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BARTON COUNTY. DEMOCRAT
OFFICIAL PAPER OF BARTON COUNTY.
VOLUME VI,
GREAT BEND, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1889.
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'THE TVOKLD AT LARGE.
x Summary of the Dally News.
IK EXECUTIVE SESSIOX.
The Senate on the 26th confirmed all
nominations reported from committees, among
vthem Zachariah Walrond. Attorney, T. B. Nee
'dles. Marshal, and James Shackleford, Judge
of the .Indian Territory: James Tanner, Com
;.miss4onerof Pensions. Many nominations were
;-sent In by the President, among them Francis
K. Warren, to be Governor of "Wyoming Terri--tory;
Benjamin F. White, to be Governor of
IMontana: Robert B. Belt, of Maryland, for As
sistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and
tmany postmasters.
The Senate on the 27th disposed of sev
eral questions before it by leaving them before
.-appropriate committees, and in executive ses
sion confirmed Francis E. Warren Governor of
""Wyomias and Benjamin F. White Governor of
Montana. Robert V. Belt was confirmed as
-Commissioner of Indian Affairs, also a list of
postmasters. The President sent to the Sen
ate the. following nominations: Robert T. Lin
..oln, of Illinois, Minister to Great Britain;
Murat "Halstead, of Ohio, Minister to Germany;
Allen Thorndyhe Rice, of New York. Minister
to .Russia: Patrick Egan, of Nebraska, Minister
-to Chili; Thomas Ryan, of Kansas, Minister to
Mexieo: John Hicks, of Wisconsin. Minister to
Peru, and George B. Loring, of Massachusetts,
.Minister to Portugal.
Several resolutions were offered in the
:.Senate on the 28th, which went over, and Sen
ator Cockrell made a second and final report
.from the select committee to inquire into the
-methods of business in the executive depart
ments. In executive session the nomination of
aiurat Halstead to be Minister to Germany wtts
discussed for several hours and his nomination
rejected. Senators Teller, Plumb, Ingalls, Far
well and Cullom (Republicans) voting against
iitaa. A motion to reconsider was pending
when the Senate adjourned. The nomina
4.ions of John C. New as Consul-General
to London, and Lewis Wolfley, Governor of
Arizona, were confirmed and all diplomatic
nominations sent in the day before favorably
reported from committees. A resolution that
the Senate accept the invitation to attend the
centennial of the inauguration of Washington
was adopted. Among the nominations sent in
ty the President were Cassius M. Barnes, of
Arkansas, to be receiver and John L Dille, of
. Indiana, to be register of the new land office at
Guthrie, Ind. Ter.
In the Senate on the 29th theVice-Presi-dent
appointed Senators Sherman, Dawes, Alii
son, Cullom, Hampton, Eustis and Colquitt as
the committee to attend the New York centen
ial celebration, to which the President pro tern.
Senator Ingalls) was added. The motion to
reconsider the vote by which the nomination of
Murat Halstead had been rejected was debated
Xot nearly three hours and went over without
reaching a vote. A motion was entered bv Sen
ator Plumb for a reconsideration of the vote by
which Lewis Wolfley had been confirmed as Gov
- ornor of Arizona. Many postmasters and other
-appointments were confirmed. The President
-sent in the following nominations: George
-Chandler, of Kansas, for First Assistant Secre
tary of the Interior; Jacob V. Admire, of Kan
sas, receiver, and Jacob C.Roberts, of Nebraska,
register of the new land-office at Kingfisher, I.
T.; Robert Adams, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Min
ister to Brazil; Lansing B. Mezrier. of Califor
nia, Minister to the Central American States;
"William L. Scruggs, of Georgia, Minister to
"Venezuela; William O. Bradley, of Kentucky,
Minister to Corea.
After an exciting contest the Senate
on the 3th finally rejected the nomination of
Dlurat Halstead to be Minister to Germany, by
vote of 25 to 19. The confirmations were:
John Hicks, Minister to Peru ; George H. Lor
ing. to Portugal; Robert T. Lincoln, to Great
Britain; Allen Thorndyke Rice, to Russia;
"Thomas Ryan, to Mexico: Patrick Egan, to
Chili ; Robert Adams, Jr., to Brazil; Lansing
B. Mizner, to Central America; W. L. Scruggs, .
to Venezuela; W. O. Bradley, to Corea; Cas
sius M. Barnes, receiver, and John I. Dille,
register of the land-office at Guthrie, I. T. ; J.
"V. Admire, receiver, and J. C. Roberts, reg
ister of the land-office at Kingfisher, L T.:
-Oeorge C Chandler, Assistant Secre
tary of the Interior, and a number
of other appointments. The President sent the
following nominations to the Senate : John T.
t Abbott, of New Hampshire, to be Minister to
the Republic of Colombia; Edwin H. Terrill, of
"Texas, to be Minister to Belgium, and to be del
egates to the conference b tween the United
States and Mexico. Central and South America,
Haytl, San Domingo and Brazil to meet in
Washington in 189, John B. Henderson, of
JUssouri; Cornelius N. Bliss, of New York;
"William Pinkney White, of Maryland: Clement
tudebajter, of Indiana T. J. Coolidge, of
-Massachusetts; Wm. H. Trescott, of South
Carolina; Andrew Carnegie, of Pennsylvania:
-John R. G. Pitkin, of Louisiana; M. M. Estee,
of California, and J. H. Hanson, of Georgia, be
sides a long list of postmasters.
WASHINGTON MOTES.
Quite a- commotion was created recently
t the Riggs House, Washington, by Ma
jor George .A. Amies, a retired officer of
tue army, who tweaked the nose of Gen
eral Beaver, the present Governor of Penn
sylvania. The tweaking grew out of a
ssnub over the inauguration ceremonies.
