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WICHITA, KAS.,
The Ohio Democrats Meet in
State Convention at
Cleveland.
The Usual Scenes Incident to
Such Gatherings Enacted
With Eclat.
State Ticket Nominated, Headed
by Thomas E. Powell
for Governor.
The Platform Modeled After the
Conventional Btyle A Cunning
Bid for Temperance Votes.
Little Billy Mahone Fails to liaise
the Wind in Ifew York Move
ment in Favor of Col.
Fred Grant.
OHIO DEMOCRATS.
Their State Convention Adopt a Plat
form and Nominate a Ticket.
Cleveland, 0., July 21 The Demo
cratic state convention wa3 called to oider
at 11 o'clock this morning at Music hall by
Henry Bohl of Marrietta, chairman of the
state executive committee.
Senator Henry S. Payne entered the hall
just before the convention opened and was
loudly cheered. There wa3 no temporary
organization and Hon. Geo. E. Seney of
Tiffin at once took his place as chairman.
Judge Seuey made a short speech, eulogiz
ing ex-Senator Thurman and demanding
that Eepublicans be turned out of office,
and if necessary to accomplish this result
that the civil service law be repealed.
At the close of his remarks the platform
was adopted without a dissenting vote.
Nominations for governor were then called
for and Congressman James E. Campbell
of Hamilton county, Thomas E Powell of
Delaware and Congressman Martin A.
Foran of Cleveland, were named.
Mr. Powell was nominated on second
ballot.
D. C. Coleman, of Portage county, was
nominated for lieutenant governor by ac
clamation, after one ballot had been taken,
the other two candidates withdrawing.
Forjudge ofsupieme court, long term,
L. R. Critchfield, of Holmes county, was
nominated by acclamation.
For judge of supreme court, short term,
Virgil P. Kline, of Cleveland.
Attempt was made to force through the
nomination of Emil Kiesewetter, of Frank
lin county, for auditor of state. A storm
of nays arose, but Chairman Seney de
clared the motion carried and the nomina
tion was made. Several delegates at
tempted to protest, but all were ruled out
of order. Finally John McBride, of Stark
coanty, declared that if Kiesewetter was
nominated in the unfair manner proposed,
he would take the stump against him. Mr.
Kiesewetter then announced that he
wanted no unfair advantage and that he
was willing to go before the convention on
even terms with other candidates This
induced the chairman to call for further
nominations. Joseph G. Curley, of Cam
paign county, was then named and a ballot
ordered which tesulttd in the nomination
of Kiesewetter.
inE riATFOKM.
Following is the platform adopted by
the Democratic party of Ohio in conven
tion assembled: It proclaims its hearty and
unqualified endorsement of the honest,
patriotic, economical administration of
President Cleveland. "We demand such
judicious reduction of the presents
burdensome tariff as shall result in the
production of revenue sufficient only to
meet the expense of the economical admin
istration of the government; payment of
liberal pensions to Union soldiers and sail
ors and payment of interest and principal
of the public debt, and if necessary in favor
of such reduction of internal revenue except
on liquors, as will prevent the accumula
tion of a surplus in the national treasury,
and we denounce any attempt to abolish the
tax on liquors for the purpose of keeping up
the present unjust, unequal and onerous
tariff sytera.
We ca'l attention to and affirm as sound
doctriue aud policy the following emphatic
and patr"otic language of President Cleve
land: Our public domain is our national
wealth, :.n earnest of our growth and
heritage f our people. It should promise
limitles development and riches, relief to
the cro dins population and homes to the
thrifty and industrious. These inestimable
advantag s should be jealously guarded,
and careful and enlightened policy on the
part of the government should secure them
to the people.
We demand that all lands of the govern
ment shall be held for actal settlers all who
are citizens of the United States and for
those who declare their intention of becom
ing such.
We are in hearty sympathy with all
people struggling to free themselves from
the environments of despotism, and espec
ially docs the long and gallant struggle of
Ireland for the priceless boon of home rule
and the rights of manhood awake our
warmest applause and commend our hearti
est good wihcs for speedy success.
