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WICHITA, KANSAS. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUABY 30. 1890.
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A passing car sent a spray of
mud spots over a nicely Drown
ed tray of waffles at a corner
stand. "By hokey, look at that!"
cried the disgusted proprietor.
Then, instantly collecting his
ts, he cried to an apprentice
nd: "Sugar dem spots off
cioick!"
Our January serial sale will
close with this week.
We will also take inventory or
otock next week and therefore
prices will be forced down very
r? low during this week.
? Come this week and get your
Embroideries and Laces, Musiin
Underwear, Novelty Dress Pat
terns, Broadcloths, Blankets and
Comrorts, Table Linens and Nap
kins, Handkerchiefs, Gloves and
Fancy Goods.
SLAUGHTER i SALE!!
All Former Efforts are Mere Pigmies beside this
GREAT SLAUGHTER, Commencing
Saturday Morning, January 18!
Every Department made to Suffer a Loss.
rasp the Bargains! They are Sure to Fly!
"oot 24163 Cas. Ulsters, formerly
Lot 9972 Irish Frieze Ulsters, iormeriy w uu, uuw o w.
Lot
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8881 Oas. Overcoats, formerly $1-4 uu, now w uu.
2054 Black Beaver Overcoats, formerly $12 00, now $8 00.
4667 Kerdey Overcoats, extra size, iormeriy $15, now $10.
973 Kersey Overcoats, extra size, formerly $22. now $13.
9991 Blue wale Overcoats, worsted, formerly $22, now $15.
9783 Black Worsted Overcoats, formerly $20, now $15.
3914 Brown .English Kersey Overcoats, silk lined, formerly
$35, now $25. rtHr
4036 Black Wale Cheviot overcoats, formerly $18, now $12.
2232 Mixed Chinchilla Overcoats, formerly $20, now $11.
8991 Blue Chinchilla Overcoats, formerly $20, now $12.
2184 Black Chinchilla Overcoats, formerly $22, now $15.
1852 Blue Chinchilla Overcoats, formerly $20, now $14.
3979Drab Chinchilla Overcoat1-, formerly $30, now $20.
2042 Dahlia Chinchilla Overcoats, formerly 30, now $20.
7927 Black Chinchilla, satin lined, formerly $30, now $20.
3969 Brown Chinchilla Overcoats, formerly $25, now $17.
Lot
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All Children's Overcoats at One-Half Former Price!
We have selected out some suits, ranging in price from $18 to
$30. and placed them on a separate table, and will give you the
choice of the lot for $15.
This cut extends to all lines of winter goods.
Customers will please hear In mind that we are not closing out a
stoc k of "cheap trash" or "old shop worn plunder," but strictly first
class goods new styles and at much lower figures than are asked
by dealers who make it a point to buy "job lot" of goods from three
to five years old and palm them off for new goods.
These lines are not large and you will have to come early to get
the best bargains.
COLE & JONES,
The One Price Clothiers,
208, 210 and 212 DOUGLAS AVBNTJB, WICHITA, KANSAS.
OUR FIRST SPECIAL SALE
NEXT MONDAY!
500 PIECES EMBROIDERIES
Look in our Show windows. The prices speak for themselves.
ALSO
Two cases Standard Bleached ATuslin, first quality, worth
10 cents. Monday we will offer these at 8 cents by the bolt or
8 1-2 cents by the yard.
COME MONDAY TO
rHB " ARCADE."
-139 N. Main St.
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123 to 127 N. Main Street.
Our sale of white goods will
continue during this week and
you don't want to miss the bar
gains being offered in this stock.
The advance guards in new
spring dress goods has reached
our dress goods counters. We
are never behind hand when it
comes to placing before you the
advance styles from all over the
-rorvHrl Ynnr mnnpv "Will have
the greatest purchasing power at
our store zais weeK.
Bargains in new spring fabrics,
as well as in seasonable winter
goods.
We have just received the
choicest brands in bleached and
unbleached cottons for your
spring sewing.
injYcmaML
GEBAT
Semi-Annua!
$12 00, now $8.
W. J. WILSON, Manager.
The Quicker the Better
For Fox's stock of Dry Goods to be closed
out. So we cut still deper re
gardless of cost or value.
90c all wool German Serge, 44-inche3
wide, will be closed out at 68c.
