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WICHITA. KANSAS, FRIDAY "MOBNISTG FEBBUARY 28. 1890.
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Decern ber 31, 1900.
A cold reception our spring wraps and jackets will get, they
will arrive today prices from $1 50 to $15 00. Bemember this
when the days get warm.
Munson
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ARE
SHATTERING PRICES
WITH GREAT EFFECT!
'The Slaughter is bej'oncl the Power of a Detailed Description.
Thousands of Dollars worth of Mens', Boys' and Chil
dren's Clothing must be Sold before March lo.
The Bargains offered are Seized with Wolf Like Voracity by all
Classes of Humanity. You never saw so many Great In
ducements. Come and see the Goods.
Ill Children's Overcoats at One-Half Former Price!
$5 overcoats going at $3 50
$12 and $14 overcoats going at $8.
$15 overcoats going at $10.
$18 overcoats going at $12,
$20 Chinchilla overcoats going at $11.
The ahove will give you a slight idea of the
immense cut we have made on our overcoats.
"We are now in the Midst of the
GREATEST SUIT SALE
Ever inaugurated on this continet, having
selected out a desirable lot of Worsted, Cas
simere a.ud Cbeviot Suits, worth all the way
from $20 to $30, have placed them on a sep
arate table and will give you choice for $15.
Dispatch is the Soul of Business. Do not
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THE RUBBER TRUST.
New Yor.K, Feb. 27. A meeting of the
representatives of the leading manufac
turers of rubber boots and shoes was held
at the Windsor hotel yesterday. Nearly
all tho importers of rubber were also
repiesentcd. The meeting was held with
closed doors. Upon its adjournment one
of the delegates said: "Owing to the short
supply of rubber and the consequent ad
vance iu price, the manufacturers have
met to determine upon prices for the com
ing season and are endeavoring to perfect
a rubber trust." It was said that ar
rangements would be perfected today at a
second meetiug. Down town importers
say that the rubber is stsadtlv advanc
ing and that advices from Para are to the
effect that nono is being gathered: conse
quently a bare market is the immediate
prospect.
TOTEM EXOURSIOfla
The Passenger Agents Discussing the Com
mittee's Recommendation.
CHICAGO, III.. Feb. 27. The general pas
senger agents of tho western roads spent
today considering the recommendations of
their committee that harvest excursions
be restricted to two in August, two iu
September aud one in October and sug
gesting that the request ot the trans-Missouri
lines relative to home seekers ex
cursions be declined. Xo agreement had
been reached at the hour of adjournment.
THE ASTOR WEALTH CONSOLIDATED.
Nov Yor.K, Feb. 27. The admission to
probate of the will of the late John Jacob
Astor yesterday, makes William Waldorf
Astor the wealthiest man in America, if
not in the world. The estates of John
Jacob Astor and William Waldorf Astor,
consolidated bv vesterday's proceedincs,
are bel:evd to "be equivalent to ?2CO,000,-
living nerson whn ."i r,.ll thn nroisi
value of the estate or what his father was i
actually worth. Mr. Southmav, who was
an executor ot the last will of John Jacob
Astor'.s father, said yesterdav that he dirt
not know how much John" Jacob Astor
was worth.
JUST ARRIVED
10 pieces Figured Henriettas, a
big bargain at 50 cents.
25 pieces Figured Silks at 59c
Just the thing for combination
suits.
100 dozen stainless hose at 25c.
"We guarantee them.
50 pieces Jaconet and Swiss
Flouncing at just half pries.
10 pieces 54-inch Henriettas at
77c. We will match your dol
lar goods with them.
"New York Office. Feb. 5, 1S90.
T. Ij. Fox & Son. Wichita, Kansas.
Have just bought and shipped yon a
manufacturer's samples of ladies' vests.,
silk and lisle, worth 50 to 13c. Sell them
at 25c each. I. B. Fox."
FOX & SON.
ik vnm sk : IT.
Fresh roasted and crushed coffoo a specialty
31ail and telephone order- attended to, ijtatw a;unt
vanto C. I. FULLEK. a2 Douglas Ave., Wichita
Kansas.
BOIES' ADDRESS.
