Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-04-07
STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News of State
Interest.
OF Interest to Odd Elbows

OF Interest to Odd Fellows.
Arguments were made in the district
court of Shawnee county in the case
brought by Odd Fellows lodge, of
Hutchinson and ninety other lodges, for
an injunction restraining the grand Of
ficers OF the order from turning over to
the trustees of the De Boissiere Or
phans' home the $3.50 per capita assess
ment ordered at the last session of the
grand lodge.
The plaintiffs contend that the home,
although gift from De Boissiere to the
Odd Fellows, is a private corporation,
and cannot be controlled by the order;
chat the grand lodge is without legal pow
or to make the present assessment, and
chat the session Of the grand lodge for
1898 was illegal on account of change
in date having been made without APP
proval.
After listening to the arguments
Judge Hazen took the case under adj
visement. The De Boissiere farm is in
Franklin county and was decided by the
wealthy Frenchman to five trustees of
the ''De Boissiere Odd Fellows Or
phans' Home and Industrial School as
ISOLATION of Kansas" in trust, the
trustees to hold Office for life and to des-
ignate their successors.
1t is provided in the DEED that all rev.
enues arising from the farm, consisting
of 3, 156, acres shall be devoted to repairs
and Improvements, and that all other
expenses, except teaching, shall be borne
by the Odd Fellows of Kansas. The
completion of the buildings and the sup
port of the home necessitated the rails
ing of considerable sum of money, and
it is against the per capita assessment
for this purpose that the lodges referred
to are protesting.
Columbian Associations.
State Treasurer Biddle has notified
the county Columbian associations that
have not received their subscriptions to
the worlds fair fund, that the money
awaits them in the state treasury.
There was originally subscribed by the
county associations $19,O97.81, and in
the act of the legislature making the ap-
preparation for the Kansas exhibit, it
was provided that this sum should be
set aside before any expenditures were
made.
The money will be distributed as fol-
lows: Barton county, $350,50; Bourbon
$3.50; Chautauqua, $102.83 Cherokee,
81; Crawford, $1,000; Elk, So; Green
wood, $75; Harvey, $103,60; Jefferson,
$50; Kingman, $75; Labette, $28.21;
Marion, $1,000; Ottawa, $313.70; Raw
Inns, $34.1O; Rice, $12; Sheridan, 1880;
and Wallace, $1O7.5O. All the rest of
the counties were paid some time ago.
Four railroads have not yet been reim-
bursed for their subscription as follows:
Kansas City, Fort Scott e. Memphis,
1891; st. Louis & San Francisco, $73.30;
Missouri, Kansas & Texas, $261.20;
Kansas City, Clinton & Springfield,
$3.50.
The money will be payable to the Or
der of the local treasurers of the Colum-
bian associations, and if there be no
such officer, then to the order of the
county treasurer, by whom it will be
distributed to the original subscribers.
John r. Mulvane, president of the
Bank of Topeka, says there is no doubt
but that business in Topeka is noticeably
The merchants, he says,
feel better; more business is being done,
the people are paying more generally
for what they buy. The best evidence
in the world of business. Mr.. Mulvane
believes, is the statement of bank clear
ings for they represent the money that
is actually changing hands, and every
one who has noticed the weekly state
ment has surely noticed with pride that
Topeka has been reporting large in
creases while nearly every other city in
the United States shows heavy falling
off.
State Fish Commissioner J. W. VAN
pier, of Brazilton, has issued circular
in which he says that mo person is al
lowed to fish or attempt to fish, by any
method whatsoever, in any of the waters
in the state of Kansas, during the
months of May and June, as these are
the spawning months, and fishing at
this time is not allowed. Parties buying
or selling fish during these months will
be considered guilty of violating the
law. Any person seeing anyone fishing
or attempting to fish will report them to
the county attorney, whose business it
will be to prosecute the case. now ap-
peal to all law-abiding citizens to assist |
me in enforcing the laws and protecting |
the fish. All persons owning dams across
streams are required by law to build |
proper fish ways without delay"
After the last visit of the state board |
of charities to the reform school Senator |
says that the expenses for
eight months have been reduced $4,000 |
and the boys have been put to work
learning the tailor trade and now make |
all their own clothes The senator is |
very anxious to see some industrial fea-
lures added to the school. In many |
places, he says, boys discharge from
a school of this kind is recommends
ton that he knows some trade we'll and |
he has no difficulty in finding employ
ment. At present the appropriation