Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-06-20
NEWS SUMMARY
DOMESTIC,

DOMESTIC,
Jno. Kelly is sick, and there is discord in
ammapy hall.
Chicago is making spasmodic effort to
break up gambling.
The secretary of the Illinois state BOARD
of agriculture reports that ,he wheat in.
crease in that state will be less than &C goo,
GOO bushels this year, against 100000
bushels last year.
The Secretary of the treasury has direct.
ed that the purchase Of silver bullion fol-
coinage to standard dollars by the superin-
tendents of nliUts at San Francisco and Car
son City be dis continued after this date.
The coinage of stan dard dollars is to be con
lined to other mints. The treasury depart
ment to day purchased 10000 ounces OF
silver for this purpose for delivery AT the
New York mint.
The commissioner Of indian affairs has
following named persons: For the Crow
Creek agency, 600, eco lbs. at &c. 6 per hun
dred, to Chas. A. Weare, of Chicago. For
Ysnkton school and agency 30O,0 pounds
at 3.40, and 800, 600 pounds To Charles A.
Weare, at 1897; for the Rosebud agency
650,0 pou ads at 1888 to A. II. Swan, OF
Cheyenne; for the Pine Ridge agency, $50, 600
pounds at So 45b per hundred to Strong
Bros. OF Sioux City.
The secretary of the treasury has for
mally announced the adoption of the dis
tinctive Gestures OF the paper to be used
for United States notes, bank notes and
certi6cai es, recently recommended by lhe
committee appointed to consider the sub
ject. The Secretary also calls attention 10
the law on the subject, which provides
that any person WAC has unlawful posses
sion of any such distinctive paper shall be
subject ID a fine OF not more than So, 00O or
Imprisonment ~ hard labor not more than
hfteen years, or both.
Reports from over 800 points in Mime
sofa and Dakota. covering every wheat
growing county IF Importance, and from
800 points in northern Wisconsin and lowe,
$50 say the condition is now good; 100 say
the cond ton ne better than last year at
this TIM; fifty say that it ia 10 per cent
better; fiji y ssy the condition is poor; thir-
ty-hve say il is not rs good as last year, and
twenty say it is from 10 to Is per cent
worse. The bid reports come from the old
counties where the ground is weedy and
where the wheat was sown late.
The reduction in the pay roll Of the Agri-
cultural department for the month of May
was a little over So, 0CQ as compared with
previous m 0nih's average. Additional re-
duction tor June, amounting to about 81
500 has been made and others are thought
to be inevitable in order to prevent def
cheney. Toe working force of the Stats
tical bureau has already been greatly re-
duced, but close computation discloses the
fact that available funds on hand are in
sufficient to carry the work through the
present scale aud it is apprehended that the
discharge or suspension of nearly all the
remaining force will take place at once.
The United States select committee on
Interstate commerce heard the testimony
of w. K. Alderman, ex-president of the
Illinois Central railway, and Button G.
Cook, of the Northwestern railway at Chi
.cago. These gentlemen both favored
government railroad commission with
power to settle disputes between railroad
shippers. 1t should not, however, be a court
of last resort. Mr.. Cook thought the pres
ent depression among railways was due to
over production, ard that dividend paying
roads were seriously hampered by the
ban krupt lines pursuing the practice of al
lowing rebates and constantly demoraliz-
ing rates.
Frederick Groteguth, who killed his wife
at Vincennes, Indiana, June 4,
made complete confession of
his crime He saws he is nearly so years of
age; his wife had been qaarrelibg with him
for years, and ne had told her he would
kill her il she did not stop, and on the day
OF the murder he came to dinner and found
her knitting; she began to quarrel with him
and he caught her by the throat end they
both fell out of the kitchen together. His
wife did not get up; he went aEd got bis
razor and when he put it 70 his wife's
throat she put her hand on his, and the
razor cut his throat. He thinks he pushed
the razor hard enough without her help to
cut her throat several times. He says they
may now cut his bead off if they wish.
The chief of the bureau of statistics re-
ports that during the month of May there |
arrived in the custom districts of Balti-
more. Boston, Detroit, Huron, Minnesota, |
New Orleans, New York, Passamaquady, |
Philadelphia and San Francisco, which |
comprises 81 per cent. of the total immi- |
grafton, rs, 976 passengers, of whom IS 97l |
were immigrants, s, 2G0 citizens of the Uni /
ted States returning from abroad. and T. AS
who were not intending to remain in the |
United States. The total number OF immi-
grants WHO have arrived in the above
named custom districts from the principal
ending May 3lst last, as compared with the
,ame period of the previous year, was 1885,
s43, 439; 1884, 454, 2O6.
Since the incoming of the new admins
tration the heads of the various depart
ments have received numerous applica-
lions for office without any specification
le to what particular office the applicant
desired. and letter was sent from the
White House in answer to Q communities
tivn from q gentleman in Philadelphia,
who inquired ss to the proper method OF
filing an application for Office. The reply
q of interest to all seeking places under the
and it is given to the press for
publication. 1t says: To secure attention
% sn application tor appointment, particu-
lar position should be named. When this
e done, the papers are filed in the proper
and when the matter OF the
,endidates and brief of the endorsement