Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-02-11

senator Hanna Has Bill to Discourage
HIGH Head Cira--Blil Acted Upon.

senator Hanna Has u Bill to Discourage
High Head Gca--Biil Acted Upon.
TOPEKA. Kan, Feb 10 - senator
Hanna has introduced an anti-theater
hat bill. 1t reads, at shall be un-
Lawful for any person, male or female
to wear upon his or her head any hat
bonnet or anything excepting his OF
her natural head Advancement at any
theater or public entertainment The
penalty for violating is fine Of from
IS to $40. The senate committee on as
sessment and taxation has recommend
ed that Titus bill to provide for 9 levy
of one mill on each dollar Of real and
personal property for the support OF
the common schools be printed
and placed on the calendar. The
committee also recommended Forney's
bill to create the Office OF county
assessor, to be elected every two years.
1t makes the township trustees in a
county deputies. The senate passed
Forney's bill to prohibit the throwing
Of dead animals into streams OF run
ming water, under penalty OF fine OF
not less than $40.
Credentials banking bill was intro
duced in both houses. The bill to re-
duce the legal rate Of interest from ten
to eight per cent. was passed by the
senate, republicans voting against 1t
and Senators Harris, Ryan, Crossen and
Farrelly, populists, voting with them.
Hanna presented bill providing for a
reduction Of about so per cent. in ex-
press rates.
The house committee OF the whole
recommended for passage the bill for
the repeal Of the metropolitan police
law, the vote standing AZ to 80. There
were 81 members absent. The commit
tee on ways and means killed the
bill authorizing an appropriation
for the governors mansion. Palen-
ski introduced a bill providing
tax on state and private banks TO
create fund for the payment OF VIC
tins of the banks which fail Smith,
of Brown, has a bill authorizing boards
of education in cities of the second
class to maintain separate schools for
colored and white children. The house
committee on election recommended
seating H. G. Montgomery (pop) over
w N. Wilson (rep. from Stafford coun-
ty. The bill Of Representative Ravens
croft to prevent railroads carrying
live stock in cars longer than
26 hours without unloading and
feeding was killed by the live stock
committee. The house committee of
the whole recommended for passage an
act to prevent the leaving Of camp
Tres by campers; an act granting
gx-union soldiers license to can
vass or sell goods not prohibited by
law in any county in the state; an act
making it unnecessary for township
candidates TO flle statements OF CHILL
paign expenses; an act providing for
the recording of assignments OF real
estate mortgages
The house authorized its committee
on live stock to meet the same commit
tee of the Missouri house at Kansas
City, and there confer on the subject
of stock yards legislation. The
date Of the conference has not
yet been set Hackbusch's bill to limit
the output of penitentiary coal to the
use of the state institutions was
passed by the house, n to 80. This is
the bill that Mr. Hackbusch declared
on the floor of the house he had been
approached to drop for consideration.