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Society LEAVEN WORTH CHRONICLE. E. 9. LEAVENWORTH NEWSPAPER COUNTY FOR COUNTY FOR AND THE LEAVENWORTH STATE OF CITY, KANSAS. LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, torney may appoint or more deputies, by and with the consent of the mayor and council." All former city attorneys have either performed the duties of the office or in case they appointed deputies they paid them for thair services out of their respective salaries.

4 "The charter governing cities of the first class Kansas, provides: "The city attorney shall receive a salary of not more, than twelve hundred dollars per annum, except in cities of the first class of not over twenty thousand inhabitants, in which case the salary shall not exceed six hundred dollars." 0'Keefe's Action Unwarranted. Attorney O'Keefe is receiving the maximum salary provided by the charter and he has not asked the consent of the mayor and council to appoint a deputy much less to provide a salary of 850.00 per month for a deputy, which practically gives fifty per cent "further allowance of for himself, which is unprecedented and not only unwarranted but prohibited by law. "The law provides: "The city attorney shall by himself or deputy appear and prosecute all cases in the police court of which said court has jurisdiction; But the expense of such deputy shall not be paid by the (L. 1881, Ch. 37, 566: March 6.) "The members of the city council are not supposed to be versed in the law; it is the duty of the city attorney to guard them and mayor against the imposed by the charter for violations of the organic act, especially when it is made his duty to prosecute all violations.

"The following are the provisions of the organic act relating to penalties and the personal liability of officers: Liability of Officers. 44 GIf any officer shall violate any of the foregoing provisions of this act, or if any member of the council shall vote for any other or further allowance or salary to any officer whose salary is fixed by this act, or to the members of the council, or shall vote for fallowing any claim or demand against the city, contrary to the provisions of this act, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office, and, upon conviction thereof in a court of competent jurisdiction, he shall be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned in the county jail, not exceeding one year, and shall moreover be removed from office by on Fourth THROWS OF THE MASK. Election Being Over Stanley Comes Out In True Colors. CAMPAIGN PROMISESARE VOID Promises of Retrenchment in Public Affairs Forgotten -Big Expense Saddled on the People. Seripps-McRae Telegram.

TOPEKA, Jan. 10-Governor Stanley's anti-election economy talk is no longer pointed to with pride by his friends. He not only failed to make any specific recommendation for a reduction of expenses, but is going to use his influence increase. He today transmitted to the legislature an estimate of the appropriations necessary to pay the state's expenses till the close of the fiscal year, June 30, 1903, prepared by Auditor of state Cole. The estimate bears the governor's O.

K. Mr. Cole says $332,893 will be needed for the remainder of this fiscal year; for 1902, 81,783,231.35 will be needed and for 1903, $1,881,692, a total of $3,997,918.35. This aggregate is only $100,000 less than the total appropriations of 1899, which included $250,000 for destitute Insane; a debt which had been accumulating for twenty years. There are no destitute insane to be cared for now.

In addition to the estimate Auditor Cole calls attention to the fact that $90,000 is needed to complete the state house, and $25,000 for a school building at the state school for the blind at Kansas City. Nothing is said about $300,000 wanted for the 1901 exposition, the $50,000 for the St. Louis exposition and $50,000 for the Buffalo show. Besides these items there are hundreds of others which step in, and the sum is large. It is believed by many of the legislators that the appropriations this winter will reach 84,500.000, exceeding by $500,000 the appropriations of any former legislature.

One of the deficiencies to be met is $65,000 for state printing. Estimates for new buildings are: Cold storage plant, Hutchinson reformatory, building, Emporia Normal school, two buildings, Manhattan Agricultural college, engine house, Beloit reformatory, hospital, Osawatomie asylum, $25,000. KIDNAPPED BY FATHER. Charge Brought by Wife Against Husband in Divorce Suit. Mary Suschanke has filed suit in the district court for divorce from her husband, Edward Suschanke, charging him with nonsupport and gross neglect.