The Railway Monopoly and Prohibition
Farce Dealt With-
Des Moines, la., Feb. 2C The inaugur
ation of Governor Boies this afternoon was
carried out with great enthusiasm among
the Democrats. Visitors had come from
all over the state and from other states,
the most noteworthy delegation being the
St. Joseph, Mo., Jefferson club, 130 strong,
and the Cook County Democratic club, of
Chicago, 250 strong. The inauguration
procession was formed at the Savory house
and then marched to the capitol. The gal
leries were crowded when the gubernator
ial party entered the hall of the house of
representatives. Both branches of tho
legislature were in joint session. Tho
oath of office was taken by the governor
and lieutenaut governor, and then Gov
ernor Boies read his inautniral address
concerning the railroad situation.
Governor Boies said that before the pres
ent laws the railroads were not satisfied
with remunerative dividends upon, the
money actually invested, but they watered
the stock of their corporntious.sold it at
prices far below its face value and then
undertook to conduct business on a basis
that would return dividends on these im
aginary investments. To accomplish this
individual and public rights alike were
often sacrificed. Odious discriminations
were repeatedly practiced. Towns and
cities in oir- part of the state were favored
it the expense of those in other localities,
wherever this would operate to
tho advantage of the railway com
pany. It was a dangerous power
that railway managers wielded
when they controlled the situation anil
they abused it. Unless judiciously exer
cised, it might become a dantrerous power
that the people have assumed, and care
should be taken that no mm can justly
charge that they have abused it. It was
no wrong tn the railway interest of the
.state that the people desired. They only
demanded that their own interests should
ba fairly treated. No one overlooked ttie
fact that to the railroads they were in
debted for the wonderful development of
tho state. It wis greater facilities for
transportation that Iowa most needed.
She should help hasten the days when the
water of our great lakes would le turned
from their course, and made to untitle
with those of tho mighty river that clasp
ed her in their giant arms.
A considerable portion of the message is
devoted to iho tariff: the present high pro
tective tariff is condemned, as are also the
trusts and combines.
Coming to the question of prohibition
the governor stated that the prohibitory
laws had been despised, disregarded and
ignored in most of the large cities of the i
state from the day of its birth Riverside; J. M. Winaus, Conin: J. Lash,
down to tlio present time. The use of in- ' Girard; M. Hampton, Foutana: W. II.
toxicating liquors as a beverage Jiad not ! Moon;, Medicide Lodge: L T. Heritage,
been dimitiisbed. Millions and milliousof 'Emporia; G. Halmie. Topeka; A. C. Will
the capital of citizens had been invested in iame, 0-.vej,'0; B S. Dunbar. Wamego; G.
the business and then it had been coldly J. Wright. Osborne City: H. C. G.ibbert,
wiped out wittiout an ettorc to compensate ,
those who were ruined. Whenever the
law had been enforced the owners had
been impoverished. In his judgment
the chief obstacle to the enforcement
of the law lay in the fact that
it was a cruel violation of one of the most
valued of human rights. It was impossi
ble to read the platlorm of the respective
parties without reaching the conclusion
that no political issue was ever
more clearly defined, more thoroughly
discussed and better understood b' the
masses than that relating to this question,
in the campaign which preceded the last
election. The people of iowa nad, through
the only medium known to them for set- i
tnug political l-sues, passeu judgment on
this question. They were, therefore, bound
in honor to furnish for these local iiu-s de
siring it a most carefully formed license
law. The greatest care should bo taken,
of course, to keep the traffic out of the
hands of improper parties. What Iowa
needed was practical legislation on the
subject: legislation that was broad cuouch
to cover more than the views of a single
class.
CANADIAN CUSTOMS REVISION.
Ottawa, Ontario, Feb. 27. It is learned
in reliable quarters that there is to be a
complete revision of the customs tariff.
Probably one of the most important
changes affecting the L'nited States will
be au increase of from 50 to 75 cents a bar
rel on wheat Hour and the removal of duty
on Indian ooro imported into Canada from
the United States. At present the duty on
wheat flour is only o0 cents per barrel.
while the duty on the quantits of wheat
required to make one barrel of fionr is 70
cents. As they have to import large quau- j
tities ot .mericiu wner.t, the Uutario J
fnvprnmenc :s nroteistinir fniiiL thf nt t
qur.lity in the duty and the discrimination j
iu favor of the importation
American
t!nnr. against which thev rcm ant. comnft. i
HARCOURT'S HAPPY COMPARISON.
LOXDOX. Feb. 27. In a spsecb todav Sir
William Yernoa Harcoart compared the
lesseningof the government majority in the
house of commons to the sweeping awav
of the Cartel party's majority m tne Ger
man reichstag. He urged the electors of
Great Britain lo emulate the German
voters.
