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WICHITA. KANSAS, TUESDAY MOHNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1890.
WHOLE NO. 1790.
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123 to 127 N.
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TWENTY Persian sbawls on sale today at 10 ovclock at 75
cents eacn. Only one to a customer.
BEaOTaNTS of French satteens, formerly at 35 cents a yard,
at 12 1-2 cents.
ACCORDION pleating 25 cents a yard.
Munson & MeNamara.
COLE
THE
AnrET ( f TTr"ll
Hundreds of Keen Sharp Buyers taking ad
vantage of this great sacrifice sale.
L . IT . THE
$5 overcoats going at $3 50.
$12 and $14 overcoats going at $8.
$15 overcoats going at $10.
$ 1 8 overcoats going at $ 1 2.
$20 Chinchilla overcoats going at $11.
$25 overcoats going at $17.
$30 overcoats going at $20.
ill Childrens Overcoats at One-Half Former Price!
The above will give you a slight idea of the
immense cut we have ip.ade on our overcoats.
"We have selected out a lot of fine imported
worsted suits, ranging in price from $18 to
30, and will give you choice of the lot for 15.
Also cassimere suits, worth from $18 to
$30, choice for $15.
These "bargains are going fast, you will
have to come soon to get best selections.
COLE & JONES,
The One Price Clothiers,
208, 210 and 212 DOUG-LAS AVENUE. WICHITA, KANSAS.
JTx XX.
Corsets : 95C : Corsets
"We offer you the only corset made today that you cannot brake
down, for 95 cents. If this corset ever "breaks down we give your
money back and the corset for nothing.
Remt. French Sateens
"Fif ty remnants of genuine French Sateens, worth 35 cents, to be
closed out at 18 cents. Just half price.
Pure Linen Sheeting.
One piece Pure Irish Linen Sheeting, 11-4, worth $1 75 per yard.
"VTill sell this piece at Si 10.
Gents' Linen Collars.
We will offer this week 100 dozen genuine four ply collars at
only 10 cents each; cuffs 15 cents.
Big Special Bargain.
We have an elegant Axminster Camet which we had made for a
certain party who could not pay the balance due. It wll fit a room
15x16. Toa can have it for one-half the regular prlca
PS. "We are here to stay through thick and thin.
THE " ARCADE."
Main Street.
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&'. JONES!
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CADE
M$m
GL0RI0SS0 SILKS,
A.t 49c.
Tuesday, Feb. 25th.
SOMETHING NBf,
100 Pieces New Dress Goods.
Ginghams 6 1-2 cents.
Prints 5 cents.
FOX & SON.
STOP IN AND SEE IT
Fresh roaned and crushed coffee a specialty.
3Iall and telephone orders attended to. State agents
wanted. C. I. FULLER, 20J Douglas A e., Wichita,
Kansas.
THOSE OEUEL ORDERS.
Commands Which Gave License to Madame
Sihida's Murder.
Chicago, 111., Feb. 17. The following
communication lias been received here;
To the Agent ol the Associated Press:
"I have received from two independent
sources in Siberia copies of the orders of
the Russian prison administration by vir
tue of which Madame Nadejjhda Sihida
seems to have been flogged to death at the
mines of Kaia last November It reads
as follows:
" 'Ministry of the interior, chief )
husox administration no. 920. v
St. Petersburg, March S, l&SS.
To l&q Governor of the Land of Sagabilan:
" 'lour hih excellency. Ou the steamer
-Mzhni Novgorod of the volunteer fleet
which is to sail from the port of Odessa ou
the 0th,Of March, 1SSS, there is a party of
52o convicts banished to the island of
Svgabilan. Among the criminals con
demned to Denal servitude are the political
offenders "Vassie Volnof, Sergo Kuziu, In
v.m Meisner and Stanislans Khrenofski.
la -notifying you of this fact the chief
prison administration has the honor to
respectfully request that you make ar
rangements to confine tliese political
prisoners not in a separate group
oy themselves, but in the
cells of other (common criminal) convicts.
In making such arrangements it is desir
able not to put more than two political
convicts in any one cell containing com
mon criminals. In making the arrange
ments for conGniug these politicals in
prison and employing them in work no
distinction whatever must bo made be
tween them and othor criminals except in
the nature of surveillance, which must be
of the strictest possible character. Neither
must any difference bo made between
them and other convicts in Tespect to pun
ishments inflicted for violations of prisons
discipline.