54-inch ladies' cloth, worth 75c, will be
closed at 44c.
25c all linen table cloth will be closed
at 16c.
A lot of the best 25c towels ever brought
to Wichita will be closed out at 19c.
35c hose will be closed out at 20c.
50c underwear will be closed out at 25c.
35c Dress Flannels, 88 inches wide will
be closed out at 23kc
$1.00 Real German Hennettas, 48 inches
wide, black and colors, will be closed
out at 77c.
Come and See!
We Must Sell!
150 North Main Street.
THE OZEOH AGREEMENT.
All Parties Concerned Heartily in Accord
With It.
PKAGUE, Jan. 29. At the meeting of the
old Czech members of the diet yesterday
Herr Schoneyki, the leader of the German
party, announced the unanimous accept
ance of that part of the agreement arrived
at by the German-Czech conference in
Vienna. He expressed the wish that the
result of the conference would conduce to
the peace and welfare of the common
fatherland.
Herr Schoneykal afterward attended a
meeting of conservative land-owners and
was cordiallv received.
Herr Rieger, the leader of the old Czechs,
and Prince Schwarfenberg were present at
the meeting of the German members of the
diet on behalf of the Conserativo land
owners, and they, too, were accorded a
warm reception.
The agreement made between the Ger
mans and Czechs at the recent conference
has been officially announced. It provides
that the Landes-Chulpath (school commis
sion) shall be composed of German and
Bohemian sections. Questions touching
the schools of the minority, especially the
founding of new schools, will be reserved
for discussion and decision By the full
commission. The Landeschutterrath
(commission on worship) is likewise to
consist of German and Bonemian sections.
The commission will have a president
appointed by the emperor, and the presi
dent will be empowered to designate a
council composed of members of both sec
tions, to which shall be relerred all mat
ters of common interest to the different re
ligious sects.
Anew chamber of commerce will be
founded in Eastern Bohemia. Some local
bodies will be transferred to other cham
bers. New judicial and political districts
will be formed and will comprise as far as
possible people of one nationality.
Fifteen of the judges of the supreme
court at Pracue will not be required to be
conversant with the Bohemian language,
but the other twenty-six members of the
court must understand the German and
Czech tomrues.
After the judicial districts are defined
the present ordinance relative to language
and'the system of electing members of the
diet will be revised.
New curiae of Germans and Bohemians
will replace the present curiae of Ger
mans, but the curiae of Innded pro
prietors will be maintained. Eachcuiiae
will have the right of veto on certain ques
tions. All the parties in Bohemia favor the
adoption ot the agreement. The German
members of the diet agree to resume their
seats in that body. The agreement be
comes binding upon all, including the
government, as soon as the representatives
of the vaiious parties signify their adher
ence to it.
The press at Vienna is unanimous in re
joicing over the reconciliation of the Ger
man and Czech parties in the Bohemian
diet. No doubt is entertained of the per
manency of the adjustment made by the
conference.
ANOTHER BASE BALLSUIT.
Pittsburg, Pa.. Jan. 9. Suit is to bo
brought by President Nimick of the Pitts
burg national leasue base ball club
against Mayor William McCallen. Ex
United States District Attorney W. A.
Stonem. Hon. M. B. Lemon and others
charging them with conspiracy. The suit
is the outcome of the formation of Pitts
burg players league, the above named
gentlemen bein-r stockholders in the new
organization. The old club claims to have
paid over $40,000 for the release of players
and will seek to obtain that amouut from
the plajers league for the men who'were
formerly associated with the league.
ANOTHER CALL FOR GOVERNMENT
FUNDS.
Washington", Jan. 29. Secretary Win
dom this atternoon issued a secoud call on
national bank depositors for a surrender
of 10 per cent of covernment funds hold by
them. The condition, of the call are simi
lar to those of the first call with the ex
ception that banks that hold less than
the minimum of covernment deposits
(o0.000) will be called upon to surrender
all and close up their accounts with the
go ernment. There are six or eight banks
of this class.
Judging from the number of
inquiries made at Madame Rus
sell's Dress Making Parlors, at
the "ARCADE ' Dry Goods
Store, the ladies of Wichita
must have caught on to the new
Plaiting. This new Plaiting
adds beauty to the person and
gracefulness to the drapery of
any dress, besides it is the
cheapest possible trimming for
a dress.
