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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-01-28
REDUCES PRINTERS FEES.

A Bill Passes the Kansas Senate Cutting
Rates 90 Per Ccnt.-To Exempt Home
stesds.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 22.--The senate
yesterday passed Young's bill cutting
I rates on all kinds OF legal printing 80
per cent. The vote was 30 to 5. The
bill will meet stout opposition in the
house, where dozen publishers are up
IL arms against it. Following this bill
came one by Senator Lupfer, of Paw.
nee, providing that legal notices may
be posted instead of published in coun-
ties containingless than 5000 people and
that a copy OF the ballot be mailed By
the county clerk to every voter in the
county instead Of publishing it in the
newspaper. ltalso provides that county
officers may contract with outsiders to
print the official ballot, thus making
the weekly papers compete with the
big houses OF the city. The
sehdte cohilnlIIee vi s'aVe n""ii'
turned down the bill to abolish the po-
sition Of state coal inspector for the
reason that the state pays no salary,
and the office yields a large revenue.
Senstor Matthews bill making II
penitentiary offense to sell mort
gagged property was reported favoraoly,
Senator Young's bill, providing that
no city with 1000 Inhabitants shall be
included In the corporate limits
OF any township, was recommends
ed for passage. Householders Dill,
to provide Tor CIVIL service az
the state institutions 70 prompt
the dismissal OF employees ior poli'ical
reasons ana 70 create ooaros OF lunacy
In each county was approved ana re-
ported favoraDiy' Leweiilhg III
troduced Dill 70 exempt from
taxation all homesteads with I'm.
provements thereon TO the exteh. OF
ol,ooo'and announcer Dill 10 appropriate
S1,4lSel Tor deficiency 10 pay salaries
OF district Judges ior .ne nscal year
ended June ao' ls9'' Mosher lnero,
duced Dill 1or state cohtroi
OF the lhspcction' weighing ana
handling OF gram ioung IN
PRODUCED Dill 10 prohlolt any
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-01-28

j. R. BURTON HONORED.
Kansas Republican Legislative Caucus
Names Him for United States Senator.

Kansas Republican Legislative Caucus
Names Him for United States Senator.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 2S.-J. Ralph
Burton, of Abilene, last night received
the caucus nomination for United
States senator by the republican mem
bers Of the legislature. 1t required
but two ballots to secure the result,
and the matter, when once taken up,
was quickly disposed of. The caucus
passed off quietly, and there was moth
ing to mar the occasion. The follow
ing members refused to take part in
the caucus: Representatives Brooke,
Bacon, Gates, Hockbusch, Hollenbeck,
Larimer, McCarty, McKeever and Seaton
and Senator Sterne. j. e. Lambert
presided and W. j. Fitzgerald was sec
rotary. The informal ballot gave the
following result: J. r. Burton, 20; j.
D. Bowersock, A. J. G. Caldwell, 8;
W. B. Sutton, 2; Calvin Hood, 2; John
j. Ingalls,, I; G. Il. Lobdell, 2;
Congressman Curtis, j. G. Slonecker
and Cyrus Leland, each. The formal
ballot stood: Burton, 30; Bowersock,
4; Caldwell, 7; Hood, 2; Ingalls,, 5;
Lobdell, /; L. N. Morrill,, /. The next
ballot settled it, Mr.. Burton getting
10; Gen. Caldwell, s; ingalls,, 3. The
nomination was made unanimous, on
motion of jackson, of Comanche. The
caucus decided to indorse Henry C.
Payne, of Wisconsin, for cabinet posi-
ton This action was taken at the re-
quest of number of republicans,
formerly of that state.
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are: Males who are convicted OF Grim.
inal assault, either successful or at
tempted; who cnticc away women
under IS years of age, or attempt to do
SO; who obtain illicit relations with
women Of good character under 81
years, under promise of marriage;
guardians Of female wards under IS
years, who defile the persons Of their
wards with or without consent; minis
tiers violating the persons Of women Of
their congregation, and teachers ex-
tending treatment Of that sort to
pupils in their charge.
The house ways and means commit
tee is not disposed to give to the state
university all it asks The bill to
grant appropriations to the institu-
ton includes 100000 year for
current expenses; 100000 for the
construction of a museum; S85, 1000
for laboratory and $500 for shops.
1t is probable that all appropria-
lions for new buildings will be cut out
and only $4,000 year granted for cur
rent expenses. Chairman Trueblood
says that while the appropriation for
current expenses will be cut down to
$50, 900 the committee will recommend
the passage Of an act providing for a
tuition fee of $40.
The house committee of elections by
a unanimous vote dismissed the con-
test of Hewlett against Cubbison from
Wyandotte county. The contest was
filed by W. A. Shook, acting as Hew-
let's attorney, but Hewlett personally
appeared before the committee and dis
claimed a desire to contest.
Senator Wallack has introduced a
bill to protect the tenant as against
the landlord. The bill provides land
lords shall not be permitted to attach
or operate on more than two-thirds OF
the crop raised by the tenant.
In the senate johnson, of jefferson,
bill to prohibit the pub.
fishing by any person or company of
pamphlets or articles Of any kind con-
tanning rates Of insurance or risks in
and the sending Of them to in
surance companies and the receiving of
any compensation. This is directly
aimed at the present method Of avoid.
ing the antitrust law.
The senate committee on agriculture
md irrigation has decided to favorably
'eport the bill by Cooke, Of Mitchell,
20 provide for the creation Of ponds for
he storing Of water and making road
custodians and supervisors
If such ponds.
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EDITORS WILL PROTEST.