Henry W. Raymond, editor and pro
prietor of the Georgetown Telegraph, has
(received the appointmentof private secre
tary to Secretary of the Navy Tracy.
Buffalo Bill, has presented to Prof.
Hernandez, of the National Museum,
-Washington, three large elk from his col
lection to tform the nucleus for a new
zoological garden.
The Commission recently appointed to
-select sites for new navy yards on the
Sout hern-coast have been inspecting vari
ous places in the vicinity of New Orleans.
Secretary Tract has finally nega
tively acted upon the application of the
Columbia iron works, of Baltimore, for an
extension of time for completing their
contract for the construction of the gun
boat Petrel. He refers the contractors to
Congress for relief.
The State Department is advised that
-Legitinie's Government has instructed
foreign -Governments, through their rep
resentatives at Hayti, to protest against
:the issue of money by the Hippolyte fac
tion, and will not in any way recognize
the issue.
The Internal Revenue Bureau reports
that for the half year ended December 31
ilast the production of oleomargarine ag
gregated 602,478 packages, weighing 18,--497,697
pounds. This is an extraordinarily
-large increase over the previous six
months, and if the rate of increase holds
out the production for the year will be
-about 45,000.000 pounds.
Aldack F. Walker, Inter-State Com
merce Commissioner, sent his resignation
to the' President on the 29th. He will leave
Washington to assume his new duties as
-chairman of the executive board of the
Inter-State Commerce Railway Associa
tion. The widow of Stonewall Jackson has
been offered the appointment of post
mistress of Lexington, Va., which she was
impelled to decline because of the feeble
ness of her father in his great age (ninety -one
years), which required her constant
attention.
Coxfirmatios of the terrible disaster at
Samoa was received in Washington on the
-30th. The loss of life by the sinking of the
cruisers numbered 147, of whom 51 were
-Americans, the rest being Germans.
Johic Hicks, who has been nominated
yXor Minister to Peru, is the proprietor of
j the Oshkoah Northwestern newspaper and
"president of the Wisconsin Editors and
-Publishers Association.' Lie Is a bri-Jn
jnan, about forty-five rears of age,' and
v iias been in poor health. It is believed
that a trip to Pern ul a residence there
will be beneficial to tLi ' .
THE EAST.
The Saxton Electric Reform bill (Aus
tralian ballot system) and the Excise Com
mission High License bill, amended, have
both been ordered to third reading in the
New York Assembly, the Republicans
voting yea and the Democrats nay.
Mary Anderson, the actress, was able
to take a long ride in Philadelphia on the
27th.
Fire broke out the other evening in the
Globe warehouse, Scranton, Pa., owned
by the firm of Clelland, Simpson & Tay
lor, who carried a stock valued at $200,000.
The loss was almost total.
The weavers' strike at Fall River, Mass.,
ended on the 27th on the old basis.
McIntosh & Hemphill's machine shops,
Pittsburgh, Pa., have been destroyed by
an incendiary. Loss, $100,000.
Margaret Cameron, daughter of Ex
Senator Simon Cameron, and John W.
Clark, son of a Newark millionaire, were
married in Philadelphia recently.
The executive committee of the board of
directors of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company adjourned at New York without
coming to a decision regarding the leasing
of the Wisconsin railroad.
Dr. John Swinburne, the eminent sur
geon of Albany, N. Y., died recently.
The anthracite coal companies, at a
meeting in New York City recently, de
cided not to reduce Western prices for
some time.
Incendiaries burned an entire block of
stables at Altoona, Pa., recently. Five
horses and nine head of cattle perished.
Seventeen inspectors have been re
moved from the customs department of
the custom house at New York. They
were all Democrats.
The whaling schooner William Crosier,
of Provincetown, Mass., reports the wreck
of the Boston bark Albert Russell, from
New York for Australia. Only two of the
crew were saved.
John Harris, a thirteen-year-old boy,
recently fell into a coke oven at Union
town, Pa., and was burned to death.
Hon. Jacob Sleeper, the well known
Boston philanthropist, died on the 31st,
aged eighty-seven.
During a fire in Philadelphia the other
day John Garrety, a fireman, fell from
the roof of the building and was killed.
A Standard oil tank exploded at Green
point, L. I., recently, causing a destructive
fire. Two men named Nolan and Ream
were fatally injured. ..
Manager Duff, the well known theat
rical man, died at New York recently.
He was born in Ireland sixty -nine years
ago.
Henry T. Helmbold, the formerly well
known patent medicine man, has been
sent to Bellevue Hospital from a New
York police court to be examined as to his
sanity upon complaint of his wife and son
that he was so violent that they were
afraid of him.
THE WEST.
The steamer Nanticoke, which is sup
posed to have been sunk in collision with
the Haytien gunboat Conserva, on the
South Atlantic coast, was chartered by
Mr. E. W. Perry, of Chicago.
L. S. Brown, a Government pensioner,
has been arrested at Minneapolis, Minn.,
for counterfeiting by thinly plating with
gold silver coins. He was found at work.
The young tragedian, Creston Clarke,
a nephew of Edwin Booth, was reported
lying dangerously ill in Milwaukee. He
was suffering from tonsilitis and inflam
mation of the bowels. His company was
disbanded.
An attempt was made to wreck the
Santa Fe train near Cbillicothe, 111., the
other night, unknown miscreants placing
ties on the track.
The business portion of Ashton, 111., has
been burned. Loss, $75,000.
Notice of suit for damages has been
served on Bill Nye and Whitcomb Riley
by Manager Maloney, of the Fort Dodge
(Iowa) Opera House, for failure to appear
as advertised. Mr. Nye's illness caused
the broken engagement.
