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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-16
OFFICE OF WESTERN KANSAS WORLD, J
WA-KEENEY, KANSAS,
January II, 1886.

To tile Honorable Board of County Com
mtssoners Of 7rego County, Kansas:
MY Dear Sys::
I have the honor to file this, my bid,
for doing the printing for Trego county,
Kansas, for the year ending December
81, 1886:
For all kinds of notices required by
law to be published in the newspaper, in
Guiding Sherif's Sales, Treasurer's De-
inquent Tax Lists, Etc, seventy-fve per
cent. of legal rates.
For all kinds of job printing which it is
practicable to have done inside the coun
(which means all, unless in the way of
bound books or ithrograph work-at
regular commercial prices.
I respectfully request that this bid be
made part of the record of your proceed
ings.
In the case of your requiring it, I am
ready to give bond for the faithful per-
Torrance of this work.
Yours truly,
W. s. TILTON,
Proprietor World.
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wA-KEEsEY, KANSAS, Jan. II, 1886.

WA-kEENEI, kANSAS, Jan. IL, 1886.
Board OF county commissioners met
pursuant to adjournment. Present, J. NJ.
WEIGH, chairman, Commissioner A. w.
Purinton, County Attorney John A. Mel
son, and w. III. Damn, county clerk.
A petition signed by T. C. Ross and
fifty-four others, for the establishment
of Downer township, was laid over till
next meeting.
The county superintendent appointed
David Doering as deputy county super
intendent for st. John county, and Frank
Weisgerber deputy county superinten-
dent for Wallace county, which appoint
ments were approved by the board.
The board appointed Money p. Good
win and w. s. Tlton associate examiners
Of the treasureris books and funds for the
present quarter.
Il was ordered by the board that the
amount Of $3.50 be refunded to Edward
Chalk on account Of erroneous assess-
ment
The following olaims were allowed BY
the board:
3 81 OoneeE, probate Judge, 3 100
Ben CBch, county superinten-
Go PElkhsn, county clerk, as 10
Jcen 4 Ne1pa county steoun-
.y ,ss..l IS &:
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$32,362 .67

Given under my hand, at Wa-Keeney,
Kansas, this Oath day of December, 1856.
JAMES KELLY,
Comfy Treasurer.
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$41,03S.65
M1,Oss.65
r8eoo COUNTY scHoon D1srRICrs.

ing balances and the different funds to
which they belong:
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TREao COUNTY, KANSAS.
81. School Visitations:
/. District schools visited this quarter
giving number of each district, l, Is, "a,
g. II, 8, l, 8, II, ID, II, 19, ], 3, 5, Z, % and
2. Total number of visits, Is.
3. Average length of time spent in &C.
tual school inspection, two-thirds day.
4. Number of written reports of such
visits made to the district board, 3.
II. Number of consultations with dis
trict boards, B:
l. At the time the district was visited, l.
2. In my Office, 4.
III. Number of days Office has been kept
open at county seat, 35:
~. Number of examinations of district
clerks records, 4:
l. Number found kept as required by
law, 8.
2. Number fund incorrectly kept, l.
v. Number of examinations of dis
trict treasurers records, 4:
l. Number found kept as required by
law, 3.
2. Number found incorrectly kept, 1.
VI Number Of teachers meetings at
tended, as follows:
/. Where held, -.
2. Date of each,
VII. Number of lectures delivered, -:
1. Before teachers association, -.
2 In school-district meetings, -.
VIII. Is the Office supplied with record
books suitable, or the records re-
quired by the existing law? Yes:
To the State Superintendent of Public. H.
styuction, Topeka, Kansas:
hereby certify the above to be a cor
rect statement of the work of this Office,
in the matters herein reported, for the
quarter ending this day.
Dated at Wa-Keeney, this % day of
December, 1885.
BEN. G. RICH,
County Superintendent,
1yegO County.
The county treasurer submitted his
quarterly report, as follows:
COUNTY TREASURES REPORT.
To the Honorable Board Of County COM
missioners Of Zrego County, Kansas:
The following report for the quarter
ending December "a, 1885, is respectfully
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COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS.
Official Publication,

WA-KEENEY, Kansas, January II, 1886.
The board of county commissioners
met in regular session pursuant to ad-
journment.
Present, J. NJ. Welch, chairman of the
board, A. w. Purinton, commissioner,
and W. II. Damn, county clerk.
The minutes of the last regular and ad-
journed sessions were read and approved.
It being satisfactorily shown that
James Smelling had not received the ex-
emption on personal property, the board
ordered that such exemption be allowed
as provided by law.
It was ordered that the sum of $1,000
be refunded to Leonard Schmidt on &C
count of erroneous collection.
The county superintendent quarterly
report, as follows, was accepted and filed:
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cOllYER CARVINGS.
CoLLYER, Jan. IL.

