Western Kansas world., 1888-01-07
DOMESTIC.

deserving news boys In Detroit. Last year
j be gave suits of clothes to 500 boys. The
this year was to supply 1,000 deserving fami-
lies with q cord of wood or ton Of cUal.
A company of specially actors entertained
the convicts at Joliet Christmas day. The
company was good one, and came to Joliet
especially to entertain the prisoners. A
Christmas dinner was serevd in the peniten-
tiary, after which 1900 cigars were passe
around among the convicts.
Kentucky, Christmas day, was the scene
of several shooting scrapes. A bloody riot
is reported to have occurred at Erlanger,
small town near Covington.
The steamer M. O. Mosely arrived in
Stonington, Corn, Monday, with 8. B.
Manchester the sole survivor of the schooner
Mary G. Collins on board. The steamer M.
@. Mosely sighted the Mary g. Collins just
as she was sinking and before assistance
could be given it was too late. Manchester
was found on plank near the sinking
schooner.
Columbus De Lano, president of the
National wool growers convention has ad-
dressed circular to the wool growers of
the United States advising them to petition
congress freely from Ill parts of the country
to protect the industry. The circular
concludes by affirming the president has
been misinformed and that wool growers
should not allow the injustice to be
carried out which is advocated in his mes
sage.
A Nogales, Arizona territory, dispatch
states that the Gautamalian revolution has
been put down with little trouble.
The Reading strike will apparently not
be 80 serious in its results as was at first
supposed. Dispatches from various points
along the Reading lines, Monday, report
that freight is moving and that the en-
gineers will not join the strike. 1t is be-
Ieved that there will be little more trouble
The policy of President Diaz in allowing
Americans to colonize Lower California is
being opposed by many leading Mexicans,
who argue that the colonization of Lower
California by Americans will result in the
same way as the colonization of Texas by
them a half century ago.
Consul Baker reports to the secretary of
state that the shipments of wool from the
Argentine Republic to the United States
are decreasing.
A Dallas, Texas, dispatch, not authenti-
Gated, of Tuesday states that there is much
suffering among the cattle in the Indian
Territory owing to the cold wave OF Tues
day and Tuesday night.
Ashland, Wisconsin, dispatches of Tues
day state that the town of Wakefield, which
was burned Monday, was sacked by an
armed body of woodsmen neutrality-suspicious.
of every kind committed.
Williams, alias Montgomery, hotel clerk
at Hot Springs, Arkansas, is under arrest |
for numbering beautiful Kansas woman.
Mr.. Manning 's,funeral took place on Tues
day at Albany. President Cleveland attended
the obsequies. Mr.. Manning was 56 years |
old at his death.
Philadelphia dispatches, of Tuesday, state |
that the Reading strike has proved a signal |
failure. The executive committee of the |
Reading railroad employees met In secret |
session, Tuesday morning, and after an ex-
tended meeting proposed arbitration to the /
company which was declined by the super
intendent. All trains are reported running.
The crews discharged, over which the trouble
originated, will not be returned. The strike
is blamed by the company to the Knights of
Labor organization.
President Clevelaad's gift of a constitu-
tion to Pope Leo is said to have been sug-
gested indirectly by the pope through Cardi-
nal Gibbons.
Senator Sherman opposes the confrma-
ton of l.. @. @. Lamar as supreme Judge.
Senator Palmer, Of Michigan, in an inter-
view in Detroit, Wednesday, reiterated his
statement, made some time ago, that the re-
publican party should declare in favor OF
national prohibition.
A fight took place Christmas between the
Russians and Hungarians in the mining
town of Hibernia, in New Jersey. Several
on both sides were crippled for life, and two
or three seriously injured.
The interstate commerce commission has
rendered its formal decision in the case of
the express companies, they arguing that
they were not within the provisions of the
a that /
companies auxiliary to railroad companies
are within the provisions of the act, while
independent express companies are not.
The Children's Christmas club of Wash
ington gave Christmas dinner to 1900 poor
children Wednesday.
There is strike in the charcoal pits
about Ashland, Wisconsin.
L. @. Mick, an old and we'll known busi-
shooting himself. Tuesday, at that place.
His suicide is laid to intemprance.
A special from Bloomfield, Kentucky,
states that another Mammoth cave has been
discovered. The cave was discovered while
excavating for new mill and has alre ady
been followed two miles, The formations
of the cave are said to be beautiful beyond
description.
council of Free Traders was held in
Boston Wednesday, which was largely at
tended. President Cleveland's message was
endorsed. II
Postmaster Pierson, of New York city,
states that the Christmas postal traffic was
heavier this season than in former years.
Governor Hill, or New York, appointed
new civil service commission board Wednes-
day. IL
The'O Ohio valley is reported to be short OF
coal. IL
Howard L. Ross, young man employed
as travelling salesman by John 81. Rice d
Sons, of Fort Scott, has not been heard of
for several days, and has drawn several /
drafts on the firm without authority.
st Paul dispatches of Friday report heavy |
snow storms in the northwest which have |
delayed traffic seriously. On some lines no
trains are running.
A meeting of authors and publishers was