"'You will not fail to inform the chief
prison administration of the manner in
which the above named political offenders
are distributed on the island of Saeba
Han and to forward reports with regard
to their behavior.
"M. Galkin Vraskoyo,
' 'Director of the chief prison administra
tion.' "Up to the time this order was issued
political prisoners were confined in the
same Siberian prisons as were burglars,
highway robbers and murderers. Both
clr.sses were furnished with the same food,
Voruthesame dress and leg fetters, but the
political prisoners were isolated in cells
especially set apart for them and were vir
tually exempt irom corporal punishment.
They did not enjoy this exception, how
ever, in virtue ot any law; legally they
were liable to the same punishment that
was inflicted upon common criminals,
namely: Twenty to a hundred blows with
the 'pet.' a heavy whip of hardened raw
hide with a number of lashes. In practice,
however, it was the custom for prison sur
geons to make n pro forma examination of
the political offender who had rendered
himself or herself liable to corporal pun
ishment and certify to the governor of the
prison that in his judgment such political
prisoner was not strong enough to take a
Hogging without danger to life. Whether
as a matter of fact this certificate was true
or false the governor always made his
arrangement for substituting some other
form of punishment. The government at
that time did not venture to use the vhip
upon the backs of educated or lefiued men
or women and the surgeon's certificate
was a meie legal fiction, intended to relieve
the prison department from the necessity
of actually enforcing its right to flog po
litical convicts anil at ttie same time to
hold that right in abeyance.
,"The issuance of ttie order above pet
forth in March, 1SSS, marked a new de
parture in the treatment of political con
victs and siuce that time they have been
put into the same cells with thieves
burglars and murderers and have been
flogsed precisely as if they were common
criminals. On the ICth of September, IS?5,
a little more than six months after the
above order appeared, two of the very
political offenders named in it Vassie
Voluof and Ivan Meisuer and one other
named Tomashevski, were Hogged at the
penal establishment on the island of S.tg
nalien. Or this affair I have received sev
eral manuscript accounts from Siberia.
The particular order of which I have
given a translation was addressed to the
governor of the island of Saghalieu, but
similar directions were given ot course to
the governor of the province of the
TmnR-RBiV-nl in tyhirh arc cSrn.qfiwI
the mines of Kara. Lieutenant j
General Baron KorfT, the governor
of that proviuce, teems to have
insisted upon a merciless enforcement
of the order of the ciief prison department
and the noggins of Volnof. Meisner and
Toraashevski w.u followed by the Hogging
to death of Hope SihidL
"I do not care at present to make any
comments upon tne terrible tragedy at
Kura but 1 desire to call ths attentioa" of
the American people to the fact that the
government which shoots and bang ad
ministrative exiles at Yokctsk and flogs
an educated andrefined woman to death
at the mines of JSTara i- the same govern
ment that is now striving to get an extra
ditioitreaty through the United States
snate and the same soverament that has
just advertised In European newspapers
the offer of a pn V for the bet essay upon
the life and sitrvi. u humanity ot John
Howard- such ssiy to be read in SU
Petersburg at ne "forthcoming meeting
of the international prison concre-s.
"GEORGE KENNAN.'5
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THE TIME FOE .DECISIVE ACTION
AT HAND.
Two Days of the Week Given to De
bate, tlie Site to be Chosen
Monday Next.
Democratic Obstruction Bob3TJp Again on
the Question of a Quorum Oppo
sition to the Pair.
The Substitute Bill for Oklahoma Govern
ment Made a Special Order for Today
A Hew Pacific Punding Bill Re
ported to the Senate The
Day's Proceedings
Items from the
Capital-
Washington, Feb. 17. The house com
mittee on the world's fair presented a res
olution to the house this afternoon. This
resolution instructs the chairman to ask
the house that Thursday and Friday of
this week be set apart for general debate
upon the world's fair bills and that Mon
day next aftor the reading of the journal
be 6et apart for voting on the question of
site, unless the house shall have deter
mined that no world's fair shall be held.
After debate the resolution was adopted.