While excavating for the foundation of
a new building on an unused lot in the
central part of Ottawa, 111., recently the
skeletons of two men, buried in one grave,
were unearthed by laborers. They had
been murdered.
A marvelous robbery occurred at the
First National Bank, Denver, Col., on the
afternoon of the 29th. An unknown man
forced the president of the bank to sign a
check for $21,000 and have it cashed by the
paying teller, after which he got away.
The man was armed with a revolver and
a bottle of nitro-glycerine, with which he
threatened to blow up the bank building.
The six story brick building at 48 to 52
North Clinton street, Chicago, occupied by
several business firms, was entirely de
stroyed by fire the other night, entailing
a loss of about $300,000.
The reward for the robber of the Denver
National Bank has been increased to $5,000.
The supposed nitro-glycerine which he
carried in a bottle turned out to be castor
oiL The frame work of the new Sacred
Heart Catholic Church at Dayton, O., was
blown down by a high wind recently,
causing much damage.
It is about certain that a Yellowstone
park scout named Wilson and one soldier
who accompauied him are lost. Tbey
started three weeks ago for a trip through
the park to see if there were any trespass
ers molesting game. The theory is that
the unfortunate men attempted to cross
the river and went through the ice.
THE SOUTH.
Captain Joseph Delano, of the tug S.
M. Johnson, of Baltimore, while shooting
at ducks on James river, Virginia, with a
Springfield rifle, accidentally killed the
five-year-old daughter of J. W. Brock
well. Brockwell was sitting in his house
a mile off with his child on his knee. The
ball passed through her bead.
Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, per
formed a marriage ceremony in the Senate
Chamber recently, uniting State Senator
Carter, of Macon County, and Mrs. Cor
nelia Jordan, of Nashville. Both houses
of the Legislature attended in a body. A
bill had been passed empowering the Gov
ernor to perform the ceremony.
Mack Francis and James Turner were
hanged at Lebanon, Tenn., on the 27th
for the murder of Lew Martin last summer.
They confessed their crime.
Rev. George B. Starr complains to the
Associated Press that the Seventh Day
Adventists are being horribly treated in
some parts of the South, particularly in
Georgia.
B. M. Hcey, Jr., Southern express agent,
was recently attacked by two masked
robbers at Blocton, Ala. He bravely de
fended his trust (a package of $7,000) and
killed one of his assailants, the other tak
ing to flight. He was wounded slightly
himself, a bullet glancing off his ribs.
A splendid vein of coal has been found
in Lamar County, Tex., at a depth of
twenty -three feet. - v t "-' .
Theodore Koa, a hand on a Baltimore
schooner, trrt tie cook, Loudon Johnson,'
colored, :rt : -Uy In a quarrel over tL
finding of a cockroach In the soup. Ts
gun was loaded with heavy duck sir r "5
Johnson's Injuries were considered '
The ex-President Cleveland party ar
rived in Florida from Cuba on the 28th.
Jed Pritchett, colored, was lawfully
hanged at Danville, Va., recently for rape.
Russell Wireman, a United States
deputy marshal, has been killed by moon
shiners thirteen miles southwest of Hind
man, Ky.
John C. Calhoun, a tinner of Dayton,
Tenn., tried to kill his family the other
day. He attacked his wife with a hatchet
and hit her three times, cut off bis invalid
daughter's ear and then cut his. own throat
with a knife and swallowed a big dose of
muriatic acid.
GENERAL
The Swiss Federal Council has asked
Parliament to vote money to fortify the
St. Gothard pass in preparation for de
fense against invasions.
Right Hon. John Bright, the "well
known English statesman, died on the
27th. He was born near Rochdale Nov
vember 16. 1811.
Lord Frazier, Judge of the Scotch
Court of Sessions, is dead.
The Baltic timber yard near Bucking
ham Palace, London, was destroyed by
fire recently. Loss, $300,000. Several
firemen were injured.
Ferdinand Vandertaelen, a merchant
prince of Antwerp, committed suicide the
other day. The act was due to the failure
of several allied firms whose liabilities
will probably reach a colossal sum. Mr.
Vandertaelen was a leading member of
the Liberal party and had been dubbed
the John Bright of Belgium.
The French Chamber of Deputies has
passed a bill doubling the import duties
on rye and adding 5 francs per cwt. to the
duty on rye meal.
Yellow fever and small-pox prevails
at Rio de Janeiro.
. The Anti-Jesuit resolution was defeated
in the Canadian House of Commons on the
2Sth.
The American Waltham Watch Com
pany has resolved upon a dividend of 50
per cent, to clear off $2,000,000 surplus.
The Berlin Post announces that Em
peror William intends making a visit .to
London during the earlier part of May.
The total production of distilled spirits
in the United States from July 1, 1S88, to
January 31, 1889, was 42,739,336 taxable
gallons, being the largest production for a
similar period in any year since 18S3.
President Diaz, of Mexico, declares the
story of an error in the Lower California
boundary line a canard unworthy of at
tention. The French Cabinet on the 29th resolved
to arrest and prosecute General Bou
langer. Gladstone delivered his eulogy on
John Bright in the British House of Com
mons on the 29 th.
It is reported that Sheik El Senoussi
with a large following of troops has ap
proached within a few hundred miles of
Khartoum, on which he is advancing with
the intention of overthrowing the new
Mahdi, Khalifa Abdulah.
It was rumored on the 31st that Emper
or Francis Joseph had been seized with a
sudden illness.
While Father Agostina was preaching
in the Si". Carlo Church at Rome on the
31s a bomb was exploded. There was
great excitement in the congregation and
several women fainted, but the preacher
continued his sermon.
