Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-23
STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News of State
Interest

the furniture that was used IN the Kan
sas Worlds fair building to the best adj
vantage.
An attorney for the road states that
nothing would be done in the Santa Fe
tax matter until next month. There is
no necessity for action until January 10,
the date warrants are to issue.
The United States marshal drew a
check in favor of Warden S. W. Chase of
the penitentiary for the sum of 81, 916.75
in payment for the support of United
States prisoners during the last fiscal
year.
The Topeka roads declined to make
the holiday rates effective for students
of colleges only on December -. The
agents of the Santa Fe, Rock Island
and Missouri Pacific now form the asso-
citation, the Union Pacific being out of
all associations.
The supreme court has rendered this
opinion: "Real estate agents authorized
to sell the land of another at stated
price for certain compensation, have
earned their commission when they pro-
duce purchaser ready and willing to
purchase the land upon the terms and
conditions agreed upon
The preliminary work on the Topeka
dam is being pushed rapidly. The Union
Pacific has begun the construction of
side track to the dam site which will be
completed in few days. The siding will
be run to the north side of the river. and
it is upon that side that work will be
first begun upon the dam.
It has been determined to hold an adj
journed term of the United States cir
cult and district courts for Kansas early
in January, in order to dispose of the
business that has accumulated during
! the illness of Judge Foster The Janu-
! airy term is to be presided over by Judge
Thomas, of North Dakota and the date
will be definitely fixed to accommodate
the business in his own district.
Attorney General Little will about
January l file suit in quo warranto to
compel the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railroad company to bring it's general
Offices, six months ago removed from
Parsons to St. Louis, back to Kansas.
The people of Parsons are opposed to
the proposed litigation because they are
afraid it may be the cause of the loss of
large number of shop hands now en-
ployed there.
Department Commander Kelley will
send out to the Kansas posts of the
Grand Army the blanks for the semi-an-
nual reports. These will be anxiously
awaited, for it is believed that the army
has made larger additions in the past
six months than ever before in it's histo-
ry. There are 464 posts in the state,
and the census will show the number of
members in each December 81. There
are ten blanks to be filed by the officers
of the posts.
The state board of public works has
been unsuccessful in it's efforts to secure
bids within the estimate for wiring the
deaf and dumb institute building at
Olathe for electric lights. The total
amount appropriated for the whole
work was $500 and the architects
estimate for the wiring alone was s., 900.
The bids, however, have largely exceeded
this estimate and it is probable that the
state will take charge of the work in
detail, instead of letting it out by con-
tract.
The bridge of the st Joseph & Grand
Island railroad company has its Kansas
end in Doniphan county. Last year the
railroad assessors counted the bridge
in as part of the entire line and the
taxes were assessed and paid accordingly
through the various counties. For sew
eral years before DOM phan county col
lected the $4,000 of tax on one-half of
the bridge, and it went into the county
treasury. This year an attempt was
made to collect the tax, but the COM
pany secured an injunction against the
sheriff to prevent him from collecting
the tax The injunction was argued in
the United States circuit court. A Reed,
of St Joseph, appeared for the road and
Colonel J. FL. Gilpatrick and p. L. Soper
for the county. Cyrus Leland, as
county commissioner, was also watching
the case.
lIt6 case vi ". Il. 8IctGlIOD I'll aUCu-
ison against the Burlington & Missouri
River railroad company was up before
the railroad commissioners Secretary
Henderson states that this is case of
railroad trying to prevent man from
buying grain along its line. Mr.. La
throp owns a big elevator in Atchison,
and ships grain to it from all points in
Kansas. The Burlington charges Mr..
Lathrop So each for dropping" cars on
its sidetrack at Atchison This charge is
made for tine purpose of knocking Mr..
Lathrop out of business, for if he did not
buy the grain along the Burlington's line,
it would probably go to Chicago men,
and the road would get the benefit of
the long haul As it is, Mr.. Lathrop
does his Chicago shipping by the Santa
Fe. w. w Guthrie made the chief ar
gument before the board for the railroad.
Secretary Henderson stated that he
practically admitted that the conditions
are as stated Mr.. Henderson says this
one road gives the railroad commission