Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-08-29
SEVENTH YEAR.
NEWS SUMMARY
DOMESTIC,

NEWS SUMMARY
DOMESTIC.
First class passenger rates from New Yorl
to Chicago have been advanced to $14, an(
in proportion to other western points.
A FIRE destroyed the most importan
buildings in Texarkana, on the Arkansa
side, and two squares on the Texas side, TIT
loss aggregating $4,000.
The democrats of Mississippi re-nominat
ed Gov. Lowery as their candidate tor gov
srnor. Geo. M. Gowan was nominated fo
secretary of state.
The extensive. hide, wool and tallcv
house of O. Berne, Hoosick & Co., Chicago
was set on fire by lightning. The building
was large four story and basement. 1t il
thought that the loss will be nearly $50,
600.
A quarantine force has been put on duty
against all the ports of Mexico which are
infected with yellow fever. Numerous
complaints of delay are already heard. A
yuard inspects all trains from Mexico and
california.
Returns from all the punties in the state
of Kentucky, give Tate, democratic candi
date for treasurer, a majority of 81, 500 over
Fox, prohibition candidate, supported by
the republicans. This is the tenth time
that Tate has been elected treasurer.
Attorney General Garland has decided
that pension agents are not entitled to fee
for paying pension attorneys their dues.
The law passed last winter. fixing the c5m-
pensation Of per sion agents, repeats the
law previously in force which allowed them
fee OF thirty cents in each case.
"A Washington evening paper says that
over 200 replies have been received at the
treasury department to the circular letter
calling for an expression of opinion from
manufacturers and importers on the sub
ject of tariff revision. As rule the contri-
buttons have contained more complaint OF
the ad valorem system than suggestions for
its Improvement,
The secretary of war has instructed Gen.
Miles, in command of the department OF
Missouri, to hold the troo in readiness
to enforce the presidents recent proclama-
ton in relation to the cattlemen on the
Cheyenne and Arapahos reservations. By
the terms of the proclamation the cattle
men would be compelled to remove their
herds by September 4. The troops will be
held at Fort Reno.
An infant child of Charles Sullivan, of
Detroit, Michigan, died, and was prepared
for burial. Fifteen hours after death,
while the family and friends were gather
ed about the casket, the bsoy began to cry,
frightening nearly every one from the
house. The father retaining his senses snd
took the child from the coffin, and it has
since been in better health than for some
time.
The excitement among the people of the
Canary islands, caused by fears of the choi.
era, amounts to panic. They now refuse
to permit any persons from Spain to land
They have made an exception in the case
of the governor, and allowed him to come
ashore, but received him with riotous dem.
onstrations, and threw stones at him. The
local authorizes have resigned, and many
have fled to the interior from fear of the ap-
proach of the scourge.
Henry and George Flechman, two
brothers aged 19 and % respectively, who
have been carrying on commission bust
ness in Chicago, several weeks ago showed
symptoms of insanity. Henry's sym ptoms
manifested themselves in his disposition to
fling fat irons at people. Both were mel
ancholy, and could not sleep, The pbysi-
clans thought their arrangement was owing
to their excessive use of tobacco. They
were adjudged insane, and sent to the
county insane asylum.
A dispatch from Talledeg Ala, says that
in that county J. II. McGowan killed and
dressed a pig for barbecue. His three
children, sged II, 9, and years, saw the
process of butchering the pig. Next day
MCGOWAN left home, and the children
sgreed to repeat the process of the day be-
fore. Having nothing, the two Oldest
children proceeded to butcher the youngest.
They cut its throat and hung it up by the
heels, as the pig had hung, and were pro-
ceedipg to d;s,mbowsl it, when their
mother discovered the horrible trs gsdy.
The transfer OF gold coin from the sub.
treasury at New York through the mails
has been resumed. A package containing
500, 1000 arrived in New York recently. The
amount already shipped ny mail is about
eleven million dollars. 1t is learned tina,
the original intention wss to have tran fer.
red gold from San Francisco to New York
on the government war vessels of the Unit.
ed Sta ee by way of the Isthmus of Panams
during the recent possession Of that terri
tory by the United States naval forces. Thu
troops were withdrawn, however, pefort
the plan could be put in operation.
A dispatch from Chicago says: "A cattle
disea.e, alleged to be Texas fever, hiss de
veloped here, and is creating considerable,
excitement among the cattlemen. Two
weeks ago Michael Brothers, large cattle
man near the city, shipped n1ty-one stool
cattle here from the city of Hutchinson
Kan. When they arrived they appeared i,
perfect health. On Friday last the cattl
showed signs of being sick and already FL
teen are dead, and twelve more are dowl
with the disease. Veterinary surgeons ga,
that it is genuine Spanish or Texas fever
The cattle commissioner has been mott
fed
John n. Oberly, the new superintendent
of Indian schools, Lac made report to tn
secretary of the interior in relation to tn
condition of the Chlocco Indians. Tn
schools comprise the industrial school, 10
Gated in the Indian territory. and the Has
kell institute at Lawrence, Kan. The re
port states that at the Chiocoo school ther
are l76 pupils. They have only two teach
ers, both young ladies, and Superintendent
Oberly says they are overworked. tn