CoLLYER, Jan. Ii.
Crusty.
Snow bound
Good sleighing.
Carpenters resting.
Merchants ont of coal
A lively hotel business.
Stock men heavy losers.
From 20 to 80 below zero.
Building badly interrupted
More than a week without mails.
Numerous large sun dogs of late.
Drifts nine feet high in this locality.
But seven children at school on Mon
day.
A coal famine now stares our people in
face.
Harry knight is home on prolonged
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A petition, signed by H. II. Benson, and
forty eight others, for the establishment
of voting precinct, with polling place at
Cove City, was laid over until next meet
ing, to afford all parties interested an op-
portunity to be heard in the matter.
In the matter OF the petition of Edward
Chalk and others, for the location of pub
lie road, commencing at the southeast cor
ner Of town site of Wa-Keeney, thence run
ming due south, terminating at the north
side of the Smoky Hill river, the report
of the viewers being favorable to said
road, and no legal objections to said re-
port appearing, and the board being sat-
isfed that said road would be of public
utility, it was ordered that said viewers
report be entered of record by the county
clerk on the road record of this county,
and that said road is hereby declared
public highway.
The board then took under considera-
ton the petition Of John w. Reynolds
and eleven others, praying for the loca-
ton Of road commencing at the north
east corner of section twenty five (25l
township number thirteen Q3l range
twenty-five (2O west; thence south
to the northwest corner of Sec
ton eighteen Q8), township fourteen
a. range twenty-four CA west; and it
appearing that the location of said road
followed the section lines, and the parties
residing in the immediate vicinity of said
proposed road having consented to the OPP
ening of same, it was ordered that the sur
vey and viewing of same be dispensed
with, and the petition be granted, and the
road declared public highway.
County warrants to the amount of
81, 403.46, which had been paid and
cancelled by the county treasurer, were
examined and destroyed, and it was Or
dered that the treasurer be credited with
the amount, and also credit in the sum of
$1,000, amount paid on coupons of coun-
ty and school district number bonds.
On motion, board adjourned to January
12, 1886.
The new board of county commission
ers then met in session, as provided by
law. Present, Commissioners J. M.
WEIGH and A. w. Purinton, and w. r.
Damn, county clerk. The board adjourned
to January %, 1885.
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Report accepted and fled.


F. 81. Conger, probate judge, and A.
L. Gleason, appointed to examine &C
counts of county treasurer, reported that
1--WE have examined the accounts of James
Kelley, county treasurer. and find a
cash balance in his handssof thirty-two
thousand three hundred and sixty-two
dollars and sixty-seven cents ($32, 362.67,)
which agrees with the books and accounts
examined by us this Oath day of Decem-
Der, 1885,"
Report approved.
The proposition of W. s. Tilton, for do
ing the county printing, which is as fol-
lows, was presented and accepted, and
ordered to be made part Of the record:
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TREe0 COUNTY TRAcINeS.

Served up by the Worlds Rustiing
Reporters.
COlLYER CARVINGS.
UP. RAILROAD TnH TABLI-
East West.
Fast mali. CAT Az. 9.52 Pm.
Express freight. 500 An. 6a1 Pm.
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QUARTERLY REPORT
COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.

Quarter Begins October 7, 1885, Ends
December 81, 1855.
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POwderly VS.. Irons.