Topeka, Kan, Jan. 25.-The Kansas
State Editorial association that meets
here to-day will take up for considera-
ton the bill of Senator Young,of Mont
gomery county, cutting legal rates for
publication of notices so per cent.
Editors already here say the bill will
be denounced and editors from all por.
tions of the state will lobby with
members from their county to
secure defeat for the bill. The at
tendance is expected to reach 300. The
programme includes a number of ad-
dresses on trade topics. Much time is
given to the social side Of the gather.
ing. Monday evening reception will
be given at Library hall. Tuesday
morning the election of officers will
take place and Tuesday, after seeing
W. A. Harris elected United States SEN
ator, all will go to Kansas City, where
the Commercial club will give recep-
ton that evening.
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MORAY DENIED THE FLOOR.
The Topeka Newspaper Correspondent Not
in Good Standing with Kansas Senators.


TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 26.-By vote Of
"a to IL the senate denied the privilege
OF the floor to d. 0. McCray, a we'll
known newspaper man. The action
was taken because McCray had written
a story for a st. Louis paper detailing
rumor that the American book trust
lobby had dictated the. appointment
OF three members of the sen.
ate committee on education and
had known who the chairman
was to be three weeks prior to the
meeting of the legislature. The senate
committee on judiciary, by a vote Of
six to three, killed the measure of Sem
ator Harris to enact the Missouri
trust deed law in Kansas. There
was violent opposition to it and
1t was claimed the present
law was vastly superior to the
Missouri law Other bills were favor
ably reported to the senate empower
ing the authorities of Douglas county
to bridge the Kaw at Lecompton,
compelling railroad companies to
furnish protection to engineers
and motormen, to punish black
listing and prevent discrimina-
ton against union labor, and to
make notes, bonds and other securities
uncollectable unless stamped by the
county assessor as having been listed
for taxation. Among the new bills in
PRODUCED was one by Benson to list all
property at actual cash value;
to prohibit absolutely the sale
OF cigarettes in the state; to
give women the right to vote for presi-
dental electors; to compel railroads to
furnish free transportation to stock
shippers; to appropriate $4,000 for
normal school at Stockton, and to sup
press quack doctors by placing the
power to decide on who shall practice
medicine in the state in the hands of a
state medical board.
The house ways and means commit
tee made favorable report on joint
resolution No. 4, providing for a change
in the constitution to one general cleo
ton, and it will be placed on the calen-
dar. 1t provides that state Off
GERS shall be chosen for a four-year
term and bars second term;
that county officers shall be elected
every two years and limited to two
terms. The house resolution author
izing the speaker to appoint commit
tee to investigate the actions Of the
state school fund commissioners and
also the coal oil inspector was reported
favorably. The bill restoring a
tuition fee for admission to the state
university was reported favorably.
Keefer's bill TO permit person to be
heard in his own defense in
court was reported unfavorably.
Of Elk, introduced a bill
to exempt corn from taxation for one
year, from March |. The bills accom-
panied BY letter stating that with .
short time exemption farmers VOL
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NO MORE TAX TITLES.