Labor being the chief factor and great
conservator of free aud liberal institutions
should enjoy its full share of common
benefits derived therefrom. There never
were such restraints of centralization and
encroachments of corporate power to bring
least possible protection to honest labor and
at he same time conserve the interests of
honestly employed capital.
We favor such legislation on the ques
tion of Immigration as wil1 prevent the
landing for permanent residence of aliens
who are not willing to declare their inten
tion of becoming "citizens of the United
States. We declare our opposition to the
importation of contract labor, and we de
mand the speedy punishment of all persons
inciting riot and revolution against repub
lican institutions. We demand the fullest
regard for the ballot box, and the punish
ment of all who seek to corrupt it. We
declare in favor of the proper regulation
of the liquor traffic and believe it to be the
duty of all good citizens to aid in reducing
to Uh minimum, the evils resulting there
from, and to this end f -ivor the submission
of an amendment"to the constitution pro
viding for the license of such traffic.
Explosion from L'ghtninjr.
Stheatok, HI., July 21. The powder
house owned by the C W. & y. Coal Co.
was itruck by lightniDg at 2.30 this morn
ing, causing a terrible explosion and killing
one man and wounding many; also demol
ished all the property for blocks around it.
There was not a window left unbroken,
within half a mile Of the explosion.
Wily Politicians.
New Youk. July 21. Senator Mahone s
recent visit to this city has had for one of
its objects tbg raising of money from
prominent Republicans to carry the Virgin
ia legislature so that he may succeed Rid
dlebarger. He failed to raise a dollar.
There is a movement among the Grand
Army to have Colonel Fred Grant nomi
nated by the Republicans tor secretary of
state, and Governor Hill will be asked to
advise the Democrats to make no nomina
tion against him.
The Choice of Hoosler Bepublicane.
New Yoke, July 21. Judge C. W.
Fairbanks of Indianapolis, who is now in
the city, said today: We are anxiously
looking forward to 1888, as we have no
state election this fall. Indiana is pretty
equally divided in sentiment beUven ex
Senator Harrison and General Gre-ham in
her choice for presidential candidate. How
the delegation will go I cannot predict.
General Gresham Is a great favorite, and
everyone knows that heis incorruptible and
frares. He has a fine record as a soldier.
The nublislei stutem -nt that John C. New
stid that Judge Greaham did not vote for
either Hayes or limine must be a mistake.
The reporter certainly misunderstood Mr.
New. Judge Gresham has always been a
strong Republican and voted the it aight
ticket. He did not vote the Republican
ticket in 1864: because he was on his back,
wounded nearly unto death.
A Missouri Murder Mystery.
Lewenwortii, Kan., July 21. For a
week past the town of Weston, Mo., twelve
miles from here, Iras been agitated over a
supposed murder. The affair has been
kept very quiet and efforts made by the
local authorities tq. unravel the mystery
surrounding it, but so far little progress
has been made.
Two gentlemen from that place yesterday
said that Mr. McCurdle's brother, liviugon
N. P. Ogden's farm, one and a half miles
from vYeston, gave the first information to
the effect that while among the branches
of an apple tree in the orchard on the Og
den place he saw two men carrying a dead
man through a stubble field near by. The
dead man's face and clothing were bloody
and bore evidences of a shocking murder.
The boy was terribly frightened, but
remained quiet until the men had passed
with their burden, then followed and saw
them heave the .body into the Missouri
river. Afterwards he says one of the men
swam across Bear Creek, and both disap
peared in the wood in different directions.
He described the details so minutely that a
majority of the people were disposed to
believe his story, while others considered
It a freak of the imagination. It trans
pired afterward thct a young man named
Gabbert, who had just come to Weston,
and supposed to be a relative of Marion
Gabbert, a prominent farmer of Platte
county, disappeared on the day of the sup
posed murder, and he was said to have bad
$700 or $800 on his person. Subsequently
it is said, a body wa9 found in the river
near Kansas City which answered the tie
scription given by he McCurdle boy jof
the murdered man
Northwestern Cattle Market Bnrsted.
Denatmi, Col., July 21, Cattle men
who now have their herds going north on
the great cattlfc trail have decided upon a
move which will face about 50,000 head
now on the trail and drive them back into
Texas. The reason for so doing is because
theie is absolutely no market"for cattle.