Call on Madame Russell and
she will be only too glad to give
you any information she can.
At the "ARCADE."
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Accordian niml
THE DEMOCRATS DEPRIVED OF
EILIBOSTERING METHODS.
Refusal to Vote Held Futile for Pre
venting the Count of
a Quorum.
Mr. Crisp Re3orts to Every MethocLto Delay
Consideration of the First Election
Contest Case.
Decisions by Different Presiding Officers
Cited Both For and Against the
Speaker's Action The Matter
Likely to Come Up Today in
Another Form "Wash
ington Notes.
WASHr-GTON, Jan. 29. Mr. Payson. of
Illinois, from the committee on public
lands, reported a bill for the creation of
additional land districts in Colorado. The
bill was passed yeas 1S2; nays 98.
Mr. Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, called up
the election case of Smith vs. Jackson,
from the Fourth West Virginia district.
Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, raised the ques
tion of consideration.
Mr. Covert, of New York, changed his
vote from the negative to the affirmative,
and Mr. Rogers was then given permission
to withdraw his inadvertent vote in the
affirmative, as was Mr. Cowles, of North
Carolina. The vote was announced as
standing yeas 161, nays 2.
Mr. Cripp raised the point of no quorum.
MR. REED SEES A QUORUM.
The speaker The chair directs the clerk
to record the following: names of members
present and refusing to vote.
This statement was the signal for a
burst of applause from the Republicans
and of jeers from the Democrats. The
clerk proceeded to read the names of Dem
ocrats whom the speaker had jotted down
as present and not voting. When the
name of Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky,
was called he stepped into the aisle and in
a resounding voice said: "I deny the power
of the speaker to do this and I denounce it
as revolutionary." Cheer after cheer
(characterised by the Republicans as the
"rebel" yell) went up from the Democratic
side.
Mr. Bland, of Missouri, roared out that
he was responsible for his action in the
house to his constituents dnd not to the
spoaker, and Mr. O'Ferralf, of Virginia,
protested in the name of -his state against
this action.
Mr. McCreary, of Kentucky, denied the
right of the speaker to count him as
present.
The speaker The chair is making a
statement of the fact that the gentleman
is present. Does the gentleman deny that
he is present? Applause and laughter on
the Republican side.
Mr. O'Ferrall inquirer by what parlia
mentary rule the speaker bad the right to
declare a person present ifhe did not vote.
The speaker replied that he was now
mekine a statement of facts.
Mr. Crisp made an appeal from the de
cision of the chair.
THE SPEAKER STATES THE CASE.
The speaker finally said: "The gentle
man must not mistake the situation. He
is not able to compel the chair to do a cer
tain thing. The cliair must proceed in or
der and the gentleman, as a member of
this body, will undoubtedly allow the
chair so to proceed."
The speaker then proceeded to make a
statement The clerk, he said, had an
nounced tl.e names of members voting as
161 yea?, 2 nays. The chair thereupon,
having heard their names called in their
presence, had directed a record to be made
of this fact. Accordingly that question
was now before the house and the chair
proposed to give i statement, aocompanied
by a ruline, from which an appeal could
be taken if any gentleman was dissatisfied
therewith.
SIMILAR DECISION'S CITED.
In support of his decision the speaker
referred to a similar decision by Governor
Hill when he presided over the senate of
the stale of New York. A similar case
had occurred in the legislature of the state
of Tennessee. Both thtse decisions were
by members of the Democratic party, and
his citation of them could not be consid
ered as partisan Again, the decision had
been already ratified by inference every
day wnen bills were passed on a vote the
count of which showed no
quorum present. Only occasionally had
the point been raised. Besides, it was nl
ways the part of the speaker to determine
whether a quorum was present. The
speaker read at length Governor Hill's
decision. The speaker ignored Mr.
Flower's request to have the Republican
nrotet against that decision also read.
Thereadiue having been completed the
speaker said: ''Th chair, therefore, rules
that tnere is a quorum present unin we
meanins of the constitution."
Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, appealed from the
decision and "demanded recogni
tion, but the speaker recognized
Mr. Payson. of Illinois. for
a motion to lay the appeal upon the table.
