The New Times from South Hutchinson, Kansas • 3

CEIMINAL EECORD. STATE NEWS. house bills, and thus become laws as soon as the governor signs them. The senate convened at 7:30 o'clock. The following bills were passed: demanded the release of a Mexican named Rean, whom the Mexican soldiers supposed the American authorities were holding as a prisoner.

Littlepage replied, have no prisoner," and immediately snatched the revolver out of the lieutenant's hands, placing him under arrest. The American officers then started for the main street of the town. The lieutenant called on some other Mexican soldiers concealed in the dry bed of the creek to release him. They ran to the Americans and one of the soldiers, covering Littlepage with his rifle, demanded the release of his lieutenant. Sheriff Speed commanded Littlepage to fire upon the soldiers, and immediately fired himself at the soldier who had Littlepage covered.

The soldier also fired at Littlepage, but the latter knocked the gun aside and at the same time drawing his revolver fired at the Mexican. MEXICANS PUT TO ROUT. The firing then became general between the three officers and the Mexican soldiers, the Mexicans retreating across the international line into Mexico, the Americans following and shooting until their weapons were empty. By this time the American population was aroused and every man who could procure weapons armed himself, expecting an attack every moment from the Mexican soldiers who had been ordered out by Colonel Arviza. their commander, and stationed on the railroad platform in front of the Mexican custom voted against It solely because of the manifest disposition to crowd it through.

The bill was passed by a vote of 64 to 54. After acting upon senate amendments, the house ordered consideration of the senate bills now on the calendar. The following bill was then passed, starting it on its way to the governor: An act relating to shipments of live stock, providing that car-loads might be of mixed Stock at owner's risk, so far as damage from such stock injuring each other is concerned. After the members bad distended their ttamachs a vote was taken on Senator Blue's bill to create a criminal court in Leavenworth countv, which was indefinitely postponed by a vote of 56 to 28, The following Senate bills were then passed: An act entitled "An act for the encouragement of silk culture, and making an appropriation of $18,000 therefor. An act concerning deeds and mortgages.

An act relating to the purchase by the United States of America of a site for the "Haskell Institute and Industrial School," giving the consent of the State of Kansas to such purchase, and ratifying the purchase of the same. An act to prevent gambling or the keeping of gambling houses. The senate joint resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution taking away from aliens special property rights by placing all on the same footing, was unanimously adopted. This will be followed by a law forcing the sale of all great tracts held by nonresidents within three years, after which time the lands will revert to the state. An act relating to the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, and amendatory of sections I and 12 of chapter 81 of general statutes of An act making townships liable for defects in bridges and culverts.

An act to prohibit the use of intoxicating liquors at the polls, and providing a punishment therefor. An act authorizing the city of Winfield to Issue bonds in the sum of 15.000, in addition to all other bridge bond indebtedness of such city, to build bridges in such city. An act to legalize certain acts of the township board of Morton township, Sedgwick county. An act to legalize certain bonds issued by the board of education of the city of Kansas City. An act to legalize the official acts of Sherman M.

Bell as a uotatary public. An act to confer the lights of majority on Sherman M. Bell, of Lyon countv. The senate concurrent resolution fixing time, of adjournment was amended, making the time of ceasing business 11 o'clock p. March 4, and the time of fiual adjournment at 11 a.

m. March 5. The several senate amendments to house bills were concurred in. The report of the special committee appointed to examine and select, in connection with the state house commissioners, plans for the central building of the capital, reported the Gas and coal have been discovered in gocxl quantities near Osawatomie. Atchison county has voted bonds for the Leavenworth, Northern and Southern, Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska, and Atchison and Northwestern roads.

A four foot vein of coal has been discovered near Grenola at a depth of thirty feet. The contracts for machine shops to cost 250, 000 to be located in the new town of Hor-ton, Brown county, have been let by the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska railway. Wellington is to have a union depot, the Santa Fe, Southern Kansas and Rock Island companies having agreed on the matter. Leavenworth has 5.S0J houses. St.

Mary's Star; The college lost a valuable cow last week. She was running in a stalk-field and got an ear of corn in her throat and choked to death. Emporia Democrat: John Funk, who lives five miles northwest of town, has lost five hogs from hydrophobia, which were recently bitten by a mad dog. Burlingame Independent: Hon. Max Buck had four fine steers killed Thursday by the A.

