The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-04-26

personal property tax to the basis OF
the railroad assessment would bring the
| amount up to over three millions OF
dollars, which far exceeds the demand
and at the same time makes a high rate
of taxation for the people. If the rail-
road assessment were placed on the same
basis as that of other property, from SO
to IS per cent of actual value. the re-
turns in the state taxes would be made.
quate. What will be done remains to
be seen and many county officials are
waiting to hear from the attorney gen.
eral before going any further in the
matter.
During the past two years the course
of study for county Institutes has been
prepared and printed by the state
board of education, under the direction
of the state superintendent. Attorney
General F. B. Dawes has written an
opinion in which he states that the
statutes of Kansas, pertaining to the
state board of education, in no manner
places the power to have the courses
for study for Institutes printed at the
expense of the state. in the hands of
either individuals or organizations. In
accordance with the opinion rendered by
the attorney general, the state superin-
tendent has been compelled to notify
teachers and others who expect to at
tend the Institutes this summer that
they will be compelled to purchase the
courses of study. The opinion COM
mends the board of education for the eff
fort to aid the teachers by furnishing the
course of study free of expense, but says
that the members have no right to have
the printing done by the state.
An investigation of portion of the
records in the offices of the state board
of railroad commissioners by secretary
Flenniken shows that the board attend
ed to the distribution and shipment OF
229 cars of coal to the people of west
ern Kansas during the time demands
were made for fuel by those who were
suffering with the cold. The above
number includes the amount of coal pur-
chased in the open market and that
furnished by the state mines at Lam
sing. The shipments were made over
the various lines free of freight charges
as follows: Santa Fe, sixty three cars;
Rock Island. forty-three; Missouri Pa
cific, fifty-one; Burlington, nineteen;
Union Pacific ffty-three cars. The
Fort Scott & Memphis hauled forty
five cars to junction points, princi-
pally Rock Island and Union Paci-
fic; the Kansas City, Wyandotte &
Northwestern hauled eighteen cars to
junction points and the Frisco hauled
three cars.
Governor Morrill, has appointed Lieu
tenant Colonel George H. Barker Of
Holton as Brigadier General to sue
coed w. H. Sears of Lawrence. By this
act the governor has displaced the last
member of the old military board. The
board is now as follows: Brigadier
Generals, W. S. Corbett OF Wichita.
William Larzalere of Minneapolis and
George H. Barker of Holton. Major
General j. w. F. Hughes and Adju-
tant General S. NJ. Fox are the remain
ing members of the military board.
Major General Hughes commanding
the Kansas state militia. has assigned
General Barker, to the frs: brigade and
in this removes w. H. Sears. Colonel
Geo. E. Howard of Pittsburg was a
candidate for the position to which Col
onel Barker was appointed.
The trustees Of the state charitable
institutions have been called on to pro-
vide temporary means to run the deaf
and dumb institute at Olathe. The ap-
preparation for this institution has been
exhausted, and there will be no moro
money available until July l. It will
be necessary for Governor Morrill, to
authorize temporary loan. The re-
gents of the state normal school are
also without funds, but the wealthy
citizens of Emporia have in the past adj
vanced funds to run the institution, and
they are expected to come to its relief
this time. The state agricultural COL
lege is out of money, but the regents
may borrow from the permanent fund
of that institution.
0Major General j. W. F. Hughes has
the appointment which gives
him this title, after considering the
matter for some time.
Walter P. James, Topeka builder
and contractor. has been appointed BY
the board OF public works superintend-
ent of construction.
The state board OF charities removed
E P. Post, who had charge Of a COM
pany Of boys a: the reform school and |
Miss Molly Nowlin, the assistant ma
tron. To succeed Post, John II. Long
of Belleville was elected and Miss Ne,lv |!
Pratt Of Kingman county was chosen
for the place vacated by Miss Nowlin.
The Office of United States District At
torney Perry was the busiest place in To-
peka last week. 1t was almost impossible
70 get an audience with the court Of
fciala A large number of important
cases are on the docket