This motion is not open to discussion and
Mr. Cnsn nrotested azamst Mr. Payson's
recognition, saying it was unfair and un
manly to prevent him from pleading his
case to his fellow members.
THE GAG STOPPED BT BCTTEP.WOP.TH.
Mr. Butterworth, of Ohio I hope the
gentleman from Illinois will withdraw hi
motion to lav on the table. This is an im
portant question and the gentlemen on the
other side have a ricbt to be heard. Loud
appl.me on the Democrntic side
Mr. Payson witndrew nts motion.
Mr. Crisp said the decision
of the speaker was overturning
a practice of a hundred years and was
com;; directly in the face of arguments of
aiitmguished Republicans who had con
M'icred this very quest on. This was the
nrst time m the histoo of the government
tnat the sneaker had decided that he could
go behind the roll call provided by the
constitution He quoted from Speaker
Blaine's ruling on the fore bill to the
effect that the'speaker had not tne power
to couut a quorum, and declared that the
decision just made by Speker Reed would
be the foundation of the created
legislative frauds ever committed.
Tiie Democrats stood on their
constitutional right to have the nays and
yeas entered on the journal, and when that
right was exercised there could be no ap
peal from the journal as to w ho were pres
ent and voting bj yeas and nays. He
quoted Mr Garfield as denouncing a simi
lar rule when it was proposed in his time,
and asking the questions who was to con
trol the seeing of the speaker, and "how
do we know but the speaker may see forty
members for his own purpose, more than
Ihere are in the housed
Mr. Outhwaite declared he had been
counted by the speaker prasnt while
he had not been on the floor of the house
from the beginnme of the roll cll to the
end of it.
Great confusion ensued but the speaker
restored comparative order.
Mr. Cnsp said that Mx. Oath white's
statements showed the force and power
of Mr. Garfield's argument. He went on
to quote another remark of Mr. Garfield s
in the same discussion that the speakers
connt of the house, under the existing
rules, could always be controlled by a
count by tellers. "We have lived," said
Mr. Crisp, "through a great civil
war. when there was excitement almost
unparalelled in the history of parliamen
tary action, yet during all these years no
man on this floor, no party, has eTer be
fore thought it necessary to introduce a
rule which would tfive the power declar
ing the presence of members by the single
voice of one person." Applause on Dem
ocratic side.
Mr. Crisp quoted from the remarks of
Mr. Reed, the present peaker, in the same
chamber, when he used these words: "The
constitutional idea of a qnorum is not the
physical presence of a majority of the
members of the house but a majority of
the members present and participating in
the business of the house." Triumphant
cheers and clapping of bands on the Demo
cratic side and in the galleries.
"I appeal," Mr. Crisp exclaimed, "from
Phillip drunk to Phillip sober." An
other outburst of applause. Mr. Crisp
went on to say: "I thank you for the at
tention given to my remarks. I have been
in earnest. It occurred to me that
under stress of circumstances and
considering yourselves to be in a desper
ate strait, you were able to violate the pre
cedents of a hundred years; that you were
about to take from us that which many of
your most distinguished statesmen have
said was a high constitutional privilege,
I appeal to you to hesitate long before you
endorse this revolutionary and unconsti
tutional ruling."
CANXOX INTERPRETS THE CONSTITUTION.
Mr, Cannon declared that inasmuch as
the two sides of the house differed in opin
ion on the question they should consult the
constitution. The constitution provided
as follows: "Each house shall be the
judge of the election returns and qualifica
tions of its own members and the majority
of each house shall constitute a quorom to
do business." Did the constitution say
that a majority should be required to vote
for a measure, a motion or a resolution in
order to pass it? Not at all. It merely
said that a majority of each house should
constitute a quorum to do business.
MR. CARLISLE'S ARGUMENT.
Mr. Carlisle said: "No speaker ever sat
on that chair and undertook to hold that
less than a quorum can pass any bill or
vote in this house until this morning all
have held from the beginning of congress
down to this day that a majority must not
only be present to constitute a quorum,
but a quorum must participate in the leg
islation." Mr. Carlisle then quoted the section of
the constitution which provides for the
keeping of a journal and for the entering
upon it of the yeas and nays when de
manded by one-fifth of the mem
bers present. He denied absolutely
the right of the presiding officer of the
house to make the journal. To suppose
the sneaker has this right, then one man
could pass a bill as well as 160- If the
speaker bad a right to make a journal and
to make a quorum and have the clerk of
the house under his direction put upon the
journal the face that there was a quorum
present, then there was no longer any use
for the representatives ofjthe people in this
house. The speaker was simply the organ
of the house, not its Blaster.