The meeting at whh this decision was ar
rived at was held Tuesday night iu the
rooms of the Cattle Growers' association.
Of the cattle now on the trail 20,000 head
have already entered Wyoming, and 50.000
head are reported In the vicinity of Arkan
sas river. Yesterday cattlemen went to
Hugo, Colo., to n e-et the superintendents
and captains of the drive to give them
orders to return the drive.
This action practically removes from ex
istence forever the long used cattle trail for
the transportation of cattle. The cause of
the trouble Is principally in the report that
the hard winter had made cattle come into
Wyoming, Montana and Dakota, and it
was not learned th tt Wyoming wanted no
cattle whatsoever until after the herds were
started. For fourteen years cattleme have
ued the trail to northern markets without
fious interruption, and many millions of
lars worth of (Mttle have passed over it.
Last year 300.000 cattle werb driven over
the trail. This year 70,000 head have been
started aud two-Jiirels of these are now
turned back.
Theodore Ives of Ft. Worth declares the
act disastrous and the result of the failure
to get cattle to ma'ket will have the effect
of putting $2,000,300 worth of beef back
into Texas which is already over stocked,
thus driving prices down to ruinous figures.
It may cause a number of failures. Capt.
Cuttler thought there would be no more
shipments of cattle by the trail. Texas
will have to consume her own cattle; in
other words cowmen will have to establish
packing houses, do their own killing and
make their own shipments. The settling
up of the western country is what played
the mischief with raising cattle in large
herds.
An Eminent Virginian Dead.
Richmond, Va., July 21. Information
was received here this evening that Hon.
P. M. T. Hunter died at his home, Fount
Hill, Essex county, yesterday. Mr. Hun
ter was one of Virginia's mot eminent citi
zens for many years before and during the
late war. He was born In 1809. He served
several times In the national house of rep
resentatives, beine elected speaker of that
body In 1831). Subsequently he was elected
United States senator and made chairman
of the senate finance committee in 1S-19,
which position he held until the opening of
the war. He gave Douglas a close run for
the presidential nomination at the National
Democratic convention at Charleston in
I860. During the war he served as Con
federate secretary of state and Confederate
senator He was also a member of the
peace commission which met Abraham
Lincoln in Hampton Road3. After the war
he was elected treasurer of Vircinia, hold
ing that office for several years, after
which he retired to private life.
The Chicago Boodle Case.
Chicago, July 21. The jury to try the
omnibus boodle case wag completed late
this afternoon.
The court has lecn engaged nineteen
days in securing the jury and" several bun
dred tilismen have been examined. Im
mediately on the completion of the jury,
General "Stiles becan his opening address.
He said they woufd have on the witness
stand in this case men of good family and
hitherto good reputation who would admit
that theyhad rx-cn prevailed upn to go
into a conspiracy against Cook county, but
their 05ition was very different from those
who deliberately sat down aud plotted
against their county, and planneahow they
could rob its treasury.
The prosecution would show that one
business house had bought its contracts for
nine years. Last year they had paid $1,
200 for it It had furnished the county
with a great deal for clothing Other
houses had refused lo take any contract
or have anything to do with the business
and those who h"i the business for nine
years, paving from fl.000 to 2,000,
An Express Train on the Erie
Eoad Near Allendale,
New Tor,
Ran Down a Gang of Italian
Laborers, Distantly Kill
ing Fifteen.
Their Mangled Remains, a
Quivering Mass, Present a
Sickening Sight.
Lijrhtnlnjr Caused the Explosion of
10,000 Pounds of Powder at
Streator, Illinois Many
Injured.
Mormons on the War Path in Geor
giaAttempted Wholesale Pois
oning in the Territory
Lynching in Texas.
UNDER THE WEIRELS.
A Gansr of Railroad Laborew Horri
bly Mangled by an Express Train.
New York, July 21. One of those
frightful accidents which come with appall
ing suddenness when there is no apparent
reason why they could not be easily avoid
ed, took place this morning on the Erie
railroad between Allendale and Hokokus.
