Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-28
STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News of State
Interest.
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The Grand Legion of the Ancient
Order of United Workmen held session
in Topeka last week. & parade and
prize drill occurred the first day. The
award for company work was made to
the Armourdale Knights.
The reports of the officers show the
order to be in a Furnishing condition.
There are ninety-two legions in the
state and all but two of them sent dele
gates to this meeting. During the last
term of two years more than 5000
members have joined the order in Kan
sas. Over $500 certificates have been
issued in the beneficiary department in
the last term. This department has paid
out $4,000 during the last two years,
each beneficiary receiving at death
$4,000. The treasurer's report shows
that $4,000 has been collected for the
general fund, of which $1,843 now re-
mains in the treasury. The reports of
other officers are equally fattering.
Several important questions came be-
fore the convention for their action. The
maximum age of persons eligible for
membership has been reduced from 80
to 45 years, and it will go into effect on
January LIST. The legion also decided
that all persons engaged in hazardous
business shall not be admitted to the
membership of the association.
The officers elected for the ensuing
year are:
Grand commander, W. T. Bancroft,
Kansas City.
Vice grand commander, S. S. Cassell,
Belleville.
Lieutenant grand commander, George
w. Leak, Leavenworth.
Grand recorder, E. M. Ford, EN-
poria.
Grand treasurer, E. X. Nettleton, Of
tawa.
Grand standard bearer, r. j. Steward,
Topeka.
Grand senior workman, G. S. Bixbey,
Osawatomie.
Grand junior workman, G. T. Almond,
of Kingman.
Grand trustee, W. R. Sheen, of Law
renee.
Grand medical examiner, A. M. Davis,
of Colony.
The meeting will be held next year at
Ottawa. The supreme representatives
are Ed H. Wheeler of Colony, E. M
Ford of Emporia, and George w. Reed
of Topeka. Salina, Wichita, Parsons
and Wellington were other places pro-
posed for the next meeting.
On the recommendation of Superin-
tendent Hitchcock, the board of charities
have discharged twenty boys from the
Reform school. Thirteen of them have
already been sent to their homes and
the remaining seven will go during the
week.
Topeka Capital: The Kansas fish
commissioner, Hon. j. W. Wampler, has
accepted the invitation of John Fritz,
living two miles west of Rossville, to
take from his pond German carp for free
distribution to farmers and others wish
ing to stock their ponds. Hon. Bradford
Miller passed through the city with 800
German carp from three to seven inches
long, which he was taking home to stock
his ponds. He says Mr.. Fritz is doing
a generous work in giving these fish to
all who apply for them. They are not
offered for market, but only to those
who will use them in stocking their
their ponds or creeks. Mr.. Fritz has
large quantities in his extensive ponds,
and the fish commissioner is assisting
in placing them over an extended area
of country.
In the Shawnee county circuit court
Judge johnson declined to grant the
writ of injunction to prevent the gov
ernor and his adjutant general from
the Oakland military COM
pany out of the service of the state.
The court holds that the state militia can
be increased or diminished at the pleasure
of the governor, or as the public ex-
igency may demand, and that while the
governor may be enjoined from the per-
Torrance of a specific act, he cannot be
from the performance of an
act in which the law gives him discre-
tionary power, Judge johnson main
tanning, however, that governors are not
exempt from judicial control, and that in
reference to mere ministerial duties i'm
posed upon them by statute, and on the
performance of which some specific
right depends, they are amenable to
the compulsory powers of the proper
court.
State Treasurer Biddle has caused
the following to be published: Having
occasional inquiries at this Office from
county treasurers and others concerning
credits due to counties on account of
double and erroneous assessments; how
to procure same; and if it is necessary
to employ someone familiar with the |
records in this or auditors Office to do |
so, ETC., would say to all it is not nee
essary to employ anyone, unless it be to
check up county books; but this, no |
doubt, can be satisfactorily done by |
county clerks themselves in nearly every |
Then all that is necessary |
here is for county commissioners and
county clerks to certify to auditor the
amount of uncollected taxes from legal
causes. (See sections 6.951 and 7.O21, |