The speaker stated that the name of the
gentlemen from Ohio (Mr. Outhwaite) had
been pronounced by accident as present
and not voting. f
Adjourned.
The matter will came up tomorrow prob
ably on the question of approving today's
journal.
BRAZIL BEOO&NIZED.
The President Receives the Accredited
Representatives of that Government
Washington, Jan. 29. The formal
recognition of the United States of Brazil
by this government was completed this af
ternoon when the president received the
credentials of Seuhor J. G. Deamaral
Valente, the new minister accredited by
the provisional government, and also the
credentials of Senhor Salvador Mendouica
as envoy extraordinary and minister pleni
potentiary on a special mission to the
United States. The ceremonies were
marked by great cordiality. Secretary
Blaine presented the two ministers. The
president in receiving Mr. Valente wel
comed him cordially in the nume of the
United States as the representative of the
new republic. He congratulated Mr.
Valente on the establishment of the
United States of Brazil w ithout bloodshed.
He hoped the relations between the two
republics would be enlarged and ex
tended. WANAMAKER IWANTS CAMERON'S
PLACE.
Washington, Jan. 20. The mention of
Postmaster General Wanamaker as a
probable successor of Senator Cameron in
the United States senate is referred to by
many who call upon Mr. Wanamaker at
the poRtoffice department. His manner of
treating such references depends very
much upon the source from which they
come; but, a a rule, he smiles and. look
ing the questioner squarely in the face,
says:
"Somebody started that rumor, I guess,
to find out what people wouid say about
it."
To personal acquaintances he adds that,
of course, he is not a .candidate. Tod.ty,
in conversation, he indorsed what Post
master Field, of Philadelphia, is reported
to have said in an interview, that if the
office came to Mr. Wanamaker unsought,
he would accept it.
WESTERN MATTERS AT THE CAPITAL
Washington, Jan. 29 Two Reno
county offices changed postmasters today:
Seeo. Reno county. J. S. Butts, vice E. M.
Llojd, resigned; Castleton, Reno county,
T. Fail, vice Eliza allce resigned.
Patents were granted the following in
ventors in Kansas: Wi liam Roe. Lerado.
device for leveling railways. Charles M.
Richards. Fort Scott: transposing key
board. Benjamin F. Phelps, Kansas City,
Kan ; machine for mixing liquids. Will
iam Ocden, Clay Center; cord holder for
grain binders.
Pension certificates' were awarded as
follows. Kansas Original invalid, eta.
Henry Musters, Barr Ouksv JohtirD. Shng
ley, Grigsby; Michael Fitzmturice, Fa!!
RiVer. Theodore F. Craig, Great Bend,
Jonn R. Bvrnm, Wamego. James Will
iams, Saliua: Thomas Shaffer. Homewood,
Hugh McKibbon. Tisdale; George Walter,
Kinsley, John S". Glasgow, Columbu.
CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT.
Washington, Jn. 29. The executive
committee of the Republican league of the
United State, which has been in seion
here for several day, called upon the pres
ident in a body this morning Senator In
galK Representative McKmley and other
prominent speakers have accepted invita
tions to upeait at the third annual conven
tion of the league, to be held at Nashville,
Tenn., on the 4th of March next.
CONFIRMATIONS.
Washington, Jan. 29. The wnate has
confirmed the followioc nominations:
United States attorneys George D
Reynolds, eastern district of Missouri; J.
W. Ady, district of Kansas; Georje A.
Neal. western district of Mivonn.
William Laasdowa, postmaster at LxjuU
iana, Mo.
PECK IS FOR INGALLS ONLY.
TOPEKA. Kan., Jan. 2S. Last night Ga.
R Peck stated to a reporter that he would
in no caw become a candidate for the sen
ate. He is a friend of Senator Ingalb and
is in favor of ha electfoa.
STATE ENCAMPMENT OP THE
GRAND ARMY ADJOURNS.