New Law In Kansas Senate Does Away with
Them-O Other Measures.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. Ex-senator w.
A. Harris delinquent tax bill was re-
ported lavorably to the senate by the
committee on assessment and taxa
ton. This bill does away with tax
titles to land sold for taxes and
provides for judicial title, granted
by u district court, which is incon-
testable, The senate committee on iu-
dietary has decided to report bill re-
ducing the legal rate of interest from
ten toeightpercent. The penalty for Vi
olating the proposed act is forfeiture of
interest. The senate committee on
railroads reported rigid anti-pass
bill. 1t will prohibit the issuance of
passes to any persons except MEM
bers of the board of railroad
commissioners and the board of
railroad assessors, composed of
all the state officers except the gov
ernor. The bill of Senator Young cut
ting Pullman car rates to one-half cent
per mile for distances greater than 100
miles, and so cents for less distance, was
also Endorsed. The bill to exempt
from garnishment the wages of all
workmen or clerks who are heads of
families who receive $50 per month or
less, and for three months those whose
wages are in excess of $50 per month,
was reported favorably.
The measure introduced by Senator
Cooke providing for the loaning of the
permanent school fund of the state
to the citizens Of the state was
also approved. 1t is intended to
keep the school fund invested in
the state and stop its investment in
bonds. 1t will meet with the populist
approval in relieving borrowers from
asking loans of eastern companies. A
loan of 80 per cent. can be made on ac-
tual cash value Of farms, exclusive of
all perishable improvements.
With view to strengthening their
party in republican strongholds, the
populists have plan to amend the
metropolitan police law so as to apply
to cities Of the second class. Repre-.
sentative Fairchilds has been directed
to prepare the bill. He is certain that
II will pass. |
Botkin, Of Reno, has bill for very
severe punishment for certain class |
Of criminals. The persons TO whom II |
10 proposed this measure shall apniv |
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ADDITIONAL COMMITTEES,
speaker Street Names More Kansas House
Workers-Other Interesting Proceed