The catastrophe was attended with appall
ing loss of life and over a dozen mangled
bodies on the track attested the neglect of
some one whose duty it should have been
to give warning of the impending disaster.
A gang of Italian laborers were at work
ballasting on the railroad a little distance
from a sharp curve about three-fourths of
a mile above Hokokus. The Chicago ex
press which was due an hour before had
not arrived and these men were busy at
work, unconscious of the terrible fate
which was in store for them.
- At a quarter past seven o'clock train
No. 12, the delayed ex press, rushed around
the curve before the men had the slightest
warning and dashed through them killing
twelve or fifteen on the spot and Wounding
many others. When the train slowed up
the track presented a sickening sight, being
covered with mangled bodies, the rails b
ing spattered with blood, and broken limbs
and pieces of ragged flesh being scattered
in all directions. Some of the bodies were
mangled beyond description and crushed
out of all semblance of humanity.
To most of the victims death must have
been Instantaneous, but one appeared to be
yet quivering and life ebbing away even
when the train was brought to a stand
still. There was only lo minutes delay
and the train which wrought so much dis
aster proceeded on its way from Allendale
to Hokokus. It is claimed that it was the
duty of the foreman of the gang of laborers
to watch for approaching trains at danger
ous curves, and that he must have neglect
ed to gie warning.
The railroad men have different opinions
as to who is to blame for the accident.
Some censure Connelly, foreman of thj
gang, but he was around the curve at the
tool box and was unable to see the train.
His assistant was with the gang and some
regard him as responsible, but he explains
that the suddenness of the arrival of the
trains put all precautions at naught, as
there was no time to warn, and his voice
could not have been heard above the noise
created by the milk train. Moreover, the
Chicago express was not on time and he
had no way of knowing of Its proximity.
The men were probably as much to
blame as anybody. They arc insensibly
stupid at times and have to oe pulled out
of the way of approaching trains. All the
dead men were married. Conductor Ham
per who was on the construction behind
the express states that he never saw so hor
rible a scene. One unfortunate whose
brains were scattered for twenty yards
along the track jumped up three time3 after
he was thrown aside by the cowcatcher,
and another man who he went to lift up by
the hand while he was yt quivering,
caught his wrist in a convulsive death grip
from which he was with difficulty released.
Investigation shows that the train hands
were entirely blameless. The wounded
were not removed until half an hour latT,
when a construction train took them to
Patterson.
The station hands who were available, as
well as some residents in the vicinity, hast
ened to the scene where the comrades of
the dead and injured were already admin
istering to the wants of those who were
not past needing assistance- Most of the
unfortunates had been hurled down the
embankment of the down track, while
some were lying around between the rails
horribly mutilated.
Hats, clothes and shoes which had been
torn from the victims were scattered about
and in some places were little pools of
blood, pieces of human body and ragged
strips of flesh. Some had their legs torn
off, others were lying with hideous gashes
in their heads and some were so horribly
mangled as to be unrecognizable.
The killed were
GulsP. Torrio.
Rimaldo Genelve. m
Galio PIsagrele. w
Dominico Domino Stampio.
Donado Danapttas.
Pasnsglc Diabiano.
Michiael TobosL
Two men nampd Dominico Saldonella
and one whose name Is unknown.
One man with his shoulder fractured
was found sitting under a bridge 1C0 yards
from where he was struck, where he had
been carried by the engine. He was taken
with the other's vc wounded to the Patter
son hospital.
The names of the six wounded men are
as follows
Dominico Sernnoux, leg broken and
contusions about the body.
Henry Tops, broken arm and scalp
wounds
JoseSa Y&$a badly cut and bruised
Palermo Benia, broken leg, contusions j
about the body and Internal injuries. j
Ambrose Mlch&elc Candnx, contusions j
about the body and internal injuries. He j
got up and walked about after the accident, ,
Tjut afterwards suffered so much pain that
he was sent lo the hospital with the others.
The name of the sixth mm ii believed to .
be 3laino or Msrao, he was so frightfully f
Injured about the head and body as to 1 !
unrecognizable. j
Champion Cycllat. j
IuOSvqx, July 21. Morgan, tie New i
York bicydista, has broken the world's j
record far a quarter of a mils, having j
made the distance in 33 1-2 seconds.
