Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-04-07
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answer in the case.
The quarantine as to pleuro-pneumonia in
Chicago will be raised from April LIST.
No answer was fled by the Burlington,
Monday, denying the allegations of the
Rock Island regarding an attempt to force
the formation of great western railway
trust. The case will not be heard for about
aweek.
Several of the big Sandy river gang Of
murderers were captured near Huntington,
West Virginia, Monday.
An Ottawa, Ontario, dispatch says that the
government measure respecting railways has
been distributed. It practically constitutes
the railway committee of the PRIV council
railway commission with power to deter
mine all questions of right of way, location,
tolls and rates, unjust preferences, discrimi-
nation or extortion, or of any matter which
Is sanctioned or is prohibited. Power is also
liven the committee to appoint commission
ers to inquire into and report on all railway
accidents or casualties, with full authority
on their part to inspect the company's prop
erty summon witnesses, etc. COntraventlon
of the act renders the company liable for each
offense to q penalty ranging from $lOO to
$4,000. Any person who sells or gives lntox-
icating liquor to railroad employee while on
Quty, r6uQ6Ts uluoclI udDl0 w . bCNCAO LILO
CT imprisonment.
Emperor Frederick has issued an order
that the usual spring review of the guards
will be omitted this year.
Neither the senate nor the house had bust
ness sessions, Wednesday. AT 1l:3O the SEN
ate was called to order by the presiding Off
Ger. A communication was received from
the house announcing that that body was
ready to receive the senate. Pursuant to
the order the senate proceeded In body to
the hall of the house to attend the funeral of
the chief justice. The floor of the house
bore every evidence of mourning. Over ev-
cry doorway were heavy draperies of black.
The senate arriving at ll:4O, the members OF
the house remained respectfully standing
while the senators took the places assigned
to them, Senator Ingalls, occupying the
chair to the right of Speaker Carlisle. The
burial services of the Episcopal church were
read by Bishop Peret. The solemnity of the
occasion was heightened when Bishop Paret
read the apostles creed. The vast audience
cord and Joined in the solemn recitation OF
the faith. At the conclusion of the services
the casket was borne from the chamber, and
the ceremonies in the house were closed.
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll, representing
the Postal and United lines, said to the senate
committee that these lines met the Northern
Pacific at st. Paul, the Union Pacific at
Omaha and the Santa Fe at Kansas City.
At these points the lines here represented
had to stop. The lines over the Pacific roads
were all operated by the Western Union, and
the contention was, whether this company
could send messages over the telegraph lines
built by the Pacific railroads at the expense
of the government for the people or pay trib-
tue to the Western Union monopoly from
the terminal points. The price of mes
sage from New York to San Francisco was
81. It was also 81 from Omaha to San
Francisco. All his lines could do would be
to send message to Omaha and then pay
81 to have it transmitted to San Francisco.
DR.. Norvin Green, president of the Western
Union Telegraph company, addressed the
senate committee on interstate commerce,
Wednesday,, on the Spooner interstate tele- |
graph bill. He said that the public was ben |
gifted by the fact that the Western Union |
Telegraph company was q monopoly.
While it enabled the company to gradually |
reduce the cost of sending kilograms, the |
price to the public had been correspondence |
reduced. He said that the Western Union |
property could not be duplicated for $780, |
200, 600. He said that the popular idea that |
the Western Union company was controlled |
by one man, was an erroneous one. The |
fact about it was that the thirty directors of |
the company had less than $27, 600 900 of the |
stock, leaving nearly $50, Oo0, 900 in the hands |
Of sundry parties. The largest holding of
Coming back to what he described as the OBJ |
sectional features of the bill, he first took
Up the arbitrary section relative to the hand
ing of messages according to the time of
Saeir receipt. He said that in the smaller
offices that rule could be easily observed, but
T was not so in the larger offices, like New
York, with 1000 wires. As to the long and
short haul clause, he said that no higher tariff
vas charged between points on the lines
rom the Pacific to Omaha than the termin-
lis. He said that he would like to see pro-
7lsion In the bill limiting the damages to be
paid for delay in the transmission of mes
ages, say to $500 and the amount paid for
transmission. That, he thought, was rea-
onable rate. 1t was perfectly absurd that a
e25,0OO or $4,000 damages for deiay in a
Message for which % cents was paid.
The last obsequies over the body of Chief
Justice Waite took place at Toledo, Ohio,
Thursday. The city of Toledo was draped
n deep mourning throughout. The justices
# the supreme court and the court officers |
md committee from the senate and the I
Rouse each, were present. Many beautiful Y
loral wreaths were sent to the chief Justices
amily from friends of the deceased. (,
Imong them, and laying upon the casket,
vas beautiful wreath from President and |
drs. Cleveland Governor Foraker and
taft and forty members of the senate and
louse of the Ohio state legislature were in 1
tteneance at the funeral.
Berlin dispatches of Sunday state that :
Emperor Frederick is likely to die al any
noment. Either DR.. Mackenzie or DR.. q
Howell are by his side constantly. The ne
essity for this precaution was seen last
Thursday, when tie emperor was seized
nth severe fit of coughing, during which
piece of cartilage was detached, which.
mt for he instant assistance of DR..
Mackenzie would have caused suffocation. I
The postmaster general has transmitted I
the house revised estimates of postal 1
expenditures for the next fiscal year. he
ions heretofore made.
q ub organ, ,ed-
Crookedness in PostofRce. 6
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