OKLAHOMA'S BILL,
The House Committee Eeports a Substitute
for the Senate Measure.
Washington, Feb. 17. After the read
ing of the journal Mr. Carlisle rose and
said that since the 29th of January his side
of the house had been protesting every
morning against the approval of the jour
nal ou the ground that it contained an
entry made by direction of the speaker,
showing names of certain members present
and not voting. Last Friday the house
had adopted a code of rules providing for
such a practice. As against this the Dem
ocrats had protested and would protest as
an unconstitutional practice. But it was
a question which could not be decided in
the house and whenever proper cases arose
it would go to some other forum. It was
the purpose of his sido of the house to see
this occasion should be made in such n
shape as would permit it to be finally and
decisively passed upon. Therefore he now
saw no leasou why the journal, the form
of which the house had a right to prescribe,
should not be approved. This was done.
Mr. Struble reported a resolution mak
ing the bill to provide a temporary form of
government for the territory of Oklahoma
a special order for consideration tomorrow
not to interfere with the world's fair bill.
A second was ordered' and Mr. Struble
proceeded to explain theJSnecesslfcy for
speedy action upon the Qsiahoma bill.
He said that the bill had passed the senate
last week but the house committee on ter
ritories had this morning directed the sub
stitution for it of the bill already favora
bly reported by the committee to the
house.
The resolution was then passed without
objection.
Mr. Morrill, of Kansas, moved that a
committee of conference be ordered upon
the senate bill to increase the pension of
soldiers and sailors rendered totally help
less from injuries or diseases received or
incurred in services and it was so ordered,
aud the speaker named Messrs Morrow,
Sawyer and Yoderas conferees.
When the worlds fair committee was
called Mr. Candler of Massachusetts,
offered the resolution of the committee.
Mr. Mills demanded a second, tellers
were appointed and the result was an
nounced as yeas 114, nays 8.
Mr.Kilgofe made the point of no quorum.
The speaker counted a quorum.
Mr. McMilliu, of Tennessee, protested
that the rules prescribed tellers as a means
of ascertaining the presence or absence of
a quorum and it was not proper for the
chair to count. He quoted from the rule
touching motions to supend the rules
which lequires that tho motion shall bo
submitted to the house to ba seconded by
the majority by tellers if demanded. The
speaker inquired if there was any other
suggestion the gentleman desired to make.
Mr. McMilliu replied that a majority by
tellers had not seconded the motion. The
speaker responded that a mnjority had
seconded the motion 114 to S and that
debate on the motion was in order.
The Democrats made an earnest resist
ance to proceeding further.
Mr. Carlisle maintained that the mo
ment the tellers were ordered by the house
to take their places the power of the chair
to count except upon their report ceased.
The very purpose of ordering tellers was
to prevent the speaker from making a
count ana to pu it in the hands of gentle
men chosen, one from one side and one
from the other side. When their report
was made to the chair the vote was over
aud if the tellers resumed their seats there
was no remedy except to take it over acain.
Mr. Peters, of Kansas, said that he had J
refused to vote because he had a reason,
lie had some doubt as to whether there
should be a world's fair at all. Applause
on the Democratic side. But he was per
fectly satisfied to remain in his seat
and allow persons interested to settle
the matter. If the theory of the
other side was right he should have thus
accomplished more than if he had voted
an unnatural result. The trouble was
that this house had been wrapped round
and round by the cords of legal fiction un
til it was a3 lifeless as a mummy. Ap
plause. e
The speaker said that in this house the
question was settled that if a majority
was present to do business their presence
was all that was required to make a quo
rum. If thev declined to vote their inac
tion could not be in the pathway of those
who did their$ duty, in this case the
chair repeatedly counted the house during
the vote and after ic cloei aud being sat
isfied that the constitutional qnoruni wa3
present to do business therefore announced
that the yeas are 114 aud nays S and that
the motion had been seconded.
The question was taken on a motion to
suspend the rules aud make the special
order for f e world's fairbills.ind resulted
yeas 14s. nays 27. More than two-thirds
voted in the affirmative, but Mr. Blount,
of Georgia, demanded the yeas and nays.
They were ordered and resulted yeas20y,
nay-i 56, and the special order was made.