JW SELECTED.
THE PRESIDENT DOMINATES JUS
TICE BREWER'S SDCCESSOK.
Henry G. Caldwell, of Arkansas,
Chosen to Fill the Eighth
Circuit Judgsliip.
Atkinson Seated by the House as Eepre-
sentative from the Pirat West
Virginia District.
Senator Paddock Introduces a Bill Estab
lishing a Bureau of Animal Industry
and Providing for the Extirpation
of Contagious Diseases Pen
sions and Postmasters for
Kansas and the Ter
tory Notes, etc.
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The
today sent to the senate the
president
following
nominations:
Henry C. Caldwell, of Arkansas, to be
United States circuit judge for the Eighth
circuit, vice David Brewer, resigned.
Postmasters Missouri: Ehas S. Bed
ford, Iluntsville; William D. Cummins,
Clarksville; Harry C. Demuth, Sedalia;
Joseph Stampfler, Jefferson City. Kansas:
Solomon R. Washer, Atchison; Preston S.
Abbott, Greensburg.
ATKINSON SEATED.
The Contestant Victorious m the Pirst
"West Virginia District.
Washington, Feb. 27. Immediately af
ter tho reading and approval of the journ
al, Mr. Rowell, ot Illinois, called up the
contested election case of Atkinson vs.
Pendleton and the floor was accorded to
the contestee, Pendleton. He said that
he felt it his duty to speak iu his own be
half, although he knew that he was ad
dressing a jury whose prejudice was
against him. He reviewed the evidence in
detail, controverting the statements made
by the supporters of the majority report
and in conclusion reiterated his declara
tion that he had been fairly and honestly
elected in the First district of West Vir
ginia. Mr. Cooper, ot Ohio, closed the debate
with an argument in support of the claim
of the contestant.
The vote was taken on the minority res
olution declaring Pendleton entitled to
the sent. It was defeated yeas 142, nays
12.1. a strictly party vote.
The vote then recurred on the majority
resolution seating Atkinson. The Demo
crats refrained from voting, their object
being to have the contestant seated by
less than a quorum, so that the question
of the riuht of the speaker to count a quo
rum may be taken before the courts. The
vote resulted yeas 3G2, nays 0 (the speaker
counting a Quorum).
?Ir. O'Ferrall, of Virginia, raised tho
point of no quorum, but" the speaker ig
nored him and the newly elected member
appeared at the bar of the house and took
the oath of ofiice, amid applause on the
Republican side.
Bills were introduced as follows:
To amend the world's fair bill so as to
require at least two of the board of control
to tie women.
Setting apart lands for an agricultural
college and experimental station in Okla
homa. The house proceeded, in committee of
the whole, to the consideration of the urg
ent deficiency bill, and after some discus
sion aujourned without action.
WESTERN MATTERS AT1THE CAPITAL
Washington, Feb. 27. Postmasters
have been appointed as follows: In the
Indian Territory Poteau, Choctaw na
tion, Lora L. Smith, vice R. T. Forbis,
resigned; aud in Kansas Benrdsley, Raw
lins county, S. J. Gordon, vice M. J. Sowa,
resigned; Waco, Sedgwick county, J. F.
Watson, vice J. Geilkman, resigned;
Walker, Ellis county, J. B. Hensley. vice
Toffer, resigned; Willard. Shawnee county,
T. II. Coppe, vice C. 1. Iliggins, resigned.
Pensions granted to Kans.ins are Orig
inal invalid: J. C. Fitzsimmonds, Coffey
ville; Alfred Bicknell. Parsons, A. Wor
rill, Toledo: J. W. Lockwood, Na
tional Military home: C. Ferg,
Ilopler; J. W. Falls, Altoona; M.
S. Ilerr, national military home. Increase:
W. L. Grifiit, Topeka; P. Cook. Sedan; G.
F Fnnneck, Washington; J. M. Marquis
Maimaton; IT. McDonald, Wellington; P.
Daily, Scot tsville; C. II. Downer, Buff;
J. A. Black, Turon; L. D. Durbiu, Cirard;
C. II. -Branch, Minneapolis B Ilohnes,
Augustus; w. b. Cotton. Stuart; J.
Everett,
:edan; W. H. Moore. Hays City; expirntlon of the franchise of the Nation
clml "v1chuaDA7,g,"t a D.; Water Work- company the city will re-
M. fctnier.
William N
Wilson. Richfield: C. W. Barkhurst, Mc
Cune: G. W. Fulton, Kingsley; M. D. God
frey. Circleville: R. S. 'lilton. Beloit: W.
