Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-05-29
GENERAL NEWS.
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
The secretary of the interior has rendered
a decision IN the case appealed to him from
the commissioner of pensions by Washing
ton law firm which had issued a circular OF.
fering to collect for a contingent fee OF
twenty-five per cent of certain bountles
which they claimed we're due to the widows
and soldiers killed in battle under provision
of section $50 of the revised sustains the
commissioner and decides that the half pay
for five years provided for vnder this sec
ton was not bounty, but pension. The
effect of this decision, it is thought will be the
abandonment of this class of claims. The
secretary of the interior has rendered de-
cisiou in the case of r. M. Sherman and
others. of Dakota, in which he reverses a
decision of Commissioner Sparks, and holds
that Sherman, who had second mortgage
on a tract of land, the entry of which had
been cancelled by the land Office, was a
party in interest and had such standing in
the case that he might be heard to MAINTAIN
the validity of the entry i'll question. A
committee from the Knights of Labor head
ed by A. +. jackson, waited upon the presl-
dent, and asked that action be taken on the
charges against Ed. Clark architect of the
capitol. The president informed the COM
mittee that he had promised to give hear
ing to the counsel of Clark's before acting IN
the case. Thomas NJ. James, of Topeka
Kansas, special land agent at Mitchell OAK,
has resigned. The trial of Alderman
Jaehne, of New York city, on charge OF
bribery resulted in his conviction. 1t will
be remembered that Jaehne is one of the
few who confessed that he received $4,000
for his vote on the ordinance granting to
ia cob Sharpe franchise for a street rail
way on Broadway.
A dispatch from Washington says: The
state department is actively engaged in ne
gotiations to protect the interests of Amer1-
can fishermen. There has as yet been no
official declaration &C its position. For
manifest reasons. while the negotiations are
in the present stage the department cannot
properly make public the correspondence
which it has had with the British minister
here and our minister to England; but au
unofficial letter from Secretary Bayard,
shows that he has the interests of the fisher
man at heart. a gentleman who has talked
with Secretary Bayard upon this subject says
that he s.as mnch interested in the matter
as either of the Maine senators can be, and
that he has great regard for the fishermen
He expresses himself very friendly as to the
conduct of the Canadian officials. he looks
| at the question as an American, and not
| from party standpoint, and says that there
| is no politics in it, that the action of the de-
partment cannot yet be made public, bu
that he can assure any congressional frlend'
of the fishermen that everything thai Is pos.
sible is being done to protect their interests
| Secretary Bayard deprecated any at,emp
on the part of the fishermen to coerce thu
Canadian government by force of arms, ant
said that any step in that direction would
weaken the United States and strengthen
Canada.
A Kansas City dispatch says: The coro
| fha
ing from the collapse of the Lathrop schoo
building the court house, HAIRS overall fac
tory and Smith g. Moffat's spice mills dur
ing the recent hurricane, have returned {
verdict. While they do not hold any on
directly responsible for the attending loss o
life, the Jurors find none of the building
in question we're as strongly built as the
should have been for their purposes. Tn
jury expresses the hope that this calamit
will prove a warning in the rapid upbuild
ing of the city, and trust that other builders
present and future, will use care and pre-
caution in the direction of safe building
I he report recommends to the city authorl
ties a rigid and thorough system of inspec
ton of all buildings, public and private
either completed or in course of erection. !
may be said here that good fruits from thu
experience are apparent and general In I'd
city. Whereas heretofore much OF the br1c
building has been done in lime mortar, In
demand for cement mortar is now alnoS
universal. Other precautionary measure
are also manifest.
The little home of Mrs. Mary Mooney.
widow, situated three miles north OF Akron
was burned to the ground, Ionr of her chi
dren. the Oldest II, the youngest j, perlshe
in the flames Mrs. Mooney awoke in tn
night to find herself choking with smok,
and snatching up her baby of years toll
the little ones who were almost stlhed, t
follow her. Mrs. Mooney sprang out of tn
window with the baby in her arms and lane
ed almost unhurt, the baby also receive
but slight injury. Lawrence Mooney.
aged, brother in-law of Mrs. Mooney, avail
ened by the children's Outcry, rushed out G
the house only to be told by the frantl
mother that her four little ones were still i
he burning building. Both mother an
uncle rushed into the flames after them bu
we're beaten back. Mooney at length fall
ing exhausted and terribly burned, while tn
flesh on his hands hung in shreds. It too
but a few moments longer for the crackiin
flames to consume the little building, an
in the morning the charged bodies ofthe fo1
little ones were in the ruins. LawrenS
Moneys injuries may prove fatal.
Senator Logan has presented to the SCI
ate as substitute for the labor arbitratio
bill which recently passed the house, a meal
ure the substance of which is this: The arb
tration commissioners to be appointed al
to hear evidence, render their decision an
report cases through the president to col
gress. It may require marshals to ser1
! processes and fees, while witness fee
are to be allowed as before United Stat.
commissioners, the costs being limited
each case to 81 200. The bureau of labor
made a department of labor, the commi
sioner of which is required to obtain frol
the lar.e employers full information n
] pardibo the condition and circumstances
labor for his annual report, limiting the e,
pense for such work to $4,000. Arbitrator
: are to hold Office for three years and may
!. removed by the president for cause.
= 4. The national viticultural association a
4 sembled in Washington. The commission
of agriculture delivered the opening addres
He said in part: Wecan produce wines eve
+ now which can enter into competition Wi
the choicest vintage of Europe, where mai
q ing has been followed for thourands
years and has been fostered and encourage
4 BIZ government aid. Here the industry b
!. had to take care of itself. We have had OF
t best brands presented to the public und
4 French and other foreign labels and only Il
8 Indifferent ones presented as Americs
wines but We have grown strong enOul
now to insist on our rights and to stand {
: our own'merits and to promote this new Q
der of things this national viticultural CO
= vention has been called. We claim ADM
8 tance and recognition among the nations
; the earth as wine producing country-t
!. fairest and greatest the Creator has made.
e Quite fensation was caused in the Ma
II we'll murder case at st. Louis by the testimol
e of John McCol;ough, adetective. McCollOui
o had been arrested some time In February
IS charge of .orgery and confined in q
+ near Maxwell He testified that Maxw
told him the whole story Of the mt