KAN8AB. 



L8| 



graduated. A dairy iebool ha 



.*ed from the sale of the ooi- 



lr I ' ' 



The Hoard of H,- k 'ri,i- ..f the Agricultural 



at whirl. 

 dapoaod the tfrratrr par' 



whom thrrv 

 nearly 30. The two Uri.uhli.-an 



rianges; the other Are are PopultsU. In an 

 ^B t<> nU one of them aaid: -The 



MI practicable to candu* t 

 with I'r.M.l.-i.l I air. hi:. I at ll 



..fVvIll ftt. llfTrf 



i the board un fundamental prtnoi- 



r baOBOM UJ r, ., |00d 



l*rt 

 lh,-> h the board." 



In-IUnl - report at 



.ui 801 inmate*, mini 

 107. 



fire destroynl the tobacco bouae of the 



ir,t,.,,,lt.d V *;." 



leaven worth police official* in 

 ^^In setting woman prisoners at work breaking 

 in the jail van! has drawn out criticism and 

 protest from all quarter*. 'I 



ri-d that winnrii in tin- rily prison 



v .-re unable to pay their Anea should be dressed 



rails and sent rock 



lie same as met 1 the order 



on .--. -nit ..f th.- opposition in. i'!'- t.. if. 



II I x,,|,ii. ,, llome.-A special com- 



^^Ki of Congress baa been investigating alleged 

 meat Leavi-n worth. The 

 '* report, given in rYbruury. recom- 

 mended the removal of the governor, A. J. Smith. 

 i general rcorganiza- force. It was 



bald that several charges against the governor haI 

 been suaUimil. namely: fnixlH and 



property for his private benefit, tyrannical and 

 overbearing conduct, and gem-mi un fitness ami 

 BiiamanapMiii-iit. In regard to the sale of beer on 

 is the report says : " There seems to be a 

 oosistencv that tho sale of beer mid th* 

 ailiniiiMriio .... . f tt.. K.-eley cure should both be 



and both at a profit and under authority of the 



:it." 



Managers of the National 



it Saiitn Monica, ('!.. and 

 Kowland. then rvrnior -f that 

 commandant of th.- I^eavenworth home. 



11 an atl.-iTipt wan madt \t* of 



.or and his family by an -\ }!- 



residence, A veteran of bad 

 Col. Rowland 



Mil n 1. 1. -The ap: nal 



iiangea were ma 

 1 as efficient aa possible: 

 sere r ., were inn- 1 and some 



ninnies were admit* 



kl, the Stale 100 private and 



f6i State bank mm- 



aioner called for statem* -ie their condi- 



ports showed depoaita aa> 



- 



r.W. In Jun,' tin- xoar the deposits 



6 the cash and 



inge aggregated $6.439.656.98. The law 

 res the bn: e a reserve of 90 per cent, 



\\ \vu.-38 A 



f 1 1.408.786 48 ow the loan* 



The lUnk of llutchinson failed i* April The 

 president was arrested, charged . 

 money when be knew the bank 



1 .-, , . . . - . .... 



I aaariBnn The receipts of Mite department for 

 1807. to I 



School fund. * 4.900; 

 nual stafemenla, $5.010; tales (reciprocal). $17.- 



WMi IIBPiaM. 



receipuofthisdepartmrnt for 



ere: 



; charter feat, fMtt; ftUog an- 



to.110107: UAal receipts for the 



^m^ ew^9 v, m^vvm>a ** aw m 



Wramen's fand of 1806. $16,450.18 ; 



. ( pro p riaUo0 of 1807. $11,480; 

 - 

 1, $74.1CJ 



n on Ineuranos ooeipanies for 1808, pub- 



10 mutual fire companies, which insured propertr 



value of $4J8U51.78. 

 wa. $88.767.08 

 $45 764.06, and had 

 ' On 







ffm 



worth $10.n2.533J>7.7e^Te5r$167.064.7a.i 



losses amount m k ' to $50.70.60. There were 60 fire 



ii.-'iran.-r . . mtfoA - ' oth BMi lAftd M 



doing business in Kansas in 180$, There were IS 



miscellaneous companies from other Slates and 



countries. There was one domestic life 



company.: 



insurance written amounted to $457,780188; 



urns received, f: and 



500. Amount of insurance in force Dec, 31. 186* 



The 27 foreign life companies wrote 

 to $5.973^63^5: collected in 



amounted to $354.990.17. Amount 

 I. 1806, $81 



on in 



.',.. .-,...-. 

 company had not dealt fairly by 

 .e H.llmoo CffJt HK to I? 



force Dec, 81, 1806, $88.128,079.78. 



urance war** that baa bean 



.ar has attracted 



In March the State Superintmdr: 

 wrote to the Mutual l.if,- I tumrance Company of 

 New York that it could not nave a license to do 

 Imsiness in th.- State for the 

 in his opinion. 

 Mrs. Hillmon. The 

 cover $10.000 insurance on the life of John W. II ill. 

 moo, which has been pending since 1880, and has 

 been in. .Ming results, The 



company contest the claim on the ground that the 

 suit was fraudulent and wa* based on murder: thai 

 lead body was < Mr*. Iliilroon's 



' .-v : I .- ,, ' . .-. ' \ .;!. 



rt Madison. Iowa, who had been 

 killed bv -id John \V. Hillmon for the purpose of 

 d.-f rniiding the in MI ranee com pan r. 



Other companies have received a similar notice 

 from the Superintendent, and hare sued him for 

 n junctions to restrain 



In rrgard to the fire insurance companies the 

 Superintendent believed there was evidence of a 

 rrret pool to maintain uniform rates, which is con- 

 trary to the antitrust law. These rates were pub- 

 Iwhed in llarr.^. n (Marksoo*s rate book: am/Su- 

 MrNall sent letters to the 



asking whether they subscribed for the 

 furnished it to their agents, and instruct 



accor fc, and whether any 



it to their 

 make 

 penalty was 



and instructed them to 



on an agent who had written 



at a lower rate or placed property in a different 

 olam of risk than that hud down in the 