B. train at his farm west of town. They were worth $45 per head. Osage City Press: Arthur Retan and H. P.

Clark, who are feeding 350 head of cab-tie in this county, report them as doing exceedingly well for this time of the year. Osborne Farmer: The bulk of the corn will be put in this year with the lazy man's plow, notwithstanding the fact that some of us had a bad stand last year by using the combined lister and dropper. Hiawatha World: We have talked with a number of our prominent fruit-growers this week and they all agree that our prospect for a peach crop is good, fully two-thirds of the buds being alive and healthy. Minneapolis Jfessenger: Cattle and hog3 are going to market faster, and money is getting easier. There is an immense number of fat cattle and hogs that will go to market before the first of March, which will ease things up considerably.

The object is to ship before March 1st, to avoid taxation. Manhattan Nationalist: The Adams House has been sold, as we prophesied a few weeks ago. The property has been held at $2,700 for a long time, but the owners were induced to accept 2,500 for it Saturday, it is now owned by Green Hessin. It is 75 by 150 feet equal to three business lots. Council Grove Republican: Isaac W.

Philips, of Neosho township, has a cow that had twin calves last week. The strange part of the thing is that just nine months before, lacking one day, she had a calf. The last births were fully developed but died. This same cow is eiffht years old and has given birth to nine calves. Blue Rapids Tima: We have on our table a sample of clover seed, left here by J.

C. Rod-key, which shows what can be done with clover on Kansas soil. Mr. Rodkey raised last season 91 bushels of this seed from 20 acres of land, which at $6 per bushel would be $546. The seed is bright and clean and may be seen at our office.

Arkansas City Traveler: Stock-raisers all report their cattle on the range In prime condition. The grass has been more than usually nutritious this winter, owing to the dry summer and fall, and as the herds have suffered but little from cold weather, they have kept in flesh all through the inclement season, and will enter on the spring but little the worse for exposure. Newton Republican: Farmers in this vicinity have made a careful examination of the fall wheat crop and now report very favorably regarding the same. They say that the report going the rounds, that the crop is almost all killed, is not true, but in fact what there is of the crop is very prospective, the recent damp and warm weather making the fields quite green and encouraging. Dodge City Globe: W.

O. Meserve, a farmer residing three miles west of Ford City, in forms us that he raised 1,200 bushels of corn, 300 bushels of wheat, and about 500 bushels of oats, besides fifty busnels of potatoes, and garden truck all that he wanted. All of this he produced on sixty-five acres of ground, ana still people In the East want to know whether or not we can raise anything in Western Kansas. Larned Eagle-Optic: A heavy snow for these parts fell here last Saturday and Sunday, and covered the ground to a depth of several inches. On Tuesday some of it melted and went into the ground, undoubtedly proving of great benefit to the growing wheat.

Wednes- dav it turned coia ana sieetea, a sngni. unzzie of "rain falling nearly all day. The fears of those who have been anticipating a 'dry season" are now set at rest and a good wheat yield this year is now almost assured. The prospects were never brighter at this time of the year for a prosperous season for the husbandman than they are now. Wa-Keeney World: Dr.

Wilcox has sold hi ranch, situated on Big Creek, six miles south of Ogallah, to Miles Knapp, of Abilene. The price paid was $6,700. The tract contains 960 acres, 320 of which were timber-claims. Wichita Eagle: J. L.

Mecorney, a prominent citizen of Rochester, South Kingman county, called yesterday to talk up- Wichita's need of a packinghouse of such dimesslons as could successfully handle all the hogs and cattle which would find a market here. Mr. who has had no little experience in thi3 direction, gives it as his opinion that next to Kansas City there is no city between the Mississippi river and the Pacific ocean which offers such advantages for the successful and Erofitable handling of animal food as Wichita, he is not only located right for the corn and hog and steer, but with reference to both the southern and western market. Medicine Lodge Index: The worst sand storm-ever known in this county occurred last Thursday, Feb. 17.