Speaker Street Names More Kansas House
Workers-Other Interesting Proceed
ings.
TOPEKA, Kan, jan 2S.-Speaker
Street yesterday appointed the follow
ing additional committees:
Horticulture Taylor, Malin, Lawson, Pat
zen, Stevens Bacon and Brooke
Municipal indebtedness Foley Patten,
Johnson OF Labette, Cassin Hibner, Gates and
Wilson.
Penal institutions-M etzler, Gray, Ravens
craft, Singleton, Patten, Seaton and Hem
Inger.
private corporations Hlbner Harvey, Pal
ensKe McGrath, Jameson, Grimes and Henley.
immigration-Fell Fulton, Carr, Basgall
fouts, Buell. and Gates
Telegraph and tolcphone-K Davis,
Brown OF Pratt Wallace, Williams Grimes
and Bennett
irrigation eighner, Crosby, Clarke, Tap
scott, kelson, Fell, Epperson, Patten, Hollen-
beck, Burtis, Brown Of Greeley, HARDWOOD aud
Gesler
House employees oodnow, Farrell, Doyle,
hlbier, Hackney, Metzler and Ravenscraft.
Fees and salaries -Barkley, Jones. Merrill,
CLARK, Tapscott, Marlin, Burtis johnson Of Ne
maha aad Burkholder.
Printing-Outcalt, Turner, Bean, Stoner,
lrueblood, Dalton. Malin. Maxwell. Lambert
OF Lincoln, Longley Moore, jackson Of Conan
che and Fouts
Political rights Of women-Bean, Stevens,
hioner, Rutledge, Kelson, Dolson and Wilson.
Mr.. Walters introduced bill in ref
erence to the taxation Of banks, which
Is OF a sweeping character. 1t pro-
vides that banks be taxed on the capt.
tal stock as shown by the report Of the
dbsctnr@i alan all d.rnsita In hA,,asa
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SAYS 1T is UNJUST.
Congressman Bartholdt Vigorously Op
poses the Immigration Bill.

Congressman Bartholdt Vigorously OPP
poses the Immigration Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-The immi-
grafton bill, which will be called up in
the house on Wednesday, will be vigor-
ously fought by Congressman Bar
tholdt, of Missouri. Mr.. Bartholdt, as
chairman of the house committee on
immigration, has been defeated by a
majority of the committee on the
amendments he desired to see incor-
porated in the bill. He will offer
them in the house. Mr.. Bartholdt
said that the passage Of the
bill in its present form would mean
exclusion in the future of all re-
cruits to the Mennonites of Kansas,
very desirable class of immigrants. 1t
would also be possible under this bill
to separate husband and wife, because
the clause which requires immigrants
to read and write the English Ian
guage, or the language of the country
from which they come, requires that
if only one of the two is able to meet
the requirements the other shall be
sent hack
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A POINT FOR HUDSON.


State Printer Gets an Injunction That VIII
Dampen His Opponents Hopes.
Topeka, Kan, Jan. 28.-Maj. ]. K.
Hudson beat Ed Snow into court. Yes
terday morning Hudson applied to
Judge Hazen, Of the Shawnee county
district court, for an order restraining
the state printing committee from rec
ognizing Snow as state printer, and to
restrain Snow from interfering with
him (Hudson) in the discharge of his
duty as state printer. The applica-
ton was allowed, the order issued,
and the case will be heard February /.
Snow had the papers prepared to go
into the supreme court He had made
formal demand upon the printing COM
mittee for recognition and failed to
get it. His intention was to commence
a mandamus proceeding early this
week. Hudson's move knocked him
out temporarily.
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A PLOT F0ILED.
A Plan to Release Murderer Ed
Perry Discovered.
EVERHARDT and MATTHEW'S FIGHT.
The Two Pugillsts Have Fifteen Round
Draw-An Aer0naut Drowned Charged
with Hsrboring Outlaws-Held
for wife Murder.