Atchison, March 25.-The Champion has
special dispatches from forty-six towns on
on the Central Branch division of the
Missouri Pacific giving approximate state
ments OF the coal, kerosene and -four sup
ply on hand. Twenty-four correspondents
report not a pound of coal on hand and
several no kerosene, -four or groceries.
With but few exceptions the coal supply
IN the remaining Twenty-Five towns is very
low and will give out before the close of
the week. Many of the towns are from
thirty to tifty miles from other railroads.
to which the merchants must send
wagons for supplies. The famine has raised
the price OF coal and provisions to double
their foI mer value.
1t is believed in business circles here
that the backbone of the strike is broken.
and that the strikers will abandon the
Martin Irons crowd within the next forty-
eight or seventy-two hours A prominent
merchant connected with the KNIGHTS of
Labor stated this evening that there are
murmurs OF discomfort against the Irons
rule, and anxiety Is expressed for Powderly
to take command. There will be meet
ing OF the X. OF l.. here tomorrow evening.
when It Is confidently expected that pro-
action will be taken against the
strikers.
There were no demonstrations of 'any
kind made by the strikers to-day, nor any
attempts by the company to move trains.
An attempt will, however, be made to get
a train started west tomorrow.
The sheriff and force of deputies will
assist the crew and escort the train through
the county. The railroad company will
apply to United States Judge Foster to-
morrow for writs OF assistance, which, if
granted, may finally result in requisition
IN the government for detachment of the
military To be sent to Atchison and Wyan-
lOtte
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The Merchants AppeaI

Atchison, kas., March ga number of
prominent and wealthy business men and
firms sent dispatch TO Governor Martin
at late hour this evening, urging him to
issue proclamation calling upon the Mis-
souri, Pacific railway company to operate
Its lines in Kansas, and warning employees
and Others against interposing obstacles of
any kind whatever in the way of
the resumption of traffic. and that
he pledge the whole power
OF the state, so far as it is lawful Tor him 10
ported that endorsements of ithave already
been wired TO the merchants here and
similar dispatches will be forwarded to
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we be heard.

that We be heard. To all
this Mr.. Gould has turned a
deaf ear, and now, before the world, We
challenge him To hear our complaints be-
fore the world we impeach his veracity
when ne says We have not presented them.
before the world let the trial go on.
Referring to the decision of Mr.. Gould
to sue the organization of the Knights of
Labor the address says:
MIR. Gould and his counsel well
Know that such silly emanations are
an insult to the intelligence
oil our school boys and challenge to the
courage OF our grandmothers."
The address closes with an appeal to the
strikers 10 stand firm until their orpaniza-
ton is recognized and their demands
granted
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Those Injured Tuesday Being
Provided for by the Rail-
way Company.
Local Passenger Trains Running
Between st. Louis and
Pleasant Hill.
A Blow Dealt the knights of La
Dor From Which Death
May Ensue.
The Outlook Rriehso- nI.a-> -.
Any Time Since the
Trouble Began.

The Missouri Pacific railway CON-
pany will make another attempt-its
sixth-to resume freight traffic to-
day, and the chances are largely In
favor of the effort proving a success.
There are several reasons for enter
tanning this belief, as follows:
1. The strikers see the hand-writ-
ing on the wall and are weakening all
along the line.
2. The public demand that the
company move Its trains, and all the
protection asked for will be furnished
promptly.
8. Gov. Marmaduke is tired of the
iawlessness which has existed for three
weeks past, and in case of further OBJ
struction on the part of the strikers,
has pledged the whole power of the
state, If It is needed, to the company
in its effort to bring about resumption
and to restrain all who may oppose it.
For these reasons in particular the
BAzoo believes that one or more trains
viii be sent out to-day, and early next
week they will be running as they
were prior to March 6.
nARMADUKE's PROCLAMATION.
The following is Governor Marina
dukes proclamation, issued from the
executive mansion In Jefferson City al
q late hour Wednesday night:
81 q 81
Missouri is carried on almost entirely by
railroads. These roads are owned by pr.
yste corporations belonging to that class OF
persons whose property is subject to pub
lie use and that use is In this case as q
thoroughfsre on public highways, as de
fined in section IA, article IL OF our stat'
const: tuition Railroad companies are de
clared by the same section OF the constitu
ton TO be common carriers. AS such II 4
their duty to receive all passengers ant
freight that are offered, to transport tn
same with reasonable dispatch and to de
liver them uninjured at their destination
In order that these public highways ma,
be open and these common carriers estab
lshsd in business upon them the state hs
granted to these companies the privilege o
INCORPORATION whereby these stakeholder:
after paying in the par value OF thei
stock. are exempt from any further liabil
ity of the company or to Its creditors, n
matter what amount of debt may be In
CURED by il. They are also authorized
issue stock to the full amount of the CO..
of their property and in addition the stat
and its lesser public corporations such
cities. counties and townships have subs
aised these companies SO literally that
some localities debts were created thereto
TO pay which generations to come WI
have to be taxed. The state has exerte
ia the railroads favor Its right TO eminei
domain by condemning private proper
for their use, which act alone stamps the
property with an indelible mark signif
tns adevoted to q public USE"
In return for all these privileges, II
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At LeayenwOrth.

