The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-09-18
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

urer on the Sth, the following being the
monthly expenditures of the various insti-
tutiOns; Blind Asylum, S529.59; Deaf
and Dumb Asylum, S2,5i2.77; Insane Asy-
lum, Topeka, 81, ,627.72; Insane Asylum,
Osawatomie, S7,SOO22; IdiOtic and Imbecile
Youth, S364.73; State Reform School,
| S991.41.
THE St Louis & San Francisco Railway
Company has submitted its annual report
for the year ended June 80, 1884, to the
State Board of Railroad Commissioners As
shown by the report the capital stock is S25,-
100000 and the number of miles OF steel
rail in Kansas January 1, were 19S, while
The whole number of miles of the road are
| TAX. On the line of the road IN Kansas
are thirty-nine stations, of which twelve are
common points," The employees of the
road number 2,519, and the number OF pas
sengerS carried during the year were 5Sl,-
! $50, against 376,45S carried in 1885, while
the tons of freight transported were $50, 745,
against 757,45l tons transported last year.
| The operating expenses and taxes of the en-
| tire line in 1888 amounted to 81, 566, l12.o1,
of which S420,640.43 were the expenses IN
Kansas, while in 1884 the expenses of the
entire line We're 81, ,SSS, 1929. the proper
ton of Kansas being S3S4,641.S3. On the
other hand the earnings from all sources for
| IhO IOdu Ill 1000 NCiC 'aO,-OO.~O,
which were increased in 1884 to 81,
$780,
THE Kansas Lumber Company has filed
complaint with the State Board of Railroad
Commissioners, alleging that they had
shipped a car of lumber from San Francisco,
| California, to Hutchinson, Kansas, and that
the lumber was shipped through Hutchin-
son to Halstead and back again to the OBJ
| jective point OF shipment, the railroad
charging for the shipment from Halstead TO
Hutchinson. The cOmplainantS allege that
the lumber was billed to Hutchinson, and
they requested the railroad company TO
J leave the lumber there when it passed
through. They now ask the Commissioners
to request the company to remit the OVER
charges
De. ID. J. HOLLAND, the Missouri Pacific
! surgeon, has returned to Atchison from the
scene of the Central Branch wreck, near
Frankfort, bringing with him George II. Hill,
of Atchison, who had his arm and collar
bone broken. The other injured parties,
namely Mrs A. n. Hunter, of Craig, Mo-,
and Miss Jesse, of Knoxville, Iowa, B. Ii.
White, of Seneca, c. L. Vernon, of Corcor-
dia, Miss Kate Kelley, of Frankfort, Mrs. f.
| r. Taylor, OF Downs, Mrs. w. T. Craft, OF
! Woodward, Ia, and Miss Elliott of Brown
| VIE, Id, WcfC lDOIc lcSS Dlulocu UuI HUI
seriously injured.
THE Kansas City Water Works Company
| has purchased ground on the river near
Argentine, and on the removal of the Stock
Yards to their new location they propose to
remove the water works to new point
above Argentine.
E. E, Vail, editor of the Augusta Elec-
trio Light, was sandbagged and robbed at
| Topeka recently by some tOughS, who in
vited him out to drink.
WHILE picnicking on the Neosho River,
near Parsons, recently, with several other
people, Thomas EmmersOn, a young man,
went into the river to bathe, and from some
unknown cause, suddenly sunk to the bot
tom of the stream, and was drowned before
| assistance could reach him. He was par
TALLY crippled and it was supposed that he
was seized with cramps.
THE State penitentiary officials have made
their August settlement with the State
Treasurer. The expenditures for the month
of August were S13.37S.55, and the receipts
were So, ,293.9O. The coal statement shows
that 1O, ,534 bushels of coal were supplied to
the various State Institutions, and 4S,297
bushels were sold, making to5al of 5S,S31
bushels.
SOl1ONEls y. ID. UE1MOhEJ lllc L
ton nominee for Governor, has written his
reply to the Committee of Notification, and
declines the nomination, and says that pro-
hibition can only be accomplished by the aid
of the Republican party. He thinks it is
not yet time to form National Prohibition
party, because all such reforms come
slowly and need the nursing care of
strong political party. Believing that moth
ing can be expected from the Democrats to
aid prohibition, while the Republican
party has done all that has been done for it,
he says it would be unwise to form such a
party until there is positive proof that the
Republican party has become hostile to pro-
hibition. As friendly constituency, the
PrOhibitiOniStS would have more influence
in and with the Republican party, and may
accomplish something, while as enemies
they become wholly impotent to accomplish
anything for prohibition. He has confidence
in the Republican party to believe that it
will do for prohibition all that the labor
and influence of its friends in the party
show it justly to be entitled to. If expert
ence should prove that in this he was mis-
taken, then it will be time enough to raise
up a new party that will be a friend of
prohibition. He applies the same reason
ing to the cause of the party in National
pOlillCS, HO Will SlhC ouppOib
to the Republican National and State tickets,
and so promote the cause of temperance
and prohibition.
THE State Fair stockholders held their
annual meeting at Topeka on the 18th, and
elected as directors for the ensuing year A.
S. Johnson, Z. |. Bonebrake, A w. Sells,
William Sims and j. r. Mulvane, of To
peka; w. II. Gill, of Larned; F. Well
house, of Leayenworth; d. A. Valentine,
of Clay Center; l.. Severy, of EmpOria;
Hon. E. N. Morrill,, of Hiawatha; S. NJ.
Wood, of Chase County; Z. B. Purcell, of
Manhattan, and j. \. Insley, of Jefferson
County.
A DISEASE has appeared among the cattle
in the northwestern part of Usage County.
Several fatal cases have been reported. The
owners of the cattle do not know what the
disease is, but Il quarantine has been estab-
liShed to prevent its spread. After being
affected the cStle only live day or two.
DrowsneSs, coStiyenesS and bloody dis
charges were its main symptoms. The
State Veterinary Surgeon was sent for.
THE Democratic nominating convention
of the Fifth Congressional District COLI
Nened in junction City on the 10th. Eight
Of the ten counties of the district were rep
resented. L. W. Barton, of Cloud, was
permanent Chairman, and T. j. Smith, of
Washington, Secretary. Hon. A. c. Car. |
nahan, of Cloud County, was nominated as
candidate for Congress.
TOPEKA was satisfied with the State fair. !
\. J. RYAN, one of the exhibitors in the |
horse department in Me recent Topeka |
State Fair, was killed the other day by be- |
ing thrown from his wagon. When crossing |
the Chunganunga bridge at the corner of
the fair ground his horses became fright |
Gned and backed the wagon off the bridge, |
fall of about sixteen feet.