A Fatefal Lightning Stroke.
Streator, IU., July 21. At 2.30 this
morning the entire city was aroused by a
most terrific explosion. It wa3 learned
that the powder house of the Chicago,
Wilmington &, Vermillion Coal Co. had
been struck by lightning and ten thousand
pounds of powder exploded. Almost every
building on the south and west side of the
powder"house had been completely shatter
ed and in most cases entirely' demolished,
not a vestige of the powder house remains,
while where it stood Is an excavation about
60 feet long, 40 wide and 20 deep. Only
one fatality has been reported, but a large
number are seriously injured. Among the
wounded are:
Mary Love, right hip broken.
James Blackmore, hurt in the back.
Sirs. Blackmore, several rib broken.
Mrs. James Sheldon, three ribs broken.
Mrs. Thomas Birdwell, badly cut by
flying glass.
Mrs. Hattle Reaschoa. aged widow,
struck over Jthe eye with a brick and badly
Injured.
A tramp who was sleeping in a car near
the powder house was probably fatally
injured.
A number of minor casualties will reach
nearly one hundred.
Forty-five dwellings were almost total
ly demolished. The loss will probably
reach $73,000.
Weather Report.
Washtxgton, Juiy 22, 1 a. ra. For
Missouri: fair weather, winds generally
westerly, lower followed by stationary tem
perature. For Kansas Fair weather, variable
winds, stationary temperature.
CAPITAL BUDGET.
ATrOINTMKNTS.
WAsnixoTosr, July 21. The president
today made the following appointments:
John G. Walker of Texas, to be secretary
of the legation and consul general of the
United states at Bogota: Thos. Barbour or
Virginh, to be consul clerk of the Halted
States.
The president has appointed Wm. E.
Woodson postmaster at Marshall, Mo.,
vice A. G. Lackey, resigned.
HER TWENTT-THIRD IHRTUDAY.
Mrs. Cleveland today celebrated her 23rd
birthday anniversary very quietly at Oak
view.
rETITIOX DHNIED.
Acting Secretary Muldrow has denied a
petition from the Central Pacific Railroad
Co., filed on May 31st, asking that the
commissioner of the general land cilice be
instructed forthwith to Issue patents to the
Central Pacific Co. on lands on clear list
No. 50, amounting to 194,031 acres, lying
within the Sacramento, Cala., land district.
On March 19, 1887, the commissioner of
the general land office instructed the local
land officers at Sacramento .that the non
mineral affidavits accompanying list No 50,
forwarded by the Central Pacific Co., were
not satisfactory and requiring the company
to furnish affidavits substantially similar to
those required in agricultural cases.
To this requirement the railroad com
pany demurred and petitioned the secre
tary as above staled. The acting secre
tary in his decision not only surtains the
commissioner Jn requiring an aflldavlt
based on personal inspection, but adds the
further requirement tnat the railroad com
pany shall publish their ua in the load
newspapers for thirty days prior to ap
proval. Affidavits of the non-mlncral
character of the land selected have hitherto
been accepted when bacd ou information
only.
The above regulations will apply to nil
lists of the section now pending in the
general land office.
Mormons ou the War Path.
AcorsTA, Ga., July 21. Mormon mis
slonaries who succeeded in converting a
large number of Ignorant people In this
county have baflled many attempts to rid
the county of them, and" Tuesday night a
bind of regulators started for them. The
plan of the regulators was to tar and feather
them and throw them into the river and
make them swim to the Carolina side,
threatening them with death If they re
turned to Georgia. With thU object in
view they proceeded to the house of J. S.
Farmer, where the Mormons had been stay
ing. They were Informed by the occu
pants of the houo that the Mormons had
only left for a day or two In order to pre
vent bloodshed, but that when the prophets
returned they would bo supported by a
larger number of people than before, who
would pee that they were not interfered
with. In fact, it was Mated that the peo
ple would defend the Mormons with their
lives. From appearances there will prob
ably be blood shed before the end of the
week.
FIRE RECORD.
Two Men Lltumlly Consumed.
