The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-01-22
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boiler inspector and providing that all
steam boilers, superheaters and gem
orators shall be inspected at least
once each year. The inspector is to
make a written report of his inspec-
tion In which the. amount of steam
pressure allowed in such boiler is de-
termlned and no higher pressure is to
De permitted. A deputy inspector is
trlct In addition to inspecting the
boilers the state inspector is to In
Vest1gate all explosions and n1ake-re-
ports which may prevent the recur-
renee OF similar. explosions. The bill
requires that the inspector and his
deputy shall have had at least ten
years experience in handling station
cry boilers before his appointment. The
inspector and his deputies are given
authority to condemn any part or the
whole of any boiler or its connections
Whlch maybe deemed unsafe and a
penalty for violations is fixed at from
one hundred to one thousand dollars
or by imprisonment for one year.
Must Not ExpcctOrate.
Another anti-spitting bill was intro
Quced In the house this morning by
F. B. Wheeler of Crawford county 1t
PROVIDES that any person who expec-
torates tobacco Juice on the floor or
Platform of any street car or passen-
ser coach shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and fined from one to
ten dollars and costs.
Appropriation for Quindaro.
The bill appropriating $54 1000 for
the support and improveme nts of the
western university at Quindaro for
tne next two years was introduced by
T. A Enright of Wyandotte county
In fa
are as follows:
Central heating plant. .s12 600
IEInglnes and dynamo. 1000
Water improvements. 500
Machinery for carpenter shop. 100
Equipment for other departments IVY
III uor Two Vears.-+--..-. 50oQ
Farm supplies for two years.......... 1900
maintenance Tor Two years--...-.-- $500
Look Into Kelly Deal
u. q. Hopkins, political and state
house reporter for the Topeka Herald,
one of the Republican organs of this
city, who was paid $1,475 by T. T.
Kelly, state treasurer for alleged SER
vices as assistant bond clerk in the
treasurer's Office may be called upon
to tell what work he did for the state
to receive so much money. Davis of
bourbon county introduced the fol-
lowing resolution in the house this
morning:
Whereas, 1t has been charged in
the newspapers of this state that one
u. g. Hopkins has signed vouchers
and drawn warrants from the state
treasury in the sum of 81, 400, ostensi-
bly, as a bond clerk in the Office CT
State Treasurer T. T. Kelly, while in
fact said Hopkins was employed as a
reporter for the. Topeka Herald, the
ity said Hopkins was not in the en-
ploy of the state and performed no
labor for the state: therefore be it
Resolved, by the house of repre-
members of the house be appointed by
the speaker thereof to investigate said
charges, and, -
F'ResoIved, futher. that said commit
tee be empowered to summon wit
nesses and administer toathS and do all
things necessary4to a proper investiga-
ton of the truth or falsity of said
charges, and.
Resolved, further. that said com
mittee be instructed to proceed at once
the facts to this house without delay"
Baseball Petitions.
D. c. Fraser of Clay county the
author of the anti-Sunday baseball
law, this morning. presented to the
house III petitions which he had re-
ing for the passage of the anti base
ball law. The petitions contained
1866 names.
Robert Stone presented a petition
from the male voters of the Thirty
ninth legislative district, asking for
the passage of the antiSunday base
ball law. 1t was signed by thirty men
headed by Rev. o. S. Morrow.
Several other similar petitions with
a small number of signers were re-
ceived.
The petitions against the passage or
the bill have not begun to arrive yet
but several big ones are in course of
preparation The people of Wichita
have a petition containing 10000
names, asking the legislature to allow
baseball. Con Breese, the
president of the Wichita baseball as
ISOLATION, will bring the petition to To-
peka in few days. 1t is expected that
similar big petitions. will be received
from Topeka, Hutchinson and other
baseball towns.
c. L. Davidson of Wichita, is super
intendent of Methodist Sunday
school at Wichita and his ministeriar
friends are laying down on him to
make him favor the anti baseball law,
while all his business associates, and
the vast majority of his constituents,
are opposed to the law. Consequent
ly. Mr.. Davidson Is in a peculiar fix
Ex-Governor w. E. Stanley. who Is
also a leading church man of Wichita,
is, like Mr.. Davidson, an enthusia ste
baseball fan, and wants to see the
anti law beaten, but he hardly
knows whether to take an active part
in its defeat. in view of the fact that
his church friends are mostly in favor
Of the law.
Want Their Patent Drugs
F. N. Cole of Edwards county pre-
sented a protest from citizens Of Ed