Tne negative votes were cast by Abbott,
Bankhearf, B iraes. Bland. Blount, Breck
inridge of Arkansas, Breckinridge of Ken
tucky, Buchinan of Virginia. Bnnn. Carl
ton, Caruth, Clements, Cobb, Cowels,
Cnsn, Culberson of Texas, D: Haven.
Dibble, Edmonds, Elliott, Ellis. Goodnight,
Grimes, Hare. Heard. Henderson of North
Carolina. Herbert, Kilgore, Lane, Lanham,
Martin of Indiana, Martm ofTexas, Mc
Ciammy, McMillin. McRae, .Mills, Mont
gomery. Gates. Pool. Pennington, Peters,
fcayers, Skiu-
ewart of
Kentucky,
Tarsney, Turner of Georgia. Tnrpin,
Washington and Wheeler al Alabama.
Mr. Perkins, of Kansas, moved to sus
pend the rules and pass the bill for the re
lief of the Sioux Indians of Devil's Lake
1
agency. North Dakota. A second was or
deredyeas 167, nays 3. The bill then
passed, i,
Mr. Banks, of Massachusetts, called up
a bill to provide for the appointment of
thirty additional examiners in the pension
office. A second was ordered and Mr.
Banks said that the secretary of the in
terior had earnestly recommended the
passage of the bill.
Mr. Washington, of Tennesee, said that
the bill appeared to be a scheme to get
thirty Republicans into office without any
draft upon the civil service.
Mr. Cannon argued that this class of
employes was exceptional and appoint
ments should not be subject to the civil
service system.
Mr. Washington, of Tennessee, said he
wanted to hurry up the adjudication of
pension claims, for as a representative of
the youug Democracy of the south he bid
no objection on God's earth to giving pen
sions to injured federal soldiers, but he
not relish thi3 attempt to hoist thirty
partisans into office while there stood
upon the statute books a civil service law,
a fraud of the first water.
Mr. Springer, of Illinois, was for the
bill' because it promised to facilitate the
transaction of pension cases. He favored
an early adjudication of pension claims
and invited the Republicans to bring on
their pension legislation and let him vote
for it.
Mr. Bayne, of Pennsylvania, hoped that
no Republican -would try to evade the
civil service law; they could not afford to
do it. He asked to have nu amendment
inserted providing that the examiners be
appointed nnder the terms of the civil ser
vice law.
Mr. Cheadle of Indiana, Mr. Moore of
Ohio, and several other Republicans ob
jected to Mr. Biyne's request. The yeas
and nays were taken upo'n the passage of
the bill, resulting yeas 109, nays 10, no
quorum.
So the house adjourned with the under
standing that the bill be taken up on the
next suspensiou day.
PETITIONS IN THE SENATE-
Washington, Feb. 17. Mr. Dawes pre
sented over 240 petitions from ' Massachu
setts stating that more that SO0.000 gallons
of intoxicants are annually exported from
the United States to Africa, demoralizing
"the good people" (he changed that phrase
into "the people") of "Africa and detri
mental to all legitimate commerce with
that people, and praying that under that
section of the constitution which author
izes congress to regulate commerce with
foreign nations that that sort of thing
shall be stopped. The petitions were re
ferred to the committee on education and
labor.
Mr. Blair presented petitions signed by
30,000 members of the Grand Army of the
Republic in favor of pensions to army
nurses, and petitions sigued by over 4,000,
000 per-ons in favor of the educational bill.
Mr. Frye, from the committee on Pacific
railroads, reported back two refunding
bills adversely and in lieu of them report
ed an original bill on the subject. The
bill had been unanimously adopted by the
committee. Mr. Frye moved to have the
bill made a special order for the 4th of
March.
Mr. Sherman objected to having it made
a special order suggesting that it might
thus be an impediment to other equally
important bills and that it would be in
just as good a position if Mr. Frye were
able to move its consideration at any time.
Mr. Plumb inquired whether the bill as
reported provided for the payment of taxes
due to the state of Kansas by the Kansas
Pacific Railroad company.
Mr. Frye replied in the iiegative and sam
he would withhold the jnotion for a special
order until after further consultation with
the committee. He gave notice, however,
that he should endeavor to proceed to the
consideration of it on the 4th of March
next. Placed on the calendar.
