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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06

drawn by them was for superintend-
ing the job. If so, then 1t must have
been for experimenting their own
work under their own contract. An
examination of this voucher will show
that after deducting the time of the
contractors themselves that the bill is
only S128.2o. If the pay was for SER
vices in experimenting the work it
would seem that $1+5 for superintend-
ing $3.50 worth of work would be
more than ample compensation.
The above figures show that on an
estimate by the State Architect of $3,-
us, the State paid 81 ,528.O7, 81 ,528. 90,
$273.2o and $3,375, making a total of
$6,759 Is, or s., ,98425 in excess of the
Architects estimate.
A person who is competent to be
State Architect should surely be able
tc estimate the cost of work and ma
teria1 to an almost exact certainty.
There is no more excuse for making
an estimate of $3,775 on So, ,759, ,25
worth of work than there is for men
charged with the expenditure of public
money to pay So, 75e.25 for $3,775 worth
of work and material.
Particular attention is called to the
fact that these gentlement claim by
this voucher to have expended $94.5O
for labor on $3.50 worth of material,
and that the services of the boss (this
not being done under contract, but by
days work. was worth more than both
labor and material.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06

About a year ago S. A. Lawhead, a
prominent farmer of Barton county
Mo-, mysteriously disappeared just
after receiving his pension. He was
guardian of two children who live in
Pittsburg, Kansas, and did not &C
count for $500 of their money.
Lawhead has recently been discovered
in Nevada, Mo-, and the children will
now attempt to recover their money,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06
$6OO.58

These figures seem to show that the
overcharge on this bill amounted to
$927.49.
July 81 Fellows & VanSant were
paid 81 1898 more. This was a labor
and material bill, all of the vouchers
of the laborers and for material hav-
ing been assigned to those contractors.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06

The chronological department OF
the Kansas state agricultural college
has discovered within the state the
presence of a serious orchard pest
known as the "Cigar Case Bearer.
This is the first detection of its pres
ence in this state.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06

The farmers of Raw1ins county are
considering the advisability of put
ting in telephone line between At
wood and Achilles, by way of Char
don, that they may communicate
more readily with the markets.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06

The notorious Frank Brown is now
in charge of republican headquarters
in Topeka, by virtue of orders received
from Cy Leland, and it is now in order
to get your lie receivers ready.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06

in course of repair, but it is not
thought that the vessels suffered any
harm, or that the valuable plant of
machinery was affected.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06
Spain Replies.

Madrid, April 3.-Accordiug to the
best information obtainab1e, Spain
has definitely resolved not to make
any further concessions to the United
States.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06
New Recruiting Office.

The United States Government
opened recruiting office at Portland,
Oregon, last Friday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06
By order of executive council.
w. c. EDWARDS,
Secretary of State.
T. S. STOVER,
Asst Secretary of State.

Asst Secretary of State.
This voucher was paid by warrant
No. 7O9, June 81, 1895. AS this was or
dered to be done by day work and was
not let by contract the above certifi-
cate seems to be somewhat at variance
with the facts. An examination of
the above order of the Council fails to
disclose anything authorizing the ad-
dition of 10 per cent. to the labor and
material account.
Competent and experienced contract
ors estimate that the following would
be fair compensation for the mater
ial furnished and labor performed
which was charged for in the above
bill:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06
$3,775.OO
Signed,
J. z. HULLAND,
State House Architect