The wind blew a perfect gale from early in the forenoon until 2 o'clock Friday morning; but it was especially severe at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when the sand and dust was blowing in such a mass from the west that one could hardly distinguish an object. At Sun City several houses were sprung, more or less, but none blown down. Chube's mill at Sharon, was blown down, and fell on Boyd's store, mashed the mill all to pieces and also ten feet of the house. The Medicine Lodge Index: Mr. Purdy, of Ottawa, who has rented the McAllister stock farm, south of here one mile, arrived here last Thursday with forty head of fine mares and young horses, four fine stallions and a Kentucky Jack.

His horses are all pedigreed and have colts to show their worth. He has a Norman, a Clydesdale, a Hambletonian thoroughbred and a fine Morgan. It i3 hoped that he will meet with good encouragement in this countv, for he is certainly showing his confidence "by bringing such a number of fine animals here for breeding purposes. A Chicago Grocer Shot by a "Woman. Wealthy Missourian Brains His Wife and Ends His Own Life.

Chicago Anarchists Hot Tet Subdued Tidings From Various Sections of the Country. "Wounded, by a "Woman. Chicago, March 6. Miles J. Clinch, srrocer.

was shot and fatally wounded at o'clock this morning by Mrs. Maggie Shay while trying to break down a door to force an entrance into the Shay house. Mrs. Shay fired two shots from a revolver, one striking Clinch under the right eye. He was taken to his home, where it was found that the bullet had taken an upward direction and lodged in the brain.

There was no quarrel between the families. Mrs. Shav is the wife of Fireman M. J. Shay, of the insurance patrol, and her husband is therefore away from home a greater part of the time.

Murder and Suicide. St. Loins. March 6. James F.

Good man, a wealthy citizen of Huntsville, had a dispute with his wife last night about a piece of real estate he had presented to his little son and kicked her out of bed and then brained her with a bootjack. The child witnessed the killing. finnrl in an went, to the bam. severed an arterv in his arm and hung himself to a rafter. Thrown Out of a Window.

Fall River, 6. At 2 o'clock this morning Robert Kileen was found lying ji j.1 Ti in tne snow tne rear oi me ivicuaiusuu house, clad only in his shirt. His left thigh and wrist were broken and he can not live. It is stated that Kileen, Dennis Desmond and Mary Bowden, a married woman, were all oc-rnnvino- a room in the Richardson bouse and that during a quarrel Kileen was thrown out oi a window, uesmona ana -uary xuwaeu were arrested. They sav Kileen fell out of the window.

Stabbed by a Runaway Boy. Battle Creek, March 6. Three runaway boys from Chicago, Benjamin Fry and Christian and Joseph Monahan, aged lo, 13 and 8, were put off the Michigan Central express in this city last night. They given breakfast at the jail. During the meal, while chaffiing each other, a quarrel arose, and Christian was stabbed by Fry with a case knife through the cheek and tongue and into the throat and will die.

ry ana dosepn were immediately arrested. Anarchists Xot Yet Subdued. Chicago, March 6. There was a large meeting of socialists at the West Twelfth street Turner hall this afternoon to discuss the measure pending in the Illinois legislature known as Merritt's bill to punish the authors of imflammatory and incendiary speeches or writing. After an address by a nou-cTwnpr min nnmnri Buchanan, denouncing capitalists, the press and the military, a reso lution was adopted protesting against tne dui.

Tben some very radical speeches were de-lwprpd in Fnp-lish. German, and Bohemian. Editor Currlin of the Arbeiter Zeilung advised -i his hearers to procure arms ana carry mem. Holmes, the English chairman, declared the crtMalicf.e linrl a ritrht. to nrear.n treason and the overthrow of society and the constituted it i ill 1 authorities, booner tnan see tne oni pass, ue won id t.nkft firms in hand and preach revolu tion.

He was against the bill as an American citizen, as a socialist and as an anarchist. If necessary, they should all become rebels, and preach downright revolution. Swindlers Locked Up. New York, March 4. Inspector Byrnes' men, acting in conjunction with postoffice inspectors, to-day arrested George Frederick Parker, president, and E.

