Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-02-13

| Mr.. Rockefeller has introduced .
| bill requiring railroad companies to
install facilities for watering AND
| weighing stock in any stock yards
where the shipment OF live stocb
averages fifty carloads a year
| DR.. NJ. L. Stockton has introduced
bill prohibiting the embalming Of
bodies of persons supposed to have
| died by unlawful means, without the.
written permission of the county
| coroner
The house bill prohibiting SUNDAY.
baseball and theaters died In the.
senate judiciary committee today
and the action Of the committee to
Cay in killing the measure was sus
tanned by the senate.
| The bill cannot be revived as the
motion to place it again on the cal.
endar has been defeated and the
only measure of this character
which can again come to the senate
| will be new bill from the house
1t is improbable that another at
tempt will be made during the pres
ent session to prohibit Sunday
amusements.
| Senator Griffin has introduced .
bill providing for the payment Of
wages to the convicts employed In
the state penitentiary.
A bill introduced in the senate by
Getty makes the collection of usur,
ious interest felony. The amouns
of interest which pawn brokers and
others may collect is limited by this
measure to 2 per cent . month.
Senator Smith today introduced
bill to reimburse Frank Grimes, ex.
state treasurer for the sum OF
s93s1.25. which he recently paid In
to the treasury to cover shortages
found in the accounts during his
term of office. The amount paid by
Grimes was a compromise agreed
upon between him and the attorney
general. 1t has not been generally
believed that Mr.. Grimes was per
sonally responsible for the errors
which caused the shortages and he
does not want to pay the money out
of his own pocket
The senate committee of cities OF
the first class has favorably report
ed Senator Stewards bill providing
for separate schools for negro and
white pupils in the city of Wichita.
The bill is similar to the law enact
ed for Kansas City, Kan. two years
ago.
Topeka, kans., Feb. I. In the
senate the committee bill prohibit
ing the issuance or acceptance Of
passes, which Is practically the
Stone bill of the house. was recon-
mended for passage.
The senate railroad committee to
day reported unfavorably the Wae
gener anti-pass bill, which provided
that passes shall be issued to ali
state officers and employees, district
judges, justices of the supreme
court and members of the legisla
, ture on the request of tho score
tary of state and that they should
be counter-signed by the latter on
cial.
| The committee reported favorably
} the bill by Senator Brewer, reduo
| ing railroad fares from to cent?
, mile.
The judiciary committee recon-
mended for passage the Waggener
bill exempting notes and mortgages
from taxation.
The Stewart bill providing for the
|
to succeed the state board of rail-
way assessors and the state board
of equalizers Of taxation was
recommended to the committee Of
the whole senate.
The Smith bill providing for pur>
fication of the water used by water
works companies in cities and pro
hibiting the sale of undrawn pou).
try were recommended for passage
by the senate committee Of hygiene
and public health.
Senator Baker introduced a reso
luton in the senate today asking
the members of congress to support
. the bill to add the members of the
Kansas militia who served in tho
, war Of the rebellion to the pension
roll. The 10000 of these militiameD
, had been called into the service by
Governor Carney to repel invasions
, of Missourians under Price and 9th.
er Confederate generals and that
they had received no sxtra reward
I for their services.
The senate is opposed to the pro
, vision in the new fish and game bill
{ prohibiting the killing Of rabbits.
| The bill came up for consideration
today and was passed after the
. word rabbits" was stricken from
, the list of protected game. An
amendment adopted, however, pro
vides that rabbits may only be Kill.
} ed by firearms and cannot be caughs
, in traps.
, The senate passed tho bill pro
hibiting the dissertation Of Me
| mortal day. The bill prohibits
baseball games, circuses and other
forms of amusement of that char
J acter on the day. The bill waA pre-
pared by Senator Noftzger and was
adversely reported to the senate BY
| the judiciary committee.
The senate committee on raib
: roads has reported favorably the
| Brewer 2-cent fare bill. approved
( yesterday in executive session. The
] bill provides for a fat 2-cent a mile
passenger rate for all persons over
+ II years of age. Under that age