Ij. Stackhotise, Netawaka; H. H. Pulliam,
Redfitld; F. W. Brown, Atwood; S. L
Byrd, Jacksouburg; B. B. Rice, Corwiu;
Will, mi f Wliijuootrrt?! 1rt.-.... T U
Birnett, Richfield: W. I.' Brown". Fair- !
view; John Green, Burlington: P. W.
Phillips. Sedan: A. E. Guyer, Pamono: J.
A. Hammers, Anthony; C. Frank, Scam-
monville: Mm btssou, ilsev: illiam
E. Garn.-on, Edgerton: T. Y. Franck. Yi
nette; unaues u. nicnmire, tieaumont.
Widows Elizabeth Ross, Canton; Mary
A. Ferg. Ilopler. and au increase to W. T.
Sharp, Oklahoma City, and to Charles
Dobsou, Yiuita, in the Indian territory.
TO SUPPRESS DISEASE.
A Bill to Regulate thi
Traffic in andJ
Handling of live Stock.
WAcHixr,TO". Feb. 27. Senator Paddock
today introduced a bill for the establish
ment of a bureau of animal industry, to
prevail the exportation of diseased cattle
and to provide for the suppression and ex
tirpation of pleuro-pnetimcnia and other
contagious diseases among domestic ani
mals. This bill, which Is intended as a
substitute for various measures on the
same topic that have been before the sen-
ate. provided that a bureau of animal In-
dnstry shall be established. The secretary
J sncuaure scan ire-p;t anu euiorce
rules for the suppression and extirpation
of xl" dLseases or cattle, especindy pleuro-
pneumonia. Cattle .o affected shall not
be transported from one 5tate to another.
jLtie um m.iner proviues lua; in oruer
to promote the exportation of live stock.
the secretary shall make special Investi
gation into the subject along the dividing
lines between the United States and O.c
nda. and other dividinc lines on routes to
sea parts. No railroad company or steam
ship line shall receive for transportation,
uorhatl any person drive in a private con
veyance any" infected cattle. Penalties are
provided lor the violation of thee prcvis-
ions. It shall be tho duty of the secretary
to givejpotice through the newspapers of
the existence in any locality of contagious
diseases, and he shall also notify all trans
portation companies of this fact.
A STATUE FOR COLUMBUS.
Washington, Feb. 27. Among the bills
reported from committees and placed on
the calendar were the following:
House bill to extend to the port of San
Antonio, Tex., the privileges of the act as
to the immediate transportation of dutia
ble goods.
The senate bill to establish certain ports
of delivery in Alaska.
A bill was passed for the erection and lo
cation of a bronze statue of Christopher
Columbus and the removal of the naval
monument to a new site. The bill appro
priates 573,000 and fixes as the site for the
statue the circle on the western entrance
to the capitol on Pennsylvania avenue,
where the naval monument now stands.
The latter is to be removed to the triangle
bounded by Connecticut avenue and
Twentieth and Q streets. The contract is
to be inad by the secretary of the navy,
the chairman of the joint committee on
the library aud the architect of the capitol.
The senate then proceeaed to the consid
eration of the bill to declare unlawful
trusts and combinations in restraint of
trade and productions.
Mr. George opposed the bill both on the
ground of its inefficiency (if the bill was
constitutional) aud on the grouud that
congress had not the constitutional power
to enact it.
Mr. Reagan gave notice of an amend
ment which he mtended to offer to the biil
(being the bill offered by him on the 4th of
December last). Tho bill went over with
out action.
After an executive session the senate ad
journed, ANDERSON'S FORECLOSURE BlLlZT"
Washington, Feb. 27. Representative
Anderson, of Knnsas, today appeared be
fore the house committee on Pacific rail
roads to urge favorable action upon his
bill to have foreclosure proceedings insti
tuted against the Union Pacific Railroad
company and have the railroad placed in
the hands of a government receiver. Mr.
Anderson said that the whole west nnd
especially Kansas, was deeply interested
in the subject, as that section had for years
suffered from excessive freight rates and
railroad combinations to bleed the people.
CLEVELAND SELLS OAKVIEW.
Washington, Feb. 27. The Evening
Star says that C. B. Xowl.mds, represent
ing what is known a3 the California syndi
cate, has purchased from ex-President
Cleveland his country place on Tennaly
town road, near the city, known as 'Oak
view." The price paid for this house and
about twenty-nine acres of land was ?140,
000. Mr. Cleveland is sid to have realized
on this sale a clear profit of about $100,000.