S. Witherell, secretary of the "British-American claim agency," with office on Broadway, under indictments for using the mails for fraudulent purposes and for violating the state laws, as well. The alleged swindle is the old one of ferreting out supposed claims of heirs to vast estates in Great Britain, and to sections of the lvinsr unclaimed in the Bank of England. They made their business widely known and soon found plenty of bites from the fish for whom thev were anrlinsr. Both are English men, and Parker is alleged to be a ticket-of jb a a 1 leave-man, who came nere irom Australia oy way of California.

There were various preliminary charges, ranging from 50 cents upward, and aggregating in the neighborhood of $25 for each expectant heir. The cash books seized by the police show that rarelv less than 100 was received each dav and lately $400 per day was the average. The books of the concern contained more than thirty thousand names of "next of kin" alphabetically arranged, wno paid in fees during the past winter. The police charge that it was all clear profit; that the agency never investigated a claim, never approached the court of chancery and only paid expenses in the way of salary to a decoy, named James A. Rales, who has an office at 115 Chancery Lane, London, and who wrote.

letters on the claims viewing them in a iavor- flble lifrht. One of the circulars of the agency was printed on heavy paper with the British coat of arms. The police have been at work on the case for some months. As early as last fall, within a few weeks of the beginning of the enter prise, Inspector Byrnes received a letter from Commissioner Monroe of the London police, -calling attention to the swindle. One or two of his men went through the claim and got all the points at firsthand, and indictments were found against the men yesterday.

ThftnolieH sav Parker served a term for theft nine years ago, and later again, for forgery. They have confederates on the other side named A. C. Wilkinson and E. G.

Ride-out, whom the London police will be asked to look alter. Later in the evening George W. Gibbons, whose name is printed on some of the circu lars nf the concern as the agency's counsel, was also arrested. He protested that he knew nothing of the affairs of the office, but was, nevertheless, locked up. A Mexican Outrage.

Nogales, March 4. Last night Deputy Sheriff James Speed saw Lieutenant Guitterez with four armed Mexican soldiers crossing a bridge over a small creek into the United States. He immediately, called on Henry Littlepage and Dr. Purdy to go with him and see why an armed party should enter the United States. On arriving in front of the American custom house the lieutenant stopped in front of Littlepage and covering him with a revolver An act regulating tne crossing ana inter section of railroads.

An act to protect mechanics, laborers ana persons furnishing material for the construction of public buildings and making improvements. An act to legalize an election in Kendall township, Hamilton county, for the issue of bonds to purchase a Driage. An act to authorize tne boara oi county commissioners of Linn county to appropriate money to build a certain bridsre in that county. An actentitlea "An act to legalize ceuam acts of the board of county commissioners of Kingman county." act authorizing the mayor and council-men of the city of Minneapolis, Ottawa couny, to sell certain property. An act in relation to tne town site oi tne town of Elk Falls, in Elk county.

An act to vacate tne Minneapolis cemetery, in Ottawa county. The miscellaneous appropriation bill was resumed, and the item pertaining to mileage, 4,264 miles, traveled by C. A. Norton, sergeant-at-arms of the house, in summoning witnesses in the contest of the Jones-Myton case, with. subpo3nes and copies for same, $453.65, was, after some warm debate, cut down to $200.

The remaining items in connection with the contest, amounting to $296.13, were left intact. The item ol lor a scnooi nouse and a teacher therefor on the grounds of the state penitentiary was stricken from the bill by a large vote "the school in the village of "Lansiner havinsr ample accommodation and educational facilities for the children of the officers and employes for some time yet, the opinion of the present senators. The bill, after several amendments, passea. An act to autnorize the boards of county commissioners of Greenwood and Woodson counties to build a bridge across the Verdigris river, passed: as also did an act to amend A 1 A CC A. section 38, article 4, cnapter za, oi an act entitled "An act concerning private corporations," of the general statutes of Kansas, and substitute for house bill No.

241. An act to encourage co-operative societies among artisans and industrial workers. An act to authorize the township of Washington county, to vote bonds and subscribe to the capital stock of the Washington County Fair association; passed. An act authorizing the county commissioners of Reno county to appropriate money for repairing bridges in Grant township; passed. An act to authorize school district No.