State House Architect.
This estimate is recorded on page
361 of the executive councils journal.
The following order was made by the
council and is recorded on the same
page:
"And after examining the portions
of the building where such work is to
be performed, and after having the
State House Architect personally ex-
plain and point out the necessity of
work, it was, by the executive council,
ordered that the Architect be, and is
hereby, instructed to proceed at once
to have such repairs and labor per-
formed, and that the Architect shall
employ the necessary labor by the
day at the customary prices now paid
for SUCH"
Under this order and the direction
of the State Architect, Fellows and
VanSant proceeded to do the work,
and they also began to draw pay. The
first draft was made June and the
amount drawn was 81 ,528.07.
The bill and voucher upon which
this money was drawn are as follows:
The State of Kansas,
lS9.. To Fellows s. VanSant, DIR.
June %.
For labor furnished and ma
terial used in making restor-
alton of walls and preparing
the State capitol building
for plastering, from May IS,
to June p, itemized as fol-
lows:
3 iron rails, Il feet long, p lbs.
per foot, 792 lbs., at 11-20..$ 11.8S
To cutting and drayage on
same OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l.oO
To 800 feet in. tile tor parti-
tition, at 9kc. 342O
To keg of nails. s.............. ZOO
To ]. Thomas Lumber Compa-
NY, for lime and cement
and lumber, as per bill
rendered d................. oS.OS
To 21 yards of sand, at soc -. $50
To 1900 brick, as Vitrified
Brick & Paving Co.'S bill,
at $3.50 per NJ, as per bill
rendered d................. l4O.ZS
To S42 so. #. of u sky light
glass, at 3Sc. $3.50
To 40 days labor for timers,
ats tS4................... 10000
To 60 days labor stone cutting
ASSOC. .................. 211.2O
To % days labor, mason, S.. 1850
To q days labor, mason, $500 1890
10 65 days labor, carpenters,
$3.50. 1920
To las days labor, laborers,
$1.5O ............ 2lT.OO
$3.50. 16
Plus 10 per cent 1SS 81
Sl,52S.O7
Itemized bills returned, on file with
State House Architect.
OK. J. c. HOLLAND,
State House Architect.
OK. J.F. STANTON, Supt.
Topeka, Kas., June %, 1895.
1 do hereby certify that the within
was contracted for by me for the State,
under authority of law, and that the
amount therein claimed is correct &C
cording to such contract, and is un'
, paid.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06

1900 crick, az $3.50 per M. -. $14O.25
21 yards sand, at Soc ... go
Lime to do the work. ..... 1000
lbs. cement, at 75c. c.... 3.75
Iron, 792 lbs. at ST. 20 per 1OO.. 11.s8
Drayage.. $50
800 ft. in. tile, 9H...... 34.2O
542 so. it. of glass, at IS. ...... $3.50
40 days labor for timers. 49,. 10000
Brick mason 10 days, at s. 20. $500
Labor for mason 10 days. $3.50 $500
Stone cutting as per Hollands
estimate. 10000
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06
A SMALL SAMPLE.
The Pets Paid S145 For Over
seeing SIPS Worth Of
Work.
How the Business Administration
Contributed TO its Campaign Fund
ny bleeding the "Dear People"
From the Advocate and News.

From the Advocate and News.
Among the details of the report of
the committee appointed by the pres
ent executive council to check up the
State house work under the last ad-
ministration is a statement of the
transactions connected with the first
work done on the State house, from
which the following is taken. This
was the beginning of a long series of
of questionable appropriations of cap
itol improvement funds. 1t seems
that it was regarded as necessary to
have lot of work of various kinds
done preparatory to the letting of con-
tracts. The executive council asked
the State House Architect for an es-
innate on the work which it was deem
ed necessary to do, and he submitted
the following:
To the Executive Council:
Gentlemen:-H Having made estimate
on the repair work to be done by the
days work, I beg to submit the follow
ing prices:
1. Putting up partition in
court room. ..,..........$ 10000
2. Fixing jack arch in Ii.
brary.. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10000
3. Iron and terra Gotta for
coffering dome arches. .. 10000
4. Iron and terra c. tia in dia-
phragm ............... 1900 90
5. Patching up on roof. ... 10000
8. Cutting the stone work
around elevators. .. 10000
z. Cutting new door open
ingS.. .............. lOO.OO
8. New partition, 1,500 So.
feet. $500
9. Repairing fire proof floors 10000
10. Iron and wire lath arcad-
ing cir lie. e.............. 6OO.00
"a z7E M
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06
SIZES UP GAGE.
The Secretary Scored by Sen
ator Wo1cott

Question Of Civil Government for
Alaska.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06