Columbia, S. C, July 21. A horrible
accident occurred last night at Goodwin's
turpentine distillery in Lexington county.
Thom.i3 Griffin, distiller, accompanied by
a negro laborer, accidentally set fire to a
barrel of spirits. The flames soon commu
nicated with hot spirits in the still, when a
terrific explosion ensued. Griffin and his
companion with the entire establishment
were burued up. When the fire had ex
hausted itself not a vestige of the two men
could be found.
$50,000 Blare m Jackson, Mich.
Jackkjx, Mich., July 11. Fire broke
out last night In the underwear factory of
the Standard Manufacturing Co. The
stock wm very badly damaged, estimated
at over $30,009. The ground floor of the
block was owned and occupied by the
Champion Mower and Reaper Co , of
Springfield, Ohio, whose darn2e to stock
will be light. Totol Ichs f70,000, fnliy fo
surcd.
Disastrous Firo in BuITaIo.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 21 An exten
sive and disastrous fire brolw out at 12:30
o'clock this afua-noon, resulting In the de
fclraction of Zlegle's brewer', coropr of
Main and Virginia streets. The Ztegle
brewery plant is the large&t of ita kind In
the city, and was recently purchased , the
price paid was $330,000.
The fijrcs flames leaped across Virginia
street and attacked the roof and upper
stories of the car bxrxa. There U $249,000
imnraace on the brewery building- which
will cover the loss. On the car bams the
loss Is estimated at fW.GOO, fully insured.
The Sre was under control at 2 o'clock.
Well, Well; What a Well.
Beariwtow.v, III, July 21 A few
weeks ago ninety quirts of glycerin were
fired in the artedao wtil la this city, with
the effe-rt of increasing the Sow of ga. oil
and water. Owing to the casing not being
In the well, It we lraposilble to determine
the pressure at that time. Today the caa
Ing was let down aad a tmseadoos flow of
oil, gas and waer followed, the Ureaua ris
ing to the height of 9) ftet above the exit
face. The water Is gaining an enviable
reputation as a curative agent, Iu tweby
dyspeptics is Invariably followed by a
cure. Two more wells will be drlllal.
RAILROAD MMHtS.
The Commerce Commtogon SflL:;
Exem$liryiii the Virtues
of Job
in the Presence of Pfeftdlac
Ctoraplala&nts and Cun
ning Defendants.
The Much Mired Matter off
Dlscrimln&tfbne presented
Fro anrf Con.
Official Orders A&aeuacim inMtor
menta by the Lata larckMn aC
the Fort Soott,
Wichita & Wstera Railroad Ue
Decree of the U. 8. Cort 4
Topeka Instructions to OM-
cers and Employes.
Inter-State Commerce.
Washington, July 21. The case of the
Associated Wholesale Grocers of St, Load :
against the Missouri Pacific railway wm
heard today. The grocer were reprawft- ,
ed by Jacob Furth, president of the awe- j
elation: W. E. Schweppeveecretary;J.lL
ilaywardand H. E, Kcy. There we
present also a committee of the New York
board of trade and a representation of tke
Merchants Freight Bureau of NewYerk.
representing a large number of mercharte
in various parts of the west. These par
ties make common catue with the St. Look
grocers in respect to one of the item ef
complaint, namely: The practice of tke
railroad in charging more upon lew thai a
car load than upon a full car load.
Mr. John S. Blair of this city anpeareit
as attorney for the Missouri Pacific aad
several of the officers of the road wee
present as witnesses.
W. II. Newman, general traffic maaa-
fcr, was sworn and examined by Mr.
layward, chairman of the grocers com
mittee. In response to a very extended at
ries of questions witness utucribwl tae
manner of loading and handling frebjralB
in detail and in bulk and the rcapeclivs
costs, profits and expenses thereon.
The hearing was continued until
o'clock.
It was a tcdiotr), rambling procedure
thioughout.owing to the inexpurtnemof tac
grocera In presenting their caw, notwith
standing the aid charitably gives by tae.
commissioners, and many points of ua
doubted importance were so blurred In a
mas3 of Irrevelcnt, hypothetical aud theo
retical matter than a laborious work of
thinking must bo undertaken.