24, in Reno county, to vote for and issue school bonds for the purpose of building a school house and purchasing a site therefor in the city of Nickerson passed. An act authorizing the county commissioners of Reno county to submit the question of voting a 2 mill tax for the purpose of building a jail and jailor's residence to the qualified voters of Keno county and to contract for building the same. An act to attach the counties of Haskell and Kearney to Finney, and of Stanton to Hamilton, and Garfield" to Hodgeman, and of Grant to Stevens, and Gray to Ford for judicial purposes. HOUSE. The first business of the morning was the passage of the legislative appropriation bill, under suspension of the rules.

Mr. Baker offered a joint resolution providing for a commissioner to audit and classify the Price raid claims. This commissioner is empowerd, at a cost of $2,000, to do what is already done, classified and indexed. The introduction of this resolution this late day was as ill-timed as it was ill-advised, and had the natural result of delaying legislation. There was a further attempt at "record" making, and the ayes and noes were called on a motion to indefinitely postpone.

The motion was lost by 38 to 59. On the motion to adopt, the vote then stood 64 ayes and 40 noes. The senate having cut down the appropriations for the reformatory at Hutchinson, owing to the lateness of the hour the house concurred in the amentments. By concurrent resolution the forestry stations established in this state were placed tra der charge of the bord of regents of the Agricultural society. Concurrent resolutions memorializing con gress to pass the arrears of pension bills were adopted.

Mr. McCammon called up the resolution to place in the Historical society tne petitions for municipal suffrage for women, and secur ed its adoption. The senate amendmendments to tne house bill reflating: the salaries of county officers in Cherokee and Labette, by which Osage and Crawford counties were cut out, were concur red in. The house bill attaching the newly organ ized counties for judicial purposes was passed. The senate bill providing lor tne sale oi certain municipal bonds to the board of commissions of the state permanent school fund in certain cases, and prescribing punishment for the violation of the act, was passed.

The bill is for the more rapid investment of the school fund. Mr. Gillett raised the senate bill providing for taking information during vacations in any court having jurisdiction. Senate bill relating to railroad crossings at grades was passed. The bills creating tne omces oi tne assistant state treasurer and assistant state auditor were passed without amendment.

The following senate Dins were passea: An act to amend section 10, of chapter 198, laws of 1885, and section 4, chapter 179, laws of 1879, in relation to tne time ot meeting township auditing boara, ana repealing said sections. An act empowering and requiring the com missioners of Saline county to build certain bridges named therein. An act authorizing: county treasurers in the counties of 10,000 inhabitants or over to depos it public money in panic. An act to amend section 43, oi cnapter of general statutes of 1885, beir-g an act entitled, "An act to establish a code of civil procedure," and to repeal said section 448, of chapter 80. Tne Quantrell raid bill being an act to provide for the assumption and payment of claims for losses sustained by the citizens of Kansas by the invasion of the state by bands of guer- rillas ana marauders during tne years j.ao, 1862, 1863, 1864 and 1S65, was passed by a vote of 70 to 30.

mere was but nttie aebate on this bill, contrary to expectation. i-l. i V.M-I- At tne evening session uic iuuuwiug uma were passed: An act to authorize the city of Winfield, Cowlev county, to issue bonds in any sum, not exceeding $50,000, to the Denver, Memphis Atlantic railway company, for machine shops and division headquarters at that city. An act providing tor tne improvement oi county roads. An act leeaiizing defective instruments now recorded in the several counties An act to the manufacture of sugar.

An act regulating the crossing and intersection of railroads, the board of railroad commissioners acting as a court in the matter. ADJOURNED. Topeka, March 5. The Kansas legislature of 1887 is a thing of the past. Two hundred and eighteen bills have been passed, and have been signed by the governor.

The senate went into executive sessions this morning to confirm the appointments recently made bv the governor. Hon. D. W. Wilder, of Hiawatha, was, by a unanimous vote of the senate, confirmed, and he will prove an efficient Superintendent of Insurances.

All other appointments by the governor was confirmed with the exception of Hon. Charles E. Faulkner, Secretary of the State Board of Charities, whose name was rejected. house. The news was brought that one of the Mex icans was mortally wounded.

