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Eleventh Year, No. 14.
OFFICIAL STATE
PAPER. 1 YEAR.
TOPEKA, KANSAS, APRIL 5, 1899.
EVERY WEDNESDAY.
fKlCK F1VK CKNT4.
Politics and
Public Education.
The Work of the Agricultural College
Halted While the Gang is
Being Fed.
CIVIL SERVICE AT MANHATTAN.
The political foot ball struggle is on at
the Kansas state Agricultural College,
Governor Stanley has suspended Regents
Limbocker and Hoffman on tecnical charg
es filed by II. A. Perkins, editor of the
Manhattan Nationalist. Of course Mr. Per
kins does not deny that his work is purely
political an opening to give the Governor
a chance to "take care of Riley County.'
On their merits the charges are extremely
flimsy, but they are a necessary part of the
program which is to be carried out.
When the regents met at Manhattan
Wednesday for their regular meeting, Re
gents Lunbooker-and Hoirman received tel
egrams from Governor Stanley informing
them of their suspension. They were fur
ther notified by letter in this style:
"Topcka, Kans., March 29, 1899.
"To J. N. Limbocker, Regent of the Kansas
State Agricultural College:
"You are hereby notified that there were
this day filed in my olliee charges in writing
against you, by II. A. Perkins, a resident of
Riley County, Kansas, as follows, to-wit:
"The State of Kansas, County of Riley, es.:
"II. A. Perkins, of lawful age, being by
nie lirst duly sworn, deposes Iknd says: That
he is a resident of Riley County, in the
State of Kansas; that the Kansas State
Agricultural College is located at Man
hattan. John N. Limbocker and C. B. Hoff
man are regents of the Kansas State Aerri-
cultural College, and have been such regents
since January, mu. 1 Mat the said John N.
Limbocker and C. B. Hoffman while acting
as regents of the said Kansas State Agricul
tural College, have violated the law gov
erning said body in this, to-wit: That the
said John N. Limbocker has drawn from the
treasury as payment for his said services the
sum of fifteen dollars per month for services
in providing meals for the students at the
college. That the service is not within the
act making provision for the payment of the
said regents, and said sum lias been drawn
unlawfully and wrongfully by the said
Limbocker, all of which the said Limbocker
well knew. That the said C. B. Hoffman,
regent as aforesaid, and while acting in
such capacity, aided and abetted the said
John N. Limbocker in drawing said sum
of fifteen dollars per month for his alleged
services in conducting a place where stu
dents and others were fed at the said col
lege. That the said John N. Limbocker is
the President of the Board of Regents of
the said college and C. B. Hoffman its treas
urer, and were at the time of drawing the
said sums from the treasury. That the said
J. N. Limbocker and C. B. Hoirman, while
acting as regents of the Kansas State Agri
cultural College and during the month of
July, 1897, did with others transact business
of vital importance to the said college with
out a quorum, secretly and unlawfully in
this: That they hired' teachers, fixed their
salaries, made appropriations and did and
transacted such other business as came be
fore them without at any time having a
quorum to transact business, all in viola
tion of law and with the full intent and
purpose of over-riding and thwarting the
will of the majority of the members of the
board, who prior to that time had been
present. That said action was in violation
of law. That said meeting so held and for
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admiral. David O. Famignfc u the first admiral. The grades of vice admiral and
admiral were created as rewards for distinguished service he rendered during the civil
war. He became admiral in July, 18(G. When he died, in 1870, Vice Admiral David
D. Porter was made admiral. Porter died in 1891, and we have not had an admiral
since until the elevation of Dewey. There is at present no vice admiral in our nary.
the purpose aforesaid were held, or prelim- of the board except the pa.sae of the fol-
mary meetings were held at the hotel m lowing resolution:
Manhattan and afterwards were entered
upon the books at the college. That the
records of the said college were so kept by
the secretary, Thos. E. Will, who is also
president of the college, and a subservient
tool of the said Hoffman and Limbocker,
that they purport to show on their face that
the said meetings were legal and lawful
and that a full quorum Mas present. Where
as in truth and in fact no such quorum was
present, and by this means the said mem
bers of the board have falsified the records.
And further affiant saith not.
"II. A. PERKINS.
"II. A. Perkins, of lawful age, being duly
sworn says: That the matter and state
ments set out in the foregoing affidavit are
true in substance and in fact, as he verily
believes. II. A. PERiaNS.
"Sworn to before me and subscribed this
day of March, 1399.
"JOHN CLARK HESS IN,
Seal. Notary Public.
Commission expires January 31, 1992.
"Said charges, in my judgment, emanate
from a reliable source, and by them the
management of the Kansas State Agricul
tural College, and your official conduct as a
regent thereof, have been called in question.
When such charges are filed, the law makes
it obligatory upon me to institute proceed
ings for an investigation, and in the mean
time suspend the officer against whom such
charges are made.
