The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-15
IT'S BIENNIAL DEATH
Is Duly Died by the Anti
Cigarette Bill.
BARBER BILL IN TROUBLE
Stanley Offers a Reward for
Charles Sewers Murderer.

Topeka, Kan, Feb. 14-(Special.)-T
house squabbled away the time of the
forenoon session today over the cigarette
bill by Benefel The bill as originally in
1roduced by BenefeI is as follows:
Section /. Any person, corporation or
firm which shall sell, give away or furnish
any cigarettes, cigarette paper, or any
substitute for the same, to any person in
this state. shah upon conviction be nned
not less than ten dollars nor more than
fifty dollars for each offense.'
This bill was first recommended for
passage and then recalled and killed and
a substitute offered by the committee ap-
1,lyine, to minors under Is. The Dill which
came I'D for discussion in committee OF
the whole this morning was the original
bill which the committee had killed, but
with the committees recommendation OF
the substitute attached. Marks OF Jer-
ferson waned to know how that bill and
that recommendation and the dead Dill
got together and got before the house
He finally charged forgery and theft and
for a time it seemed that a hot time was
coming. Dawes Of Leavenworth, Mckee
yer Of Shawnee, Seaver Of Ellsworth and
others thought the house had OCT down
TO petty Juggling and was acting like
lot of babies. After two hours of foolish
wrangIdng Seaver of Ellsworth moved to
strike out the enacting clause, and the
members by a, vote Of about 20 to 10 mash
ed the life out of the cigarette bill in def
erence to the biennial custom
FOR PROBATING WILLS.
The following bill 10y Grafton Of Nc
Pherson was adopted by the committee of
the whole house this morning. 1t provides
for secondary evidence In probating a
will and is an important change Of the
present law: = f5sas
Section / In all cases where any one
or more Of the witnesses of any wiz, tes-
lament or codicn shall die be insane, or
remove to parts unknown to the parties
concerned, so that his OF her testimony
cannot he procured, Il shall be lawful for
the probate court or other court having
jurisdiction Of the subject matter to ad-
nit proof Of the handwriting OF any such
deceased, insane, or absent witnesses as
aforesaid, and UGH other secondary evil
dence as IS admissible in courts of jus
tice, to establish written contracts gen
orally IN similar cases, and may there
upon proceed to probate the same as
though such viii, testament or codicil
had been proved by subscribing witnesses
In his, her or their proper persons"
SILK STATION FOR SALE.
Burkholder of Marion this morning in
troduced a measure allowing two years
more to dispose Of the silk station at Pea
body. Mr.. Burkholder says that there are
negotiations pending between the state
and the United States government to turn
this station over to the national expert
ment authorities, and he thinks the mat
ter can be successfully arranged in the
next two years with profit to the state.
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES.
John Seaton's resolution providing for
a change in the state constitution has
been st for special order Thursday after
noon at O'clock Between the factions
wanting an increase in the number of
justices in the supreme court and the re-
submission Of the prohibition question,
some change is liable TO be recommended.