It is stated that tne armed men were sent into the United States for the purpose of com pelling a Mexican woman, with whom the colonel had been living, and who had refused to live with him longer, to return, ana, upon being discovered by the officers, they made a bold blulf to cover up their intentions. MORE TROUBLE ANTICIPATED. Acting United States Consul Grosclose has taken the matter in hand, and this morning made demand upon the Mexican authorities for Lieutenant Guitterez. More trouble is looked for to-night, as it is expected Colonel Arviza will seek revenge. Governor Jones has been advised of the situation and will arrive here to-morrow morning.

General Miles has been requested by the United States attorney at Tucson to send troops here immediately, and the captain of the home smard at Crittenden has been re quested to forward all available arms and 1,000 pounds oi ammunition tor arming tne citizens. The County Seat "War. Wallace, March 3. The situation in the Coronado-Leoti war remains unchanged. Both towns are surrounded by a strong cordon of armed men who permit no one to en ter.

The men in both towns sleep with their guns and after gaining admission, a stranger finds a Winchester rifle at every turn. They stand in doorways and merchants carry theii guns while they wait on customers. Men patrol the streets of the town all day and night. Tne country surrounding is as excited as the towns and about equally divided, coronauo sympathizers are for tbe most part in town with their ammunition and guns and the Coronado men said to do-dav that within an hour 500 men could be recruited in the town ready to defend it with their lives. At Leoti the cry is for revenge.

The citizens are as excited as they were on the day follow ing the shooting and they are unanimous in their determination to sack Coronado at the first opportunity. This will probably be offered Thursday night when the county election occurs. Immediately after the shooting Sunday some men from Leoti came to Wallace and secured all the guns and ammunition they could get. and representatives from Coronada paid similar visits to Garden city, so tnat both towns are well equipped with ammuni tion for war, which every man believes will occur before the thing is settled. The Leoti population, which has been recruited by their county con oris, are looKeu io ior me nrst move and the Coronado men will act on the defensive.

Each town has plans, but they are in too chaotic a state for a forecast of the probable result. Countv Sheriff Jonn Edwards, wno is a Lieoti man, has not made an attempt to arrest the murderers, as he knows that such effort would cost him his life. He has twelve warrants, but unless the state authorities lend him the assistance of a couple of companies of militia they will never be served, and even in that case the Coronado men say that the shooters will never be taken alive. Charlie Coulter and Bill Ravnes, the leaders of the Leoti crowd, went over to Coronado on Sunday morning and dranlc considerable beer and whisk'. They then returned to Leoti, got more beer and five companions (only three of whom were armed) and returned in a wagon and buggy.

They visited a was sick in bed. and made him get up. Coulter ordered mm to dance and hred his gun at nis teet to maue him obev. The druggist offered to treat if Coulter would lower his gun, and the offer was accepted. The men then went into the street and, according to the story, oegan shooting indiscriminately.

Coulter did most of the firing. A Coronado man named Jack son got Coulter's way ana was strucic over the head with the butt of Coulter's gun. The Loomis brothers interfered and asked the Leoti men to stop their abuse, in reply Coulter turned on them and structc at one. preforming an old plainsman "trick by hitting one over the head and shotting the other in the leg at the same time. John Loomis was standing back of Bob and as Coulter fired he sprang forward and clinched with him.

The Leoti crowd, according to tne story oi the Coronado men, then began firing at two citizens who were running up the street. A dozen Coronado men who had gathered in a store then opened fire, and coulter seemed to be a target for them all. The firing only continued a moment and when the smoke cleared awav Ravnes, Coulter and Watkins, who were on the pavement, had fallen dead. The other men were in the wagon, and James Dunning and Johnson were seriously injured, A. JN.

Borey, the seventh man of the Leoti crowd, escaping without injury. -A Katlier Violent Champion. Greexsburg. March 3. The shrieks last night of an Hungarian woman at Mammoth, five miles from here, who was being beaten by ner nusoana, auracieu iub in tention of a neighboring Hungarian, uno ll.

L. i 1 1-1 (1 rusnea into me uuuse, tntu a cfniol- tho ImcVmml ovr-r thfi head. CrUSbiDiT his skull at the same, time, cutting an car off the wife. The husband fell and neighbors rushed in, who procured a physician, ana everything possible was done for him, but his injuries are so serious that he can not live. His assailant was put under arrest.

