The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1886-12-30
KANSAS STATE NEWS.

I ON the 2lSt .WSTc
following Kansans: Julia A Marshall, OF
Stockton; Hiram Ellison, Of Parallel; john
Johnson, of Clifton; John Salyers, of Nc
Pherson: Thomas Glenn, of Leavenworth; i;
Reuben L. Schofield. OF Concordia; Wash
ington Filey, Of Arlington; John G.. Swag-
erty. of Reece; Samuel ". Shell, OF Opolis;
Edmund Z. Rhodes. of Ohio Center; Alfred
| c. Briggs. OF Warnett; Thomas Wendelly,
OF Garnctt. and Antwell w. Pomeroy, of In
dependence.
THERE are at present 1,1O0 old soldiers in
the Soldiers Home at Leavenwoath. OF
this number lG0 are from Kansas. There
are also large numbers from the States of
| Missouri Iowa. Nebraska and other West
ern States: in fact. nearly every State in
! the Union is represented, including Maine
in the far East, California and Oregon on
the Pacific coast, and Texas in the far
| South At the end Of the fiscal year ended
June 80. 1856, $4,000 had been expended
for buildings and maintenance. This year
the sum Of Sl96. 600 has been expended for
maintenance of inmates and SjS,OO0 for
building officers quarters and additional
barracks.
Mr.. BRAGG. chairman of the Committee
on Military Affairs, has submitted report
to the House to accompany the army bill,
which contains the following criticism upon
| the boot and shoe department of the Leav-
enworth military prison: ''The committee
find On investigation that for the last fiscal
year there was drawn from the clothing
fund by the management of the military
prison at Leavenworth S160S15, and the
| boots and shoes of the army have been and
are being manufactured at such prison by
military convicts. The committee are salts
| fed that the boots and shoes manufactured
| at the prison cost more necessarily than if
| they were made and furnished upon con-
tract by manufacturers of boots and shoes"
The committee expresses the conviction
that the United States Government should
not build up maIufactory to be run by
convict labor in competition with the honest
artisan who supports his family by the
product of his labor
A FEW months ago, r. II. Lawton, who
was under an indictment in Columbus for
setting fire to the court house there, and
who was out on bail, died in Cincinnati
! After the remains were inferred some
questions were raised as to the identity of
the dead man, some claiming that it was
not Lawton, as he had fed the country.
The remains were recently shipped to Kan
sas City, where the BODY was positively
identified as that of Lawton.
UPON the roll call in the House of Repre-
sentatives to take up Morrison's Tariff bill
| Messrs. Anderson, Funston, Hanback,, Nor
rill, Peters, Perkins and Ryan, composing
the Kansas delegation, voted IN the mega
| tive.
KANSAS has 212,5SS men subject to mill
| tary duty.
THE report of F. II. Betton. State Labor
| Commissioner. shows that the cost of sub
sistence is higher in Kansas than it is
either in Ohio or Illinois and only slightly
below Massachusetts. Clothing shows a
lower average than in either OF the other
| States. as does also shelter (rent and fuel),
while sundrics are larger. 1t also gives
statistics gathered from Al families who
reported 553 workers, VINO worked 12,59S,-
3-14 days, earning $23, 73i.4S, and eXpending
| Sl9.314 AZ, leaving surplus OF St.3j1 OF,
which divided among the 5j3 workers
would give 10 each $1.14 as their average
monthly savings, the average days worked
being a little more than twenty-five and
/ two-tifths and the average per diem wages
| s.. so
| BLANCHE MCGIEGoR, young man about
nineteen years of age, was seriously and
perhaps fatally shot by companion by the
name of Mcdonald at Lcavcnw0rth the
| OlucE nlAll ucN i-ACJ 81 III SlGlC anu
! Mcdonald being somewhat under the III
| fiuence of liquor, and having d pistol in his
hands, McGregor. fearing thai lie would
hurt some one. attempted to take the weapon
away from him when It was discharged, the
ball entering McGregOr's neck.
a DAY or two before Christmas a young
fellow about twenty years of age stepped
| into Walter Mincr's jewelry store az
Lcavenworth and asked to be shown
some diamond pins. The clerk pat
the tray on the show case and the supposed
purchaser made his selection. and asking
! for a note wrote the name Of George Robinson
on the back. and stated that he would call
at four o'clock and pay for the article and
| take ii away, but while the clerks aeten-
! ton was called to some lady customers the
| youthful customer managed to POCKET about
50 worth OF icwelry. y defective soon had
him under arrest.
AT Topeka the other day, Howard Mel
| hado, Il young druggist, was found gaiity OF
| illegally selling liquor and sentenced TO $50
days Imprisonment and to pay fine OF $500.
! LATE post-officc changes in Kansas: Es-
tablished, Chiilocco, Cowley County, Henry
L. Marl1ley, postmaster; Siggins, Sherman
County, ANIME A. Brown, postmaster;
Stowell Hamilton County; JOHN J. Shcp-
ard, postmaster. Name changed, DoweI
Kiowa County, to Wcllsford.
THE Representatives and Senators, mem
bers of the Council, city attorneys and
mayors of the cities of the hrSt-clasS IL
Kansas, met at Topeka the other day. The
object WAS to agree upon some plan of ac-
tion to amend the present law on the statue
book relating to cities OF the 1rst-class. AT
ter free discussion bill was finally
agreed upon to be submitted to the Logis-
lature.
KANSAS postmasterS appointed for the
week ended December Is: Edna, Labctte
County, John S. Odell; Eustis, Sherman
County. William Walker; Meirose, Chero-
kee County. Matthew Cheyn; Mount Yer
non, ChautauqTa County. George W. Sharp;
Tabor. Clay County, William j. Huston;
WoodstOn. Rocks County, J. A. Shorthill.
IN the case Of Charles Woodbury., admin
istrator of the estate of Charles H.
Robbey and the Ashland Town Company,
involving certain lands in the Garden City
land district, Acting Secretary MuIdrow
has decided that under the act of May 2S
1880, the qualification and consideration re-
quired 10 authorize an entry upon the Usage
Indian trust and diminished reserve lands
is that the claimant must be an actual set
tier on the lands at the date of entry, ard
have the qualifications OF pre-emptor.
THE Indian Appropriation bill, recently
reported from the House Committee on In
dian Affairs, appropriates SS5,500 for the
support and education of 40 Indian pupils
at the Lawrence school.
TOPEKA wants cable street car lire.
THE annual meeting of the Kansas State
Veterinary Medical Association was held
at Topeka recently. Arrangements were
made for chartcring the organization under
the State law and FOR maintaining meGi-
cal library. 1t was decided to draft bill