded promptly, but could
not aid the man, who in balf an hour became in
sensible, and remained until his death at six
o'clock in the evening. A post mortem sxamina-
tioD revealed the fact that his skull was fracta-
red in two places, though there were no outward
signs of it. Coroner Williams held an inquest,
and a verdict was rendered in accordance with
the facts above related A warrant, charging
Tracy with murder, was served yesterday, and
he was placed under strict surveillance.
Tracy was convicted of a robbery in Douiphsn
County and sentenced to two aud Q balf years
imprisonment from December 6th, 1873. He has
previously served term in the Missouri State
Penitentiary. Jack Green, alias David Muncie,
was convicted Of forgery in johnson County and
sentenced to five years from April 18th, 1873. He
has got his freedom by violent method though
we are not snre bat the Penite1tiary is prefera-
be to the grsve-Cemnercial, lStA.
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Pr-p.,a Neu.paper Pe.,.se.

Duripg the last days of the last session Of Con-
eye.. was passed law authorizing the prepay
ment of postage on newspapers and other publi-
cations, particularly periodicals. upon some sim
ple system to be devised by the Postoffiee De-
partuient. In order TO expedite matters, the
Postmaster General was specially directed TO pre-
pare some Plan. The work was placed In the
hands of Third Assistant Postmaster General
Barbour with full authority, subject only to the
revision of the Postmaster General General Bar
bour at once set TO work, and puzzled himself for
some time before he devised plan, which lie has
now partially arranged. He arrived In this city
three days ago with A. d. Hagen, chief Of the
stamp division in his bureau, for the express pur-
pose Of obtaining the views of Postmaster James
and others on the practicablity of the system he
has arranged. While the system is completed,
all the details are not yet finished. New stamps
have yet to be devised and General Barbour will
consider them before returning to Washington,
and obtain estimates for having them printed.
The system he has devised is simple. 1t provides
for the preparation of reeeipt-books by the de-
partment for each publisher of a newspaper or
periodical. The form of receipt at the New York
Post-office will be somewhat as follows:
Name Of newspsper) No NEW YoRk, -:
Data Received = dollars and
Mo-. cents postage n.
Amount -. newspaper publications at
-------------- two cents per n.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24
The LEGISLATURE.

The Legislature adjourned Monday, after q
session of seven days. The session was called
for the purpose of considering measures of RELIEF
for the people of the destitute Counties in the
Western part of the State; bnt almost the
very first bill that was presented, was to give
the people of Lawrence relief certain bombs they
had voted. J. C. Horton got bill through, to
compel County Treasurers to make certain re-
ports-supposed to be intended to prevent them
from "smouging" on him relative to the payment
of interest on the many County bonds which he
holds and the usual number of resolutions were
offered in behalf Of the inevitable settlers on GER
tain lands.
The relief bill which finally passed, was about
this: The State was S73 600 short of the amount
of bonds to which the Constitution limits her.
The issue of the s73, 900 in bonds was authorized,
to be sold at not less than 95 cents, the proceeds
to be divided among the destitute Counties to
the amount of $1,000 to 5000 to each County.
The Counties are to get the money as follows:
they ere to vote bonds, running for perhaps
twenty years, with inserest, but no interest to
be collected for two years; the State to buy these
bonds, paying therefor the money for which she
sold her bonds, the proceeds to 60 to the relief
OI TUG pcOpio VI buO sCNSiaA SSuhiiOo ISSUING
bonds.
This looks fair and reasonable, and ought to
have been accepted without amurmur. 1t gives
the destitute Counties chance to help them
selves with a long time in which to pay, and not
cent of it to be paid before two years. But the
Counties interested, with incredible cheek, kick
ed against it tremendously. They wanted the
money given to them outright-wanted the bal
snce of the State to feed them through the Win
ter, at their own expense. They even declared
that if the money were not donated to them,
they wouldn't have any of iti But when they
found that they were likely to get none, they
gladly accepted the provisions of the bill
The "Reform" mob in the House undertook
another measure, which proves how economical
ly they would run the State, if it were in their
hands The Constitution of the State, Us we
have said, limits the bonded Indebtedness of the
State to 81 900 000 except in certain emergencies
which have not yet arisen. The House, by
very large vote, passed Joint Resolution, sub
m ting an amendment to the Constitution to the
voters of the State, at the next election, allow
ing an increase of 100000 in the bonded indebt-
edness, for the purpose of giving that amount to
the needy Counties. But the old fogy Republi-
can Senate promptly squelched 1t by an over
whelming vote. At this, rate il would be easy to
calculate how many years it would take the "Re-
formers" to bankrupt the State.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

