The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-11
KANSAS STATE NEWS.
THE State Board of Railroad Commission

THE State Board of Railroad Commission
ars rendered opinions recently in the case
Of S. w. Pierce Il Co., complainant, vs.
Atchisor, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Company, respondents, and c. d. Compton,
complainant, VS.. the same, respondents, i'll
which both cases were dismissed on the
grounds that the complaints contained i'll
them were not within the jurisdiction of the
| Board. The first complaint was in relation
to piano which was delayed by the road
during its transportation, thereby causing
the shipper to lose the sale of the article
| shipped The complainants put in claim
for damages and asked the Commissioners
to have the claim recognized. The Board
decided that as it was not claim for over
| charges or excessive freight rates
! it was without the juri isdiction of
the Board and would properly
come before a court in suit for damages.
The other case was that of an emigrant who
made shipment of emigrant mOvableS and
stock from Charlotte, Mich. to Augusta,
Kas., paying the Michigan Central Railway
for a through rate. Upon his arrival at
Kansas City he was compelled to pay an
extra forty-four dollars to the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
for transportation over their line, while he
already held contract given by the Michi-
gan Central for through passage. He
complained to the Board of ovcrcharges. but
as the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Com
pany held that the Michigan Central had no
authority to make contract over the Santa
Fe line, except it be in accordance with
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rates the
case was dismissed by the Board, it having
been shown that the respondent company
did not charge rate exceeding that laid
in bair rif drtIa
THE State Board of School Fund Com
missiOners recently purchased the following
bonds: District No. "a, Shawnee County,
$4,000; So, Saline County, $1,000; Al, Har-
vey County, $1,000; 81, Pottawatomie
County, $1,000; 55, Brown County, 81 900;
169, Sumner County, $500; 157, Chautauqua
County, $500; 100, Reno County, $500; ~,
Allen County, 5000; 16S, Sumner County,
5000; 65, Kingman County, 5000; 4, Reno
County. 5000; 20, Saline County, $500; 81,
Chautauqua County, $500; 40, COwley
County, $500; IS, Coffey County, 500; Joint
District No. 2, Clay and Washington COun-
ties, S1,500; Board Education, Winfield,
$4,000. Total, S29,7OO.
DR.. HOLCoMBE, the State Veterinarian,
was recently deputed by Governor Click to
inquire into the outbreak of pleuro-pneuno-
mia in Illinois. He has returned and made
his official report He says it is a most seri-
Gus outbreak and has been the means of in
fecting many States, though it would appear
that Kansas was exempt. DR.. HolcOmbe
recommends that. in view of the insufficient
measures taken in Illinois under the opera
tons of the quarantine established by Gov
ernOr Hamilton, until all the localities in
which the disease exists have been made
public, Kansas shall quarantine against the
world, and admit no cattle except they un-
dergO strict quarantine for a period of
ninety days.
THE Supreme Court met at Topeka on
the I'd. The docket for September is the
largest that has been published for years.
THE annual report of the Fort Scott &
Gulf Road for 1884 has been received by the
Board of Railroad Commissioners. 1t shows
that the total tariff earnings for the year
were 81, ,0S1, ,061.22; total pool earnings, $40,-
1885, from other sources, S173, ,072.73;
grand total, 81, SOC, ,369.31. In Kansas the
total earnings amounted to 81, 1,518, 243.74,
making &c per cent. of the earnings of the
entire line. Operating expenses, S1,231,-
346.41; of this SS12, 2,6SS.63 belongs to Kan
SaS.
THE town of MuscOtah, twenty-five miles
west of AtchisOn, was visited by a great
cOntiagration at all early hour the other
morning. The fire broke out in the hard
ware and agricultural implement establish
ment of j. Q. Shoemaker. Shoemaker's
dwelling was above the store, and all his
furniture as well as the stock, was de-
stroyed. A large granary house adjacent
was next destroyed, and adjoining this two
dwellings and blacksmith shop belonging
to Dr. Riggs and Dan ReiSner, respectively.
ol-nr r--l c.
Riggs dwelling was valued at $500, and was
also insured. Dan Reisner will lose about
$4,000 on his dwelling and shop. but saved
his furniture. The fire was the work of III
cendiarieS and burglars.
LEE SING LUM, Topeka Chinaman. had
his queue, or pigtail, cut off recently while
in a state of intoxcation. He was so de-
jected when he got sober that he resolved
on suicide. He gave one hundred dollars to
a salOOn-keeper to provide for his burial.
but after preliminary drunk he resolved
to live, and wanted his money back. The
saloOnkeeper protested that he had received
it back while he was dissipating, and there
the matter rests, with Lee Sing Lum minus
his money and pigtail.
ADJUTANT GENERAL MOONLIGHT has is
sued notice to the militia companies, in
which he says: ''It will be a source of
great disappointment to the militia, as it is
to the COmmanGer-in-C Chief to be compelled
to abandon the encampment this fall, when
preparations had been made to bring the
regiments and companies together on the
Sth of September. Tents are being made
for the State on the credit of the State, and
will be here; but it has been found inn
possible, so far, to perfect arrangements
with all the railroads in the State to trans
port the companies without payment down.
This, of course, is impossible, as there is
not dollar for any purpose. The Gov.
ernOr sincerely hopes and desires that the
militia companies and organizations through
out the State will not become discouraged
but that they will labor for such apprOpria !
tiOnS as are necessary to make the comps
nies more efficient; and to this end it is
their duty to hold on to the organizations
now. as it is firmly believed the incoming
Legislature will look after the interests of !
the Military Department of the State
In the suit at Leayenworth of Howard |
N. Holden, of Kansas City, against Andrew :
Wilson, of Topeka, on foreclosure against |
the land and cattle of Wilson, Judge Brew |
er, of the United States Circuit Court. rem. |
dered decree of foreclosure against Wilson |
for the full amount of the two claims, az
gregating about Seventy-eight thousand dol /
lars
THE printers on the Leavenworth Times /
struck again the other day. The entire |
force, excepting two women and a boy. |
walked out The proprietor, d. r. An
thony. was ''sprinting" Colorado at the /
time.
LEAvENwoRTH firemen get raise.
A DEPUTY United STATES MApStI.r
arrived in Topeka recently having in his
custody three men who were charged with
having been engaged in the illicit d;stilling
of HUhiSt1- for nra1ta riS of t,,.o ,-nnr.,