"An investigation of such charges will be
made in the manner contemplated by chap
ter 239 of the laws of Kansas of 1889, of
which investigations you will have due no
tice and a reasonable opportunity to meet
the charges against you.
WW. E. STANLEY, Governor.
"I hereby designate the Honorable John
E. Hessin, of Manhattan. Kansas, to serve
this notice. W. E. STANLEY, Governor."
This knocked out all business on the part
"Whereas, one Perkins, a local editor of
Manhattan, Kansas, has filed charges with
the governor of the State of Kansas against
J. N. Limbocker and C. B. Holfman, two
of the regents of the Kansas State Agricul
tural College, whose terms of ollice legally
expire March 31, 1991, and
"Whereas, said charges ara, (first) that
"J. N. Limbocker has drawn from the treas
ury as payment for his seYviccs the sum of
lifteen dollars per month in providing meals
for the students at the college,' and that
C. B. Hoffman, as treasurer of said college,
has paid said Limbocker for his services;
and (second) that said Limbocker and
Hoffman, 'during the month of July, 1897,
did with others transact business of vital
importance to the said college withoutaquo
rum, secretly and unlawfully, in this, that
they hired teachers, fixed their salaries,made
appropriations, and did and transacted
such other business as came before them,
without at any time having a quorum to
transact business;' and
"Whereas, under the charges made by said
Perkins the governor of the State of Kansas
has suspended J. N. Limbocker, president
of the board of regents, and C. B. Hoffman,
treasurer of said board, from further par
ticipation in the business of said board of
regents until said charges are heard and de
termined; and
"Whereas, said regents and each of them
are important and necessary factors in the
conduct and management of the college
and the consideration of business to be pre
sented at this meeting Of the board; be it
hereby
"Resolved that this board of regents do
now adjourn pending the consideration of
the said charges, to meet upon the call of
the president of the board, or upon the call
of a majority of the members of the full
board." . .
"In the meantime," said one of the pro
fessors of the college, "college business of
great importance is suspended. Depriving
the college for the time being of its treas
urer means the locking up of the college
treasury until unlocked by the governor.
The president of the board of regents, being
also the purchasing agent for the dining
hall, and an officer who must approve all
bills before they can bo paid, is likewise
practically indispensable to the performance
of important college business. New build
ings, provision for the erection of which
should be mado at once, must bo left indefi
nitely. Arrangements for farmers' insti
tutes and visits of representatives of tho
college to teachers' institutes must lag. All
thought of repairs and improvements upon
the buildings out of the new funds must be
given up for the present, while there is
danger that the college dining hall and book
store, two of tho most convenient and benefi
cent institutions connected with the college,
may be shut down."
Regents Limbocker and Hoffman will
fight the charges.
Cora Meal In Italy.
. In Italy corn' meal mush is made into a
delicate and very palatable food called po
lenta, and is served with roasted small birds
something like our littlo sparrow. The dish
Im considered a great delicacy on Italian ta
bles and probably would bo in this country
if prepared with tho Bame culinaryskill. The
various forms in which corn meal can bo
used as food are not fully understood in
this country where corn is grown in such
abundance. But in European countries,
where corn meal is a rarity and a luxury, the
careful study of its uses is constantly de
veloping new methods for serving it as a
wholesome and palatable food. When its
value as food is more fully understood in
this country its use will become more gen
eral and the methods for cooking and serv
ing it will be greatly multiplied.
The dairymen at Elgin, 111., have con
tracted their milk to the New York Con
densed Milk Company for the next six
months at an average price of 80 cents per
100 pounds. The price by months is: For
April, 85 cents; May, 70 cents; June, CO
cents; July, 80 cents; August, 85 cents;
September, $1. These prices are the same
as have been paid for several seasons, and
the supply of milk is so great that the
dairymen cannot obtain higher prices.
Joseph Medill, editor and principal owner
of the Chicago Tribune, died on March 1(1
at the age of 07 years. He was born in
New Brunswick, studied and practiced law
in Ohio, but left his law office to become
editor of a newspaper. In 1855 he bought
an interest in the Chicago Tribune, and
was its editor-in-chief from that time
until his death. He had accum
ulated a fortune worth $5,000,000.
Five years ago he was offered $2,000,-
000 in cash for his interest in the Tribune,
but refused to sell it at any price.
More than 100,000,000 pounds of Amer
ican cottonseed oil is sold annually in Mar
seilles, Franco. It is there worked over
into an imitation of olive oil and sold all
over the world as olive oil. It is also used
in the manufacture of fancy soaps, perfum
ery and cosmetics, and it is rapidly driving
out the use of other oils. The makers of
seed oils in that country are trying to have
a prohibitory tax placed upon ita importa
tion. But this is strongly resisted by the
manufacturers who are using cottonseed
oil.
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