Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1891-02-28

TOPEKA, Thirty second Day In Session.
The house passed the hill to change the
name Of
GKARY TO DAVIS.
Sixteen republican members fled protest
against the passage of the bill because the
county was first named for the arch traitor
JEFF Davis
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
The house passed the bill to establish the
Australian ballot system IN Kansas by q
unanimous vote.
IRRIGATION BILL
Hopkins irrigation bill was passed by the
house.
LOCAL AND OTHER BILLS.
The house passed number of local bills,
and among others S. B. 2, to establish saIa-
ries Of state officers and others.
CHANGE IN COMMITTEE.
Rice of Coffey resigned as a member on
the committee on education and Carey of
NemRha was appointed to fill the vacancy.
APPROPRIATIONS APPROVED.
The house in committee of the whole ap-
proved appropriation bills; for pay of state
boards; for the state normal school; for the
Soldiers home at Fort Dodge.
WEEKLY PAYMENT OF WAGES.
came next before the committee. An amends
ment was offered excepting railroads from
its provisions.
Mr.. Hamilton, chairman of the legislative
committee of the railroad employees of Kan
sas. was invited to appear before the house
and was questioned regarding this bill. He
said the railroad employees of Kansas did not
desire such law.
The amendment was adopted, but the bill
was not finished.
THE BELOIT INSTITUTION.
The subcommittee which visited the girls
reformatory at Beloit reported, recommend
ing that the institution be supplied by water
by connection with the city waterworks.
They also condemned the practice of send
ing small children there.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
The select committee of the senate to re-
wise the fees and salaries bill for county Off
GERS reported. making an average reduction
of % per cent. from the original bill.
Few changes were made in committee of
the whole in the bill as reported by the select
committee. Several senators endeavored to
get their counties excepted from the provi-
sions of the bill, but there was a majority
who were determined to serve all alike.
The bill was passed.
INSURANCE INVESTIGATION.
The committee of the senate appointed To
investigate the combination of fire insurance
companies doing business in Kansas report
ed that they find that fire insurance rates
have been largely increased in Kansas, and
this in consequence of combination among
fire insurance companies so skillfully arrang-
ed as not to be amendable to the law against
trusts and combinations.
The committee recommended the passage
of S. B. 137, which is intended to force insur-
ance companies to comply with the law.
GONE TO ST. LOUIS.
The senate voted to 60 to st. Louis in a
body to attend the funeral of General Sher-
man.
QUICK WORK.
Senator Kimball introduced bill to ap-
propriate $500 to bring witnesses from out
side the state before the Coffeyville investi-
cation. The bill WIS passed as rapidly as
the formal work could be done.
Sherman's PriestIy Son Comes In Time.
New YORK, February 21.-Rev. Father
Thomas Ewing Sherman reached New York
the day before the funeral. The news of his
fathers sickness was brought to him in the
jesuit college on the Isle of Jersey, where he
Is finishing his studies. He received the
news too late to take any Wednesday ocean
steamers for this city at Liverpool, so he
tic which left Liverpool on Wednesday and
stopped at Queenstown on Thursday. He
went to Southampton and thence to Holy
head by a special train, where he crossed to
Ireland. reaching Queenstown IN time to
board the Majestic. The intelligence of his
fathers death came to him at Sandy Hook,
from a deck hand on & mail boat which came
alongside of the steamer. His inquiry,
How is General Sherman" was answered
by the deck hand, who said: His funeral
is TO be held tomorrow.
Touching the subject of General Shermau's
religious belief, his son said, in positive
way, that may well remove all doubt in the
matter: "My father was baptized in the
Catholic church and married in the Chtholic
church, and attended the Catholic church
until the outbreak of the war. Since then
my father has not been communicate, but
has always said to me: IF there is any true
religion it is the Catholic religion week
ago my father received dissolution and ex-
treme JUNCTION at the hands of Father Taylor.
My father was unconscious at the time, but
this fact has no important bearing for the
sacramento could be administered to any
person whose mind could be interpreted as
DESTROYS of receiving Them"