MANSFIELD, NO., Jan. 2e.-G. W.
johnson, sheriff, and ex-Prosecuting
Attorney Farnsworth, Of Ava, Douglas
county, took the train here last night
for West Plains, NO., to which place
they had been called by Jailkeeper
Wiler to get Ed Perry, murderer Of the
Sawyer family, who will be hanged at
Ava Saturday next. Perry has been at
West Plains for safekeeping, and Jail
delivery plot was discovered yesterday.
Perry will be taken to the courthouse
at Ava and heavily guarded until the
hour Of his execution Saturday.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FIGHT A DRAW.
New YORK, Jan. 28.-Jack Everhardt,
Of New Orleans, and Matt Matthews, Of
Brooklyn, fought 14-round draw at
the Union Park Athletic club last
night. Jacks left hand was injured in
the seventh round Matthews made
an excellent showing. If Jack had not
hurt his hand the result might have
been different, as the New Orleans man
was very strong up to the last round,
when Matthews got in some heavy
swings.
AN AERONAUT DROWNED.
KEY WEST, Fla, Jan. 26.-A young
Cuban named Perez fell with balloon
into the sea Sunday afternoon and was
drowned. Perez was not an aeronaut,
and, after going up 1000 feet, became
helpless The ropes were tangled and
the balloon went out about mile
from shore and fell into the water.
Boats from the revenue cutter went to
render assistance and the balloon was
recovered, but Perez's body was not
found.
CHARGED WITH HARB0RING OUTLAWS.
GUTHRIE, Ok, Jan. 26.-Bob Fennel,
residing seven miles southwest of the
city, has been arrested by Marshal Col
cord upon charge of harboring out
laws. 1t is alleged that he furnished
a hiding place for Ben Cravens, Skeeter
Dick, Dynamite Dick and other bold,
bad men. The charge is serious one,
as the penalty is almost as severe as
that placed upon outlawry itself.
HELD FOR WIFE MURDER.
GALEsBURG, ILL.,, Jan. 26.-Anson
Gregory was yesterday ordered by the
coroners jury committed to Jail with
out bail for the murder of his wife.
January 1S, while drunk, Gregory beat
his wife to death while holding her on
a stove. He was once prosperous
farmer. There is some talk.of lynch.
ing.
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loaned out should be taxed. Mr.. Ingl,
presented measure compelling rail
roads to stop all trains at any station
where a passenger desires to get off
Brown, Of Cowley, measure which
prevents voters Of cities Of thu
first and second-class from par
ticipating in the election of county
school superintendent; by McKeever
compelling railroads to carry free one
bicycle for every passenger; by Rut-
ledge, to prohibit any person or corpo-
ration from diverting the water from
the natural channel of the Arkansas
river for irrigation purposes; Finney,
Of Woodson, TO abolish the office of state
grain inspector, board Of irrigation,
the labor bureau, coal oil inspector,
forestry and silk stations and board Of
public works; and that all penal insti.
tutons be managed by one board, that
all eleemosynary institutions be man
aged by one board Of charities and all
educational institutions be managed
by one board Of regents.
Rothweiler, Of Rush county, has a
bill in the house to prohibit the use Of
passes by public officers. 1t provides
penalty for giving pass or accepting
one, and conductors who may honor a
pass in the hands Of public officer are
also liable to punishment. Speaker
Street gave notice that on Monday
he would announce the special
committee to investigate the
charge Of Doodle in the
recent sale Of Kingman and Cowley
county bonds to the state school fund
and the charges Of embezzlement
against H. L. Taylor, coal oil inspector
in 1S93-04. If this investigation be
pushed to the limit Of the resolution
ordering it, it will uncover all the
methods employed by middlemen in
their raids upon the permanent state
school fund.
Hanna introduced a bill in the SEN
ate to provide that in cities Of the first,
second and third classes, no city coun-
Gil shall hereafter grant franchises to
water, light, gas and similar corpora
tions. Instead, it is provided, that
after paying actual running ex-
penses, and taking out six per cent. for
their investment these corporations
shall turn over all sums in excess of
the above stipulated amounts to the
city treasury as rental.
These bills were reported back un-
favorably: To abolish the state poll
tax; to provide for county assessor;
for lien on crops for labor or ma
chinery Employed; for the branding of
all penitentiary made goods; to abolish
the Office of coal oil inspector and COM
'nissioners Of forestry and fisheries.
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MORE KANSAS PLUMS.