The funeral of John Bright took place
from his residence near Rochdale on the
3)th without ceremony. The Dean of
Founders' College delivered the oration.
Clearing house returns for the week
ended March 30 showed an average in
crease of 23.8. In New York the increase
was 22.4.
Business on the London Stock Exchange
during the week ended March 30 was quiet
but firmer. Brewery shares were largely
bought and several American concerns
were successfully floated. In Paris prices
were lower. German financial matters
were quiet.
A Turin telegram of the 31st reported
that Kossuth was dying.
The great Eiffel tower, which will be
one of the principal features of the coming
Paris Exhibition, was opened officially on
the 31st. Premier Tirard delivered tha
oration.
THE LATEST.
Jamestown, N. Y., April 1. A serious
freight collision ocenrred three miles west
of here at 11:20 yesterday morning on the
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad.
The second section of east bound train 24
ran past orders at Lake wood and collided
with the west bound train No. 8. Fifteen
loaded cars were wrecked. Engineer
Hiram Freeman, of the west bound
freight, was dangerously injured about
the head; Conductor Yocum badly scald
ed, and Fireman P. P. Carney slightly in
jured. The crew of train 24 jumped and
escaped injury.
Louisville, Ky., April 1. At Burks
ville Thursday Matt Baker was shot and
mortally wounded by his uncle, Dr. Sand
ige, and his cousin, Sandige's son. The
town is under local prohibition law.
Sandige keeps a drug store. When be re
fused to sell Baker whisky, Baker followed
him to his house and became very abusive.
After ordering Baker away several times
the Sandiges shot at him. At last reports
it was considered impossible for Baker to
recover.
Philadelphia, April L Early yester
day morning fire broke out in the clothing
house of Bloomingdale & Co., 332 Market
street. The flames spread to S. Miller &
Co.'s shirt factory, 330 Market street, and
also slightly damaged the box factory of
Bates & Co. Total loss, $12,000; fully cov
ered by insurance. John Garretty, a fire
man, fell from the roof of Bates & Co.'s
building and was probably fatally in
jured. Livingston, M. T., April L It is about
certain tuat a park scout named Wilson
and one soldier who accompanied him are
lost. They started three weeks ago for a
trip through the park to see if there were
any trespassers molesting the game. A
relief party was started out this morning
by Captain Harris. The theory is that the
unfortunate men have attempted to cross
the river and have gone through the ice.
London, March 3L After effects of the
Paris panic are reported from different
quarters. M. Congard, a banker of Ge
neva, has committed suicide. At Le Mons,
a center of a great farming district, a
large number of persons have been thrown
out of employment through tb e bankruptcy
of their employers. In one day nine hun
dred bills of exchange were returned un
paid. St. John, N. B., April 1. Robert Lockie,
an old, wealthy and respected resident of
Salt Springs, Kings County, was burned
to death yesterday morning. The house
caught fire and he saved his family, and
then went back into the burning building
to save some papers. He waS sixty-four
years old.
City or Mexico, March SL The Board
of Health has pronounced American lard
an adulteration, unfit for use, and pro
hibited Its sale. ThU action has been
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KANSAS STATE NEWS.
Recently Mrs. C. J. Bliss, of Grant
County, was using carbolic acid about her
house as a disinfectant, when her three-year-old
son by some means obtained pos
session of the bottle and drank a quantity
of the liquid. Medical aid proved un
availing and the child died. It was
feared the mother would lose her reason.
Fourth-class postmasters recently ap
pointed in Kansas: J. B. Welpton at
AUnena, Morton County; J. T. Morrison,
Cedarville, Smith County; M. E. Hutchin
son, Dorrance, Russell County; A. E.
Strauss, Fowler, Meade County; J. L.
Trowbridge, Hawkeye, Decatur County;
A. F. Aderhald, McFarland, Wabaunsee
County; G. F. Gill, Raymond, Rice Coun
ty; Minnie L. Dustin, Summunduwot,
Wyandotte County; E. W. McKay, Por
tis, Osborne County; I K. Johnson, Tivo
li, Ellsworth County; "E. S. Wasson,
Turks ville, Ellis County; Royal Eastman,
Woodston, Rooks County.
Patents recently issued to Kansas in
ventors: A. J. A damson, Sabetba. rolling
harrow and cultivator; Quincy Baldwin,
Tonganoxie, sash balance; J. H. Cassidy,
Leavenworth, cover fastener for vessels;
G. W. Day, Lansing, fountain attachment
for wash boilers; Alma Emmons, Galena,
ore separator; Enos Landes, Reserve, cul
tivator; W. D. Makemson, Prescott, churn;
II. C. Perry, Coffey ville, ironing board;
J. D. Pritchard, Topeka, hammock suspen
sion device; F. W. Richey, Armourdale,
stop or throttle valve; R, F. Robinson,
Kansas City, brick machine; S. C Tucker,
Garnett, buckle; J. M. Wishart, Marion,
sad iron heating apparatus.
The other evening Charles Gordon, a
Leavenworth grocer twenty-four years
old, met two negro men in front of his
store and a scuffle ensued, when he was
stabbed to the heart and died instantly.
Parties some distance away identified the
murderers as Monroe Campbell and Rich
Lemmons. When - Gordon fell they es
caped in the direction of the river. The
murdered man bore an excellent reputa
tion, and was never known to have a
quarrel. He leaves a widowed mother and
a wife and one child.
The Governor has issued his proclama
tion designating Thursday, April 11 as
Arbor Day.
A vein of the best kind of bituminons
coal was recently discovered in the shaft
of the New Home mine at Leavenworth.
It is free from sulphur and other impuri
ties and when tested proved to be suited
to blacksmithing and cooking purposes.