Leavenworth, Kas-, March 25.-Over
one hundred of the prominent business
men of Leayenworth have signed docu-
ment tonight requesting Gov. Martin to
use the power vested in him 70 bring to
close the unwarranted action of the
strikers in unlawfully taking posses.
sion of the property of the Missouri
Pacific railway company, and preventing
the operation of the same, which Is seri,
ously crippling the business interests OF
the section of the state through which the
road passes. The feeling here Is growing
very bitter against this causeless strike and
the methods adopted by the knights OF
ahor
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munities and fayors the state claims roil.-
Ing except tha. ia. people sbdii nave tsie
u>e OF the tIansportaIi facilities thus
created aUd provided i'm the manner indi-
Gated by their constitutional and other le-
gal rights. The right TO the enjoyment OF
this Use by the people is paramount, ought
TO be and shall he respected. The railroad
! companies themselves have by accepting
these conditions assumed the responsibility
OF securing to the people these enjoyments.
Every stakeholder in these companies has
knowingly assumed his share of that re-
spOnsibility, and every employe from pres
ident to trackman has knowingly entered a
service on which this responsibility rests
and has voluntarily assum the actual
performance of part of the duties incl
dental thereto.
The lines operated by the Missouri Pa
clhc railway company carry nearly one
third of all the railroad traffic of Missouri.
On these lines no freight has been moved
during the last seventeen DAYS. Thousands
OF tons are stopped in transit, and the peo-
Inconvenience damage and loss. This is
caused by the refusal of a part OF the en-
ployes of said company 10 perform their
places. Ii Is alleged that there are unset
tied grievances of some sort between them
and the chief executive officers, which is TO
say that there is some disagreement between |
the two classes OF employees of the same |
company. In the eye of the law they are |
all component parts OF the same orgsnizs-
ton and they must settle whatever differ /
ences there may be among themselves in
some other way than by inflicting upon the
people of the state the incalculabe injury
which this stoppage of the freight traffic
involves.
Wherefore, /, John S. Marmaduke, gov
ernor Of the state of Missouri, by virtue of
he authority in me vested, do hereby call
IpOn the Missouri Pacific raj way COM
,any, and upon all of its officers, agents
md employees OF every grade, each lin their
everal capacities, to assist I'm resuming
raffic of all kinds in the usual way on all
# the railroad lines operated by said COM
'any in Missouri, and / warn all persons,
whether they be employees or not, against
any obstacle of any kind what
yer in the way of said resumption and,
nth firm reliance upon the courage, good
enses and law-abiding spirit Of the public,
hereby call upon all good citizens to I
ssist in carrying out the purposes of this '
reclamation, and / also hereby pledge the
hole power of the state, so far as it may
e welded by its chief executive officer, TO G
lstain said company and Its servants in =
aid resumption, and to restrain all that
lay oppose it.
In testimony whereof / have hereunto
I my hand and caused to be affixed the
reat seal of the state of Missouri. Done
the City of Jefferson the 24th day of =
Iarch, A. ID. 1886.
JOHN $. MARMADUKE
By the governor.
MICHAEL X. MCGRATH.
Secretary of State.
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Gov. Hughes Proclamation.