INDIAN DEPREDATION CLAIMS.
Washington, Feb. J7. Senator Moody,
of South Dakotn,today introduced a bill to
appropriate $G23,14S to enable the secretary
of the treasury to pay the claims investi
gated, approved and reported to congress
by" the secretary of the interior tinder the
the Indian depreciations act of 1SS5.
WARMUTH UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTED.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27 By what is un
derstood to be a practically unanimous
vote the jsenate committee on commerce
today ordered a favorable report on the
nomination of ex-Gojrernor W armouth, to
be collector of customs at New Orleans.
THE SENATE'S GREAT CAUTION.
Washington, Feb. 27. The Doiph in
vestigating committee today continued its
inquiry into the methods by which pro
ceedings of executive sessions of the senate
became public. Jules Guthridge, of the
New York Herald; A. J. Halford, of the
Associated Press; George Bain, of the tou
ted Press; M. G. SecondorlF, of the New
York Tribune, and Frank A. Depuoy. of
tho New York Times, testified tltat they
had written reports of the proceedings of
executive sessions of the senateat the time
the nomination of General Morgan was
confirmed and the British extradition
treat was ratified, but when asked to
give the sources of their information de
clined to do so upon the ground that it
would be a gross betrayal of confidence.
Under a new rule put into effect today,
when the senate went into executive ses
sion, the pres lobby, in which are located
the capitol offices of the Associated Press
and United Press as well as all committee
rooms on the gallery, were cleared aud
strict watch kept over them until the sen-
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course, disarranged all press business ou
the senate for some time. Other extraor
dinary precautions were taken to keep the
proceedings secret,
FIVE CONFIRMATIONS.
Washington. Feb 27. The senate to
da3 confirmed the following nominations:
Chief justice of the supreme court o New
Mexico, James O'Brien, of Minnesota.
Registers of land offices Joseph W. Mc
Clurg. Springfield, Mo.; W. II. Clark, Lin
coln, Nebraska.
Surveyor general of California, William
II. Pratt.
Postmaster Missouri: G. W. Smith,
Sweet Springs.
GO BACK ON THEIR VATER WORKS.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Feb. 27. An ordi
nance passed the upper house of the city
council tonight decreeing that upon the
luse to renow tne xranctiise. grant a new
one or bny the cempany's plant. The
ordinnnce also provides that the city shall
construct water works of its own at a cost
of 52.000.000. A similar ordinance was
defeated in the lower house two weeks
"K but. b H Mb.equent action i
WrfS
determined to reconsider the matter.
Pending the reconsideration the ordi
nance mysteriously disappeared. The
present ordinance must pass the lower
house and receive the signature of the
I mayor to become a law. Should this oc
cur the prop'-rty ot the water company,
valued at 4,000,000, will be rendered prac
tically worthless. The majority of the
stotk of the National v ater W orks com-
pany. which operates plants in several of
the larger cities, is Held m New lork and
Philadelphia.
THE FLOUR OUTPUT.
MIXXEAPOLI5, Minn., Feb. 27. The
Northwestern Miller says: With less mills
running the flour output fell off fcome.
The aggregate production for the week '
was 117,740 barrels, asainst 137,400 barrels
tne week before, and M.250 barrels for the
same time in 1S59. About two-thirds of
this flour was made' by two firms. A
greater number of mills are running thi3
j week. There were sixteen in motion yes
terday. Iwo leading millers yesterday
reported a tr.ne improvement in
the de-
maad for flour. C, A- IMIsbary, one of
the two, said that hi people were selling
more flour and he thought their trade
would come up to atxmt the aTcrage on a
whole year. He alvi stated thut good nat
ent fioar could not be laid down in New
England for les than $3 per barrel, an :
that there whs an actual Iom ca flour sold
short of :h3t;pnce, at current values of
wheat Centrally speaking, the market is
very dull, with considerable of thecarrent
output going into store.
ARO-AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Nrrr Yoek, Feb. 27. A call hw bea
issued to all local branches of the A fro- i
American league of New York to meet in
itate convention at Rochester ilaySS, UML
THE mm RANGE.
WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT
SAS AND MISSOURI.
KAN-
High Winds, Low Tcmperatnre and
Considerable Snow Report
ed from All Points.