It is said to be the most valuable coal field
in that part of the country and of great
importance to the city.
The house of J.W.Baldwin, of Quenemo,
took fire the other evening from a defective
flue and a babe which was asleep in the
room when the fire originated was fatally
burned.
The Governor has appointed J ames H.
C. Brewer, of Peabody, member of the
Board of Silk Commissioners for the term
of two years, ending March 19, 1S91.
On the 29th the President nominated
George Chandler, of Independence, Kan.,
to be First Assistant Secretary of the In
terior, and Jacob V. Admire to be receiver of
the new laud-office at Kingfisher, Ind. Ter.
Kansas postmasters appointed on the
27th: Belpre, Edwards County, James M.
Norvell, vice John Kennedy, resigned;
Pomona, Franklin County, B. G. Glenn,
vice Josiah D. Flora, removed; Prescott,
Linn County, William T. Fisher, vice John
L. Brown, removed; Central City, Ander
son County, Everett Marsh, vice John W.
Farrris, resigned; Glenloch, Anderson
County, Adam R. Foster, vice G. F. Watt,
resigned; Luden, Rawlins County, R. H.
Chase, vice John H. Constable, removed;
Muscotah, Atchison County, George Pea
body, vice Henry H. Moore, removed;
Selma, Anderson County, Francis M. Ir
win, vice William W. Sharpies, resigned.
Hon. Thomas Ryan, Congressman from
the Fourth district, has been appointed
Minister to Mexico.
Officials of the Rock Island railroad
and a corps of engineers started from To
peka on the 28th to make the final survey
for the extension of the road through the
Indian Territory. The road is built as far
south as Pond creek in the Cherokee strip,
at which point construction will begin.
F. H. Anthony, an ex-police officer, re
cently complained at police headquarters
in Leavenworth that he had been waylaid
the previous night by fifteen men and
boys, while going home from the temper
ance meetings in Stiiling's addition, and
badly beaten with stones and cut about
the legs. He said he had done nothing to
excite their wrath and didn't know what
made them do it. He bad a severe cut in
the left thigh, reaehing to the bone, and
the flesh below the knee was badly lacer
ated. He received several bruises about
the head and chest.
O. K. Serviss, chief of police of Kansas
City, Kan., has been appointed postmaster
of that city to succeed V. J. Lane, editor
of the Herald, whose commission had ex
pired. The little daughter of Lewis Aldridge
was rode down, trampled upon and prob
ably fatally injured by the horses of sev
eral young hoodlums who attended a
meeting in Lyon County the other day
and rode furiously along the roed regard
less of the many people that were return
ing from the services.
Prominent Santa Fe officials recently
expressed the opinion that this will be the
most prosperous season Kansas has ex
perienced in years, and that both the
railroad company and the people will
make money.
The State Board of Railroad Commis
sioners, on the application of the Union
Pacific, has ordered a rehearing in the
Abilene case, which involves the right of
ne road to require another road,
at a common point, to accept its cars and
place them at the mills and elevators to
be loaded and transported on a competing
line.
The census of 1885 gave Kansas a popu
lation of 1,268.53). This consisted of 679,
SO0 males and 589,230 females. The mar
ried were 463,501 and the single 771,569,
while there were 22,214 widows and 14,240
widowers, the widows being in the major
ity of widowers by 7,968.
Air Eastern capitalist, who has been in
vestigating Kansas salt, gives as his opin
ion that Kansas is certainly destined at
an early date to become the principal cen
ter for the supply of salt in the United
States.
Ed Cabson recently fatally stabbed Jim
Hayden at Lawrence. Both are negroes
and the quarrel was over a woman.
Charles Slips, only seventeen years
old, was recently arrested at Topeka for
burglary. He was trying to slip away
with the stolen goods when an officer took
him in charge.
The county commissioners of Kearney
County recently caused summons to be
served on Senator J. W. Rush aad the
First National Bank. f Larked la a ami
asking damage In tarr-t . , HV
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THE SAMOA STOKM.
Suddenness of the Disastrous Cy
clone at Apia.
American losses Amount to Fifty-one
German L.osses Much Heavier Queen
Victoria Expresses Sympathy
MataaXa's Noble Work.
London, April L According to the lat
est particulars of the disastrous storm at
Apia, which have just been received, the
storm burst upon the harbor suddenly.
The German man-of-war Eber was the
first vessel to drag her anchor. She be
came unmanageable and was driven help
lessly on the reef which runs around the
harbor. She struck broadside on at six
o'clock in the morning. The shock caused
her to lurch and to stagger back, and she
sank in a moment in deep water. Most of
her men were under hatches and scarcely
a soul of them escaped.
The German war ship Adler was the
next to succumb. She was lifted bodily
by a gigantic wave and cast on her beam
ends or. the reefs. A terrible struggle for
life ensued among the officers and sailors
aboard. Many plunged into the raging
surf and struck out, some reaching the
shore in safety. Others clung to the rig
ging until the masts fell. Of those in the
rigging only two gained the shore. The
captain of the Adler and several other
officers were saved.
Meantime the United States steamship
Nipsic had been dragging her anchors and
drifting toward the shore. The captain,
however, managed to keep control and
raft her on a sand bank. Boats were im
mediately lowered and the whole company
saved with the exception of six men. These
were drowned by the capsizing of a boat.
The United States steamship Vandalia
was carried before the gale right upon the
reef. She struck with a terrible shock,
hurling the captain against a Gatling
gun and he fell stunned. Before he could
recover a great wave swept the deck and
washed him and others away into the sea.
The vessel sank fifty yards from the Nip
sic and several of the officers and men
went down with her. Others perished
while making desperate efforts to swim to
the shore. Some of the ship's company
tried to save themselves by clinging to the
rigging, but heavy and swift running
waves dashed over them and one by one
they were swept away.
