Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-12-19
GENERAL NEWS.
DOMESTIC,

GhYbhAL NIW Ss
DOMESTIC.
A dispatch from Cleveland says: In TIT
an1 usl summary of the iron ore industry
of the country the Iron Trade Review says
that more Lake Superior ore was sold the
past year than ever before in the history OF
that industry, the sales eggregating 1885,
4S6 tons; there remained at the close o.
navigation on deck at Lake Erie ports l..
048, $50 tons of which all but 10000 tons
were sold. In conse auence of this exceed.
ingly small surplus and the increased de.
mand for ore, especially for Bass6 mer steel
ma king, an iron ore famine is threatened
The only district accessible by rail during
the winter months for supplying the large
steel works of the country is the Pilot
region in Missouri. It is understood that
250, 600 tons of the latter cres have been
stocked up and held for still higher prices.
The past two weeks have witnessed q
marked advance in the prices of Lake
Superior ores and q corresponding rush on
the part Of consumers to obtain stocks be-
fore the supply is entirely exhausted. The
direct result f this condition of affairs, il
is predicted, will be to actively stimulate
the imports of foreign ores, Gales Of which
are already being pressed on the Pittsburg
market.
The war department has recently received
such reports from its officials in Utah re-
gsrding the very unsettled condition of the
affairs in tnat territory, growing out of the
enforcement of the laws against polygamy,
as to cause some uneasiness, but no alarm
The recent shooting of q Mormon by q
United States marshal created q great deal
e ha
some apprehension was felt at Salt Lake
that there would be an uprising among
them. A battery of the artillery was re-
Gently ordered from Omaha to Fort Doug
las, which is situated few miles from Salt
Lake City. This movement, however was
not particularly on account of any fear of a
Mormon rebellion, but had been in coz
temptation for some time. The force now
at Fort Douglss consists of q full regiment
of infantry and q battery of artillery and is
under the command Of General McCook.
In the department of the Platte, consisting
of about 5000 men. could be concsr t-ated
at trouble, at Fort Douglas in very few
honrs. No serious trouble, however, is
apprehended by army officials.
The president has submtitedt to the senate
all papers and correspondence in relation to
the Kelly diplomatic imbroglio. In re-
fusipg to appoint another envoy MIR.
Bayard in letter to the secretary of our
Austrian legation said: "Fcom the
two facts appear: First
that the race and religious faith of the,
wed0C d wife of 81 envoy of the United
States is held as cause of his rejection, and
further that oljsctioDs by third party, "a
friendly power,"-are necessary to be re-
moved in order to allow proper reception
to be entered. The conditions are simply
intole-eble snd are, in the case of the
United State, not only inhibited by the
pain letter and undying spirit of our con-
Stitution of government but aYe inconsist-
ent with that decent self-respect which for
bids a nation Of 60, OC0, 600 Of freemen to &C.
cept the position of diplomatic dependency
of the friendly power"' whose behests
appear to have been acquiesced in and
copied out by Austria Hungary in the
present instance"
In the House on Saturday December 18th
the Speaker laid before them large num-
Der of executive com munica.ions including
the annual reports of the attorney general.
the secretary of the treasury and the comp
troller of the currency. They we're laid On
the table for the present. Mr.. Reed, o.
Maine offered resolutions for the printing
of the compilation of the revision of the
rules of the house in the Thirty sixth and
Forty sixth congress, stating that they
would be OF use in the discussion upon the
proposed char &c in the rules. The resolu-
ton was adopted. Mr.. Buc ks, OF Connect
cut, presented resolution of the Connec-
ticut legislature asking that suitable bill
be passed for the ascsrtainment and count
ing of the electoral vote. 1t was laid on
the table. Adjourned until Monday.
The prohibition conference of partisans
Of that faith in Michigan and adjoining
states opened in Detroit, with about 200
men and women in attendance. The fore
noon was devoted to prayer service, the
Rev. G. T. Allen leading. The morning
was devoted entirely to prayer and song
service, except that thu venerable Mr..
CLARK made few remarks upon the
growth OF the temperance cause, imparting
3 good deal of the enthusiasm which he
to the small but earnest audi
snce IN attendance. In the afternoon Mrs;
Mary T. Lathrop, of Jackson, and Lsmuel
srs. In the evening the convention was
addressed by the Rev. John Russell and
he Rev. A. B. Leonard.
At Akron, Ohio, a sewer caved in, bury
ing seven laborers, four Of whom were
crushed to death and three others badly in
ured. The cave occurred without q mo-
nents warning. The ground, which had
been fro IAN for two or three days, was soft
,ned bv thaw. A great crowd of people
soon assembled. The groans Of The men
Who were partislly buried, were heartrend.
ng. They called for assistance, but for
lole. Finally large force of men was set
o work with shovels, and in half an hour
wo of the victims were taken out. They
we're yet alive, but in terrible agony.
Another hour of digging brought them to q
bird man, whose groans had guided the
escuing party. Near him was found the
,ody Of third man dead.
Various petitions signed by citizens of
ows, have arrived at Washington, reciting
hat the president and secretary of the
reasury. the American bankers associa-
ion, and leading newspapers of eastern
titles have Joined in conspiracy to increase
1alues and the purchasing power of the
unded debt through depreciating general
values by the demonstration of silver, or
of its coinage. The petitioners
lsk congress to placs the coinage of silver
IN IN equality with the coinage of gold,
md ask that coin certificates and the issue
ofone and two dollar bills be continued,
md the public debt be iquidated a. rapidly
ls revenues Of the government will permit.
Adispatch from Boston, Mass. says: More
money for Christmas offerings has been
'ent to friends In Ireland by Boston Irish
'ervAnt girle 30 far this year than ever be-
ore. One day last week the Cunard peo-
de took $11 coo in exchange for drafts aver
leing 81 each. This il more than they ever
oe K befsre in . single day. At Patrick