Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-03-13

party is attracting much attention in tina
section. They declare in their platform
'.We have formed a new national politlca
party, to be known as the United Labor par
| ty, of America, for the purpose of organic
ing and directing the great political powe
of the industrial masses, and we will cas-
our ballots for no one who will not pledg
to stand firm by our principles.
The report of the committee on the inter
state commerce bill presented to the hous
after explaining the details of the measure
says: ''Itis believed that the enactment an,
enforcement of such law will provide TO
the just and necessary Arrangement of tn
monopoly powers of the corporations, ant
protect the people against unreasonable
charges and extortionate enactions, and vii
at the same time not interfere with or EN-
barrass the management of railroad corpo
rations in anything which is reasonable ant
just.
W. B. Howard, editor of the Hunt count
| Chronicle, deliberately shot A. K. Russell OF
the street. Howard discharged both barrel
of a shot gun at Russell. A stray bullet hi
spectator named Overholt and a boy name,
Kirkpatrick. Howard left and was imme
diately pursued by the sheriff. Russell
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wounded, and will probably die within TWEEN
| ty-four hours. A. R. Russell is the city mar
shall of Kingston.
A dispatch from Los Angeles, Cal, says
The excitement in the passenger rate wa
here was intense, when it was announced
that the Atchison, Topeka Il Santa Fe ant
the Southern Pacific were cutting into ont
another with the fiercest ardor. The rate
now ruling are limited to Kansas City, $40
Chicago, So, and New York $40. Lnmigran
| tickets are sold at 81 or 81 less, and muci
| business is being done.
The house committee on foreign affairs
have agreed to a favorable report on Mr.
Hills bill to provide for the exercise of the
jurisdiction conferred upon the United
States in places out of their territory and
dominion. As stated in the report, the bill
is intended to provide more complete, pre-
else and harmonious body of law for pro-
lection of Americans residing in various
Pagan and Mohammedan countries.
The case of James T. Holland, of Texas
on trial in New York city, for killing Tom
Davis, the confidence man, went to the jury
at 1880. 1t was 8 o'clock when the Judge re
turned to the court room and received tie
jury's verdict of mot guilty." Holland
grasped the hand of each juryman with
warmth, and after receiving an ovation from
the people present walked out free man.
The compliance with the order of the exec.
utive committee of the federation of miners
and mine laborers, which organization in.
cludes all employees in the Maryland anG
Pennsylvania bituminOus coal regions. mum,
bering $1,000 miners and laDorers i'll The
Cumberland regions, struck for an advance
from fortysix to fifty cents per ton.
The house committee on pensions have
agreed to report a committee bill tC
pension the surviving soldiers and sailors Of
the Mexican war. The new measure con.
tains provision requiring the applicants
for pension to have served at least sixty days
and prohibiting the drawing of more than
one pension by any pensloner under the
act.
The Missouri Pacific railroad company
has rescinded its order declining to con-
tract for the transportation of peris5able
property and live stock. This action, it is
said, is taken because the company fears
some delay to its trains or accident to its
property on account of the Knights of Labor
strike in Texas.
One hundred and twenty-five Chinese, al
work as wood choppers and grubbers, near
Mount Tabor, three miles east of Portland,
Ore, were forcibly driven out by mob of
between sixty and eighty whites. Most of
them were masked and marched to the ferry,
from whence they were conveyed to this
side.
Bill Brown (colored;, of Nashville, Tenn,
one of the five negroes concerne in the bru-
tai murder of Frank Arnold, made full
confession. He swore that Arnold was
dragged into the thicket and shot in the
head by Simon Fox, who afterwards stabbed
him twice in the neck.
The postmaster general has appointed
Major f. C. McClue, of South Carolina, as
appointment clerk of the postoffice depart
ment, vice James Crokey, resigned. w. b..
Appleton, of New Hampshire, principal ex-
aminer in the patent Office, in division tex
tiles, has resigned.
Diamonds valued at S., 900 were seized in
Chicago saloon by special customs agents.
1t is stated that woman named Lloyd has
made twenty smuggling trips between Eu-
ropean cities and Chicago, and that the
goods above mentioned were brought over
byher.
Thomas Cleveland has been jailed at
Cassopolis, Mich. for murderous assault
upon Myers j. Vincent, a school, teacher In
the presence of a room full of pupils. Two
ribs were severed with razor, and Vincent
lies at the point of death.
Archbishop Corrigan received, at the
hands of Cardinal elect Gibbons, of Balti-
more, in st. Patrick's cathedral, the insig-
MIA of arch-episcopal authority and dignity,
and was formally installed in the Catholic
see of New York.
A fire broke out in the American House,
Boston, and it was burned to the ground.
The retreat of a number of dOmestics was
cut off and they were driven to the roof
where they were rescued with great difficulty
by the fireman.
the Grand Trunk road, which, with its
connections, carries more than half the
dressed beef from Chicago, has filed with
Commissioner Fink protest against the
new rates which may cause their revocation.
The wall of house at the corner of Frank
and Norris streets, Philadelphia, being torn
ers. A man named Quinn was killed, and
James Keegan was probably fatally injured.
The collections of internal revenue dur
ing the first seven months of the fiscal year
ending June 30, amount to $66, $40. III, which
ing the correspJ nding period of last year.
The fire losses for February, as estimated
by the New York Commercial Bulletin, were
eO,COO,OVU III Tic Oult0Q OtaG0S anu Odu6oas
This is about the average of the February
loss for the last eleven or twelve years.
The business failures during the last seven
days, as reported by r. G. Dun & Co., num-
Der, for the United States 2O7; for Canada,
80; total, 246, against 24S for last year, and
2S6 for the week previous.
For thirty years Dr.. G. Fawcett has
been physician of the Union Protestant
Infrmary, Baltimore, Nd, and his pub
lished opinion Is that he has used Red
Star Cough Cure most effectively in cur
ing obstinate coughs and IN treating