Resolutions Adopted Asking for All
of the Port Days Reserva
tion for Veterans.
Bounty in Pull Demanded for Those Sol
diers Who Have Been Deprived of
It Other Resolutions.'
Ira P-Collins, of Sabetha, Elected Depart
ment Commander Hutchinson Chosen
as the Next Place of Meeting The
Port Scott Railway Case Argued
A Grand Resubmission
Gathering at Harper
State Items.
SALINA, Kan., Jan. 29. The annual en
campment met at 10:30 this morniug, and
after deciding upon Hutchinson for the
place of the next annual encampment, the
following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, The United States reservation
known as the Fort Hays military reserva
tion, in the county of Ellis, state of Kan
sas, which reservation is no loncer re
quired for the public use and has beeu
abandoned as a military post, and
Whereas, By the pendency of a bill in
the congress of the United States to cede
such reservation to the state of Kansas for
use of a soldiers' home, the legislature c
Kansas made an appropriation of $10,000
for the improvement and use of said reser
vation as a state home on the cottage plan,
and
Whereas, The senate public lands com
mittee has indicated a purpose to recom
mend only the cession of a portion of said
reservation for such use; therefore be it
Resolved by thG Grand Army of the state
of Kansas, in annual encampment assem
bled, That the whole of said reservation is
absolutely required to carry out the pro
posed plan and meet the first requirements
of national and state obligation, and that
we appeal to congress in the name of and
iu the interest of the veteran union sol
diers, the honor of the nation and the
good of the state, that such grant be made
to embrace the entire reservation and that
it be made at the earliest possible day to
meet a nressinsdemaud.
Whereas, Those soldiers who were mus
tered out by reason of disabilities received
only a portion of the bounty; therefore
be it
Resolved, by this encampment. That our
senators and representatives in congress
be requested to use their best endeavor to
secure the passage of a law by congress to
Ear these volunteers so discharged their
ounty in full.
Whereas, The law in regard to aid to in
digent soldiers and sailors at their homes
and forbidding their committal to poor
houses, as published in the session law of
18S9, does not provide for the payment of
said aid by county commissioner other
wise and is without penalty for uon-com-plianco;
therefore,
Resolved, That the committee on legis
lation be Instructed to secun such an addi
tional enactment as will make the law
duly effective and provide a penalty for
failure or refusal to comply with the
same.
Resolved, That we respectfully request
the legislature at the next session to see to
it that a sufficient sum be appropriated to
put the soldiers' orphans' home at Men
ison in such condition that no soldier's
orphan will hereafter go homeless or tin
cared for.
Resolved, That this encampment henrti
ly endorses the pension senate billNo. 1094,
introduced by Senator Iugalls, and by
Representative Coeadle house bill No. Ii35.
and urge the enactment ot the same into
law by this session of congress at the earl
iest day possible with the ommlssion of
the words "not the result of vicious or im
moral habits" wherever they occur In the
bllL
COLLINS ELECTED COMMANDED.
Ira F. Collins, of Sabetha, was elected
grand commander for the ensuing year,
J. B. McGonigal, of Obt-rlin, senior vice,
and A. R. Green, of Cedarvnle, jnnior vice.
The encampment then adjourned.
TO BOYCOTT ALLIANCES.
E!ansa3 Implement Dealera Don't "Want
Machinery Sold to Organized Parmera.
KANSAS Citt, Kan., Jan. 'JO The im
plement dealers' association of Knnsa
met in regular annual session here today,
100 members being present, I'. W. Griga-i.
of Topeka, was elected president, II. I.
Hodge, of Abilene, secretary. Tomorrow
fourteen vice presidents will be elected to
constitute an executive committee nlso.
It is said demands will be made by the as
sociation upon the wholesale implement
dealers of Kansas City to refrain from
selling farmers' implements to farmers'
alliances throughout the Mnte, which pro
pose to supply themselves from alltiuce
headquarters at a less profit than the re
tml deal-, can supply them. The meml-ers
of the association deny tins, but they have
invited the wholesale men to meet with
them tomorrow. The latter admit they
have already been approached on this sub
jct. ARGUING THEFORT SCOTT SALE.