The plaintifi claims that Suschanke besides failing to support the family kidnapped two of the children last October and she has not heard from them since. She asks divorce, alimony and the care of the children; Scrofula the Cause. Eczema, catarrh, hip disease, white swelling, and even consumption have their origin scrofulous conditions. With the slightest taint. of scrofula in the blood, there is no safety.

The I remedy for this disease in all its forms is Hood's Sarsaparilla, which goes to the root of the trouble and expels all impurities and disease germs from the blood. The best family cathartic is Hood's Pills, THURSDAY, JAN. 10, STATE SCANDAL. Goodland Republic Says Boodle Was Used in Former Session of Legislature. Scripps-McRae Telegram.

TOPEKA, Jan. Goodland Republic. J. H. Stewart's paper, has published a somewhat sensational story as the result of the announcement that the American Book company has opened headquarters at Topeka to work for the repeal of the text book law.

The story follows: "It is an open secret that when the uniform text book law was pending in the state legislature four years ago the American Book company had its agents in Topeka, and tried to defeat the bill by the lavish corrupt use of money, member of that legislature, who had charge of the enrolled bills, was offered the money was counted out and laid upon the bed in his room--if he would just lock up the bills in his desk and go out and leave them there. Instead of doing this he took the enrolled bills down to the Throop hotel and had them locked up in the safe. This was only one instance, which can be proved at any time if the statement is denied. "In spite of attempted bribery the bill was passed and became a law. This law has saved $300,000 to the patrons of schools each year since its enactment.

Now State Superintendent Frank Nelson, in his report to Gov. Stanley, urges an amendment to law. The Populists put the law on the statute book and the Republicans will do their utmost to repeal it on the plea that some of the booksare not of good standard authorship. 'In all this may be seen the "fine Italian hand' of the American Book Trust. It will be remembered that the American Book company refused to put in bids before the book commission, declaring that they could not offer books at the price set by the legislature.

"If there are any books that should in reason be replaced by better ones it can easily be arranged; but this will not answer the purpose of the "business administration' of Gov. Stanley and the Republican legislature. They intend to kill the uniform text book law if possible and again deliver the people of Kansas to the tender mercies of the American Book trust." COMMITTEES ANNOUNCED. Lieutenant Governor Announces Senate Committees Today. CHANEY FOR WAYS AND MEANS Dumont Smith Chairman of Judiciary and Carpenter of Railroad Committee.

Special to the CHRONICLE. TOPEKA, Jan. Governor Harry Richter this morning appointed the senate committees. The chairmen are: Ways and Means- -John T. Chaney of Topeka.

Judiciary--F. D. Smith of Kinsley. Elections--Harry L. Pestana of Russell.

Railroads--John C. Carpenter of Chanute. Federal Relations--H. B. Miller of Osage City.

Assessment and Taxation--E. V. Peterson of Norton. Fees, Salaries and Mileage-Hayes B. White of Mankato.

Corporations- -A. Henley of Lawrence. Municipal Indebtedness -L. H. Wulfekuhler of Leavenworth.

Agriculture and Irrigation--H. W. Conrad of Independence. Manufactures ane Industrial Pursuits -J. C.

Morrow of Haddam. Banks and Banking-E, R. Fulton of Marysville. Insurance- W. McKnight of Junction City.

Charitable Institutions--R. B. Ward of Belleville. Penal Institutions--Frank Vincent of Hutchinson. Mines and Mining-E.

F. Porter of Pittsburg. State Affairs--J. K. Codding of Westmoreland.

Public Health--T. A. Noftzger of Anthony. Roads and Bridges -S. J.

Stewart of Humboldt. Military Affairs and Claims--C. E. Branine of Newton. Temperance--C.

F. Hurrell of Holton. Printing--R. T. Simons, of Caldwell.

Public Buildings -Samuel Crum of Garnett. Cities of the First Class- -J. K. Cubbison of Kansas Chy. Cities of the Second and Third Class J.

A. Kennedy of Burlington. Education and Educational Institntions -Fremont Leidy of Lyen. Congressional Apportionment -G. P.

Morehouse of Council Grove. Judicial Apportionme James L. Allen of Highland. Legislative Apportionment-W. S.