Winter Wheat well Protected by a Gen
eral Snowfall The Thermom
eter at About Zero.,
Dr. Sombart, of Coldwater, Murderer of
Murphy, Eeleased on $10,000 Bond
Insurance Commissioner Wilder
Censured by the A. 0. U. W.
for an Article Published
General Western
Uews and Gossip.
KANSAS Citt, Mo., Feb. 27. Dispatchrs
from Missouti and Kansis state that a
blizzard from the northwest prevailed
throughout those states today. The bliz
zard was preceded late last night by a
snow storm during which snow fell to the
depth of three or four iuches, covering the
winter wheat and shielding it from the
severe cold. About 10 o'clock this morn
ing the blizzard set iu. The wind blew at
a high rate of velocity aud the thermome
ter fell to about zero. The fall of snow
dwring the day was light and occasioned
no serious delay to railway traffic. Snow
ceased falling about 4 o'clock this after
noon, but the wind is still high and tho
thermometer low.
DECISION BEVERSED.
Fossett Entitled to the Kingfiisher Tovra
Site Property Holders Not Troubled.
Spccinl Dispatch to the Daily Eacle.
Washington, Feb. 27. Tho decision of
the Kingfisher land ofiice in tho contest of
ths Kiugfisher Town Site company vs.
William Fossett has been reversed nnd the
quarter declared lawfully possessed by tho
defendant.
The evidence goes to show that on the
22nd of last April Fossett located upon the
ICO acres from which the government laud
oilice was taken, but he did not mate his
filing until the 23rd, when at least l.OvA)
persons had located tipou one side of it and
took possession in the name of the King
fisher Town Site company. Fossett, how
ever, maintained his claim to the laud,
and a contest was begun on behalf of tho
city.
The local land offico in considering tho
case decided that Fossett's time of .eitle
ment dated from tho filing of his papers
and that, therefore, the town site company
was the rightful possessor, having made
filing previous to Fossett.
The general land oilice decides that the
contestee'.s claim is valid, inasmuch as he
fully established the fact that ho was on
the land soon after noon April 22 and in
advance of nil other claimants, and that
the time of filiiiK the papers had no effect
upon the case.
NO DETRIMENT TO THE CITY".
Special dlsj-ntch to the Dally Kalo.
Kingfishei:, Ok., Feb. 27. Tho action
of the gineral land office in reversing the
decision of the local oilice in the contest
of the Kingfisher Town Site company vs.
William Fossett, while important to many
litigants iu Oklahoma and elsewhere, will
have no perceptible effect upon the title ot
those who have purchased lots in tho con
tested quarter and the ltusuies prosperity
of the city will in uo wise be retarded.
Mr. Fossett will dispose of the land
platted, consisting of about forty acres, on
practlc.illy the same terms as given by the
town company, thus avoiding nil trouble
and injustice "to residents of that portion
of the city.
EIRE AT SPRINGFIELD.
County Court House and Three Business
Eouses Completely Destroyed,
Prctnl Dispatch to the Dally Kacle.
SriJINGKlKU), Kan., Feb. 27. At 4:30
o'clock yesterday a fire broke out in n
building adjoining the Seward county
court hoiis, a two-.story frame structute
near the southwest corner of the public
square. The fire had made such heathvay
before it was discovered antl the facilities
for fighting it were so meagre that in leas
than an hour four buildings were com
pletely destroyed. The county office1 were
supplied with large safe, and although
the records are badly damaged only n part
of the indexes wen complete! destroyed.
TLe court room was iu the second story
of the building; also the sheriff 's ofiice.
The court library and sheriff's records are
a complete lo3s, and also the city records.
The losses, aside from the furniture and
papers of the county offices, ie as follows:
J wo story building nnd hardware stock
owned by G . Winn; two story court-j
house building, owned by .J. ,L Adams;
one story office building, owned by iJr.
Davi; one story business room, owned by
Dr J. H- B. Mlitjiw. occupied ? a drug
fetor; drug stock mostly sav-d. Tot.il los
in ail, Slo.Uxr, insurance, $2,0j0. The ori
gin of the fixe ih unknown.
ADMITTED TO EAIL
j Dr. Somlrt, Murderer of Murphy, Raioas&d
by Habea3 Corpu.
Ppceial Disjxrteh U ViUr JEazJ
CoUiWATEK, Kan., Pel. XT.'lbi; habeas
cormu proceedings begun before Jndgu
Wideman, probi'c jedgf for Comanche
county, Friday, February 14, to wen re the
release on ball of Dr. J. E. Sombwrt, who
shot W. D. Mnrph7 on the streets of this
city Sunday. January 23. culminated to
day in the release of the doctor on a bond
j of 10,009 for his appearaoce at tl term
of the district court beginning Tue-day.
