The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-09-06

Make Two Reports Every month III
which They Must Show the Property on
Hand, the Material Used and the
the Members of the Board More Vigil
ant in Their Duty-GeneraI News of the
State of Kansas
Topeka, Kan, Sept. 5.-Governor
Morrill, has determined 10 inaugurate
new system of reports at the state inSti-
tutions and is sending 10 the presidents
Of the various boards letter IN which
he requests them to make two reports
monthly TO the state auditor. The work
which the governor desires to have done
Is fully explained by the letter which
was yesterday forwarded to T. a. Eek
ert, president of the board OF directors
Of the penitentiary.
The letter is as follows: I'm order
that the executive of the state may
know fully the amount of property be-
longing to the state, and that there may
be some office in the state house where
infornia ton can be easily obtained of
the property of the different inStitut-
ions, and in order TO stimulate the Of
ficers having charge of state property
to greater care and vigilance in its pro-
lection, request that you direct the Of
ficers Of the Kansas state penitentiary
to make TO the state auditor two month
!y reports, one a report of provisions re-
ceived and issued; the other report of
all other property. The provisions re-
port should show, first, the amount Of
property on hand; second, the amount
purchased or received from any other
source; third, the amount consumed,
and if any waste or loss in issuing, that
should be clearly set forth. II any pro-
visions are unfit for use they should be
condemned by the board OF directors,
and a copy Of the condemnation should
accompany each report as "A voucher.
The property reported should show
every article of any value whatever
belonging to the state at the commence
T1ent of the month, the amount Of prop
erty purchased or received from any
source during the month. Any proper
ty worn out or destroyed should be re
ported by the board of directors as con-
demned, and so entered on the report
with a copy of the condemnation as a
voucher. The officers of the institution
should be held to a rigid accountability
of all the property which they have IN
charge.
Il would urge upon the board also the
importance of requiring all purchases,
where ii is possible, 10 be made by con-
tract, after due advertisement as re-
quired by law. Purchasing any thing
in the local market should be restricted
to the lowest possible limit. / would
also urge the most rigid economy in the
management of the institution"
BIG TIME AT EMPORIA.
At Emporia today was the gala day
Of encampnent week. The parade was
g.,
pnel J. NJ Steele of Emporia was grand
marshal Of the occasion, with Past Post
Commander Charles Harris as chief of
staff. The parade formation was on
Merchant street, where the Grand Ar
my and civic societies awaited the mil
itary which arrived from camp about
10 a. m. The civic societies then fell in
behind the guards, the entire formation
being a follows: Chief Marshall ]. NJ
Steele and staff; Governor Morrill, and
state officers in carriages; Major Gener-
al Hughes and staff; band; Second
Brigade Kansas National Guards. COM
manded by Brigadier General Corbett
of Wichita; band; First Brigade Kan
saS National Guards, Brigadier General
George II. Baker in command: band;
Third Brigade Kansas National Guards
Brgadier General L. T. Scott Morrison
in command; band; posts 80 and AGA
Grand Army of the Republic, followed
by about fifteen fra teTnal organizations
including Select knights and several
bodies in uniform.
The line of march was north on Ner-
chant to Twelfth, east on Twelfth to
Commercial, and south on Commercial
through the center of the city to the
camp ground in Soden's grove. The en-
tire line of march was thronged by an
smnense. crowd and it was with diff
Guilty that the streets were kept clear
for the procession. The battalion of
Kansas State Normal cadets doing du-
ty under command of Professor Steven
son in a very creditable manner. The
parade lasted over two hours and was
the grandest affair of the kind ever held
in Kansas.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon huge
crowd assembled at the grove EX-Sen-
ator Ingalls,, who was to have been here
will not arrive until tomorrow. Sena-
tor PETER was the big card this after
noon and evening.
DELEGATES ARE APPOINTED.
Governor Morrill, has appointed the
following Kansas delegates to the
Western State conference in Topeka,
October 1. 1895:
Delegates at large-Lucien Baker:
I4eavenworth: w. \. PETER. Topeka:
George w. Click, Atchlson: \. =. Rid
die, Minneapolis: W. d Vincent. Clay
Center: L. NJ Cox. Wichita: :. :. King,
Kansas City. Kan: ]. +. Greenlee,
Hutchinson: s. s Benedict. Fredonia;
i. 4. Colburn. Mcpherson; J. Z Ba-
den. Winfield; and j. y. Bowersock.
Lawrence.
First district Hon. John Schlling.
Hiawatha: Neatly Todd. Leavenworth:
A. j. Harwi. Atchison, and c. X. SEQ
Wills, Seneca.
Second district. p. Keplinger. Kan
sas City; George ". Jones. Mound City;
Frank Goodlander, Fort Scott. and l.
X. Kirk, Garnet.
Third district-L I. Humphrey. In
Dependence; H II. Lusk, Parsons: w
+. Huntington. Cherokee, and j. c. Hub
bard. Columbus.
Fourth district-E. W. Hoch. Marion:
n. ". F'inney. Neosho Falls: George
Manchester. Burlington: David Over
myer. Topeka.
Fifth district-Perry Hutchinson
Marysville; Samuel Kimble. Manhattan
II. b. Lee, Salina; and J. +. Close. Belle
willie.
Sixth district-J. c. Postlewaite Man
hato: William Simpson. Norton: :. :.
Reynolds. Grainfield, and y s. Mont
Gonlery. Goodland.
Seventh district-M VI. Murdoch.
Wichita: George II. Hunter. WellinE-
ton; :. W. Nandervirt. kinSley. and w
p. Petition. Dodge City
WAR ON IN TOPEKA
The city of Topeka is in the thr0es Of
school book war. The fight was start
ed by the American Book COMPANY and
George W. Crane. Politics entered into
the controversy. the people took sides.
ugiy charges were made. aud now the
papers are printing from one 10 four
columns about il every Gay.
Crane publishes a set of readers
known as the Excelsior" The read