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Judaism to prevent the introduction of Sun- 

 day services in places where the necessity for 

 such services is obvious. The question whether 

 proselytes should be admitted without the rite 

 of circumcision was referred to a committee to 

 report upon in 1886. 



The sentiments embodied in the convention's 

 declaration of principles, by which the position 

 and aims of the " Reform " party among the 

 Jewish people were more clearly defined than 

 had been done before, are deprecated by the 

 orthodox members. The declaration respect- 

 ing the binding character of the moral laws 

 and ceremonies of the Mosaic system ; the dis- 

 couragement of the observance of the Mosaic 

 and rabbinical laws respecting diet, priestly 

 purity, and dress ; and the abandonment of the 

 expectation of the restoration of the Jewish 

 state, are indicated by them as tending to in- 

 validate the doctrines of the Bible being a di- 

 vine revelation, and of the Jewish theocracy. 



Alliance Israelite Universelle The Alliance Is- 

 raelite Universelle has published an account of 

 its work for the first twenty-five years of its 

 operations, from 1860 to 1885. Its object is, 



while refraining from religious propagandism 

 and avoiding political complications generally, 

 to aid members of the Hebrew nation wher- 

 ever they may be living, defending them 

 against persecution, and sustaining schools 

 among them. Its headquarters are in France, 

 but its organization is spread over forty-three 

 states, besides which there are special Aus- 

 trian and English societies. It has 30,000 

 members, and an income of from 200,000 to 

 400,000 francs a year. It returns about 9,000 

 pupils in 49 or 51 schools, which are estab- 

 lished along the southern and eastern littorals 

 of the Mediterranean Sea at Morocco, in Tu- 

 nis, at Beirout, Aleppo, Damascus, Jerusalem, 

 Smyrna, Constantinople, Adrianople, Salonica, 

 Sophia, Philippopolis, Rustchuk, and in Bag- 

 dad. It also sustains a number of industrial 

 schools, in which about 500 Jewish children 

 are learning trades, and has attempted agri- 

 cultural colonies at Jaffa and in America. 

 Seven eighths of the income of the society is 

 set apart for the schools. An endowment 

 fund of 1,000,000 francs has been provided by 

 Baron Hirsch for the schools in Turkey. 



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KANSAS. State Government. The following 

 were the State officers during the year : Gov- 

 ernor, John A. Martin, Republican ; Lieuten- 

 ant-Governor, A. P. Riddle; Secretary of 

 State, E. B. Allen; Treasurer, Samuel T. 

 Howe; Auditor, E. P. McCabe; Attorney- 

 General, S. B. Bradford; Superintendent ot 

 Public Instruction, J. H. Lawhead ; Insurance 

 Commissioner, R. B. Morris. Judiciary, Su- 

 preme Court: Chief-Justice, Albert H. Hor- 

 ton ; Associate Justices, W. A. Johnston and 

 Daniel M. Valentine. 



Legislative Session. The Legislature met on 

 Jan. 13, and adjourned early in March. Two 

 hundred and eight acts became laws. A bill 

 regulating the payment of employes in and 

 about mines and factories failed to become a 

 law. The following are among the acts passed : 



To authorize the Board of Education of the city of 

 Topeka to issue the bonds of their school district for 

 the purpose of increasing school accommodations. 



To complete the State road from Grantville to To- 

 peka. 



To authorize cities of the first class to provide parks 

 and grounds for the inhabitants thereof. 



Concerning crimes and punishments, and amenda- 

 tory of section 36, chapter 31, General Statutes of 

 1868, regulating crimes and punishments, and repeal- 

 ing said section 36. 



To amend an act entitled " An act regulating the ju- 

 risdiction and procedure before justices of the peace 

 in civil cases,'' and repealing certain sections therein 

 named. 



Making appropriation for the Women's Depart- 

 ment of the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial 

 Exposition at New Orleans. 



Amending sections 1 and 4, chapter 76, laws ot 

 1877, being an act entitled " An act authorizing a 

 bounty on wolf, coyote, wild-cat, fox, and rabbit 

 scalps." 



To enable the County Commissioners of Sheridan 

 County to fund the county indebtedness. 



To locate and establish a State road from Lawrence 

 to Topeka. 



Authorizing the Treasurer of Tregp County to pay 

 off the bonded indebtedness of said county, and 

 authorizing the State Treasurer to receive the 

 same. 



To permit certain stock to run at large in the terri- 

 tory east of Spring river in Cherokee County. 



To relieve the county of Pawnee from the illegal 

 levy of State tax for 1873. 



To regulate the practice of dentistry and punish 

 violators thereof. 



Creating a Board of Pardons, defining their duties, 

 and fixing their compensation. 



Kelating to cities of the first class, and to authorize 

 provision for payment and issuing evidences of in- 

 debtedness therefor of unpaid amounts in cases of 

 certain general and special improvements. 



To enable the Board of County Commissioners of 

 Ellis County to fund the county indebtedness. 



Defining the boundaries of Harper County and re- 

 pealing section 2, of chapter 73, of the laws of 1879. 



Amending the assessment law. 



Creating a Bureau of Labor and Industrial Statistics. 



To provide for the erection of cottages, building of 

 fence, laying of additional drainage, completing and 

 perfecting system of heating and ventilation, and en- 

 larging of the State Insane Asvlum at Ossawatomie. 



Providing for the erection of a building for the Asy- 

 lum for Idiot and Imbecile Youth at Winfield. 



Making appropriation for the State Normal School. 



To provide for the filing of certified lists of county 

 officers in the office of the Secretary of State. 



Concerning teachers and studies in the common 

 schools. 



To repeal chapter 55 of the session laws of 1879 e 

 titled " An act to authorize and empower the county 

 of Leavenworth and cities of the first lass to take up 

 and refund their railroad bonded indebtedness, and 

 repeal chapters 88 and 123 of the session laws of Kan- 

 sas of 1877," approved Feb. 25, 1879. 



To enable cities of the second class to extend tl 

 corporate limits. 