These vouchers were paid by warrants
Nos. 1882 to 1903 inclusive. An esti-
mate by an experienced contractor
shows that fair amount for this bill
would have been as follows:
go feet of tile floor .......$ $500
II, 500 brick, at $3.50 per NJ. 1O8.75
19 yards of sand, at 3Oc. 49,. $40
For laying the tile, which is
but one-ha1f day for ma
son, at s. per day. ...... 200
Labor for same ............... rs
Brick mason for 8 days, at 81
per day.. 81 w
Labor for same, days, at
$1.50 per day 1900
Lime to do the work. ......... 1000
4 bbls. cement. nt............. 800
Lewis Van Dorp ............ 2oo. .O3
5 501.23
These figures show that this bill
was 81, ,OS1.75 too much.
After having drawn 81 1,582.98 and
81, ,52s.O7, total of $3,111.Os, Fellows
& Vansant submitted bid of $3,373.-
20, nearly all of the work included
therein being included in Mr.. Hol-
lands original estimate of $3,775. This
bid was accepted by the council Aug.
ust 20. The contract was not adver-
tised and no competition was invited.
An advertisement or notice of the let
ting would have enabled the council
to get the work done at about the fol-
lowing figures:
Hollow thing complete, 5,517
IT., at &c .S1, ,ZlS. -
Wire lath, arcade in dome, 81
OZU... ZoO.UO
1 beams and finished iron work
SS,OOO lbs. S................. oZS.OO
For setting same in place, 1c
per lb..................... $4,000
$2,43s.26
This is the way it was figured out
by the contractors:
Hollow thing complete, SSH
it., at &c ,213. %
Wire lath, arcade in dome,
| o,OZO. ZoO.OO
beams and finished iron
work, $4,000 lbs. s........... $4,000
Placing of iron in place.. 10000
$3,373 %
Full payment was made under this
contract. Prior to the making of this
contract a voucher for $3.50 had
been drawn by the same contractors
for this same work, and payment
thereon was made by warrant No. 1871.
This voucher is of such interest that
readers may want to examine it for
themselves, and il is therefore repro
duced.
1t is not probable that either of said
contractors did any of the work them
selves.
1t may be claimed that the pay
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-04-06

These vouchers were paid by warrants
Nos. 1882 to 1903 inclusive. An esti-
mate by an experienced contractor
shows that fair amount for this bill
The evening times., 1898-11-24
A QUEER HOTEL.

II ran across one of the queerest hotels
in the world not long ago" said drum
mer just in from a trip. to reporter for
the New Orleans Times-Democrat. Il
don't care 10 advertise the establishment
gratutousiy, so suffice II 10 say it's locat-
ed In a city made by nearly all travelling
men out of New Orleans. and Is run by an
eccentric old chap who has named his
rooms after States instead of giving them
numbers The effect is somewhat start
ling | went there first to inquire for i
friend Yes, he's in Texas replied the
clerk, when ! mentioned the name. But
he isn't in Texas | protested, for / hap
pen TO know he's right here in this hotel
Then he explained. While I was standing
there waiting the side talk at the desk
was enough TO make man think he was
crazy Gent in Massachusetts is kicking.
sir, said a bellboy: claims dat feller in
Utah is all de time playin' de 'cordian at
night Put him in Montana replied the
clerk. No towels in North Dakota said
a chambermaid, and that fat man in
Florida wants TO be changed to Vermont
My friend came down looking pretty
rocky. He said he'd been sitting in a lit
tie poker game in Rhode Island the night
before and woke up in California. Didn't
know how the dickens he got there. The
place interested me, and l could hardly
tear myself away. My friend assured me
that it was run strictly according to State
traditions. He was in Maine at first, he
said. but they refused to send any beer
to his room on account of the prohibition
law, so he had them change him across
the hall to Kentucky, and now he likes
it so well he has concluded to stay indefi-
nitely. / met the proprietor and found
him a rabid advocate of territorial eX-
annex -
The evening times., 1898-11-24
Sc 4 BIRDS.