By this time night had set in. Many
natives and Europeans had gathered on
the shore, all anxious to render assistance
to the unfortunate crews, but owing to the
darkness they were wholly unable to be
of service.
Soon after the Vandalia had sunk the
American war ship Trenton broke from
her anchorage and was driven upon the
wreck of the Vandalia, whence she drifted
to the shore. The bottom of the Trenton
was completely stove and her hold was
half full of water.
As morning broke, the German man -of
war Olga, which had hitherto withstood
the gale, although much battered by the
heavy seas that constantly broke upon
her, became unmanageable and was driven
upon the beach, where she lay in a toler
ably favorable position.
The following is a record of the officers
and men lost: Eber The captain and all
other officers except one, and seventy-six
men. Vandalia The captain, four officers
and forty men. Nipsic Seven men. Ad
ler Altogether fifteen persona Mataafa
sent a number of his men to the assist
ance of the wrecked ships. They ren
dered splendid aid in trying to float the
Olga.
THE AMERICAN LOSSES.
Washington, March 31. The following
cable message dated yesterday has been
received at the Navy Department:
Secretary of Xsry, Washington:
Hurricane at Apia, March 15. Every vessel
in harbor on shore except English man-of-war
Calliope, which got to sea.
Trenton and Vandalia total losses. Nipsic
beached; rudder gone, may be saved. Chances
against it. Will send her to Auckland if pos
sible. Vandalia lost four officers and thirty-nine
men as follows : Captain Schoonmaker, Pay
master Arms, Lieutenant Sutton, Pay Clerk
Roach, Henry Baker, W. Brisbane, William
Brown, Quartermaster C as pen, M. Cragin, B. i
C. Davis, Thomas G. Downey, M. Ericcson, Sl
C. Gehring, AdolDh Goldner, George Gorman, U. j
R Green, Joseph Griffin, E. M. Hammeur, John
Hanchett, C.H.Hawkins.W.Howat, Frank Jones,
George Jordon, M. H. Joseph, John Kelley.
Thomas Kelley, N. Kinsella, C. P. Kratzor,
Charles Krans, Fr. Lessman, George Merrage.
Aylmor Montgomery, Thomas Riley, EL P.
Stalman, C. C. Stanford, John Sims,
G. EL Wells, John Miliford, Henry
Wixted, Ankow, Ankepp, Pendang, Techor.
The Nipsic lost seven men: George W. Callen,
Joseph Heap, David Kelleber, William Wat
son, John Gill, Thomas Johnson, Henry Pout
sell. All saved from the Trenton. Trenton and
Vandalia crews ashore. Nipsic' s on board. All
stores possible saved.
German ships Adler and Eber total loss.
Olga beached; may be saved. German losses,
ninety-six.
Important to send 300 men home at once.
Shall I eharter steamers; can charter in Auck
land. Lieutenant Wilson will remain in Auckland
to obey your orders.
Fuller accounts by mail. Kimberly.
Advices received by the naval author
ities here report that the storm raged dur
ing the 16th and 17th instants.
The Olga was stranded but her crew
was saved.
Seven merchant vessels anchored at
Samoa foundered.
The following dispatch has been sent to
Lieutenant Wilson for Admiral Kimberly,
care of American Consul, Auckland:
Take such steps with regard to Nipsic and
wrecks and sending men home as you may
deem proper. Full power given you. Monon
gahela sailed for Apia February 2L.
Tract.
victoria's sympathy.
Washington, April 1. Queen Victoria
has cabled through Lord Salisbury to the
British legation in this city directing that
her earnest sympathy be expressed to the
President of the United States on the ter
rible naval misfortune at Samoa and the
deplorable loss of life. Mr. Edwards, the
British charge, accompanied by the Secre
tary of State, waited upon the President
yesterday afternoon and read to him the
Queen's message. President Harrison ex
pressed his warm appreciation and that of
the whole people of the country of the
Queen's considerate sympathy and prom
ised a more formal reply through the De
partment of State.
Rough on American LarA.
City or Mexico, March 3L The Board
of Health has pronounced American lard
an adulteration, unfit for use, and pro
hibited its sale. This action has been
sustained by Minister Rubio. It will be
effective throughout the Republic, and in
structions have been given to all custom
booses. - . Evictions In Pennsylvania. V- -:
' BZTHLZBEX. Pa.. If arch L- The tlisriS
I and his deputies yesterday evicted Ura
J Criiawder, d sevexty jtsxz a4.c Lrs
C ! r . r
THEY KICK.
New York's "Foot Bontlretf In a ITIgls
Flutter Over the Centennial Celebra
tion. New York, March 23. There is a beau
tiful row here over the celebration of tho
Washington centennial on April SO and
May L There has been a great deal of
quiet kicking going on for some time, be
cause the affair was being managed in a
ridiculous manner by members of New
York's "400," and what was intended as a
celebration by the people was developed
into a free entertainment for certain
would-be aristocrats who have "shooting
boxes" in Scotland, and never before
knew in what year Washington was in
augurated. The Legislature appropriated
$200,000 toward defraying the expenses of
the celebration.
The Four Hundred eagerly clutched the
lucre, but when it came to providing for
the lawmakers to witness the great parade
tbey could not think ot such a thing as al
lowing common legislators to sit on the
same stand. Whereupon a bill was in
troduced in the State Senate yesterday,
and rushed through, providing that the
State of New fork shall take control of the
west side of Fifth avenue in the neighbor
hood of Twenty-fifth street for one month.