K E.Ivelly. secretary of the Merchant
exchange transportation committee, waa
the second and last witness.
At ." 30 the procei-dings were Interrupted
for a moment to permit the New York peo
ple to present their case.
Mr. Thurber, xrn behalf of the comralttea
of which ho is chairman, said to the com
mission that the question wai much broad
er that It would appear to be M locally pre
sented by the St. Louis, poopleron weir
traffic west of St. LeTi. Tlialrank rise
classification since tip enactment of tae
interstate law, ho said largely Increased the
number of articles upon which differential -rales
are imposed when shipped Inlwithas
car lots. Substantially the same discrimi
nations arc thus made in favor of large
shippers which were formerly made by
means of rebates and drawttacka, aad
which the interstate commcrbo law wm
designed to prevent. These circumataaoai
are greatly aggravated as complied wita
thohe complaints of St, Loub. More taaa
half of the cars of the trunk linen go waai
empty, nnd no cause exists for such dla
crimlnatiou. He nked that the qucetfo
be not decided till the commiWon abould
have lime to consider it in all it beariag
Itttouchcd the vry foundation of rata
working principles and It would bo better
to postponu its de Won until autumn ratber
than to decide too hastily. Hu filed a very
comprehensive printed petition upon the
subject.
Mr. T. C. Green, manager of theMer-
chants' bureau, reprewntlng 2T0 mcrchaaHl
in the west, made a similar rt-fUcsland !
filed printed petitions The argumeate
upon lhetL! by the St LouU people mmA
the defendant will take place tomorrow.
Wichita & Western Appointment
St. Lon. July 21 General Manager
Clark, of the Missouri Tactile, has keuesl
the followinc circular under date of todajfi
The &le of Uie road and property of tae
St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita rUUroeA
Co. having been made and confirmed bytka
ITnited States circuit court f r Uie district
of Kansas, on June 27, 1537, and deed
thereto having been duly executed by tew
Ufcion Trust Co. of New York. purcBaaer,
to the Fort Scott. Wichita & Wtcni Ita
way Co. , organized for the p-urpose of ac
quiring said property, and Ujc road aad
property having been duly transferred to
eaid lat named companv by J 11 JUca
ards, rectirer, the following appolsUneat
are hereby made, taking effect oa tarn
date
A. W Pickla5n, general upcr!fitea4
ent, office, St. Louis.
Huvidl Harding, Superfntcatknt, oOlce,
Wichita, Kan.
W. IL Newman. General Traffic Hsm
agcr, offic, St Louis.
Oscar G Jlurray, Freight Traffic Km
ager, office, St Louis.
II C TowMend, General Vam&tgatmA
Ticket Agent, office, St. LoaU.
Thoma F. Fuber, ALUnt Geseral
Freight and Fa!eagr Agnt, oHor,
Wichita. Kan.
C G Warner, General Auditor, oftce,
St. Louis
II C- Hiidiey, Local Auditor, ,
Jchitft, Kan.
D S IL Smith, Local Treasurer, ottox
St. Loul.
31 W. lctjz Aw&rtaat Tronarer, (Mat,
Wichita, Kan.
J. JL Richards, GeneralJAtSorscy. ofte,
Wichita, Kan.
Asjenu and employes of the lata rocdwr
will continue In thy discharge (A tbefc
present dolls until othcrwfec iaatracaai.
and wOI make men rcjrt as are rerpbed
lo the aittTe officer.
Kape of the Lock,
Leavkswoktu, Kaa , July 2l.X!at
BdJe Kdly ii tire daughter of Mr Joaat
Kelly, one of the wealtmt rUesaea of
Wesos. PIaUc coaatj. iU. Sa la
poases&sr of ravem locks a yard aad a aaif
loag uatll about mtdnihl S&lardaj. At
thai hour L tvobi aad d Wtj 1 a Htt
besdlag over her. Her hair kad beat deear
op la two plait aad oaa of Ums we at
xssdy jfcora dcae to her head. waSe ihm.
ion's faic A craL fro Ueriaa4
lady drove U mfeereast war.
the waok? town was alartsed. Tia taVp
tntlOT has set jebees caught "
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