Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-03-10
DOMESTIC.

The business portion of Wellington, Ills,
was destroyed by fire, Wednesday. Loss,
$4,000.
The complaint against Gould and Sage
has been dismissed.
A train was robbed near Pine Bluffs,
Arkansas, Wednesday, by three masked
robbers. Five or ten thousand coaiars was
taken out OF the safe of the express car ana
transferred into sacks. The mali ano the
nassongers of the train were not disturbed.
Fhe robbery was bold and systematic
ona, The robbers stopped upon the engine
~ . ,Soter station and with revolvers leveled
at the heads of the engineer and fireman
soon had possession of the train. They
Commanded the fireman to break IN the
express car door. DE was unaDie 70 90 30
and the car was finally set on ire, when 1t
~es onened. The express messenger was
forced to open the safe with the result as
stated.
The Joint caucus, in Washington, named
the republican congressional committees.
Congressman Thomas Ryan was elected TO
represent Kansas.
ALongview, Texas, dispatch says that Tom
Forsythe, who was arrested at Carthage,
Monday, charged with the murder o. County
Treasurer Hill, pea guilty to the murder
and gave its details. He was remanded to
Jail. and was shortly after taken. out by 400
citizens and hung.
The big furniture factory of Potter q
Stymus, at Forty second street end Le0ng-
ton avenue. caught fire at l2:45 thursday.
The whole factory was destroyed. The Van
derbilt hotel, on the northwest corner OF
Forty-second and Lexington streets. was
seriously damaged by the fire. The hospl al
for the ruptured was also badly scorched.
At go the fire was under control. The loss
is estimated at 100000.
A shooting at CuIpepper Court House,
Va. which grew out of newspaper contro-
yersy, resulted in the fatal shooting OF ELLIS
Williams by Edwin Barbour. who Is a
nephew of United States Senator-elect
Barbour.
O,Conner, Parnellite, expressed his belief
in parliament, Thursday, that the fisheries
treaty with America, recently drawn up by
Chamberlain and the secretary OF STATE,
would never be ratified.
dispatch from Houston, Texae, of Thurs
day. says that full particulars of the
massacre of the negroes at Spanish Camp
have been obtained. Seven were killed
and one was severely wounded, the only
one who escaped.
A San Antonio, Texas. dispatch of Thurs
day says that Hondu bridge gave way while
q freight train was crossing 1t, precIpltatlng
the caboose and couple of cars OF live
stock into the river. Captain Etheridge
the owner of the live stock, was instantly
killed.
The chairman of the ways and means
committee, Thursday, submitted to the full
committee the tariff bill, upon which the
democratic members have been at work for
several months. The free list section is to
Immediately made public The new tariff
bill proposes to fix the duty on pig iron at
Sc per ton, on iron and steel railway bars
weighing more than twenty-five pounds to
the yard, or billets of steel, $11 per ton; on
iron and steel rails weighing not over twen-
ty-fve pounds to the yard, SIS per ton, and
on iron or steel fiat rails punched, $15 per
ton. The bill provides for admitting free
of duty after July l all woods, hair of the
alpaca, goat and other like animals, woods
on the skin, wooden rags, shoddy mengo,
waste and foeks. And after October LIST,
1883, it provides among other things for a
40 per cent. duty on WOODEN and worsted
cloth, shawls and all manufactures in wool
not specially enumerated, and on fannePs,
blankets, knit goods, women's and children g
dress goods composed in part of wool. The
test made by the committee on ways and
means as to what reductions would probably,
be made by the bill, is as follows: Chemicals,
$50, 900; china and glass, 81, GOO, 900; cottons,
$277, 900; provisions, $50, goo (approdmate)
wooden goods, 81. 10000; sundries, $40 =
600; paper, $25,OOO; sugars, S11 Geo. goo,
hemp, flax and iute, 81, SOO, 600; metals, 81
$1,000; (approximate); free list, 81, $50 900.
This would make the total reduction about
$53,OOO,OOO. Chairman Mills said that in
ternal revenue changes had been purposely
excluded from the bill. The democratic
members were still considering that subject,
and il was not possible to say at this time if
their deliberations would result in the pre-
sentation of another bill dealing specifically
with the internal revenue, or in the inclusion
of some provisions bearing upon that sys-
tenn in the came bill at some future stage.
Chairman Mills was interviewed in New
York, FRIDAY, on the subject of his tariff
bill. He stated that he believed that the
bill was so constructed that it would COM
mand majority in the house of representa-
lives. He admits that fourteen democrats,
of the Randall faction, will probably vote
against the measure-two from Penn
sylvania, two from New Jersey, four from
Ohio, four from Louisiana, and two from
California. He expects however, that their
votes will be Offset by those of at least eight
of ten republicans, mostly from New York"
Mr.. Mills concluded: II think tie bill
will pass by strong majority. I said that
the aggregate reductions proposed by the
bill were about $55, coo. We intend how
ever to enact the Id package clause provid.
ing for duty on packages which was omit
ted from the tariff act of 1882; the clause ae
you are aware does not lay a special tai on
packa es of different kinds, but merely pro-
yides that the value of the goods AMI duty
be assessed upon them accordingly. This
will add from five million dollars to ten
million dollars TO the revenue, so that the
net reduction of revenue propo- ed by the
mittee that the revenue of the government
should be reduced not less than SIC, O0O, 600
we have, therefore, go, 000, 900 left to be
disposed of by changes in internal revenue
taxation."
Judge Patterson granted, Friday, the Rev
Or. MoGlynn a permanent Injunction ~