The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-02-06

members of the harvester trust Investigating
cemmittee.-Hill, Of Russell; Godshallk, OF Eice,
are Ward, of Republic, and Allen, OF Doniphan
The committee will get down to work ut once
Bills introduced in the senate include the
An act appropriating So, 900 for gymnasium
building at the state university.
An act appropriating 5000 for geological
An act creating the position of county truant
officer, to see that all school children attend
The act foT o
| An act changing judicial districts so that the
a5th district wifi be composed Of Usage and
Wabaunsee counties, and the 3Bth OF Jeferson'
jackson and Pottawatomie counties.
Representative Pollock, Of Cowley, has put
in bill to divide the district court so that
every other term can be held at Arkansas CITY.
act giving the warden of the penitentiary the
right to sell coal from the prison mines to per
sons who come there with wagons. Formerly
there was q law to this effect, but IL was re-
pealed two years ago.
An act making blaclSmail a felony. 80.
An act to require all wire fences along public
highways to contain mt least two wires ana 10
compel the owner to keep the fences in proper
shape. The penalty is fine of $500.
An act empowering the school fund commis-
sioners more discretion in purchasing bonds
A large number of private pension bills for
Kansas militiamen. e,
| An act authorizing cities, townships and
sailors at public expense.
An act providing for a township tax to build
roads.
18th DAY.
The Joint resolution providing for local
| option" was choked to death by the adoption
OF motion to II fer it to the committee ON
The separate vote for United States senator
was strictly on party lines in each house.
The senate by q vote OF y to D struck the
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| to women.
The house adopted Mr.. waggener',s ressolu-
| tion asking Changed from "ordered and dl'
rected') the warden of the penitentiary to re-
port to the egslature all the details of run
ming the Irvine plant. Warden Jewett is
empowered by the resolution to employ help
A bill has been introduced in the house pro-
viding for appointing directors and commits
sioners to permanently locate and establish
| pose. The bill carries appropriations OF $4,000
| for the first years outlay by the commissioners
and 900 for premiums at the fair in 1908
nth DAY.
| There is bill in both houses for the pur-
chase Of the right to make voting machines
| and for their manufacture by students of state
| colleges or convicts in state prisons Both
| houses of the legislature have favorably report
| ed bills authorizing the executive council to
contract for a machine that will fill all the re-
| The house judiciary committee made IA
| vorable report on the joint resolution for n
| constitutional convention.
| repeal Of the laws relating TO corrupt
practices in campaigns and elections has found
| its way into the house. The law was passed in
| 1893 and requires each candidate to report in
detail his election expenses. and campaign
committees to do the same. As the reports
usually made do not comply with the intent of
| the law, it Is sought to repeal it.
other Ia
appointment of an attorney in each judicial
district to assist the county attorney in Grim
inal cases also an act providing for county
high school in Cheyenne county another that
| in districts where the school house Is worth
more than 500 no change of site can be made
without two,thirds vote Of the district an
| other that claims against the state must be
| put in Judgment form in the district court and
| the legislature must then provide for the pay
ment of the judgment.
motion to quit adding to the number of house
| employees, especially clerks.
16TH DAY.
| There is in the senate bill requiring mills
| and elevators to put in track scales and weigh
| the grain in the cars
Senator Smith, of Edwards, has two bills;
| one giving judges authority to suspend SEN
| fences on the good behavior of the convict,
which would practically create a parole sys-
| TEN. The other authorizes sentences without
| naming the length of imprisonment, with pro
| visions that the convict may be released on
his good behavior. This is intended to give
the man without a pull equal chances.
House bills continue TO pour in. The latest
| include bill providing that all fire insurance
companies doing business in Kansas shall use
| the same form of policy, to be approved by the
| superintendent of insurance.
| Also bill requiring railroads to provide
track scales at :stations shipping as much as
100 cars OF freight year After the house ju-
| dietary committee had reported against the
| passage of the bill to make chicken stealing
| Felony, motion to overrule the committee
was discussed and defeated. In the same man
ner the bill giving right of action by employees
against builders for damages from accidents
| was defeated.
The house judiciary committee made ia
| vorable report upon the joint resolution for
| constitutional convention.
The house adopted the resolution requiring
| contestants for seats in that body to give bond
| within ten days of 500, securing the payment
| by them of all expenses OF the contest in case
| he fails to win the contest.
KILLED UNDER HIS WAGoN.-Hunter
Taylor, a successful young stoclSman
living near Douglas, was accidentally
killed beneath the wheels of feed
wagon. He was hauling kafir corn to
| feed flock of sheep
THE Row GOES oN.-In one of the
| Uranium county oclOOl ulSbriCuo luCtS
is a great row over the fact that the
1s-year-old boy teacher severely
whipped a 15-year-old girl pupil. The
father of the girl got out a warrant
for the young mans arrest, the people
took sides, the young man resigned as
teacher and the row goes on.
BRIsTow TALKED. Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General j. L. Bristow de-
livered an address before the annual
convention of postmasters of Kansas,
held at Topeka:
STONE BRIDGE FALIs.-The middle
span of the new stone arch bridge
across the Walnut river at Winfield fell
while removing the wooden structure
supporting the arch. The damage is
estimated at 81 200. The bridge is to
be of stone, of three fifty-foot spans
and is one OF several stone bridges
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