This is just where the centennial commit
tee proposed to erect their stands. The
Solons at Albany, however, propose to have
this spot themselves, and in the Assembly
yesterday a bill was introduced and re
ferred to a committee, with instructions
to report to-morrow, appropriating money
for the erection of a stand for the Legis
lature, State officers and members of the
press. Furthermore the Legislature
threatens to repeal the $200,000 appropria
tion, and as they are in a mighty bad
humor, it would not surprise any one to
see them do it.
The Four Hundred are in a high state of
excitement and are flooding Albany with
telegrams on the subject. They recognize
that this a more serious matter than the
silly row between themselves as to which
ladies should dance In the opening quad
rille. COMMISSIONERS NAMED.
The President Appoints the Cherokee Com
missioners Ambiguous Language Ex
plained. Washington, March 29. The Cherokee
Commissioners appointed and whose com
missions were signed last night are: Ex
Governor George D. Robinson, of Massa
chusetts ; Mr. J. Otis Humphrey, of Spring
field, 111., and Judge Wilson, of Arkansas.
Every one of these gentlemen were named
and backed by staunch and unswerving
supporters of the Oklahoma bill. The cat
tle syndicates succeeded in having the
name of Major Warner eliminated from
the Commission.
Ex-Governor Robinson
of the Forty-fifth, Forty -sixth and Forty
seventh Congresses, and subsequently
was elected Governor of Massachusetts
for three successive terms. His name was
presented by Senator Dawes, chairman of
the Indian Committee of the Senate.
Mr. Humphrey is a prominent young
lawyer of Springfield, I1L, and was cham
pioned by Senator Cullom and Congress
man Springer.
Judge Wilson, the Democratic member
of the commission, is a prominent jurist of
his State, and was at one time spoken of
for one of the Utah commissioners. He was
recommended by Congressman PeeL chair
man of the House Indian Affairs Commit
tee, through whose efforts the legislation
opening Oklahoma was largely accom
plished in the Indian Appropriation bill.
the proclamation explained.
Owing to the ambiguous language em
ployed in the section of the President's
proclamation in reference to the town
sites in Oklahoma there have been many
inquiries made as to when such town
sites can be selected. To settle this mat
ter definitely a correspondent called on
Secretary Noble for the purpose of ob
taining his decision on this important
question. Secretary Noble stated em
phatically that the intention of the procla
mation was that no one should enter upon
any of the lands either for homestead or
town site selections and entry until after
the expiration of the limitation fixed by
the proclamation twelve o'clock merid
ian, April 22.
. RAILROAD FOR OKLAHOMA.
The Rock Island Sends a Corps of Engia-
eera and Surveyors .Into the Cedoa
Country.
Topeka, Kan., March 29. Officials of the
Rock Island railroad and a corps of en
gineers have started from this city to
make the final survey for the extension
through the Indian Territory. The road
is built as far south as Pond creek in the
Cherokee Strip, at which point construc
tion will begin.
The proclamation by which Oklahoma is
opened designates Kingfisher as the land
office for the western district. This is at
present a stage station situated on King
fisher creek, a southern tributary of the
Cimarron. It is on the projected line of
the Rock Island and some ninety miles
south of the Kansas line.
It is stated that the railroad company
will push its line to Kingfisher as soon as
possible. It is not at all likely that the
extension will stop there, as Fort Reno is
but a score of miles further on. At this
point there will be a great demand for
supplies and transportation.
Defended His Trust.
Birmingham, Ala-, March 29. At Bloc
ton, a small mining village on the Bir
mingham mineral railroad, last night, B. M.
Huey, Jr., the Southern express agent, re
ceived a package containing $7,000 to be
used by the Cahoba Coal Mining Company
in paying off Monday next. It being too
late for delivery he deposited the money
in his safe. About ten o'clock he was
startled by a voice from behind exclaim
ing: "Hold your hands up," and turned
to behold two men with blackened faces
presenting revolvers at him.
Huey very quickly seized his revolver
near by and the shots from the foremost
revolver and his own were simultaneous.
Huey staggered back and the robbers
fled. The firing brought citizens of the
village to the depot. Not fifty yards away
the dead body of one of the would-be rob
bers was found. He proved to be John
Warren, a large white man. Huey was
shot in the breast, but the bullet struck a
rib and glanced, passing through and
breaking an arm.
Delivered to the Indians.
Springfield, Neb.. March 29. Mrs.
Gannon, the wife of a settler living near
the Dakota line, was in this town yester?
day asking help in rescuing her husband
from the Dakota Indians. Gannon and a
number of other men were captured by a
vigilance committee a couple of weeks
ago, on suspicion of being cattle thieves.
The committee finally released them oa.
their promise to leave the country at
TesterdaT three of them Qaanoa
two men named Drancoci and ; EHey
txea acrc.J the J-rrcta Irsa
a cool noirrrsv -
The Prnldrat of Deavcr Cu.! " s.
to Draw His Check For CI.C T ir " r "
It Cashed By sCoetBatDsi: " " ; . .
Denver, CoL, March tX-r-Tl ;
sad most succeasf ul bank rcU r -
reported in the West ;. r :
upon the First National Iliki: ,
o'clock yesterday afternoon tli .
succeeding in getting away wiili 1, .