IL A- Smith, county attorney. United
States DMricl Attoruty Ady. of. Newton;
T. G. Chamber. C. O. Bute, of Cold-
j water, are attorneys for the Ute, and
Judue IL C ala, of As lenita: Ed sample.
of Medicine Lodge; G. W. Yorkers, Bo)h-
min Howarth, . IL Carter, asd W. J.
Jackson, of Coldwater, fortLedefesdant.
THE SANTA FZ'S LEGAL AFFAIRS.
Topkka, Ksa, Feb. 27. A. A. Hard,
staeral nttoraey of the Atchison, Toptiat
&i Santa Ye railroad, lod37 submitted his
annual report to the company- Tsiate
ment embrace ll the legal bedscs' &' tLe
company in Kaasas, Nrhrtsfe nod the In
dian territory north of Pnrseli, covering
over 2,000 miles of road, manias through
.seventy out of the Xfi caate in Kxsua j
aod thirty judicial district a. aK-.king,
ui a!!, 2Sl terras of coon, daring the
year. It appear tftai ifeers were
412 ca..s readme rlcs. tttt eo-
pany January 1. 1S90. in which,
the total amount claimed was $1,905,123.43.
and of which the total amount recovered
was 54S.C72.51. The total number of cases
in litigation was 7C3 during tho year, and
the total amount claimed 4574,133.50.
The total number of cases finally disposed
of was 237. and the number pending Janu
ary 1, ls30, 463. During the year 275 new
esses were commenced against the com
pany, in which the total amouut claimed
was $1,479,122.50. The amount recovered
in these suits was $37 3$.
A UEW BAILS0AD.
A Line to ba Enilt from Guthria to Port
Keno via Eeno Oity.
Caldwell, Kan., Feb.'.U Tbe director
of Guthrie, Reno City & Fort Keno Kail
way conipauy met here this afternoon and
elected officers as follows: President, O.
Jennings; first vice president, O. W. Mc
Ncal; second vice president, J. T. Sanders;
secretary and treasurer, v m. ixeiinr;
chief engineer. C. J. Dubois. Directors ot
thecompauy are, for the first year: II. IL
Sloau and Ezra Harris. New York: D. T.
Flynn and S. W. McNeal, Guthiie; C. .J;
Dubois and C. M. Kellar. Rouo City. O.
Jenuiugs, Anthony Beeson, Caldwell; J.
T. Sauders, Wellington.
A charter has been granted by the secre
tary of state and work will be begun as
soon as possible. The road will be a stan
dard gauge and will ruu trom Guthrie to
Fort Reuo, via Keho City, a distance of
forty-two miles. The company has a cap
ita! Mock ot $500,000. The office will ba
located at Caldwell, with u branch office at
Keno City.
WILDER OENSUBED.
The A. 0- TJ. W. Criticises an Article In
corporated in His Eeport,
WiXFlELD. Kan.. Feb. 27. Tho grand
lodge A. O. IT. W., which has been in ses
sion in this city for the past week, cIo.mxI
its labors today. . This has been one of thu
most successful gathering of the kind
ever held in this state.
After installingtho office rs, the lodgo
passed the following resolutions. After
referring to the fact that the legislature of
Knnsas had exempted fraternal nnd bene
ficial organizations from the operation of
the insurance laws, nnd to the publication
bv Insurance Commissioner Wilder in his
annual report of an article from the Troy
Chi'-f, whieh thy term an unjust, untrue
and malicious attack upou fraternal bene
ficial societies, they say:
Whereas. The publication of snid arti
cle, without comment, by the said insur
ance commissioner, is calculated to carry
the impression? to the public ttiat he ap
proves of the fame, thereby doing Midi o
cietirs n gross injustice, therefore be it
Keuolvcd. TiuitMiid publication deserve
ceusiiro and i.si to bo condemned for tno
following reasons:
First Because by embodying such nrti
cle In his report, Mr. Wilder manifested
au innbtlit) to distinguish between fra
ternal benefit societies and assessment in
surance companies.
Second Because tho legislature having
by express provision of law exempted fra
ternal societies from the insurance depart
ment, it was not m his province to official
ly criticise or condemn thj workings of
such societies.
