The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-24
lis IL RLPUDt ATION?
SCOTT COUN REFU ES TO PAY L
TEREST ON lis SCHOOL BONDS.

Country Treasurer has Been Restrained
from Paying the Interestingly were
Purchased by the School Fund Commits
sioners Under Humphreys Last Admin
istration-Treasurer Atherton Says 1t
Looks Like Republication and He Doesn't
Think the Bonds will be Paid-Bad
Tangle- General News of Kansas.
Topeka, Kan, Oct. 23.-It locks as if
the permanent school fund OF Kansas,
winch tine people regard as most sa-
cred trust, and which has been greatly
IMPAIRED by the purchase of worthless
bonds. will be still further enfeebled
by the refusal of the officials Of Scott
county to pay the interest on s14S,GcO IN
ref;nuding bonds, purchased in 1897, and
tine institution of a suit in the Scott
county district court to have the isSu-
ance of The bonds declared illegal. In
the absence OF the district judge the
probate judge of Scot county has issued
an order restraining County Treasurer
n. H. Bailey from paying the interest
On the bonds, pending the trial OF the
case The suit was brought by the
county attorney at the insugafion on
the board Of county commissioners.
State Treasurer Otis i. Anterior was
informed of the action of the Scott
county officials today. He promptly
laid THE matter before Attorney Gener-
al r. B. Dawes, who likely viii go to
tn II a n inv
The Scott county bonds were purchas-
ed by William Higgins, I. n. Ives and
George w. Wynams, constituting the
board of school fund commissioners I'M
der Governor Humphreys last admin
isbration- They were purchased in two
batche-S97 900 from n. D. mckinley
of Topeka, and $4,000 from B. P. Wag-
gener of Atcihison. The interest has mot
been paid for a good while On January
When the state treasurer commenced
TO urge settlement the county officials
took steps TO prevent payment.
Treasurer Aheuton says it looks like
Republication. He says that the school
fund commissioners ought not to have
purchased the bonds. He doubts if
the bonds will ever be paid even if the
courts hold their issuance legal. Scott
county is in the dry belt, in the third
tier of counties east of the Colorado
line, and sparsely settled. The people
are not able to pay the interest on
$4,000, not considering the principal.
This is the basis for Mr.. Atherton's
opinion about the bonds.
3. F. Hilton of Osborne county, a
member OF the committee appointed by
the legislature to examine the peTma-
neart school fund, recently reported that
the Scott county bonds were all right.
The other members of the committee
have not yet reported.
The records In the state auditors Of
flee show that the total number of acres
OF taxable lands in Scott county is
1880, the aggregate value of which is
lots lis S5S,26S. The valuation of rail
road property is S264. 395. The personal
properly is Yalusd at $31 ,5SS. The total
valuation is s.. OF ,006. The indebted
ness of the county is S17S, 8o2. of which
SIS. 900 is represented by bonds.
The bonds owned by the school fund
and which are questioned, were voted
IN aid of the construction OF the Nilsson
ri Pacific and Santa Fe roads, S157, 100
for the former, s107, 199 for the latter.
GOVERNOR WAITE SMILED.
Ex-Governor Davis II. Waite of Col
orado electrified the hopes in the
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two-hours' speech at Hamilton hall
hast night. Colonel Fred Close presid-
ed over the nesting. The governor
made the usual Populist argument and
his remarks were frequently interrupt
ed by applause. He had a large audi
ence Governor Waite has been IN Ohio
helping Coxey. He says that the Com
monweaI leader viii get a surprisingly
large vote, but of course would not be
elected. The governor said in an in
terview tonight that the Populists
would nominate a Southern man for
president, probably Nugent Of Texas.
He has no political aspirations himself.
Il had very stormy time while was
In Office he said with a sad smile,
land / don't want any more of it,
Speaking of the condition of Colora-
do the governor said. I'VE have the
state The Republicans won last year
by a combination of circumstances
they will never be able to control again
There We're Is. 900 Democrats who deser-
ted their party to vote With the Repub-
iicans, and they took 5000 of their wives
with them. Then the Prohibitionists
deserted their party TO vote the ticket
1t was a combination of the temperance
and wlliskey people, the gambler and
the preacher, the ". c. T. L. and the
Gisorderly women. Such a thing can
never happen again.
MORRILL, STOPS a FIGHT
Governor Morrill, stopped the prize
fight that was 70 have taken place at
Oak Mills. on the boundary line be-
tween Atc-hison and Leavenworth coun-
ties Monday night.
When Sheriff Lar10in of Atcfison
county received the telegram from Sec
retary Bristow to stop the fight. he.
Of -iv Il
ed a Missouri Pacific train at AtchiSon
ana went to Oak Mflls. They arrived
there about Z o'clock in the evening.
and found Sheriff Rothen berger OF
Leavenworth county there with more
men
There were nearly dozen well armed
mea when the two squads OF prize
fight proven tiers joined forces and star
ted in search of the scrapers. Accord
ing TO Sheriff Larkin, the ring was
found and the men were ready TO fight
but when the fighters and the lockers
on saw the officers approaching, they
fed to the dense woods in confusion and
as the night was cloudy and very dark
81 would have been useless for the Of
ficefs TO try to catch them.
When the crowd OF officers arrived
in Oak Mills the greatest excitement
prevented. Everybody seemed wild.
Crowds OF people collected ana EilksHo
and wondegsd what SO many officers
were going to do in such small town.
The shsa-iffs and their deputies soon
got onto the location OF the battle
ground and started in body for II.
II was in clunap of blue grass just
south of the town and no ropes or
stakes were used in making it The
two boxers were probably expecting
trouble from the law and thought they
would be able 10 get away 20 the woods
easier il the ropes and stakes were not