uOV. Lceuy DisDuTsts various GOOd Places
to the Faithful.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. ~. The execu-
tive council selected R. w. Turner, of
Mankato, who was consul at Cadiz,
Spain, under President Harrison, to be
secretary Of the state board Of railroad
commissioners The supreme court by
unanimous vote elected G. c. Clemens,
of Topeka, to be court reporter. Henry
Mclean, of Marion, was elected to be us
sistant reporter. Gov. Leedy formally
announced the appointment Of John
W. l}reidenthal, state bank commits
sioncr, for another term of four years.
1t Is said that Miss Jessie Lewelling,
daughter Of the ex-governor, will be APP
pointed stenographer for the state
board of railroad commissioners. Gov.
Leedy announced the appointment Of
Henry Steele to be chief of police Of
Topeka Webb McNall, the new cleo
ton commissioner, will appoint James
Murphy, Of the Advocate, as his assist
ant. II is also announced that the
executive council will designate the
Advocate, Senator PETERS paper, as
the official state paper.
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A PRISON MINE BILL.
Senator Jumper Presents His Measure to
the Kansas Legislature--Cong
AppOrtiOnment.

Senator Jumper Presents His Measure to
the Kansas Northumberland ssional
AppOrtiOnment.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 21.--Mr. Jumper
introduced bill in the senate to pro-
hibit the contracting of convicts or the
products of convict labor. 1t also pro-
vides that the penitentiary directors
Shall place scales at the mine, and
every box Of coal shall be weighed.
Each convict shall have number, and
an account shall be kept Of the coal
he mines and the amount be charged
to the penitentiary at the same
price paid to free miners Senator
Titus introduced bill to compel ex-
press companies to make monthly re-
ports of business and earnings; Senator
Young, to make all sheriff deeds void
unless the publication fee is paid in
full; to establish normal schools at
Wichita, Concordia and Fort Scott.
The house adopted concurrent reso-
luton asking Gov. Leedy not to ap-
point election commissioners, irriga.
ton commissioners, silk commissioner,
forestry commissioner and coal oil in
spector until the legislature decided
whether or no it would abolish
these Offices. A compulsory edu-
cation bill was introduced by
Representative Shouse. 1t provides
that all children between the age of
eight and IS years shall attend the reg
ular term of school in the district in
which they live, or private school for
the same length of time. The parents
are held responsible for any violation
OF the law, and penalty is provided.
Representative Trueblood yesterday
introduced in the house congressional
apportionment bill making the follow
ing county divisions: 4
First district-Doniphan Brown, jackson,
Atchison, Leavenworth, Jefferson, Wyandotte
and Shawnee
Second district-Johnson, Douglas, Usage,
Franklin, Miami, Cof'ey, Anderson and Linn.
Thlrd diStrlct-Woods0n Allen, Bourbon,
Wilson, Neosho, Crawford, Montgomery, La
bette and Cherokee
Fourth district-Greenwood Butler Harvey, |
Sedgwick Sumner, Cowley, Elk and Chautau-
qua.
Fifth district Wabaunsce, Geary Dickinson,
Saline, Mcpherson, Marion Chase, Morris and |
Lyon
Sixth district-Nemaha, Marshall, Washing
ton, Republic, Jewell, MITCHELL Ottawa, Cloud,
Clay, Riley and Pottawatomie.
Seventh district-Smith, Phillips, Norton,
Decatur, Rawins, Cheyenne Sherman, Thorn
as, Sheridan, Graham Rociis, Osborne, Lin
c0ln Ellsworth, Russell, Ellis, Trego, Cove,
Logan and Wallace.
Eighth district-Rice, Barton, Rush. Ness,
Lane, Scott, Wichita, Greeley, Hamilton,
kearney Finney, Hodgman, Pawnee, Stafford,
Reno, Edwards, Ford, Gray Haskell, Grant,
Stanton, Morton, Stevens, Seward, Meade,
Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt, Kingman,
Barber and Harper
Representative Taylor offered bill
in the house to change the jury law so
that the votes of nine of the 12 jurors
may fix the verdict; also one providing
that the bodies Of convicts who may die
in prison unclaimed, shall be given to
medical schools; also one providing for
grand jury once year If 100 voters
'f county petition therefore.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. ss.-The New