Third Because the article was In Itelf.
both in word and spirit, untrue and wa
intended to do gioss injustice to an honor
able class of citizens and a legitimate and
honest system f business.
Fouitti Becamo theso statistics show
that such organizations arc furnishing a
protection iu the nature ot llfu insurance
at a much lexs cost than so culled old litm
life insurance companies. Particularly
it this true of our order. Our
methods of selection are moro care
ful and Mirrounded by more tia'eguardtf,
the cost of transacting our business, in
cluding all cost o( salaries printing nnd
miscellaneous vxiksiisum, is vnatly lei
than in nnv o-called old line ttiMirntico
company doing business iu this state,
while the volume of our business or thu
total amouut of indemnity guaranteed in
larcur than that of any other Mich com
panies combined. The experience of tho
past twenty -flvo years in America and
more than eevantj-llve yenra in England
has proved that the continued existence of
properly conducted socletirs like our own
is as well assured aa that of block Insur
ance companies.
Fifth Because a vituperative- art. do
like the one alluded to has no proper placo
iu a dignified public document represent
ing the nower and authority of the state.
Sixth Because in the publication there
of the iusurance conimtMioner of Kaunas
has offered a gratuitous itmilt to thousand
of his tellow citizens holding membership
in our own and kindred organization
which are doing a lare and charitable)
work through the protection wMch they
offer nuu give and are saving not only dis
tress to the families of their beniuctnrta
but a burden of tax to the people lu tho
relief furnisbid to tnoe who might other
wise become a public charge.
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE VATTS CASE.
TaHLBjUAH. I. T., Feb. 27. Within th.i
past two days there have beeu some- inter
esting develonmenU in the celebrated
Watts intruder case, which iro calculated
to turn the tables against the Watts fami
ly. Much of the evidence heretofore taken,
which the Watts relative claimed had
loug since b-et iot, has suddemy cume to
light and will in nil probability have grent
weight with Special Agent Parker, who Is
conducting tbe investigation. There, is
grent uneasiness among the thousands at
taiiiilieft who will Je aHected by the decls
ion of the accent, and it is feared that In
case of the decision Oeing ulver to thu
intruders, the I'nited .Stntos troops will bo
required iu ejecting tucm.
NEW CORPORATIONS.
TOTEKA. Kau., Feb. 27. Tho foHowinjj
new oorfMiraiiow were granted charters by
the isecretary of state:
The United Stat Lnd ami Loas com
pany erf lojHrfc; capUal uk HjbMjBt-
The United State Mail and Sigr lUolo
company of Hutchinson; capita i ucL
IM.0UM.
The MUmaapoUs Improve! Typewriter
com(atiy of MtttueapeUs; capital Mx:St,
Tfce Mthdist Bpfeeppa! ckereb of Fair
viow. THE BUZZARD AT EMP03IA.
EkpuRIA, Kmu., Felt 7 beosr mhI fatl
bare faiieo her t4 Uta depth of two inches
during the past twenty-fear hours. A
biizsdrd of moderate velocity is In proujes
frcm the uoitisei, aod the mercary
registers about zero. It b cwuktd Mtovr
Sag. The tatovr bat caused no detay to
trarel so f r a kaowfl. It wifl ftitord
exeeJItat protecUoa to ytiuUtz woet.
THE CHANGE O? STATE TREASURER.
Torwu.. Kan,, Feb. 27 Tfce prpr
UOfMS trag made to turn over the o&ce of
Lte ua.Mirer to Mjer William Sims dl
few ewaipletod SdlurOar, oo which day c
will Meni rostral. &Jer Stau h rr
iAted K. It Jkoore, formerly uwliue:
htut treoMirer, in his otd posutos. Mr.
Mocnnha tuntUf1 loud (a the sum tf
uefcrty ti,lMJ,tfW.
NORTH DAKOTA'S LOTTERY BILL.
ttfSMASKX, -"- D , Vtb. Z7. Thl Uoi2
ca. at t-Jrgrni has Lees received by tLe
editor of the Btssxrck Tribune:
'SC OKtZAXS, La., Feb. 20. If is
Saodager htJl brcocsts & law we will ;rr
Jct the organization at pace, f &ortrle
ssdertheaet and paythe mcary lato.tto
trooory at enoe.
A. D.rrarx. Presides f
The aboTe ref C Geseswi Hzif rr
tlon & tlM lj9VtMM.vm. cni;t,nar Ud
nothing t d rattle the 5dgT btS.
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