THINKS LAPPIs Is CoRRuPT.-And now Jake
Stotler, of the Empors Ne,ss, is on his ear about
Lappin. Somebody has entered suit against Lap
pin, charging him with defrsuding him; and In
the name Of all the honest men In the State, for
whom he speaks, Jake demands thst Leppin
prove himself innocent, or that the State Central
Committee take his name of the ticket. We
would ask Jake il he ever knew Of lawsuit in
his life, In which one party did not claim that
the other had wronged him, or tried to wrong
himi Whenever suit is brought against man
who happens to be Republican candidate we sup
pose it must be taken as evidence that be is q
rascal, and his name must be withdrawn from
the ticket. Thaddeus H. Walker, who was one
Of the parties to the suit, has voluntarily written
letter, in which he says be has always found
Lappin to be an honorable man. Perhaps the
Committee had better not take down Lappin's
name, until it is proven in the other suits, that
lie is a scoundrel.
that names placed on the Republican ticket by a
State Convention shall be taken of by half doz.
en- men, gets through with regulating the affairs
Of the State, there is . little charge standing
against him, which it may be well enough for
him to straighten up. IL is charged that, against
the remonstrance Of = large majority of the lead
ing men of Emporis, he made little dicker with
the candidate for Congress in that District, where
by he caused the poor widow Of e soldier who died
in BATTLE for the Union, to be turned out Of the
Emporia Post Office, where she gave entire salts
faction, and upon which she depended for liv'
ing, that he might get the place for hims, IL
Perhaps the Central Committee would like to
know about this, before. Hiowing- him to revise
| the ticket to snit himseff.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

ANNoUNCEMENTs.-Since the article was in
type in another column, relative to County Off
ces, the announcements have been tumbling in.
Frank Brown, who has SO acceptably filled the
Office of Clerk in the District Court for the past
eight years, announces himself for reelection.
We believe he has never yet had opposition, and
we presume he will not now.
Robert Wilkinson announces that he will be a
candidate for reelection as Probate Judge, and
wants to run untrammeled by politics of any
kind. We have expressed an opinion of him else
where. He should have free field.
d. d. Rose announces that he is a candidate
for reelection to the Office of County Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction. This officer has
hard row to hoe. He has to please all manner of
persons who will not be pleased, and gets the ILL
will of those on whom he fails. Mr.. Rose has
made a good officer, is a splendid electioneerer.
and we have no doubt will walk off with the
baggage.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

A Coon GRIP.-AboR+ year and half ago,
the farmers of this County organized what they
called Protective Union, for the purpose OF
looking after and guarding the interests of the
farming community. They appointed County
Executive Committee, which Committee seems
to have perpetuated itself indefinitely, and re-
solved itself into a sort of political County Com
mittee. We cannot hear that the Protective
Unions have kept up their organization, but have
all been merged into the Oranges; yet this Coun-
ty Executive Committre meet regularly every
Fall, and call a Convention to nominate County
officers. These fellows have 9 terrible grip on
their little position, and will keep it until some
Cromwell arises among them, and dissolves
than
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

n ST. Nicholas for October opens with bright
story by Mrs. r. ii. Davis, which is followed by
splendidly illustrated article on Egypt by Mrs.
Sara Keables Hunt "Venus' Flower Basket" is
description of the Glass Sponge, with picture
that is positively wonderful in the delcacy of its
execution. Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge has one Of
her charming little poems called "Coming," and
c. P. Cranch contributes some comic verses, IL
lustrated from his own designs, making fDn of
the Genet. There is also poem by Helen Hunt.
Miss Louisa NJ Alcott has a story, and Mrs. Abby
Morton Diaz tells something more about those
funny little "Jimmyjohns." There is an inter-
esting article on Ice in India" and VIM. H.
Rideing has one of his admirable practical arti-
cles called sour Lighthouses and Light-ships,"
which is full of interesting pictures drawn by
Moran, Perkins, Runge, and other noted artists.
The serials, East Friends" by ]. T. Trowbridge,
and "What Might Have Been Expected" by Frask
r. Stockton are concluded. We notice that the
Letter Box, and that quaint fellow, "Jack-in-the-
Pulpit" are unusually brilliant this month.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

q The local editor of the Leavenworth Com
mercial was arrested in a bawdy-house one night
recently, and the Times proceeded to make a SEN
sational local out of it. This brought out a card
from the Commercial local, in which he says he did
not go there for any bad purpose, but had informa
tion that if he went there at that time, he would
find certain person connected with the Times
Office, and therefore went, to get chance to ex-
pose him. As he did not find him, but got caught
himself, it looks good deal like the case of one
who went a wooling, and got feeced.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

