Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-07-14
STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News of State
Interest.
State House CHANCES.

/
utive council the state board of public
works was ordered to fit up two new
rooms IN the south basement of the
statehouse for the use of State Bank
Commissioner Breidenthal
The room now occupied by the bank
commissioner will, when vacated, be
| used by the state veterinary and the
| livestock commissioners.
The bond vault in the state treas
urer's office is to be painted and carpet
ed and the superintendent of statehouse
| grounds was instructed to clean up the
basement and use such disinfectants as
he regards necessary to make the place
clean and wholesome.
In accordance with resolution passed
| by the state board of health at its last
meeting the executive council author
ICES the secretary of the board of health
to use the balance of the cholera fund or
such part of it as he deems necessary.
This fund was originally $4,000, but
$4,000 only has been used. The secre-
tary of the board of health was also al
| lowed clerk for his Office.
Capital: Apart from the business
propositions, the outcome of the present
! strike and tie up of eastern railroads is
| being watched with intense interest by
many Kansas teachers, Christian En-
deavorers and others who contemplate
trips east with those delegations. The
| teachers excursion to Asburv Park is to
leave about july T. The Christian En-
deavorers go about the 10th. Should
| the strike be settled Immediately, there
will be rush in passenger traffic that
has had no parallel in these piping
times of peace. Advertising and passen-
! ger solicitors have cost the eastern roads
a half million dollars, and they are ex-
| pecting immense sales of the excursion
| tickets.
There have been number of COM
plants to the state board of health,
from various parts of the state, alleging
imperfect and negligent observance of
| the laws of health. The board of health
has decided TO send one member to those
towns from where the complaints come
to investigate the matter and to see that
the places causing the trouble are inn
mediately cleaned up. This work will
begin at once and the members have an
nounced their intention to follow the
complaints up and use all means in their
power to see that the alleys and other
necessary places in large cities of the
state are speedily placed in a condition
that will not be breeders of contagion
and disease.
Topeka Journal: Trainmaster Tice
among the employees of the local
A,ai -
them on record as to whether or not
they will refuse to go out on their
regular runs and perform their regular
duties when called upon. He says that
one brakeman refused to sign the roll
and that all conductors signed it. At
the round house none of the engineers
or fremen have refused to go out since
Sunday, when Harry Chapman was dis
charged. At Atchison an entirely new
set of switchmen are at work in the
Santa Fe yards and the strikers have
been given notice that they will never
be taken back. The officials say they
have no trouble in getting men to do
all the work they want done here
The reports from the penitentlary for
June show the number of discharges,
the criminals of Kansas. The last con-
Wet received at the prison in June took
the number 1923. There were $50 re-
ceived and thirty discharged. One man
escaped during the month. There were
five deaths, one of them colored man,
the rest we're white. There were no
colored prisoners in the number dis
charged. There were three men par
doned during the month. One was Jo-
seph McMullin, of Cowley county, who
was serving a sentence of two years for
embezzlement. He was sentenced early
in 1898. Another was j. II. McLain, of
Wyandotte county, who was sentenced
in 1892, for three years for seduction
under promise of marriage. The last
man pardoned was J. NJ Austin, serving
| short sentence for burglary.
The penitentiary at Lansing bids fair
to be investigated at an early date. The
governor has issued letter to the chair
man of the board of directors in which
he says: II hand you herewith copy of
charges which were some time ago pre-
ferred against Warden Chase bv Messrs.
Yarrol, Bum and Stonebecker All
! charges which were presented to this Of
fee were returned to compliments with
the suggestion that they be presented
to your board for investigation. This, I
believe, has not been done, but it is my
desire that your board should appoint a
time for the hearing of these charges,
either at regular or special session, and
that compliments should be notified
that you will sit for this purpose, when
they will have an opportunity to present
evidence in support of charges If de-
| sired" The letter was duly transmitted
to the chairman, W. A. Hurd, at his
home in Holton.
The new democratic state central com
mittee organized by the election of
John S. Richardson, editor of the Wich-
tia Beacon, as chairman; w. H. l.. Pep
perell. of Concordia, secretary, aud
Frank S. Thomas, of Topeka, treasurer.
| The selection of eight members of the
state committee was referred to the can
! didates on the state ticket and they rec
commended the following names: T. NJ.
Dolan, of Clifton; J. w. Orr. of Atchi-
son; John G.. Sheridan, of Paola; J. T.
Leonard, of Girard; Eugene Hagan, of
/ Topeka; A. w. Chabin, of Junction
/ Citv; Charles Alexander, of Stockton,