Fitzpatrick of Sedan. Enrolled Bills- -George H. Fullington of Idana. Engrossed Bills -Frank W. Sponable of Gardner.

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City Attorney Gets Rough Treatment at City Council. THE MAYOR GOES AFTER HIM. Attempt to Sunggle Appropriation Item Through Conncil. VETO SUSTAINED BY COUNCIL Full Text of the Mayor's Veto Endeavored to Ward Off the Blow, But Mayor Neely Was Firm- -Other Proceedings. John T.

O'Keefe, city' attorney, was given a black eye at the city council meeting last night. Mayor Neely brought in a veto of an item in the city appropriation ordinance in which 0'Keefe was interested and in his veto, the mayor brought some very sensational features to light. It seems that O'Keefe employed Chas. Blockberger to assist him in the Bennefield and Rosentha! cases against the city and agreed to pay him 850 for his services. Mayor Neely holds that this is not only not authorized, but is expressly forbidden by law that the city attorney must attend to the city's legal business and that if he does not possess the ability to do so he should not hold the office.

Sensational Developments. The sensational feature of the matter, however, was, not the employment of an assistant city attorney or the amount paid him, but the methods employed by O' Keefe to get the money out of the city treasury, The item was burried down in the city work department of the appropriation ordinance and was written, apparently afterwards, in between two lines which gave the amount due two men for street work. The item was not contained in the bill, as originally prepared, and was evidently inserted there by design, just a short time before the council passed the ordinance. It was successfully smuggled through, as neither the mayor nor the members of the council knew about the item being there until the discovery was made. over a week ago.

Mayor Neely discovered the trick, such it seemed to be, after he had signed the warrants and the men had gotten their money. He had signed the warrants in good faith, supposing everything was regular. In glancing over the appropriation ordinance later he discovered the and immediately instituted an investigation, with the results above mentioned. 0'Keefe Down on His Knees. O'Keefe got wind of the fact that the mayor had nude the discovery and proposed to spring the matter with his veto at the council meeting last night.

This brought O'Keefe to his senses and he begged like a trooper. Mayor Neely, however, was Arm as a ock. 44It is not only illegal," the mayor declared, "'but the methods adopted to secure this money were questionable in the extreme. I will not tolerate it, much less be a party to it." Council Sustains Mayor. In accordance with his avowed purpose, Mayor Neely brought in his veto last night.

'The council sustained him in his position. As Mr. Blochberger had already drawn his money this veto would naturally compel him to return the same amount to the city. However it was agreed that Blochberger had performed his work in good faith and that the city should not compel him to suffer. Hence, on motion of Councilman Kierstead, it was voted to pay him the amount, in the regular way and through the regular channels.

The mayor's veto tells the whole story. It reads: The Mayor's Veto. the Members of the City Council: city council at a meeting held December 19, 1900, directed the city clerk to prepare an appropriation nance covering items of salaries and wages earned by offices and employes of the city and submit the same to an adjourned meeting of the city council Friday evening, December 21, 1900, at which it would be passed for the purpose of furnishing them with funds to provide for the holidays. I presided at the meeting at which the ordinance was passed and during the reading of the ordinance failed to hear an item read providing for payment of 850 to Charles Blochberger, deputy he city inserted attorney, just before which the clerk informs me council met, upon the request of the city attorney. Item warrant was not presented to me for my signature with the warrants drawn in favor of the salaried officers of the city, but among the warrants drawn in favor of those who are on the street commissioner's pay roll, and supposing the warrant was drawn in favor of a street employe I signed it.

An examination of the ordinance revealed the name of Chas. Blochberger interlined among the city officers. by virtue of the authority vested in me as mayor by the city charter, veto the Item in the ordinance appropriating fifty dollars in favor of Chas. Blockberger 88 88- Jary as assistant or deputy city attorney and request that he, or City Attorney O' Keefe (who is responsible to Mr. Blockberger: for his services) shall return the amount to the city treasury.

charter provides that the city at- MR. SNYDER'S SUGGESTION. He Suggests the Mayor Call a Public Meeting. RECEPTION FOR J. R.