Little Rock, Ark, March B:-Gov.
Hughes to-day issued a proclamation ex-
pressing the regret of all good citizens at
the condition OF affairs precipitated by the
strike which has caused the suspension
of freight traffic of the ST. Louis, Iron
Mount ain & Southern railway thrsughout
Arkansas. He says the people waited
patiently two weeks for an smicable settle
ment
Commerce and good order and the peace
of the county should not be ieopardise BY
a larger suspension of business. he called
upon the railroad company under penalty
OF the law to resume Its trains and nosiS
fies all person TO refrain Tor any m
reference with the same. Sherifs
in the respective counties are es-
pecially charged to execute these commands,
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would be no trouble in future. If thi:
should prove to be the case it viii
prove blessing, as it would enable
trains Nos. ! and to he on time, OF
nearly so, and would not compel pas
sengers to linger an hour or so await
ing the arrival of their respective
trains.
THE INJURED.
n BAZoo reporter yesterday visite I
Superintendent Frey at his hame on
Seventh street. He was found i'm bed,
and was feeling fairly well, consider
ing his unpleasant experience of Tues
day. He expresse | the opinion that
the strike was rapidly drawing to an
end, and predicted that within a day
or two the company would be able to
resume business without interference
from the strikers.
Officer Neil was found at his resi-
dence at 1903 Lamine street. He,
too, is getting along nicely. Some of
the members of his family are iii, but
their every want in the way of medi-
cines and provisions is being supplied
by the railway company, Superintend-
ent Sibley having given orders to that
effect.
Officer Mason received the most Sc
we're wounds of any of the employees
injured, but under the care of DR..
Ed. Small he is doing as we'll as
could be expected. The cut over his
right eye is healing rapidly. but his
fractured arm pains him greatly and
it will be some time before he Is able
TO resume his duties. The railway
company will see that he is well pro-
vidde for, no matter how long he is |
laid up.
"GoTNG TO BE HELL"
The BAzoo received a letter yester-
day which is a curiosity-at least it
was so considered by the hundreds
who perused it during the day. 1t is
written on Missouri Pacific letter
head, in ink. and the following is a
copy
Sedalia 1886
BAzoo
Put this in Paper. Ii Hoxie, Cool 4
others that run the Cool Sistern Don't
Jon'e TO terms, We use Diuimite on His
Road. And We don't Care If We Kill All
Passengers on such Trains. There is going
o be He'll for every body that Rides on
he Mo Pacific. Resolve To ENGINEERS No
4 4 Look out For misplaced Rails Il
Resolve take Warning
Committy OF q.
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CROUCH ON PILEs.D

Cures Piles or Hemorrhoids, Itching,
Protrudin Bleeding. Int-rnI or OF er.
Int m i ard External r N dy in each
package. Sure cure, Soc. Drsgsisss-
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HOW 1T WAS RECEIVED.

1ne prOclaHlaLlOn was not self out
from Jefferson City by the Associated
Press, and was telegraphed to less
than half dozen papers in the state
tbgKp tfhfair '''"~;-'
When the news was received here
during the forenoon it was hailed with
delight by business men generally,
while leading strikers denounced it
and declared that there was no occa-
sion for pledging the whole power OF
the state to Vice President HOxie and
his lieutenants.
$50 Marmaduks is going to take
hand" said a member of the city
council. "Well, am glad OF IT.
There will be no more foolishness.
His excellency has not acted hastily
in this matter, but the wreck cfTues-
day undoubtedly convinced him that
it was time to call a halt, hence his
action"
THE LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE.
Another document, which created
no little interest and discussion, was
the address issued to the public by the
Law and Order League, of Sedalia,
Wednesday night, and which was
published in yesterdays BAzoo. Had
q bombshell been thrown into the
ranks of the strikers and Knights OF
Labor and exploded, it could not have
caused greater CONSERVATION. lis
needless to say the trainers of the ad-
dress, and the members of the league
generally, came in for a general
scoring BY the strikers, or st least the
hot-headed leaders of the present
trouble.
There are very few business men who
are not members Of the league, but
those who are not and who have en-
couraged the strikers when under
leover, weredumb-founded after perus
ing the address.
i PAGE wITHDRAws.
| Fred. Page, who some time ago an
uounced himself in the columns of the
democrat as a candidate for mayor
subject to the decision of the demo
cratic nominating convention, mus
have had an intimation of the league
action on Wednesday night, for yes
terday morning he announced hi
withdrawal from the race.
This action was regretted by larg
number of people with whom tn
} BAzoo's reporters conversed.
81 wanted him to get the nomlns
/, tion," said one gentleman. 81 praye'
: that he might get it."
s why sof" asked the reporter
: "wsuld yeu have voted for him p
mot this spring. ImereIy wante
aim to get it in order that he Nigh
see what the people think of hi
1 action In connection with the strike
y Why, he would have been buried {
r deep that it would be difficult to fin
him on the resurrection morning
l. Nor is Page the only one. There al