Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-04-10

result is, that Geographic communication
has been almost wholly suspended between
New York and the rest of the world. Again
and again electrical commissions have stop
ped the working of every wire in the western
union Office, followed by a partial re-estab
.ishment of communication and anothe
break.
, The schooner u. H Congdon" was wreck
ed off Point Roress, forty miles north of San
Francisco. Her crew was lost. The sup
, position was that the vessel struck bidder
rock. An examination of the wreck, how
ever, showed that the schooner had beel
struck amidship and cut almost in two, evi
IDENTIFY by steamer or other craft going a
} high rate of speed. The discovery caused
J much excitement in maratime circles, as i
is feared the unknown vessel which sunk tn,
} schooner has gone to the bottom with all OF
board. The wreck occurred before daylight
The case furnishes strange parallel to tn
loss of the ''Oregon." The "Aquina" is sup
posed to have been the vessel in the COLI
sion.
, The house committee on territories has re
considered the action previously taken di
recting that the bill for the creation of the
territory of Oklahoma be reported favorably
. Representative Barns submitted report ad
verse to all bills for the creation of the terri
tory. The report which maintains that thu
, government has no right to the land under
the existing treaty and stipulations, was
: adopted. The minority was given leave tc
submit report.
The semi-monthly reports to the Rochester
American Rural Homo from five thousand
correspondents in all parts of the country is
summarized as follows: March proved much
more favorable this year for the winter
wheat than was expected. The cr.p has not
lost growth on account of the cold. The
ground is full of moisture, which was not
the case year ago, on account of the dry
weather. The oat crop in southern Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois has been largely sown.
No crop of any kind has yet been put in in
northern Illinois.
The house committee on reform in the civil
service have began an investigation into the
conduct of Messrs. Warder and Steely, en-
ployes of the house, who were charged with
having received twelve hundred and fifty
dollars for procuring an appropriation for
| the improvement of the leveeS at Jefferson
vile, Indiana. John M. Glass, ex-mayor of
Jacksonville, testified that he understood
that the money was raised by several citizens
and forwarded to Warder, and that the city
| council subsequently, made an appropriation
| to repay the gentlemen who subscribed.
Indian Commissioner Atkins was exam
ined by the telephone investigating commit
| tee andi rehersed the story of the Pan Elec-
trio organization as heretofore related. Mr..
Eden inquired of the witness if the witness
| had ever used his official connection to fur
Their the interests of the PaD-E!ectric COM
pany. "None on the face of God Almighty's
earth, said the witness slapping energetic
ally the back of the chair on which he leaned,
''and 10 man can look me in the face and
say so. l would cut my hand off at the wrist
| hor 7 yySull do cT,cp 4bipr,
! A Piedmont, ". Va, dispatch says: The
miners strike in the surrounding bitumin-
Gus coal fields is assuming very serious as
pect, all the mines beng boarded up, and
| to morrow the men will be paid off and dis
charged. Besides the thousands of miners
idle, several hundred railroad men here are
idle. The loss in the immediate vicinity is
| $1,000 per day. Foreign labor will proba-
bly, be introduced by the mine owners.
dispatch from Richmond says: The
James river at this point has been rising
steadily all day, and that portion of the city
known as Packets" submerged to depth
| of sixteen feet. Many families are driven
| from their homes. From the present indi-
cations. this food will surpass those of 1870
| and 1877. A portion of the gas works is also
| submerged, and it is probable that the gas
| will have to be cut off.
A Tombstone dispatch says: General
Forsythe, commanding officer at Fort
Hauchuacu, has made known the startling
fact that at the rstinterview which General
Crook had with the hostiles Geronimo had
band of men ready to fire on all white men,
including Crook, at a signal. The hostiles
had 200 rounds Of ammunition each. Later
Geronimo escaped and several of his band
accompanied him.
| Justice Mech, of Chicago, last November
accepted from few friends, at the hands of
| Dan Lawrence, a Jurgenson watch worth
| S400. 1t now appears that the time piece
| was taken by Burglars from the residence of
| Nelson j. Rrdison, at Seneca Illinois. The
| justice gave the watch to States Attorney
Grinnell, and Lawrence has been arrested
for having knowingly received stolen goods.
Senator Blair's bill to legalize the incopo-
ration o., "a national trades union, with amend
ments by the committee, striking out the
section making it a misdemeanor, punish
able by fine or imprisonment, to prevent or
endeavor to prevent any national or SUBJ
union from carrying out its lawful rights,
and requiring that the headquarters of an
incorporated national trades union shall be in
the District of Columbia.
Senator Cockrell has submitted to the
senate proposed amendment to the Indian
appropriation bill, authorizing the secretary
nor less than three competent persons, at
salary of $3.50 day, to examine and adjust
all claims for Indian depredations now on
file in the Indian bureau, and appropriating
$40, 200 to defray the expenses of such exami-
nations.
The house committee on foreign affairs
have agreed to a favorable report on the bill
authorizing the president of the United States
to arrange conference for the purpose of
encouraging peaceful and reciprocal COM
mercial relations between the United States
Central and South America, and the en-
pire of Brazil.
A sentence. of eighteen years and six
upon Michael Kurtz, of Troy, N. Y. for taking
$50, OOO worth of diamonds and jewelry from
Marks !ewelry store. He made a confession
In order TO save himself and secure the
punishment of his accomplice, William ID.
Porter. but the scheme failed to work.
The number of bushels of grain in store in
the United States and Canada, March "a,
and the increase or decrease as compared
with the previous week, was as follows:
Wheat, 40, ia, 979 bushels: decrease, S61 1876
bushels. Corn, 16,796, 1888 bushels; increase,
81, 1872 bushels.
The republican congressional district COM
mlttee for the first district of Kansas, met at
Atchison. All the members were present
save two, who sent proxies. The convention
to nominate candidate for congress win
meet in Atchison, May 26, at 8o'clock.
About two thousand five hundred miners
on the Baltimore q Ohio railway and It. |
branches IA Pennsylvania, went ont on 3 |
strike TOR the two and three fourth oont rufo
q ~ Ca! Three mines hxyo eiven 81 - |
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