If the murre is disturbed by an egg
hunter and it's single egg taken it will
return and replace its successfully stolen
ovum until eight have been laid, says
writer in Harper,s. 1t is loath to leave
its nest, even when the despoiler ap-
proaches, and when he comes up she leans
away from him and moves over to the far
side of the nest But presently, yielding
10 the alarm within her breast, she emits
a sudden squawk and flies off, flushing the
entire rookery as she moves toward the
sea. leaving the pickers to fill their pouch
ed Shirts with the booty. They must
hurry the work, for as soon as the eggs
are uncovered gulls hover close and be-
come thick upon the scene. These the
men must fight off. for they brazenly in
terpose themselves and battle with the
humans for the possession of the eggs.
The opportunity being open, the gull
sweeps down upon the murre egg, seizes
it in his mouth and goes sailing aloft,
cracks ii in his bill and gobbles what of
its contents 1t can. the residue falling on
the rocks below Then it takes another
swoop away and balances itself to spy
out new egg. The gulrs egg is palat-
able
That these islands were a great reposi-
tory of edible eggs became known in the
early ffties. At the time OF the discov
cry Of this fact provisions were scarce
and gold plentiful in San Francisco, and
the rookery eggs offered IN the market
of that city brought 81 a dozen. The
opening OF this new and free opportunity
to acquire wealth precipitated numbers
of people upon the islands and in the
| business of egg gathering. Quarrels en-
sued between the competitors as TO their
respective rights" in the premises, with
the result that "A company was formed
among a number of the pickers, which
bought out the claims of the others. This
company mana ged TO hold on to its ad-
vantages for some years. not, however.
without experiencing contests and en-
croac chments, until the chickering's ulti-
mately grew so fierce az TO attract the
attention Of the United States district at
torney at San Francisco. lie sent a
detachment of Government soldiers there
and deported every egg picker
The evening times., 1898-11-24
INTERRUPTIONS.

According to note fn the Courier de
Paris, the Ath5 mans and Greeks collect
lively intend to exclude all bachelors from
their Parliament The idea seems TO be
that the bachelor has no stake in the
commonwealth; if he Is represented that
IS as much as he can ask for \ repre-
sentative he ought never to be. for whom
does he represent except himself? And
herein the Greeks seem To fancy that
they have found cure for celibacy. so
that all citizens will marry, and the law
full and legitimate population of Athens
will increase while every young Greek
having before him as the summum bo-
mum a seat in the chamber will know
that his best assurance thereof will be
the votes of his constituents based on the
size of hfs family. Should the measure
be passed-and there are so many canard5
of anti-bachelor cruSades that one feels
some doubt about the story-EurOpe will
watch the experiment Of the Parliament
of the married men with much interest
Ii will not last long, because when wo-
men are elected to Parliament they will
restore the bachelor legislator. as the sit
tings would be too dull for them without
him. But il is retrOgrade measure in
any case. a Vienna savant has lately
announced that love itself is probably
microbe. The microbe. We know. always
slays the unfittest. therefore, The married
men are the uniittest; therefore. the
bachelor is the fittest for seat in Par
lament
The evening times., 1898-11-24

weak. and there are times VIXEN ne VIII
kin provincial governor who is more
than commonly base and tyrannical.
Perhaps there has been some change
in the views of the Nihilists in the past
quarter of a century, but the attempt
on the life of the Car fortnight ago.
said to be the eighth since his acces-
sion To. the throne-proves that promises
of a liberal administ: alton do not infiu>
ence them now more than formerly.
The state of the people is not greatly
changed in that time. The history OF
the famine year, as given by Russian
noyelists who have followed in the path
OF Gogol, Tourgeneif, DostoeNsky and
their fellows, shows that under SEEM
ing Improvement is the same se,fishnesS
OF the proprietors and the same dumb
suffering Of the psople, I.esd.ng only an
emergency To bring them into light.
The Gar, 10 matter what his character
and designs may be, will never be Sc
cure i'm his life as lcng as the NiEiist
survives But the Russian regicide IS
not to be confounded with the Italian
assassin. who is the product of the
spirit of Mafia:sm and murder.
The evening times., 1898-11-24

