Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-04-25

torting news and facts, and 1t is no re-
specter of parties either when such
facts are liable to put it in bad light.
''Mr. j. 5. Collins said yesterday that
not In years has there been such de-
mand for Topeka property az there is
at present. Not only IS the demand for
rentals great, but many who nave been
saving for years to purchase d home
are now seeking to fulfil their pur-
pose" Mr.. Collins said: Few peo-
PIE realize it but there are@nany people
coming TO Topeka from other states. 4
gentleman came into my Office this
morning and asked TO rent house He
said he was from Ohio, and that he had
brought his family to Topeka because
he realized that there was no better
city in the country in which to give
them an education. He said he expect
ed 10 go into business here eventually,
and that he wanted q good home.
There have been a good many other
strangers in the city during the past
month, many of whom VIII perma
nently locate here"
The above from the Capital OF April
18th, is certainly mistake. No man
would cOIae to Kansas from the East
to state which has set Of anarchists
at the head of its government and
party at its back which has driven cap
ital and people from its borders. IIud-
dy, you should look over the proofs bet
ter after this and change the words
Topeka property" in the above quota
ton to republican ascendency," so as
not to belle your former editorials.
The Capitals boomerang about the
incompetency of our school fund com
missiOners is still widening like unto
waves from pebble dropped into a
still pond. The following puts the lie
to the "Majah's" charge that worthless
kearney county bonds had been pur-
chased by the present board
There have been so many misstate-
ments and InslnuatiOns made against
the popullst board of school fund com
missiOners in regard to the bonds of
kearney county recently purchased that
superintendent Gaines ON the l4th.
nst., wrote letter to II. II. Cochran,
county treasurer of Kearney county
for description of ali the refunding
bonds that had been issued by that
county and also asked if any had ever
defaulted, 10 which he received the
following reply:
Dear Sill
Your letter of April Nth is before
me, in which you say the school fund
commissioners would be grateful for
date of issue, number and face of all
refundinR bonds of Kearney county.
and If any of the bonds have ever de-
tauited, and the reason of such defalca-
ton.
All refunding bonds Of Kearney
county issued In 1888, have been de-
clared illegal by the U. S. court of ap
peals at st. Louis.
Kearney county refunding bon DIS
issued May 10th, 1891, S26, 700
Nos. l to Al inclusive, series B. These
bonds are good and interest is paid
promptly. Cannot give face of these
bonds as our court house burned Jan. II
last, with nearly all our records. These
two series are all the bonds Kearney
county ever issued. Respectfully,
II. II. Cochran. Co. Treas.
The bonds purchased by the populist
board on Jan. IL, 1894 are numbers to
% inclusive, series Il, issued May 10,
1891 and are genuine as the above let
ter shows. The fraudulent bonds
were purchased by the board composed
of State Supt. Winans, Sec'y of State
Higgins, and Atty. Gen. kellogg.
Supt. Gaines says a republican and
prominent one, stopped him on the
streets and asked him why he didn't 90
after the past administrations on the
bond deals, citing Mr.. Gaines to
clues by which he could discover the
II after on the state treasurer's books.
With this tip General Little and MI
Gaines soon found that 81 $50 had been
illegally drawn from the school fund as
follows:
The first is warrant No. 455 dated
July "a, 1890 for $500, purportlng to be
paid for the purchase Of bonds issued
by school district ~, in Morris county.
Second, No, 517, October g.. 1890. for
$3.50, for purchase of bonds OF district
%, Crawford county.
The third is No. $50, November II.
1890, for $500 for bonds from district y
III Logan county. The total amount
thus received was 81 $50 which was
paid by the L. 5. Savings bank of this
city to n. ID. Mckinley. The warrants
upon the state treasurer were all drawn
in favor of Mckinley as agent.
Mr.. Gaines and Mr.. Little fonnd =
record of the warrants above mention
ed, but found no record of any such
bonds having been purchased.
The books in Supt Gaines Office
showed no record of any transaction.
and he says it was an utter impossibili
W TO detect any cr0okedpess by the rec
ords of the meetings of the commits
sioners.
On August 5, 1892, the treasurer's
books show that Geo. w. Winans de-
posted in that office $3.50, Ion account
OF funds enormously drawn from the
permanent school fund" On Deem
Der 7. 1892, the books showed deposit
of 81 900 by Mr.. Winans and for the
same purpose.
These two deposits make up the to-
| tai of the amount drawn by the three
orders, WHICH were signed by Attorney
General Kellogg, Supt. WInans and
Sec'y Higgins.
Messrs. Little and Gaines asked
County Attorney Stafford to at once be-
gin prosecution and issue warrants for
the arrest of the three ex officials, WIN
ans, Kellogg, and Higgins. This was
not done, as the county attorney glee-
fully Informed them that the statute OF
limitation would prevent criminal
action. There is no denying that Win
ans is guilty, but by the lapse of time
he cannot be prosecuted, and the re-
publicans continue their howl aboot
reGesming the state to the party of