Toi'EKA, Kan., Jan. 23. In the United
States circuit court today Jode Fouler
heard the argument of counsel in the chm;
of the Unipn Trust company, John rl Dil
lon, George J. Gould, the Missouri Pacific
and the Fort Scott, Wichita : Western
railway companies acasust the St. Louis,
Fort Scott tc WichitH railway
Beujamiu L Btylesa, of Brooklyn, rep
resents John S- Stanton, Phillip J Good
hart and John J. Small, of New York.
who compose n committee of ?ockdold-r
who represent $M0.OJ0 of stock in tne Ust
named railway. An ord-r has been m-tdo
to ell the roid on February 3 and they
seek to preTrnt it and protect heir inter
est. inlow S Pitrc. of New Yorlc
Rossingtoa j-mith and B. P Wngoner. of
Atcnison, are interested aa coon v:l. Judge
Foster at the clce of the h raring took the
caAo under advieinat reerriu hbi decision-
THEY VANT THE ROCK ISLAND.
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 29 A delegation
representing tb citizens of Wauifrfo, ap
peared hefor Rock Island official today
and asked that the compmy bnild
branch to that city. mego has ,only
one railroad, the Lnion Pacific, and tbc
public is disgruntled with that company
because it recently removed its diriton
shops from Wanxeo va Junction City, tak
inc away over three Candied people.
BLAKE GETS SIX YEARS.
S?cUJ rr.;rtich to O DIly E.
KlNSLET, Kan., Jan. 2& Arthur Blake,
the young man arretted for at
tempting to blackmail Arthur Grahata,
pled guilty today and was entecced to
stx years at bard labor in the pesitentUry
6y Judge Vandiver-
APPOINTED MASTER IN CHANCERY.
TOPEKA, Kan.. Jan. 20. Hiram P. Dil
lon was appointed master in chancery to
day in the case of the Metropolitan Truss
company against the Chicago. Kansas &
Nebraska and Chicago, Rock Island &
Pacific railway companies. Judge Foster
made the appointment. Mr. Dillon will
take testimony in the case, completing
that for the complainants on April L and
for the defendants on May 1. and filing a
complete report in the clerk's office at the
opening of. the January term ot court.
TWO FAILURES.
Se. JOSEPH. Mo., Jan. U .John H. Ty
ner, running a general store at Concordia,
Kan., failed today; liabilities between 17,
UW and $10,000
Also Hebrew & Hebrew at Clayton,
Kan., their liabilities being $15,000.
THREE APPOINTMENTS BY HUM
PHREY. TOPEKA. Kan., Jan. 29. Governor Hum
phrey today appointed S. R. McCannon
sheriff of Kearney county, to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of J. R. Deck
worth; also J. F. Hathaway, coroner ot
Leavenworth couuty, and . E. O. Tolta,
surveyor of Bourbon county.
FLAGS ON THE SCHOOL HOUSES
HATS ClTV. Kan., Jan. 29. Vance port
today presented the public school with a
large American flag, which was floated
with imposinc ceremonies in the presence
of a large crowd. Nearly every school
house in the county floated a flag today.
A PINE START.
One Hundred and Pifty Resubmissionista
EnroLed at One Meetings
SpeclM Dlpatch to tbo Tlly Easlo.
HARPER, Kan., Jan. 20. A thorough or
ganization of the resubmissiomsta of thin
city was completed this evening. Great
enthusiasm is felt and victory is predicted.
One hundred and fifty members were en
rolled at the initial meeting. Mr. W. R.
Payne, of Wichita, was present and ad
dressed the gathering. S. M. Moore was
elected president and W. S. Forrcj, secre
tary of the club.
NEW CORPORATIONS.
TOPKKA, Kau., Jan. 29. The following
new corporations were granted charters by
the secretary of state:
The Harper County Alliance association
of Anthony. Capital rJOO.000.
The State Bank of Fremont, Graham
county. Capital stock 50.000.
The Maxsou Presbyterian church ot
Osage county.
DEADLY DISEASE
Three of Jefferson County's Old Settlors
Succumb to La Grippe,
Winchester. Kaa., Jan. 29. La grlpp
has been the cause of the taking away
three more of Jefferson county's first set
tlers. Tuesday Lambert Esham, an old
.settler, living near Boyle station, died
after a short illness of a few days. Adam
Noll, Sr , living north of town, died thia
morning. M. M. Witt, another old
pioneer, died ol pneumonia contracted
about two weeks ago from la grippe. Ho
was well known in this sectiou of the
country.