BURTON Mr. Snyder Thinks Matter Should Be Taken Up Immediately. A GOOD Says Mr. Snyder, and Show the Kind of Stuff We Are Made Of. ANOTHER PLAN IS PROPOSED.

ll Is to Have the Committee of Eighteen, Which Meets Tonight, Take Charge of the Matter and Make all the Necessary Arrangements. Mr. E. Snyder, president of the Manufacturers National bank, is enthusiastic over the proposition that this, the home town of Senator Baker, will give a reception to J. R.

Burton, the new United States senator-elect, as suggested by the CHRONICLE. Mr. Snyder thinks such a move would not only be a good advertisement for the town, but it would put us in good odor with the rest of the state, especially with Mr. Burton, whose services and friendly co-operation we will often want in the future. Call a Special Meeting.

"My said Mr. Snyder in conversation with a CHRONICLE reporter, "is that the mayor should call a public meeting to take the matter up. It should be called immediately as a better impression can be made now than later on. I would not only give the reception for Mr. Burton, but for Mrs.

Burton as well, for she is with him in all he does. "The proper thing to do, at the meeting, I think," continued Mr. Snyder, "would be to choose a committee of arrangements, a committee on finance and a committee to invite Mr. and Mrs. Burton here.

When it is ascertained what date will be convenient for them to come, then we can arrange for a place to hold the reception. The reception should be a general one, and might be followed by a banquet, letting those who attend it pay for it." Several other prominent business men whom the CHRONICLE reporters met today have all expressed themselves as being anxious to get the Burton reception proposition underway and, sue how soon BurMayor Neely has ealled a special meeting ton can come to Leavenworth. of the committee of eighteen for tonight, to consider several matters of importance, pertaining to the interest of the city. The Burton reception proposition will be laid before the meeting. Mayor Neely said this morning that he did not have that in mind when he called the meeting, but would nevertheless bring the matter up.

Several other business men, aside from members of the committee, will also attend the committee meeting. MRS. MARY SCANLAN DEAD. An Old Resident of Leavenworth Succumbs to Old Age. Mrs.

Mary Scanlan, aged eighty -six years died at her home, No. 739 Sioux, at 9 o'clock this morning of diseases incident to old age. She had been confined to her bed for the past two months and her death was not unexpected. Mrs. Scanlan is a native of Ireland having come to this country fifteen years ago, making her residence in this city since that time.

Her husband, Patrick Scanlan, died in Ireland about twenty-five years ago. The deceased leaves a family of six children: four sons and two daughters, all residents of this city. They are Martin, Will, Patrick and James; Mrs. Edward Ward of No. 504 Pottawatomie street, and Marie Scanlan.

Mrs. M. Thomas of No. 617 Kickapoo street is a sister to the deceased. WAS PROMINENT IN SOCIETY.

Mrs. Catherine Jacobs Died at Boling Today -Well Known Here. Mrs. Catherine Jacobs, whose father, John I. Moore, built the first house ever construeted in Leavenworth died of pneumonia at her home at Boling this morning at the a age of 59 years.

Arrangements for the funeral will not be made until a son John Jacobs who is in Cripple Creek, can be communicated with. Mrs. Jacobs in her girlhood days was prominent in Leavenworth society and was bridesmaid at the wedding of Col. and Mrs. J.

L. Abernathy. She Was a niece of United States Senator Tipton of Nebraska, and her father was a law partner of the late Josiah Kellogg. Her husband's sister is the wife of Bishop Potter of New York. WOODMEN CONVENTION.

Delegates Elected Today to Represent Leavenworth at State Camp. J. H. Hoffman, of Leavenworth camp No. 367; Len Willams, of Live Oak camp No.

3322, both of this city; Geo. Leak, of Boling, and J. Ratloff, of Basehor, are the delegates selected at the county convention of Modern Woodmen of America this afternoon to represent this county at the state camp at Wichita. These delegates will go to the state camp instructed to vote for J. H.