Every consideration of cur future inter
ests in the lands bordering on the Pa
ciilc, the scene Of the future great events
cf the world, as predicted by the far
sighted Seward, dictates an open door
policy for the Philippines. The troubles
that will grow out of a protective tariff
there may not seem serious. but the pol
icy must create a predisposition to an
noy and hamper us and eventually cost
Us the sympathy and support We may
need at critical hour. Bad as a pro-
tective tariff is for the States the perni-
cious influence of its infiiction on the ISL
ands will be incomparably greater There
was a foolish hope that the President
would rise TO the great occasion. but he
has disappointed it and sacrificed some
thing of the glory his demand for the
Philippines gained for him.
The evening times., 1898-11-24

Mnde Their Mouths Water.
lFrafn the Mexican Uerald.1

Ifftdfi INt MtNICHN HefuIu.I
An eloquent vindicstion Of that delicious cul-
mary coneoGIion. the pie. proceeds from the
moi>tsned lip ~ the Washington Times Hear
this and find your appetite Opened" pie is a
distinctly American institution and one of the
most treasured of the products OF liberty. Per
haps there was pie in England in the heroic days,
but ii has dwindled along with the British nc
bity until it has become the insignificant tart.
Here ii has expanded its disc and grown thicker
and has drawn every luscious fruit to its service
We have a special pie for each succeeding season.
with apple pie for all the year round. In the
winter months beginning with Thanksgiving we
have the meaty juicy mince, which iortifes the
system against The cold; IN early spring the
lemon custard rhubarb and gooseberry are among
the objects of what the poets call the longings
Of the sprngtime. In the summer there are
many iip-painting blackberry, huckleberry and
other berry pies. and later the peach. In Octo
Der comes the golden glory Of the year, the
pumpkin pie
The evening times., 1898-11-24
The Largest Painting.
(From the Philadelphia Item.)


The largest painting in the world. exclusive of
hescoes, is Tintoretto's Paradise" hung in
Grand Salon Of The Dogc's Palace at Venice Its
dimensions 81 feet feet wide and 81 feet high
Yet for size IL does not compare with the IA
nous fresco OF Michael Angelo which occupies
the ceiling OF the Sistne Chapel Of the Vatican,
and is 1913 feet in length and Is feet in width
British artists have sometimes executed large
pictures on canvas, the largest. perhaps. being
one by John Martin. the subject being Joshua
Commanding the sun to Stand Still"
1t was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1919
One of the largest pictures ever exhibited in the
Royal Academy was the famous portrait group Of
members of the House Of Commons, as assembled
in Parliament. Ii was painted by Phillips and
contains COO portraits. Its dimensions were IS
feet by l. feet. Val Prinsep's picture ''The
Imperial Assemblage Held at Delhi by the Vice
roy, Lord Lytton,' very large-lO feet by
q feet. and occupied nearly the whole of the east
wall of gallery g. These, however are much
smaller than many that be seen in the for
egn galleries.
The evening times., 1898-11-24
KeeIy and His Riddle.

tFrom the Philadelphia Record.)
1t would be absurd to whistle down the wind
a mere charlatsn experimenter who for
twenty FIVE years able to mystify learned
physicists by his exhibitions of a new and tre-
mendous force, and to secure during that long
period OF time ample pecuniary cid in carving
on a series OF costly and destructive experiments
with this refractory agent for creating power
Even ii the elaborate series of over 100 motors
constructed by keely were founded on mechanical
illusion fraud, the constant and earnest sup
port which he received from those who believed
in him seems none the less exceptional and sur
prising. In the exact sciences the true and the
false speedily separated; and in the nature of
cbanics. But Inventor Keely kept his secret TO
the end-if he had one-and those who paid for
his experiments know no more now than they did
when his first generator was exhibited. 1t is a
rare and amazing nipeteenth-century riddle which
may never be satisfactorily solved.