The Reform Committee finally filed mp the
hole in their ticket caused by the declination of
Norton and Banserman. with the name of W. B.
Christopher. We never heard Of Christopher.
but the Junction City Cnioa knows him, and it
says:
"The Rev. W. C. Christopher IL shining and
conspicuous frand, all wind, theory and Jaw
His favprte lunacy for the present is an idea that
he has a commission to Danish from the earth all
mans, clear sides, short ribs sausage, 'souse and
all other forms and preparations of hog meat.
If the "Ham Fat Man" were the opposition can
didate, Christopher would make it lively for him.
The committee who periodically fill the vacancies
in the "Reform" ticket made extremes meet at
their last trial In Watson they found the most
sensible man on their ticket, and in Christopher
the craziest,"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

UAn item is going the rounds of the papers,
to the effect that the Wichita Eagle refuses to
support Osborn. This is mistake. We believe
Osborn was the editor OF the Eagles FIRST choice /;
but whether he was or not, Marsh. Murdoek has
too much good, hard sense, to fly of in pet be-
cause things did not 60 to suit him, aud expect
the people to believe that it is his conscience
that will not permit him to support corrupt men.
He takes things coolly as they come, and the re-
suit is, they not uufrequently come to his honor
and advantage.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

Ex-Gov. RoBINsoN.-The Lawrence .yourna
believes that Gov. Robinson's nomination for
State Senator must be accepted, under all the oil
cumstances, as bis deliberate vindicatiou by the
opposition in Douglas County from the charges
heaped upon him at Topeka and Ottawa. The
Journal says:
IL can mean nothing less. The determined
turning out Of the delegates from the ID and Sd
wards, in spite Of the strong case they made be-
fore the convention, showed that there was some
thing back of the tight that did not appear on
the surface. The remorseless slaughter Of Judge
Bailey, Mr., Sidney Clarke's law partner and
candidate for County Attorney, was another sig
nihcant indication. The fact is, Robinson came
home from Ottawa "with blood in bis eye" as
to business ever since. He has gone to reforming
the reform party, and yesterday was his first
days work.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

WHAT We Would Do.-If we had pair Of
Henry Ward Beeeher's old breeches cut up into
cold-slaw, and could sell IT at auction by the
spoonful to the sisters of Plymouth Church, we
conld realize enough to pay of the national debt
If we had one Of Beechers worn-out shirt-taiisJ
cut up into badges and rosettes, we could sell them
to the pious ladies of New York for enough
money to enable every person in the destitute
regions of Kansas to live through the winter
sumptuously.
If we had one of Beechers dirty socks, we
could rent it out by the minute to his lady ad-
mirers, to place In their bandboxes and bureau
drawers for perfumery, and could make enough
to buy steam power press, print mammoth
paper, and afford to send it free for one year to
every man in Doniphan County.
If We had a pair of Beecher's old drawers, we
could let them out every night to pious female
friends, to keep in their bedrooms, and IN one
year could realize enough from this source to pay
all the taxes of Doniphan County.
If we had Beecher's old hat, to set up for pious
women to pray to, allowing them to deposit IN
the hat, each time, as much as they thought the
privilege was worth, in six months We could pay
the debts Of every man in Doniphan County.
III we nad hahdkercnieI INTO "h'Sn ~ w
snorted during one sermon, We could reaiz'
enough, by allowing each sister Of his congrega
tion to blow in it once, at such rate as she deem
ed just, to build new school house IN every
District in Doniphan County, furnish them al
with new apparatus and pay the teachers wages
during nine months school.
If some person, possessing power to fuihil III:
promise, should offer all the gold in the world
il we would insure the souls of Bsecher and al
his congregation safe and sure arrival in Heav
eu, we are afraid We should lose the money
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