Hoffman, of camp No. 367, of Leavenworth, for state delegate to the head camp at St. Paul next June. TROUBLE IS BREWING. Present Session of the Legislature Promises to Be Inharmonious.

MEMBERS WILL GET EVEN. Governor Stanley Being Criticized by Members From His District. JUNKETING TRIP DISCUSSED. Will Pay For Trip to San Francisco Under Protest. MR.

BAKER BEING CRITICIZED. His Supporters Say He Could Have Been Elected -Are Grieved by His Withdrawal -Had Money to Make the Fight With If Necessary Special to the CHRONICLE. TOPEKA, Jan. the fact that both branches of the legislature are Republican and that Governor W. E.

Stanley is of the same political faith, politicians here look for a very inharmonious session. It is only a question of time until there is a clash between the governor and the members of the legislature. Members of long legislative experience resent the manner in which the governor acts toward the legislature. His fourteen-thousand-word-message was full of advice ton all sorts of subjects. He threatened to veto all local bills which are brought to him for his signature after February 15, and immediately after the reading of the message had been completed, the leaders of the belligerents set about preparing a local bill to be introduced on Februery 16.

If the governor refuses to sign this bill, or vetoes it, the members will pass it over his veto. Who The Leaders Are. In connection with the uprising against the governor, it is worthy of note that the insurgents are under the leadership of members from Governor Stanley's congressional district. The members from the seventh congressional district know Stanley as a very ordinary citizen of that district and they resent his manner of treating them as ed in legislative matters. Many though they were children and assisted in nominating him the first time and they feel that he owes it to them to treat them as though they were men of some judgment.

Administration Bill Will Bring It Out. The war between the governor and the legislators will probably come to the surface when the administration bill is introduced, providing for the reimbursement of the railroads which carried the governor and his party on the junketing trip to San Francisco when they met and accompanied the Twentieth Kansas regiment home. This bill will carry an appropriation of $40,000. Members who had sons and relatives in the other regiments which were allowed to come home without any especial notice or public demonstration see in the measure a chance to even their score with the governor. Representative J.

M. Lawrence, cf Sumner, has been picked upon by the insurgents as the man to start the trouble. When this bill is presented for consideration Lawrence will propose to tack on a rider making any governor guilty of malfeasance in office, who attempts to pledge any future session of the legislature to pay any debt which he contracts. What One Member Says. Concerning the measure re-imbursing the railroads for the expense of bringing the soldiers home, a member of the senate from the Seventh Congressional district said to-day: "The idea of the state of Kansas paying $40,000 for the fun of having its governor photographed on board the transport Tartar the San Francisco harbor seems ridiculous.

Other regiments came home, the members were discharged and went to their homes without anybody making any fuss over them, but the governor must go clear to San Francisco to meet this regiment and haul it home at the state's expense. He not only did this, but he pledged the Jegislature to pay the debt. We will pay it but we will do so under protest. "The governor, in his message, told us we must lop off a number of legislative employes. The six or seven employes that might be cut off would draw one hundred and fifty dollars from the treasury and would spend the money all in Kansas.

The amount which it would take to pay them is small in comparison to the expense of keeping the governor's party in San Francisco while they awaited the coming of the Tartar, and that money all goes to California hotels. Yes, we are going to 'trim' the governor's wings during this session, and when we start on him we will do the job in a neat Still Discussing Baker's Withdrawal. Old politicians who have watched the game as it is played in Kansas for a of years say that Senator Lucien Baker's refusal to stay in the race for re-election, spoiled one of the bitterest senatorial fights Kansas has experienced since John J. Ingalls succeeded Senator S. C.

Pomeroy. One of Senator Baker's former managers said last night: (You can harely imagine the grief experienced by the men who had done the hard work for Senator Baker, when it was learned that he had withdrawn from the race. I do not want the impression to get out that we intended using money in the fight, but we were prepared to fight fire with fire, had the opposition resorted to such means. Our 'sinews of war' were represented by a larger supply of the circulating medium than it would have been possible for the opposition to have collected in two months. We could have elected a democrat over Burton with the munitions of war which we had.