The bill for the admission of the state of
Wvoming hayine been.reached.on the cal
endar, Mr. Piatt gave uotictMhat he would
call it up for consideration at the earliest
opportunity.
The educational MIL came un ns "unfin
ished business" and Mr. Blair resumed
his argument in support of ic. Mr. Blair
occupied about three hours but did not
close his argument.
Ou motion of Mr. Hale the house amend
tneut to the bill to have the statistics of
mortgages indebtedness obtained in the
next census was non-concurred in and a
conference was asked.
Aftor the passaire of a number of minor
bills the senate adjourned.
PENSIONS FOR KANSANS
Wasiutgton, Feb. 17. Pension certifi
cates have been awarded to the following
persons in Kansas: Original invalid:
Elias E. Rafferty, Wichita; Mathias
Mirkes, Wilburn, William A. Roberts,
Minneapolis; Samuel Dalton, Winfleld;
J. B. Lovelace, Hutchinson: W. W. Bul
lock, Osiwatomie; P. O. Dice, Fredonia;
J. Maxwell, Marrysviile; J. McMuni-,,
Lenora; James Ford, Oswego; John Md.
Martin, St. John: William Barnett,
Springdale; Fred "Ulmer, White water;
Adam R. Heid, Salina. M. F. Xeiman.
Millwood. Increase: II. Colvin, Oberliu.
A. S. Edwards, I)elpho; W. J. Esler,
Howard: E. B. Jackson, Crestline; W. P.
Calkin, Parsons; I. X. Mills, Erie: J. H.
Monroe, Mayetta: Henry Prtchett, SpriDg
ville, and in the Indian territory to the
minor of David Clock, Muskogee.
A LAND FORFEITURE BILL.
Washington, Feb. 17. Among the
bills introduced in the house today were
the following:
By Mr. Kinney, of Missouri, For tho con
veyance to the city of St. Louis, for a
highway or wharf, of the property known
as the St. Louis barracks lying e.ist of the
St. Louis and Iron Mountain railroad.
By Mr. Turner, of Kansas, Directing a
forfeiture of all lands opposite the un
completed sections of railroad for which
the land jrrant was made.
INDIAN SCHOOL APPROPRIATIONS.
Washington, Feb. 17. A communica
tion from the commissioner ot Indian
affairs laid before the house today maKes
the following increases in the estimates of
the amounts needed during the next fiscal
vear for tba education of Indian children:
Indian school at Chilocco, I. T., from
$40,000 to Ss9,500; Winnebago K).G0O to
"9,000. Grand Junction, Co!., S17..7 0 to
W,000; Lawrence, Kan. 100,000 to $123,000.
SECRETARY TRACY ABOUT AGAIN.
Washington, Feb. 17. Secretary Tracy
took advantage of tee bright, clear weather
this mormug and drove over to the navy
department. His appeirancee there, after
a fortnight's absence, wn the signal for a
.slight flurry of txcitemeut. lib office
was immdiately besieged by callers, both
official and social, but he did not see
many people. Among his morning callers
was Gener&l R. A. Alger.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
New York. Feb. 17. Mr. A. G. Menocal,
chief engineer of the Nicaragua Canal
Construction company, arrived here on the
steamer Honda from Grayiown, aud
U at the Fifth, avenue hoteL
Concerning the work in Nicara
gua he says it is progressing sys
tematically and satisfactory, and as rap
idly as the nature of the task and the en
gineering plans will permit. The break
water is to 1,700 feet long, and a boat Z'jO
feet of it are now completed and progress
is being made at the rate of eight feet per
day. Dredging the channel roll commence
as soon as the dredges arrive. Mr. Meno
cal says theeffscts of the breakwater so dr
as constmcted are precisely what he si.
UeipatedandcredictetL They wcuid be
used in arrfstingthe drifting of the sand
and consequent filling irp of the harbor'
month, lne health or the officers and
men remained gccL All the plans of the
companr as originally fonnetf are being
successfully carried inta execution.
D.
NOTICE GIVEX FOR THE STHIP TO
BE VACATED,
The President Fixes October 1 as
the Furtherest Time Allowed
the Cattlemen.
