Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-05-27

creased the price o. the articles manu-
featured. The tendency of all such
organizations has been to decrease in
stead of increasing the price. 1t has
been the case in almost every instance
in the United States. There are but
few exceptions.
The session laws of 1898 are finished
at the state printing house.
According to the report of Secretary
Moh,er, just issued, Kansas produced
222,6O0 pounds of tobacco last year,
and it was worth nearly $4,000.
Judge James Humphrey, president
Of the state bar association, announces
! that the next annual meeting will be
held in Topeka on anuary "a. A ban
quet will be given. Pes des the annual
address of the president an address will
be delivered by one of the most eminent
lawyers, jurists and authors OF our
country. Papers will be read by three
OF the leading attorneys OF our state.
The Kansas railroad commissioners
uOdIO III Uk1O AAAoOOOA ~ .
ing a rehearing of the Union Terminal
case from Kansas City, Kas., in which
the old board had decided against the
interests of the railroads sought to be
| crossed by the Union Terminal tracks.
After a consultation of five minutes the
new board decided that it had authority
to reopen the case and appointed May
n fT1r thor
The state board of public works went
to Emporia to arrange for securing
more ground for the state normal
| school on which to build the addition
to the school, provided for by leglsla-
tive appropriation last winter. The
| board condemned tract of land COM
prising about one acre, adjoining the
normal school property on the east.
The property belongs to Governor Esk-
ridge, and his price is $500.
The state military board held ses
sion in Topeka last week, and among
those attending are Brigadier General
Parsons, of Clyde: Major General
Daniels, of Girard; Brigadier General
HetIinger, of Wichita; Brigadier Gener-
al Sears, of Lawrence. The board in
tends to re-district the state. At the
last meeting the board made change
from four to three districts, and now
they propose to make still further
changes.
Many letters are being received by
the attorney general making inquiry
as to how TO proceed to GUST city Off
GERS who failed to comply with the Doug
lass election law by filing with the
county clerk a statement of their cleo
ton expenses. All these questions are
answered by informing the interested
parties that the only way to Gust an
officer is through regular contest pro-
ceedings, but that any citizen may
file contest for this purpose.
The board of public works went to
Lansing to arrange for the building
to an additional dollhouse to the state
penitentiary. An appropriation of $l2,-
900 for this purpose was made by the
last legislature. The board of public
works has merely to purchase the mate
rial for the construction, with no contract
to let. The convicts will do to con-
structlon work themselves. For this
reason building can be put up at Ian
sing for $4,000 that would cost twice
as much at any other state institution.
Attorney General Little wrote to the
county attorney of Douglas county to
investigate the paper mill at Lawrence
and find out if it belonged to the paper
trust. The county attorney was in
structed that if the mill belonged to
the combine to at once arrest the agents
of the trust. The attorney general
saws that under the anti trust law OF
this state, of which J. r. Burton was
the author, the officers and agents of a
trust can be brought from another state
and tried here if they are in any way
interested in trust here. He thinks
the paper trust has gobbled the Law
renee paper mill.
The state law department gave an
opinion to the effect that every policy
on Kansas property must absolutely be
| WflGlOu III On0 SboUCS uuSA eAoe O'SA
agent of the company, special and
otherwise, must reside here. The opin-
ion is based on the Nonresident law, q
section of which reads: ANY fire in
surance company authorized to do bust
ness by the superintendent of insur-
ance is hereby prohibited from author
izing or allowing any person. agent,
firm or corporation, who is non-resi-
dent of the state of Kansas, to issue or
cause to be issued any policy or policies
of insurance upon property located in
the state of Kansas"
The state arsenal in the southeast
corner of capital square is being
cleaned out and some OF the guns a. 9
being repaired. This is the first
time the arsenal has been cleaned out
for a long time" says AID utant Gener-
al Artz. 81 find that there are really
plenty of good arms in the arsenal.
There are no less than 500 stand oil
excellent rites, and many of the guns
laid aside as worthless are all right. ex-
cent that a hammer or some other part
;,,;nn Wa ara having these re