r The papers are republishng Parrott's old
letter to Lane, written in 1862, in which he says
he must have more rank, or that he must, in
bitterness, resign. There was sequel to that
letter. Parrott was not given more rank, but in
the latter part of the Summer of 1862, was order
ed to duty in the South. He said it was a trick
of Jim Laue's to get him out of his way, but he
couldn't come it. He proposed to stay here in
Kansas, and make it warm for Lane. Well, he
staid here, ran for Congress- and was most ter
ribly beaten. He lost the rank he had, and has
been a growing sore-head ever since.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

y The editor of the wathena Reporter may
think he observed the proceedings of the State
Convention, but he didn't. We saw, all the time,
what was the matter with him. Ii was the first
time he was ever in such gathering; and he sat
up there at the table, with those gosling
scattered over his face, imagining that the whole
Convention were gazing on bim, marvelling what
distinguished looking stranger it wasi He was
away off in the realms of Imagination, and occa-
siouaiiy got down to the level of the Convention.
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Republican majority.

Rocks, Graham and two or three other Conn.,
ties in Northw estern Kansas have been organized
since 1872. And all of the Counties in that Sec
tion polled a largely increased vote last year,
showing, also, largely increased Republican
majority. 1t is difficult TO obtain full and ac-
curats return Of the vote Of last year, bat we
have no doubt that if it could be obtained and
divided on party basis, it would show that the
Republican majority in the First District was,
last fall, at least 16, ,OO0.-4tchison Champion.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

u The Declaration of Principles of the
"People's Party" which We publish this week,
contains the Sentiment that "the office should
seek the man, and not the man the Office" This
declaration was built by committee, of which
Charles Huffman was a member. We learn that
the Office of County Superintendent is seeking
him, and that be has almost run himself down
to skin and bones, trying to keep it from finding
him. We think he will succeed.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

II The course of Col. d. W. Houston on the
Congressional question cooks any aspirations be
may have for the future. Judge Price probably
felt as deeply disappointed did Houston, but
he has not acted the baby over it. Instead of
sitting down and pouting, and refusing to 'play,"
he is going to take an active part in the canvass,
in favor of the whole ticket. He can come be-
fore the people again hereafter, with good con-
science, and with good prospect of success
Phillips is going to be elected; aud Houston,
besides playing himself out, will have the morti-
cation of seeing how little he really amounts TO,
when he sets himself up against the Republican
party.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

r While everybody wants to read the raw
head and bloody bones stories of the Kansas City
Times, nobody believes them and, although it
may surprise persons not acquainted with the
situation, it is nevertheless fact, that the Times
does not influence three votes in the State of
Kansas. The most obscure country paper in the
State exercises more influence in Kansas politics
than does the KANSAS City Times
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

II The 'Reform" papers have made good
deal of blow about certain Republican papers
that refuse to support Osborn; but they fail to
say word about the fact that almost an equal
number of Democratic and Reform" papers re-
fuse to support Cusey. Indeed, the Democrats,
with the exception Of a few played out leaders
here and there, are by no means enthusiastic for
the Reform ticket, and it will fall far short of
receiving the Democratic vote.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

w Robinson and Clarke have had their usual
fight, in the Douglas County Reform Couven-
tiou. This time, Robinson waxed it to him; for
while Robinson was nominated for the State Sen
ate, Clarke's law partner, Judge Bailey, was de-
feated for County Attorney. 1t is now in order
for Clarke to beat Robinson before the people.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

w We are happy to state, in answer to the
Republican, that thus far none of the Price dele
gates to the Congressional Convention have sto-
en- anything, nor committed any other crime rem
dering it necessary for them to leave the country.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

w~Isn't it little curious, that only those who
have no office, and not the remotest prospect of
getting any, are clamorous for the principle that
''the office should seek the man, not the man the
Officer Let some of these fellows accidentally
slip into an Office, and they Immediately lose all
interest in that motto.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

V Tilton has published another statement
against Beecher, longer than the first one. The
public are sick of Tilton, Beecher, and that whole
outfit, aud whatever they may say hereafter will
not create any new sensation.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

q Wolf River Township certainly has no
reason to complain of the "People" in allowing
her representation in the County Convention.
They give her more delegates than any Town.
ship in the County except Iowa, and that has
only one more delegate.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1874-09-24

Said Emory to Grant, "The army Of citizens
number 5000. / have 400 men to oppose them.
What had better be donefu
Grant replied as follows:
"Gen. Emory, New Orleans.
Put down that insurrection. Report after
ward: q. s. GRANT,
This win do to put alongside the famous SEN
Gen. Emory obeyed instructions.