Negotiations With the Indians Liable to
"Warrant Their Removal Imme- a
diately Upon Notice.
No More Herds to be Driven onto the Lands
A Mass Meeting at Guthrie Appeals
for Immediate Action by Con
gress The State Masonic
Sessions Begnn at
Salina-Westera
Gossip.
Washington. Feb. 17. The president
this afternoon issued a proclamation di
recting the removal of all cattle frmn graz
ing upon what is known in Kansas as the
Cherokee outlet, in the northern part of
the Indian territory, by the 1st day of Oc
tober next unless negotiations now pend
ing for the cession of the territory to the
Uhited Slates shall have been completed
sooner, then the cattle must ne removed
forthwith upon notice. He also directed
that no additional herds be permitted to
enter tho territory nftcr this date.
APPEALING TOR LAWS.
A Great Mas? Meeting at Guthrie TJrge3
Congressional Action.
Guthrie, Ok., Feb. 17. A great mass
meeting of the citizens of this city and ad
joining country was held hero today at 4
o'clock on the government acre. The
meeting was a very harmouious one and
unanimously endorsed tho Piatt
bill as passed by the sen
ate. The meeting was addressed by the
promiuent citizens of this city and tho fol
iowing resolutions offered, by Judga Lowe
wore unanimously adopted and tele
graphed to congress this afternoon:
"With sincere gratitude to our
friends in congress for their earnest
work in our behalf, we, the citizens of
Guthrie, Ok., and vicinity in mass meet
ing assembled, beseech an immediate con
sumatiou of this work iu the passage of
some sort of territorial bill for our relief.
The planting season is at hand nud farm
ers hesitate to sow without protection of
law. Uncertainty has stopped improve
ments aud investments and nine months
waiting have exhausted our resources; w
cry for law and titles."
MEETING AT ARKANSAS CITY.
Arkansas City, Kan., Feb. 17. The
Highland opera house was crowded tonight
with citizens who had assembled for the
purpose of memoraliziug congress upon
tho necessity of immediate legislation
providing for the opeuiut; of the Cherokee
outlet to white settlement. Stirring
speeches were made by Prof. Murrav, Judge
James Christian, Judgo Mclntyre and J.
C. Davenp:rt. The following resolution,
were adopted:
Whereas, The Cherokee strip was
granted to the Indians merely as a high
way to the g une plains, and
Whereas, They have long since aban
doned it for Mich purpose, aud
Whereas, Judge Brewer, of tho district
court of the United States, aud now a
member of the supreme court of tho
United States, has judicially decided that
Cherokeo Indians have forfeited all rights
to the use of said highway, and
Whereas, The United States government
has generously offered a donation of ?1.U5
an acre for said lands, which tho Indians
have refused, therefore
Resolved, That we favor the immediate
passage of the Perkins bill, which declares
the said strip open to public domain or to
homestead settlement only, and provide
for a commission to determine and settle
all claims if any which the ludiaus have
thereto.
Resolved, That wo believe this senti
ment is shared by our citizens as a inasx,
except a few individual-., who are personal
ly interested in tho cattle business and in
land speculations.
Resolved, That we hereby call upon our
I representatives in congress who expect our
further support at ttie pons to no an in
their power for the immediate opening of
this country to homestead settlement.
Whereas, In a public address in this city
last fall, fcenntor John J. lugalls com
mitted himself unqualifiedly to the only
opening of the Iudiau country to nettle
ment, and
"Whereas, In his recent utterances in the
senate, Mr. Ingalis has taken the position
that the Cherokees have a title to the Jtrip
and that tho luud is worth 10 per acre,
therefore,
Resolved. That we respectfully ask of
l John J. IiigalN that he make Immediate
explanation of his change of position and
inform the citizens of Kansas what Influ
ences, fncts or Inducements have been
brought to bear upon him to induce him
to now oppose the known wishes of a rnu
joritv of his constituents.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu
tions be bent to Senator? Ingalis and
Plumb, the congressmen, Secretary Noble
and President Harrison.
INTERSTATE CATTLEMEN'S CONVEN
TION. S?cM Dlspotc t tke Daily Eaz'-
Foi:t Worth, Tex., Feb. 17. A conven
tion has been called by the representatives
of the different associations throughout
the pouthwest to meet with the Northwest
Texas Cattle Growers' association at Fort
Worth on March II, ISIO. to inquire into
the causes which have led to the low prices
of beef to the producers, without any cor
responding benefit to the consnmer.