A Swiss Female Fiend. Geneva. March 2. A woman arrested at Motiers on the charge of setting fire to build ings has confessed that she was the author ot numerous fires in the canton of Neufchatel during the past few years, which were believed 1 i Clia ilea at tne time vj uk mtcuuiaij. that when sne was io years ul c-i Vir lnnhnnrl because she tired of Oil him after eleven months of married lite.

Seventy French Miners Perish. Paris, March 1. An explosion occurred today in the Beaubrun collieries, at St. Etienne, when eighty men were in the galleries. Six of these were rescued unhurt, and four taken out more or less injured, and the seventy others are supposed to be all dead.

plans adopted. A concurrent resolution was structinsr the executive council adopted into procure a memorial stone to be placed in Garfield uni- versity, at Wichita. Mr. Baker presented a joint resolution providing for the appointment of a commission to audit the Price raid claims. There being a disinclination to consider senate bills, owing to the adjournment of that body the following house bills were passed An act regulating the fees of officers of cities of the third-class.

An act providing for the condemnation of sites for county buildings. An act to amend an act entitled An act for the regulation and support of common schools, as amended March 12, 1879." An act to amend section 38, article 4, chapter 23 of an act entitled, "An act concerning private corporations of the general statutes oi Kansas, 1S0S." and for the repeal. of said section. SEXATE. Topeka, March 4.

The bill appropriating $5 per aunura for two years for continuance of work on the Hutchinson reformatory was taken up, and after a brief discussion the roll was called, resulting in the passage of tht measure. Senator Kellogg's bill, concerning mortgages of real property, and preventing fraudulent acts of mortgagers in relation tc buildings, was passed on third reading, as was also Senator Hewins' bill in relation tc railroad crossings and junctions at grades. The bill defining the Fifth and Eighteenth judicial districts, and creating the Twenty-fifth, Twenty- sixth and Twenty-seventh districts was discussed at length during the forenoon, and the various amendments offered provoked considerable warm debate. Pending the discussion of the bill the senate adjourned until 1:30. The senate met at 1:30 p.

and after'roll call resumed biiis on third reading as follows, which were passed: An act relating to the redemption ol bonds issued to railond companies. An act to provide for the suspension or removal of county, township and city officers for neglect or failure to perform any duty imposed by law. An act to create the counties of Buffalo, Grav, Arapahoe, Grant, Stanton and Kearney, and" to define the boundaries of Hamilton Finney, Lane, Hod-reman and Ford counties, in the state of Kansas. An act to provide revenne for the fiscal Years 1S83 and 1SS9. An act providing for an assistant auditor of state.

An act relating to public highways in the county of Labette. An act to authorize the countv commission crs of Cherokee county to build a bridge in in said county. An act to authorize school district No. 5, in Morton county, to vote tor and issue school bonds for the purpose of building a school house at Richfield, in said district. An act to authorize city and township treasurers and treasurers of school districts to register all warrants or orders drawn upon them and not paid for want of funds, and providing for the payment of the same in the order of registration.

An act to establish the office of commissioner of forestry, prescribing the powers and duties thereof, and to encourage the planting and growing of forest trees in the state oi Kansas. An act entitled "An act to prevent gambling under the guise of trading in stocks, bonds, petroleum, cotton, grain, provisions, or other commodities." An act relating to the organization of new counties, and amendatory of section 1, chapter 90 of the session laws of 1SS(5, and section 2 of chapter 03 of the session laws of 1ST6, and section 385 of chapter 24 of the general statutes oE Kansas, being an act relating to the organization of new counties, approved June 4, lSiil. An act to legalize the official acts of the Scandinavian Agricultural society, of Republic county, and making the records of evidence of the validity of the same. An act to prohibit grain dealers, partnerships companies, corporations or associations from combining or entering into an agreement or contract to pool or fix the price to be paid for grain, hors, cattle or stock of any kind, and provide for punishment for violations of the same. An act to authorize the guardian of Abraham J.

Hickman to sell and convey the interest of said Abraham J. Heckman in certain real estate in Liberty, Montgomery county, Kas. An not. rpla.tfnr to assessment and collection of taxes and amendatory of section 43, chapter 34. of the- Inwsi of 1 S7(V An act making an appropriation for miscellaneous purposes.

The tlird bill and the last thirteen are.