DISGUSTING REVELATIONS.
Brutal Treatment Accorded Patient ia
New York Insane Asylums.
ALnANY, N. Y., Jan. 29 The first an
nual rt'jort of the state commission ou
lunacy vas made public today. A con
siderable amount of spnen Is devoted to a
comparison of state care and county earn
of the insane, and the report takes strong
ground in favor of the former. A largo
number of shocking incidents observed In
the county institutions is related.- One
nized woman alllicU'd with turbulrat de
mentia waa found confined In a cell which
was indescribably filthy. Her oely at
tendants A-eru two pauper jrirlii who
brought her food in a basin which they set
ou her filthy bed. She had no compan
ions except five filthy male patlut In
the same building. In another part of the
building a young woman was found at
tired iu nothing but a blue cotton skirt
and a man's coat Her room whs cald and
cheerless and ln floor was wet aud foul.
In another place the attendant excused thu
practice of bathing several patients iu the
same water by saying that "the patieutx
xtith skin disuses were bathed last." In
another two filthy patient were put in the
same bid. '1 U commUiin conciudm that
imnever feasible may be the theory of
roun'y car, it has fallen far short In prar
tice, of the hop entTtlned lor lu A
sstcm which has ben a failure for twen
ty years ru hardly b expected eTHr to )n
corne a siif css. htatr care, on the other
hand, wbil not ptrfert, reprcMints all that
is best in the preent tate of medical
knowledge.
CARRIED THE POST OFFICE KEY.
Bonne Terrk, .Mo., Jan. ). On open
ing the door box ol the pot office thla
morning Postmaster Deggendorf found In
it an nnonytnutis letter uddreswd to him
self and In Josing a key to the door of the
post office. The writer stated that the key
nad beo in his pois-iilon ever since thi
building was -rcU;d and that he
had ued it on dillrrent occasions, hav
ing, as he axtrred, robbed the prewut
postmaster of ISO and hU pntiec-or
of ie part of his salary. On trial tho
j WrtH found to fit the lock exactly and
the nnmbr stntnprd upon It showbill to
be one of four keys that originally bolong
nl to the door, out of th exltncj of
which .Mr LWK-niJorf hmi Dokuowld
until this rnort.ing Mr D, bat uo kuo'l
edec of hvin lct the sum n-iml, and.
a be kep sii ruonj in safe he do" uot
be ieve that he 1xm beo robbed. It u &d.
however, that hii preac-or, who h-ul no
mtv, was Ire.jurBtiy Hort and hail eon
mderabU truubte In making hu (jaarterly
bettlementa.
WORKED THE SECOND MORTGAGE
RACKET.
LaPokte. Ind., Jan. Arielb-rt
Brown, attorney, Jnuru-, loan and rl
estate ag-nt, ha skipped for part un
known, leaving creditor to tb kmoustot
J tSO.GOO to mourn hu 1cm ilr ha o-en la
, busiorsi hrre a nuntbr of ytra. Tne de-
lrtel wor-d many whruies, the prin
dfwil one bng to give mortgar. tan
give a n cond cUrnsbly to get mcorj to
relent lb- first, thu getting two loons on
on mortgage.
MORE TROU3LE IN HARLAN COUNTY.
LEXiJCGTo. k-y . Jftn- 52- The Sfarp
nfies of this city bTe received orden to
be rrady to inarch to Harlan county Tb
occAnuta i tb- apprehension of troobl
there when their circuit court oj na. Th
leglatare b. ordri an lnvetigxtua
into to trouM" in tht county and U
nr.H probaby Ut mds wbii e the Uoop
are there.
A WHOLE FAMILY POISONED.
POtST PULA5A3T. W. V., Jan. 23
Ne J receiv I of the potaoclng ci a fam
ily of Hxht person nmd ILarrave,
south of here, by a negro woman. Foar
of the family are reported deL
GIBBONS' CONDITION CRITICAL.
Chicago, lit, Jae. is. Kebn- Gibbon.
tee cousin of Cooaf-y lie Fox d Nerth
Side politician, who w. hot lt aUbl f
Capudn Scbnettler, U nmefe worwr and hi
condition U regarded as criticaL
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