Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-03-23
STATE AFFAIRS
And Capital City News OF State
Interest.

The Topeka orphans home got an APP
preparation of $500 from the legisla-
/ ture.
An official state paper to succeed the
Topeka Advocate will be selected by the
executive council March 81.
W. G. Bird. of Kansas City, Kan, has
assumed charge of the position of state
labor commissioner, to which he was re-
Gently appointed by Governor Morrill,,
| vice J. F. Todd.
James Smith, private secretary to J.
| 3. johnson, master in chancery for the
| Hot Springs for treatment for sciatic rheu-
matism. His brother, W. II. Smith, ac-
| companied him.
The state board of education will meet
on the 21st for the purpose passing upon
applications for conductors and instruct
ors' certificates for institute work and also
to prepare a course of study for next
summers Institutes.
The new state board of railroad as
SCISSORS has outlined it's work for the
next few weeks. It is the purpose of the
members of the board to make tour of
all the railroads in the state for the pur-
pose of assessing the railroad property.
and the first road to be inspected will
be the Memphis. The assessors will
will then go over the Rock Island, Frisco.
and Santa Fe in regular order.
The company of cadets from the ST.
Johns Military school at Salina called
on Governor Morrill, and were admitted
to the executive office and introduced to
the governor. Later the cadets spent
some time in going over the state house.
While assembled in the executive Office
Governor Morrill, made one of his char
acteristic speeches to the young men
and expressed his appreciation of the
visit The company filed in and out of
the Office in military order.
Capital: It has been customary I'M
til the last year for Shawnee county to
distribute it's poor fund among the poor
of the county. Last year, however, the
plan was adopted of sending the poor TO
the poor house and reserving the fund
for the support of the inmates. AS result
some 81, 200 has been turned back into
the county treasury for general purposes
of county expense. It is very singu-
lar fact that Notwithstanding the de-
fciency of this amount of 1000
usually appropriated for charity in the
county, and Notwithstanding the sever
ity of the winter and the general hard
times, there has been decreased call
for charity compared with two and three
years ago.
About thirty Episcopal clegymen of
Kansas attended the funeral OF Bishop
Thomas in Grace Catherdal Besides
these were the following visiting clergy:
Rt. Rev. D. S. futile, D. D., bishop of
Missouri; Rt Rev. J. F. Spalding, ID. D..
bishop of Colorado. Rt Rev. M. n.
Gilbert, d, d., assistant bishop of Mime
sofa; Rt. Rev. E. r. Atwell, d. D.. bishop
of west Missouri; Rt Rev. F. K. Brooke,
d. D., bishop of Oklahoma; Rev. Messrs.
Talbot, Mann Smith, Holden, Dunn,
from west Missouri; Rev. DR.. Lee from
Oklahoma; Rev. Drs. Dobbin and Wright
from the diocese OF Minnesota: The Rev.
J. W. Caldwell, late dean of Topeka,
from Colorado and several prominent
laymen from other d1oceses.
The Masons are taking steps to build
Masonic temple in Topeka. The in
itial steps we're taken and the following
committee was appointed at a mass
meeting of the Masonic lodges: John
r. Mulvane, chairman; Mayor T. w.
Harrison, and J. B. Furry. This COM
mittee is to be known as a committee on
WAYS and means, and will submit plan
by which the temple may be built as
soon as possible. The Masonic lodges
own the property on the Northeast cor
ner of Eighth and Quincy Streets, and
it is there that the temple will be built.
It is the plan to put up building five
stories high and 100 feet by $50 in ex-
tent The three lower stories will be
rented, and the upper stories used by
the lodges.
The State Board of Irrigation held
the first formal meeting at the Depart
ment of Agriculture in the state house,
and perfecte2 an organization by select
ing Hon. D. N. Frost, of Garden City,
as chairman and Hon. W. B. Sutton, of
Russell, secretary. The northern dis
trict, as formed by the board, comprises
the first two tiers of northern Kansas
counties; the central district thu two
succeeding tiers OF counties and Rice
county; the southern district includes
the remaining counties. M. B. Tomb
lin, member oil the board from Sherman
county will have charge of the northern
district, Judge Sutton, the central, and
Mr.. Frost will have charge of the south
ern district. The members of the board
decided that they will direct their ener-
gies and expend the money at their
command in carrying out the most prac-
teal features of the bill. 1t is the
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