Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1885-05-09

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The government money and securities
are being counted at Washington.
The American Medical association in ses-
sion at New Orleans adjourned.
A bill { interest to stock growers passed
the Illinois house OF representatives.
The straits of Msckinaw are open, and
the grain fleet can now pass through.
Russia has purchased FIVE steamers in
the United States TO be used as cruisers.
Gen. Grant has been smoking cigars
occasionally within the last two weeks.
Stonemasons are on strike at Dayton,
0. Men at work were compelled to quit.
Seventy strikers who offered resistance
were captured by the militia at Joliet, Ill.
One of the principal business blocks in
the town of Lawson, Ray county, Mo-,
burned.
Seventy three head of horses were sold at
Lexington. KY, for $40, 125, an average of
$3.50.
THE Arkansasrive is on the boom, and q
repetition of last years disastrC US food is
inevitable.
Russia has ordered number of small
printing presses from New York to be
shipped to Afghanistan.
A child in Gregg county, Texas, found q
pile of old Spanish coin, some of them
bearing the date of 14O3.
The Ohio legislature passed bill requir-
ing Cincinnati saloons to remain closed
from midnight until q. m.
The seventh annual convention of the
Supreme conclave OF the Independent Or
der of Heptasophs met at Pittsburg.
A bill to repeal the act incorporating the
Chicago Board of Trade was offered in the
Illinois House of Representatives.
In the New York Senate bill was pass
ed fixing stamp-tax on speculative deal
ings in stocks, grain, oil, provisions, etc.
A telegram received at New York says
that the withdrawal of our troops from
Panama destroys American prestige there.
THE president of the Chicago Roard of
Trade says the bill to abolish that institu-
ton had its origin among the bucket-shop
interests.
The Chicago city council has passed the
saloon license ordinance providing for q
uniform license fee of $500, payable on the
first day of May, August and December.
The striking miners at Collinsville, ILL.,,
have given up their strike and gone back to
work. 1t is stated that some owners, after
their men bad returned to work raised
wages to the scale demanded by the former
strikers.
Seventy.fve employees of the Westing-
house Machine Company at Pittsburg, have
been suspended on account of lack of Or
ders. The men, who have been working
only one-hslf of the time most Of the Win
ter, are very respondent over their suspen-
sion.
A published statement is made that
q Waterman has been stationed at the grave
of Cyrus II. Mccormick at Milwaukee,
Wis, every night since the dead millionaire
was buried, at Graceland cemetery, q year
ago. Mindful of the Stewart affair, it was
decided by the relatives of the inventor
millionaire to keep vigilant watch over
his grave. Though large salary was offer
in finding man who would accept the I'M
congenial task. No violence has yet been
offered the sacred spot.
3 Between four hundred and Ave hundred
shop hands of the Denver & Rio Grande .
Railway in Denver ans Salida went out on
q strike. They demanded the discharge of
two objectional Denver foremen and the
IL stallment of about dozen men recently
to reduce the force. Inquiry
among the strikers and officers fails to un-
earth any other grievance. The strikers
to stop all trains except the mail
if their demands are not scceded to within
three or four days. 1t is reported that the
men at Gunnison, Grand Junction and Salt
Lake pledge the strikers their support and
will 60 out if necessary to carry their point.
The Illinois cattlemen assembled in con-
vention at Springfield on April 3Oth, puTsu-
ant to q call to consider means to prevent
the spread of contagious pleuro pneumonia.
The feature of the morning session consist
ed of an address by Gov. Oglesby, in which
he stated he had scheduled against Missouri
cattle. He expressed bis hearty approval
of the objects Of the convention and favor
ed appropriate legislation. The state veter-
marian should have power to appoint assis-
tants and inspectors and sufficient sum of
money should be appropriated TO pay for
the cattle which it might be necessary to
condemn and slaughter.
The Farmers Review in summing up the
reports OF 1900 correspondents says that
very little can be said in favor of the Win
ter wheat crop. That the abundance of rain
which has fallen has revived the life of the
plant. but has altogether confirmed the re-
port that large proportion of the crop il
Killed. There will probably be the same
acreage of Spring wheat a. in 1884. That
he oat crop bids fair to be very large, and
hat the corn acreage promises to be very
arge, owing to the fact that the condition
If the wheat crop caused many acres of
winter wheat to have been p.owed up and
,ut into corn.
Humboldt Union: When wheat sells
n the markets at IS and 80 cents it
means IS and 60 cents to the farmer that
aises it. Those who have had exper-
ence know that farmers cannot live and
'roeper at such prices. Whenever wheat
ellis below 81 it is below producing
rice. 1t is not strange, with threaten
d war between Russia and England,
Theat is rising upward to something
ear ite intrinsic value.