The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-05-06
r. II. FaxOn, Mr.. Longs Secre-
tary, Makes Compilation.
FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS.
Two in Indian Territory Secur-
ed for Kansas.
Many Appropriations for Schools
and Improvements.

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The session was reasonably success |
full from the Kansas standpoint. |
There was no conspicuous piece of
legislation for the state, unless one |
considers the project for flood proven |
ton. Senators Long of Kansas and !
Stone of Missouri, with Representa- |
tives Curtis. Bowersock, Scott and
| Campbell of Kansas and COWherd of |
Missouri interested themselves in en- |
| deavorinS to secure an appropriation |
| to widen the mouth of the Kansas |
\ river at Kansas City; to clear the |
channel, and otherwise to do away |
with a repetition of events of last |
summer. In this they We're unsuccess- |
full as there was no general river and |
harbor legislation at the late session; |
and the senate committee on COM |
merce refused to make a direct and |
specific appropriation for the purpose |
| above referred to. In the next ses- |
sion, without holding out any encour- !
agement whatever, it is the intention |
of these gentlemen again to attempt |
some means of relief at the hands of |
congress
But while there was no great piece |
of legislation for Kansas, there were a |
number of appointments, appropria- |
ton items, private pension bills. etc, !
which showed the alertneSS of the !
Kansas delegation.
In the matter of appointments, two |
kanSans secured judgeships in the |
Indian Territory-Joseph A. Gill, of |
&OlDys 70 succeed nlnS6Is Joseph IL.
Dickerson, OF Marion, under the pro- |
visions of the new law providing ad- |
ditional judges for the Indian Terri !
tory. Both are judges of the United !
States district court. Judge Gill was |
reaDpOinted last fall, and though |
there was some contest over cOnfirma- /
ton, the termination was not long de- |
Iayed. Judge Dickerson was recon- |
mended by Representative Curtis and !
Senator Long, and in the end had |
nearly the entire delegation behind |
him.
e. c. ElIet was appointed special
agent for the general land office, |
good position. Mr.. Ellet lives at Ell /
Dorado, and when appointed was a |
member of the state board of directors |
of the penitentiary.
Bruce l. Keenan, was recently ap- |
pointed United States commissioner at |
IaIequah. Indian Territory, and Byron /
Kirkpatrick at Pryor Creek, Indian |
Territory upon the recommendation |
of Senator Long.
In appropriations, Kansas has sew
eraI small items that show generous |
trea tment on the part of congress. In |
the Indian bill, the total appropriation /
for Haskell institute at Lawrence was |
S161,750. Twenty thousand dollars of |
this was for a hospital
Ch1loccO school, just south of Ar |
kansas City, received $164,9OO. South |
ern Kansas as well as northern Okla |
homa is interested in this institution. |
The kickapoo school in nothern 1
Kansas received $1S,490 "a portion of
which was for the repair and erection |
| of certain small buildings
| r. 1. Lee, probate judge of Brown |
county, was allowed $3.50 for services
rendered in the appointment of guar
dams for minor Indians in Al cases.
Senator Long in the senate and Mr.. |
/ Bowersock in the house secured the
passage Of a bill granting to absentee /
Indians the right to select 80 acres of I
| land each. There are about $50 of
/ these Indians, and a number of them
\ live in Kansas City, Kan. N Meal |
phine and f. H. Bottom of that city !
are perhaps the most conspicuous. |
They are, of course, not full bloods, |
and have never lived on the reserva-
| ton in the territory.
Among appropriations in other bills
affecting Kansas was the item of not
to exceed $40, 900 for the erection of
a hospital a Fort Riley.
Thirty thousand dollars was also al
| lowed for the enlargement of the hos
| pital at Fort LeaVenworth.
| Work will progress on the erection
| of buildings and their completion, 1t
! the federal prison at Fort Leaven- |
worth, as a result of added funds.
For the western branch of the Ma
tional Military home, at LeavenWorth, |
the sum of $3S6,00O, in all, was ap-
propriated- Additional land for the
home farm is to be purchased out of
this item.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
carried items of s12,500 for the continu-
alton of the government building d t
ment building at Lawrence.
The Kansas State Soldiers home a [
Fort Dodge will receive aid from the
! government, as in the past and in
common with other state territorial
homes
Legislation in connection with the
construction of several bridges across
! the Missouri river, between Kansas and
j Missouri, was enacted One is at Park
vile, Mo, above Kansas City, where
! the time for construction is placed =
! hoo a r,riT
and another is at St. Joseph, Mo-, f'1r
/ the st. Joseph & Grand Island rail-
road. defining the character of the
bridge.
Kansas is interested in the act auth
/ orizing the secretary of the interior to
grant right of way for pipelines
through Indian lands. The act is broad
and general in its provisions.
An act of congress was passed in 1899
to reimburse states and territories for
| expenses incurred by them in aiding
| in the organization, supply and equip
ment of troops for the war with Spain.
! A limit was set when states could not
make further claim. Kansas was one
| of the states unfortunate because it did
not make its claim within the time
! specified. A general act was passed q t
/ the last session extending the time
/ within which such claims could he
made. This will enable Governor Bail
ey to make claim for the state of Kan
sas.
The Missouri, Kansas & Texas Rail
road company viii have authority 20
purchase the railroads and properties
| of the Missouri, Kansas & Oklahoma
! Railroad company, az a result of the
tor Long,
1 Senator Long also secured the pass
age of bill permitting the Kiowa,
! Chickasha & Fort Smith railroad to
sell and convey its road and other pro-
/ perty to the Eastern Oklahoma RAN
road company; and the latter to lease,