Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1899-03-11

district Judge of any county with population
Babb's bill for county and city ownership OF
telephones.
state.
Kutz's bill to exempt holders of first grade
teachers certificates from any further examin-
alton.
Stephenson's plumbing bill.
Spurlocks wagon tire bill
Bakers hon docking bills
Oil inspection bill.
Irrigation bill.
OleOmargarine bill.
Child labor bill.
Grain inspection bill.
Bill to grant coal rights to Leavenworth coal
companies
Bill to amend charter of the Kansas City coll
lege OF dental surgery.
Bill to provide hospital treatment for insane
Bill to create board of tax commissioners In
the state
Eighty bills were left on the senate calendar.
to all
Telephone bill.
Pond and reservoir bill.
Bill to regulate undertakers
Usury bill.
Bill regarding drunkards.
Bill to tax judgments.
Sleeping car bill.
State insurance bill.
Bank bill.
Doctor bill.
The senate will consider house bills and
the house Will consider senate bills till Friday
noon. when the consideration of all business,
except appropriation D1llS ana messages from
the governor, shall cease.
Topeka March 3-T'he house cut out the ap-
propriation bill for the blind ASYLUM at Kansas
City, Kan, the appropriation for typewriters
for use in instructing the blind pupils at that
place.
the senate refused to accept this cut, and the
bill has been referred to a conference commit
tee.
The house cut down to SIS OGO the bill origin
ally carrying $4,000 for new administration
building at the Topeka insane asylum.
The senate has refused to accept this cut and
in consequence the conference committees are
at work on the bill.
be determined to cripple these institutions
some way or other. The cut of $4,000 will ruin
House bill 913 is measure to detach from
Wathena a certain surrounding territory as
SeSSeS to maintain d school in the city, which
but one pupil from the outlying district has at
tended in years.
Adjourned.
Topeka, March 4.-The senate passed the fol
lowing appropriation bills last night before adj
journing:
Appropriating moneys for current expenses
OF the state reform school for the ensuing fiscal
years.
scriberS to the Omaha exposition fund.
Making appropriations for the current ex-
penSes of the deaf and dumb school at Olathe
for the ensuing two years, for repairs; and for q
library for INDECENT pupils.
Also appropriating money 10 repair the build
ings, provide sanitary system ana to erect a
hospital at the Olathe institution.
To appropriate S771 to reimburse Elk county
for quarantining cattle.
The senate has passed the house bill to reim-
burse Kansas counties for the care of destitute
insane persons. but with an amendment which
sent the measure back to the house for further
consideration.
special session of the legislature, the present
session has made general reduction in the ap-
ton averages 10 per cent in all of the fees paid
to that oh'ciaE
Adjourned at usual hour.
Already it is cheaper to cross the
ocean than for a Kansan to reach the
seashore. While Kansans pity the
people of the seacoast for living 50 fal
away, it must be confessed that there
are disadvantages in living in the very
center of this great country.
Down at Wellington the local band
has, just brought to a successful con
clusion a mi6s-winter fair, the receipts
of which amounted to $500. 1t is be
Iieved the boys will net enough with
which to purchase new uniforms
which was the object in view.
It is said that the house at Topeka
passed bill that had in it no enact.
ing clause. That is probably the best
work of the session.
Convicts at the penitentiary will be
allowed their tobacco The house be
lieves the weed is something of a nee
essity, and 81, 500 is allowed to cover
the cost. Tobacco rations supply the
chief means of settling disputes, also
If two convicts disagree over a propo
sition it is easily settled by betting
their tobacco for week upon the de
cision of referee.
There are more medicine companie
and travelling doctors making Kansa
4 now than the state ever known befor'
at this season.
| 1t is almost time for the barefooteC
kids to make contracts to drive til,
the summer months.
1 It was recently announced that tn
peach. buds in Kansas were all killed
a later bulletin, however. says tina
some of them weathered the storm al
, right. This is good news to the aver
age Kansan.
: Wellston leads all Oklahoma in re
1igious real Four church building
are in course of construction in tina
. town.
Although the bargain sales of judg
ments for taxes were well advertise
in Kansas they were not marked b
any great degree of success
: Country schools are closing and tn
t teachers will now have time and or
5 portunity to spend the money hoerde
5 during the winter from their LAWS
: average salary of twenty-four- dollar
Ia month.