Such a conventionjhivtng been called,
the citizens of Fort Worth extend a cor
dial invitation to the governors of the dif
ferent states and territories, the represent
ative stockmen and all others Interested in
the stock interests,, asking that the gov
ernors of such states and territories ap
point at least twentr"-one delegateg to at
tend and participate in the deliberations of
this interstate cattle convention, iu order
tn&t an intelligent discossion may be had
and a conservative action held la the prem
ises leading to a solution of the difficulties
which have tor the last few years con
fronted the cattle breeders and nuwrr of
the country. The question is or vital im
portance to the farmers as "well as to the
cattlemen, and a fall attendance is hoped
for. epcially from the northwtt eattle
feeding states.
A COAL OPERATORSK1PS.
0AGE Crrr, Kan., Feb. 17. Wrs. Me
Crta, a coal operator left this city Saturday
afternoon colsr west and tooc with him
. aLouc 5,M3. This rsoscy should bare
Ixen ueu to pay bis employe lor list
ment's work. lie also owed tba mer
chants here about &tW). -.
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WHAT WARNER LEARNED.
Kansas Crrx, Ma, Feb. 17. Major
William Warner returned home this even
ing from Washington. In an interview
tonight he said he found Postmaster Gen
eral Wanamaker favorably inclined to
wards the scheme to inaugurate a systcat
of fast mail trains from Kansas City to
the west and southwest. All that was
necessary to be done was to induce tho
railways to put ou the trains.
Regarding the appointment of Judga
Brewer's successor to theposition of judgo
of the United States circuit court hesnid
the competition for the place had narrow
ed down to Judge Shields, of St. Louis
and Judge Hallett, of Denver. Oue o
these two gentlemen would doubtleM re
ceive the nppointment.
The major jays the president has decided
to offer Governor Fester, of Ohio, the
chairmanship ot the Cherokee commission.
A STAKEHOLDER SHOT.
Weik City, Kan., Jan. 17. Fred French
shot and killed Frank Morgan today.
Morgan was stakeholder in a race In which
a horse of Fred and Charles French was
entered. The Freuch hore came in under
the wire first but the judge reserved decis
ion. The French brothers demanded the
stakes of Morgau and and a quarrel en
sued upon Morgan's refusal to hand them
over. All three drew their revolvers and
commenced firing. Morgan receivttt a,
bulletin the head that proved fatal, but
after be fell he had life cnoush left to lira
two shots nt hi- eiiftmies. The French
boys mounted their horses and escaped.
They are being pursued.
MASONIC MEETINGS AT SALINA.
Sauna, Kan , Feb. 17. The Grand
Chapter of the .Masons of Kansas held
their session here today. The city is al
ready quite alive with visitors who coma
to participate ,in, the procecilingH. The
different branches of the Masonic order
will be in session all week. The election
of oflicers for the grand lodge will take
place Wednesday.
DIRECTEDTO ENFORCE THE LAW.
Atchison, Kan., Feb.17. Attorney Gcn
eralKellogg iu a letter to County Attorney
Pierce, directs him to proceed against tho
drug stores for selling liquor contrary to
law. The order was called forth by com
plaint mudu by the secret committee to the
attorney general. Ho says all persons,
violating the law will be prosecuted.
JURISDICTION DENIED.
British Columbian Courts do not Recog
nize United States Sealing Laws.
Victoria, B. C, Feb. 17. Justice Drakev
of the British Columbian supreme court,
has rendered a decision which declares
that the government of tho United States
has no jurisdiction over Bearing Sea out
side of the marine leaguo limit. The ques
tion came before tne court in n civil suit
brought by Henry Baxter, of Seattle, W
T., agitina Solomon Jacob, of Victoria,
for violation ot a sealing contract. Jacobs
is the owner of the schooner Mollie Adamt.
Iu April, lS&i), H verbal agreement was
entered into by Jncobs and baxtertothe
effect that the Mollie Adams was to take
seal in Behring .sc.i and turn over tho
skins to Baxter at the price stipulated iu a
contract previously entered into by tho
two men and under which Jacobs had lye
fore delivered skins to Bixter iu Seattle.
