The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-21
AL lit GAPuALs
OsawatOmie Appears to Have
Been Prematurely Alarmed.
No Steps Have Been Taken to
Move Shops.
NOW INVESTIGATING.
George Gould Says Question Of
Repairs is Being Considered.
Items From Washington Of In
terest to Kansans.

Washington. June 21-It appears that
the citizens of Osawatomie were unduly
alarmed over the rumOr that The MS
souri, Pacific shops were to be removed
from that town 10 Missouri. Members
of the Kansas delegation were asked
This week TO in1ercede with the manage
ment II the road to prevent this action.
and the following reply was received
from George Gould
mo definite steps have yet been ia
ken relative to removing the Missouri
Pacific shops from OsaWatomie and the
matter has not come before our board
of directors The management has sim
ply been Investigating the question 10
see whether repair work to engines and
cars could be done more economically
at some other point"
]. $. Dean. United States district at
torney for Kansas. has been in the city
for several days consulting with he at
turney general 1t is supposed that mat
ters relating to the prosecution of the
beef trust were discussed. Mr.. Dean has
returned TO Topeka
A. c. Walden. chief Of the Wichita fire
department. spent several days n
Washington lie sailed for Europe
from New York ON Tuesday, and viii
join his wife and her mother who are
touring the continent
Misses Mary and Jean Bowersoek
sailed for Europe from New York on
Wednesday. Representative and Mrs.
Bowersock went to New York to see
them set sail.
Mcleod Bros. of Marietta, are in
Washington on business relating TO
their automatic scale
Representative Scott has introduced
i'm the house a bin which provides for
the payment Of a bounty of $500 to eX-
union prisoners OF war. All soldiers who
elT r FfaF
there were many soldiers i'm the south
ern prisons during 1863 1864 and 1865.
who were held until the close of the
war sind had no opportunity to re-enlist
and thus become eligible TO bounty 1t
is for the relief of these soldiers that
the bin has been introduced.
Washington Post. "The fight for
seat in the United States senate which
is interesting Kansas just now is q
three c0rnered one" remarked Mr. D.
r. Anthony jr-. of LeavenWOrth. TO q
Post reporter at the New Willard
The contestants, Messrs. Curtis
Long and Stanley, have each a pretty
good following. No one of them at
present seems to have such a decided
lead as to make it any easy thing to
predict the winner
Kansas this year is going to give one
II its old-Tlme Republican majOrities.
the Republicans viii make a clean
sweep of every congressional district
and our solitary Democratic representa-
tive at Washington, Judge Jackson. viii
be forced TO retire to prive life"
The MANNED soldiers pension bill. con
tanning Representative Calderheadt s
amendment increasing the pensions of
soldiers " no are drawing so under the
law OF 1880 to $50 per month. passed the
mouse on tuesday. The amendment pT TO-
vides that to be eligible to the increase
to $50 per month, the pensioner
must prove that ne requires the FREQUENT
OF periodical aid and attendance of an
other person. "A bout 600 pensioners are
affected by MI Calderhead's amend
ment. The amendment was attached to
the manned soldiers bill in the house
committee, and has Of course Yet to run
the gauntlet OF the conference commit
tee, but there is little doubt that it will
become a law.
The census bureau has just issued a
report OF Kansas agricultural statistics
which is highly gratifying The report
shows that 17309S farms were enumera-
ted there in 1900 with total value of
S643 .652-fIo. On this value SO per cent
represents the land and all improve
ments other than buildings The value
of farm implements and machinery was
S19 As0.5So. and live stock $3.50. $50. 926.
making the total value OF farm property
$S64.100. 2S6. The total value Of farm
products for 1899, which exceeds that of
1889 by 121 per cent was S209. S95.542 of
which 46 per cent represents the value
OF animal products and the rest the
value Of crops including forest products
cut or produced on farms. The gross
farm income for 1Sg9 was SI61 IS. 292
and the gross income upon investments
l9 per cent
REPRESENTATIVE Scott's bill which pro-
Nides Tor the appointment of five addi-
uoual Lnited States commissioners ans
c0nsf ables in the Indian Territory passed
the house Tuesday The new law creatiag
the western Judicial district of the India +
Lar he herr
parts Of the new district without an in