The cashier of the bank rTe tie f
ing account of the afTalrt , VThur.
morning immediately after t! cpesir " '
the bank, a well dressed Elan, vrilii 1:
mustache and complex! en end cl n
height, walked into the t-
Assistant Cashier Roast Xr - era l
could see Mr. Moffett, pre "
bank. Mr. Lewin informed 1'
could see Mr. Moffett, who Ja t
dent of the Denver & RioCrsrai
at the president's- ofice la tT"
block. Nothing m-ere".--the
stranger until yeaterdayxw ,
ten o'clock when he entered tee ra..
office and asked to see fir. Uoffettcn 1
portant business, He was odnutUl to LLj- -
private rvon and briefly staSed Cat
!ad discovered a conspiracy wierO-y tl f
First National Bank was to-be r'i tl
a large sum of money.; Mr. Xilc "v talii
the man he was very bury at tt-t.
but would be pleased to meet I i , 1
private office in the bank; at one -i. -
With this the man left the haiiiin-. " -few
minute after the hour appointed, :X
called at the bank and was shown lata t" '
president's office. While resaainla"? -
standing he inquired if the eaalier. S. ! .
Wood, was in, and was told that. he wa
at lnneh. He then naked, for sv bUatX
check for the purpose of showing how the -robbery
was to be perpetrated,- .
"The check was handed him.- lie laid I,
npon the desk in front of Mr. Uc-ett and ;
said: I will have to dothis mysc.12,- nd
pulling a large revolver from hi? .coat.
placed it at Mr. Moff etts head and In- a :
cidedly earnest but unendted sbt V '
said: 'I want $21,000 and am tlztz -
have it. I have considered this matter i 1 .
the chances I am running and the- conse
quences if I fail and am arrested. I :
penniless and a desperate man and have
been driven during the past week to that
point where I have considered suicide as
the only means of escape from the pov- .
erty and misery in which Iexfst. Ton.
have millions. I am determined so havn.
what I have asked for. . If yon. snake sv
noise, call a man or ring a belL I wilt blow
your brains out and then blow up the
building and myself with this bottle of 1
glycerine (which he at that moment pulled.
out of his pocket). Now take your eaoiee. -p,
Moffett started to argue with the man,
but was stopped with the Information that -
it was useless and that. ha bad La t two. r
minutes in which to fill out the ck be
fore him for $21,000 if he desired
to live. Moffett, seeing no otLcr elteraa
native, filled out the check and. was tie a. '
ordered to take it to the paying taller rjii .
get it cashed. Mr. Moffett left tis c
and with the man behind him wiC ' ' .
revolver partially concealed under , ' .
overcoat, and with the muxsle al
against Moffett' s back, marched hioi vr-'
hind the counter and up ttx - Parity
Teller Keeley, with the request ts.' ' t'
check be immediately cashed. : - They .k '
marched into Moffett's office wllhri ex
tracting the attention of the HfSeea c--twenty
clerks who were within two
of where they passed. ": '
"After tbey had remained In the private . ..
office three or four minutes the robber in--:
formed Mr. Moffett that they were wasting
time and that he had better step to the- :
door and motion his teller to eome to him t
which he did. Moffett instructed him ta
bring the money into his office, and as the . "
teller turned to go away the reiser told
him be wanted twenty $LCC3 LULi "and ,
$1,000 in gold. The money w; j fcr. -Jt .
in and handed over to the cnCz z.1
who for a few brief moments ?d ovr::i .
the bank, and, waiting until t" tUrr f- 1 " .
reached his desk, he backed ( . 1 r -front
door, making Mr. UoH.lt t '
standing in his door until he Lad I... :
the curbstone. He then raised his ha4.
walked around the corner and Lrs net
been heard of." .-..- -
Mr. "Moffett is completely rottrt.
with the shock. Detectives are oci cT:n
the man but no trace of him htjt.za
found. '- V- ,
The man who committed thsrotberr t3 7
troduced himself as CL J. Wells. re
ward of $1,500 has been offered for Lis sr S
rest. ,
MURAT HALSTEAD.
Those "Vigorous Editorials Slae C J
SIockHha, '
Washtsgtos. March 30. The Eenu.
mained in session until 4:S5 p. m.r yer tir-
day discussing Murat Halstead's nc Lxv
tion. but came to no conclusion.
Senators Teller and Ingalls led" s S. 1 1 r
against confirmation, - and ;ucie2 '
numerous extracts from his ewUorU.it
attacking prominent Republican Ir
era. I hey took the hroad rrra tita.
man who published such bruil as J r t
truthful attacks upon stateenm acd I 1--ers
in control of the legislation c V
Nation was not a fit representative t: I.
abroad to represent the country c' 3
important place, let alone oti fKLi
court of Berlin, where diplomacy, tr : 1 fti "
dignity were especial requirements -.:
Senators Spoon er, Hoar and Cli' ' I
supported confirmation, and nr
the Senate should not reject sue .'
journalist because of personal '
The arguments finally tired the C J; -
and the motion to adjourn till t- '..
readily agreed to, when the figL
renewed, and Cullom. Teller m '
are expected to argue againcS .
tion. : ' .' .
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The Adventure's lUeatf i
Seattle, W. T., March 50 . . - '
Adventure left Seattle Last l,rci. t
trading expedition to Alssrv ilatt fep-
tember the f oreboom knocked - over boards '
J. B. Reed, one of the owners. Tbec&heraV
on board were not sailors sc. J " "ild xpn--derhimno
assistance au&he tree Crowned. '
The schooner drifted around' l?r two.
months and finally Crove a4iore.nr.-jT
Port tches, Alaska. Aleut Indians vcr 1
to the assistance of taps cat boar 4. r i
she was gotton off e3ore- ajd. saile A
Port Etches. The sohoon at : pxcrak
lies there in charge af. one. X tL crcru.
TTnr Tirr Tm Ilia Haaeil Tl ' 1
Milwaukee, Wi Mjssahd. C-
culty in regard to. trjarportallJi ;l 1
between Chicago and Xdwatr- C J
the coming encampx&ent. ' has La -J-factorily
adjusted. . The rail rri i
doned their determination ta "
and one-third, and will v :
the round trip. . ' : .
Attained a Cr
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