Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1907-02-21

car load rates and makes an aver
age reduction of 10 per cent in these
rates.
Topeka, kans., Feb. IS. - The
house in committee Of the whole, by
an almost unanimous vote, recon-
mended for passage the Nation bill
establishing a new system of hand
ling the finances of the state.
The Nation bill provides for
more perfect system of checking be-
tween the auditor of state and state
treasurer and provides that nc
money shall be paid into the treas
ury by state or county officers ex-
cept on drafts drawn by the treas
urer and couhtersigned by the audi
tor.
The senate today passed the Wag-
gener tax bill which was under con-
sideration during the greater part
of yesterday, by a vote of SO TO G.
Those who voted against the bill
We're Getty, Gilbert, Quincy.
Hodges, Stewart and Young. The
bill differs in many particulars from
the house measure on this subject
and the two bills will be sent to
conference committee which will
prepare a compromise measure out
of the two bills. The original SEN
ate bill provided for eXempting
notes and mortgages from taxation,
but this section was cut out after I,
short debate
cd inic h tI, n1o oil
of the educational institutions of
the state under one board of regents
was introduced in the senate today
by the ways and means committee.
The bill provides for the creation of
a board of regents of three mem
bers who shall serve terms of four
years each. The members of the
board are to be appointed at once
and assume charge of the state uni
versity. the State Normal Schooi
and its auxiliaries and the State
Agricultural college. The members
are to receive 81 200 each as sal
aries and their necessary travelling
expenses. They are to carry out
present board of regents. Other
bills introduced:
BY Huffman Authorizing the
board of regents of the state uni
versity to purchase ground and
buildings in Kansas City. Kas., for
the establishment of an emergency
hospital and clinic for the use of
the medical department of the uni
versity.
Thanksgiving the custodian of
the state house to furnish an Office
for the state board of medical regis
tration.
Ways and means committee-Re-
appropriating s150,OO0 for the re-
vo1ving fund of the state Irvine
plant and increasing this amount by
adding the accumulated profits of
$7S,50S from the operation of the
plant This fund is to be expended
in buying raw material and main
tanning the plant The clerk of the
penitentiary is made clerk of the
plant and received in addition to
his present salary the sum of $500
year.
The senate in committee of the
whole has recommended for pas
sage the house bill fixing license
fee of $50 for each itinerant medi-
cine peddler in each county in the
state in which he operates. Sena-
tors Dooley and Brewer tried to
have the fee reduced from $50 to
s25, but the senate was opposed to
this.
A concurrent resolution intro
duced in the house by Mr.. Jeffries,
of Sumner, has as its purpose the
submission to the people of a propo-
sition to amend the section of the
constitution fixing the salaries of
members of the legislature, raising
them from SO to SIS day. and leav-
ing the mileage unchanged.
The house committee on assess
ment and taxation reported unfavor-
able the Davis bill, providing that
every person who could not show a
certificate to the effect that he had
voted at the last election held in
his ho:le county must pay $500.
Senator Stillings has introduced
a bill providing for "muict tax" of
5000 TO be paid annually by every
dealer in intoxicating liquor. the
LAX ~ De Dtl dSdlAoI plOoVSuNlOh
of the dealer by the authorities of
the city, county or state.
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Butler county. This company does
business on the Frisco and Santa
Fe railways. Judge Altman grant
ed a temporary injunction pending
the trial of the case in March. 6
-lIIdnr1anf Of
c. E. Glasscock was given Judgment
against the Pullman Palace Car
Company in the district court at
Wichita for $500 damages, claimed
by him for the loss of a diamond
ring. Glasscock, in his petition. al
legged that his ring and S25 in money
had been stolen from him while he
occupied a berth in a sleeper.
acter around Burlingame. was kill
ed by a Santa Fe passenger train.
| The deceased was under the influ-
ence of liquor and was sitting on
the track. He was an honest, hard
working miner. but unfortunately
was addicted to drink
Ex-Lieut. Burbank Free. - FIX
Lieut.. Sidney S. Burbank has been
released from the federal prison
after serving near Is months. anu
started for indianapolis, where he
will visit brother for a few days.
He declined to make known his
plans after that
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| the NJ. w. A. in his wife's favor Mr.
Caldwell had his membership in the
| local lodge at the time of his death.
The grand lodge held up payment of
the policy, owing to the charge of
murder against the beneficiary
Glass Factory For Wichita. = A
glass factory, with a capacity equal
to any in the state, is being talked
of for Wichita this year. It is said
that the deal is now on and that