We had all the strength we claimed and would have won, had we but bad a chance to fight." A BIG COMBINE. Railroad Magnates Figuring on Consolidation. NEW YORK, Jan. Mail and Express says: K. Vanderbilt's plan for the welding together of the Union Pacific and Chicago and Northwestern railroads, which he conceived more than a year ago, is now about to be carried out.

When it is completed it will be found that the Vanderbilts have a through trans-continental line of their own from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. "The original scheme lease the Union Pacific to the Northwestern, but it is not certain whether this will be done or not. The control of the former is to be acquired through, a purchase of a majority of Union Pacific stock, and this is being done in the open market, which accounts for the big jump in price during the last two days. "This deal was hastened by the discovery that the Chicago, Burlington Quincy was anxious to secure the Union Pacific or at any rate to make a close traffic deal with the latter. This compelled the Northwestern people to hurry their negotiations.

It is still porsible that the interests of the Burlington will be considered and the three great system will be brought into close harmony. was reported in Wall street today that the ne new Union Pacific alliance would be still further enlarged by the addition of other railroads in the central west, including the Alton and Rock Island. SENSATIONAL MURDER TRIAL. Mrs. Allen of Ottumwa, Accused of Husband's Murder.

Lao Tilegram. BURLINGTON, Jan. will be a sensational murder trial at the term of court which opens here Jan. 15. Mrs.

America Allen will be tried for the murder of her husband, John H. Allen, a merchant at Ottumwa, who was shot and killed while entering his home last spring. Jim Harris, who made a confession implicating Mrs. Allen, has pleaded not guilty and will also be tried at this term. He will be one of the witnesses against Mrs.

Allen. VILE DEN OF VICE AND SIN. Young Boys Taught to Gamble and Steal. THE POLICE INVADE THE DEN. Proprietor Arrested and Sentenced to JailTestimony In Police Court This Morning.

A. D. Brace, a junk dealer at Fifth and Walnut streets, was sentenced this morning in the police court to three month's imprisonment for enticing young boys, the oldest not over twelve, into his place and winning their marbles and pennies by gambling with loaded dice. A repulsive feature of the vase is that Brace had a sort of a school of vice in which boys were encouraged not only to gamble. but to go out and steal wood and other articles and take them to 'Brace.

There were five boys in court to testify against the man and they were afterward held for a few hours as a punishment for having been willing visitors at Brace's place. These boys were found in the house and arrested by Policemen Barrett and Samuels who caught them in the midst of a game of dice. The boys were released on their recognizance to appear in court this morning. One of the lads testified that he had played with dice there frequently for marbles and that Brace always got the marbles "We go out and get stuff such as wood, coal and other things and take it to Brace and he pays us sometimes pennies and sometimes marbles and then he shakes dice with us and gets the marbles and pennies all back again," was his explanation. Another said: "I was shooting craps with Brace for marbles when the police came was there the night before.

I would bring in a load of wood and then we shoot craps on the road. Then he would send me out for more wood." A third boy testified: "I took wood there. He gave us a 'China' a pound for it. I got two chunks out of our own yard about half past 7 o'clock one night. I got wood four or five times.

I shot craps there for pennies once and he won them but didn't give them back. He kept all the pennies. When we would come in with stuff he would SAy "come now. Crack Then we would all put down and he would always throw the dice. Most always it would 'come seven' and he would win.

We never won anything. About three weeks ago I took a lot of old copper there and sold it and he got all the pennies." Brace did not deny the charges. man Barrett testified that Brace had loaded dice and had large number of boys visiting his house constantly, teaching them how to gamble and to go out and find stug with which to get pennies or. marbles to gamble with. City.

Attorney Blochberger read the law showing the penalty for gambling to be a $1,000 fine and imprisonment for a year and asked that a heavy sentence be imposed. Judge Bond, in giving Brace his sentence said he was puzzled to know what to do. "I have given money toward the support of your wife when you were in jail before." he said to Brace, "and you seem to have no care about her. I had thought your last lesson wonld teach you some sense, but it seems TO THE DEAF. A rich lady, cured of her deafness and noises ni the head by Dr.

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