On her return from Behrings sea Novem
ber last, iustead of delivering her
skins to Baxter Jacob sold them
iu Victoria. Baxter then brought aulc
against Jacobs for damsges by breach of
coutruct. The defense held that the con
tract was not valid as healing in Retiring
sea was iu violation of the United States
statutes and called Mr. Jolin.-on, of Port
Townsend, as a Iegnl expert to establish in
court the American law relating thereto.
I He read sections of ttie statutes governing
congress in lb) and the president's procla
mation. Tho court, however, decided that
the contract was valid and refu.vrd to rec
oguiza tho jurisdiction of the United
States in Behring sea outside of one ma
rine league from the horo of American
territory. It was held that the law exist
ing where the contract was mtde had no
bearing iu court. Buxter wan awarded
(1,191 damage. Both defendant tnl
plaintiff arc American citizens aud tho
bchooncr is an American vessel.
THE RATESDOWN.
Missouri RivSr Points Given tho Benefit of
the Illinois Central Cut.
CHICAGO, III., Feb 17. The Western
Freight association uf tcr n thre days' dis
cussion of the subject, voted today to re
duce tho rates from Chicago to Kanitas
City and Omaha to the basts of M cent a
hundred pounds first-class, taking eflct
February 22, The present rates are bnted
7.1 cents first-clans. The action taken to
meet the reduction from Chicago to blctix
City by the Illinois Central which Is to bo
put into effect tomorrow Great effort
w ere made to induce the Illinois Central
to maintain the 75 cents chedule on
Sioux Citv traflhv but that road refuvd to
be persuaded, claiming that the 211 per
cent reduction to St, Paul forced It to take
this step as a measure dl self protection.
It wasdrcidefl by the other lines thnt the
rates to Oninha aud Kansas City could not
be maintained on a higher Im! than
those torjlaux City and conseountlj a
similar reductiou to thosd jxjHiU wa
authorized. The association, hovrorer, re
fused to authorize the reduced Mte to
Sioux City, thus putting upon the Illinois
Central the onus of breaking down tho
Missouri rirer rates in violation of th
agreement.
AMERICA'S RECOGNITION APPLAUDED
Nr.w YOKE, Feb. 17. The M2tnfcJps
the Finance and the St. Bassit arrived
from Brazilian port today and both
brought news to the effect that the peopb
of that country acopUd the changed
political condition very pleasantly and
that cverythinK was quiet all over tha
new republic Mr. Hunt, the purser of
the Finance, said that that thre was a
light uneasiness that the approaehJng
election there mr bring ome trou We.
The Provincia Ao Para contains an artlcU
to the effect iht lit Chroiont, uorrrnor
of the sute of I'ara r&cf trl a caWgiarn
from the Brazilian mioster n Washing
ton announcing the official recognition of
the Brazilian republic by the govern m-nt
of the Tnttrtd rtnu-i of America. II
trinsrnUed Ihr welcome news to.the min
isters aad alo to the goTmors or dilJetent
hUtes and received rsply thanking him
for the goct news and saying that tb
people srere hiled with dehnon enthusi
asm over It.
CRONIH JUROR BRIBERS.
CnKMo, IjL. Feb 17. Tne Jury to try
the men accued of contpiracy to corrupt
jurors In the Cronln case w rmjlted
late tals afternoon. Stat Attorney
Ivrcgeoeckvr claim to have tecared new
evidence which tenders a conviction
certain. Brief opening addresses wrt
made by Mr. Icget;cker acd LI x
AlAtant Mr. Neely The defee wared
lbeiropo lag pending tb examination of
stales wHoes. Deputy Clerk A. V.
Ire. of Jndse McCono'Ii's coart, was tho
first witness. His testimony was ttstsa
portaot. AdjourawL
STILL VOTING FOR SPEAKER.
DCS MODTE5. Ia.t Feb. 17. Tho dead
lock, in the legislature continue. Them
were eighteen pairs when the llrtt ballot
was taken for permanent speaker which
reunited Hamlin .15. WlHon Cfi. Tiarw
other ballet i were vlkta before wij?s;&
name
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