Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-03-17
DOMESTIC.


by him. The document sets forth that
Swenson's discoveries were made while he
Vas an employe of the government ana In
the receipt of q salary for conducting ex-
periments in sorghum sugarmaklng; that
the device is really not q new one, having
been described in many books and writings;
that il was for these reasons not patentaole;
that the Improvement is Of great public Inn
portance; that the knowledge thereof by the
denartment of agriculture was the research,
examination ard experiment by persons
employed by the department. for that pur.
nose and to the end that this industry snouid
Be- made available and remunerative TO all
the citizens of the United States VINO oesire
to engage therein; and that the respondent
b Demanding and threatening to demand
and receive large sums of money "for the
nae of this process, 80 as to establish q
mononolv and grievo rsly to Cypress the
people" upon invalid patents.
collision of a passenger and a freight
train occurred on the Chicago, New Orleans,
+ Texas Pacific railroad at Pine Knot. Ken
tucky, Monday, which resulted in the killing
of enc man, the fatal injury of another, and
the serious wonnding of others, besides dam
age to the railroad. The blame is placed
upon the train crew of the freight train.
The final transaction in the deal for the
removal of Libby prison FROM Richmond,
Va, to Chicago has been completed and the
famous building will be removed at once.
Speaker Carlisle, in an interview at Wichi-
"a on the Mills tariff bill said: 1.-The Mills
arif bill Is a very conservative measure and
pusht to be passed. The financial and in
sustrial situation would have JUST lied more
radical measure. think the bill will pass
substantially as reported. If defeated the
democratic party will appeal to tho people on
this question at the next election contest.
Changes have been made in base ball
playing rules by the National Base Ball
Ieague for the year 1888.
The big steel gun cast by the Pittsburg
sasting company's works was tested, Monday,
and found to be perfect The gun will be
shipped to Washington for final tests March
10th. If the gun is q success, the company
pliers to make steel gun in one casting for
the government, the same size and OF better
quality than the great English Ill ton, to be
built for $4,000. The cost of the English
gun was $225,OO0.
Al 1spening, Michigan, Monday. blast
ing charge went off prematurely, killing five
men instantly, and seriously wounding four
more.
General Passenger Agent Morton, of the
Burlington, said In an interview, Monday,
that the backbone of the strike was broken.
I'VE are running sufficient number Of
passenger trains" said he, ''to accommodate
oil business, and our freight traffic has near
ly assumed its normal condition. We have
taken more engineers and fremen than we
can handle, and have instructed our eastern
agents not to send us any more men unless
they happen to be thoroughly competent en-
gineers."
Dr.. j. W. Stone, of Strington, Illinois,
was arrested, Wednesday, for completely in
the assassination, twenty four years ago, Of
Jacob Ballard, union soldier.
At Independence Mo-, Wednesday, Dave
Fisher narrowly escaped lynching by mob
for an assault upon Mrs. Libby Hebberlin,
the night before.
The house committee on Pacific railroads
Wednesday unanimously agreed to the
Cultivate bill, extending the time for the
payment of the government debt by the !
subsidized roads comprised in the Unio1 |
Pacific system.
Bald Knobbers, was resumed at Ozark, Mo-,
Wednesday. The testimony of Charles |
Graves, one of the Knobbers, indicted for |
the murder of Charles Green was very |
damaging to Walker.
The Office of the Springfield, Mass, Eue,,-
ing Union caught fire in some unaccountable |
manner, Wednesday, and was burned out.
The fire was attended with horrible loss of |
life, mutilation, and suffering. The fire was
not discovered until it had obtained great
and it was impossible for the en-
ployes, who were all in the building, to make
their escape. The halls and lower stories
were filled with the flames and smoke. There
was only one alternative-to jump out Of the
windows of the sixth story, where they were,
10 the sidewalk below. The greater number
waited until the fire company put up ladders
10 the windows. Eleven, however, jumped
from the windows to the sidewalk, six were
killed outright, and five horribly mutilated.
The others were rescued with great diff
,ulty.
In answer to the Perkins resolution of
INQUIRY into the alleged complaint prevail .
ng In the west against the present unsatis-
actory mail service, the postmaster general, !
sent to the house communication
n which he says that the careful INQUIRY
md close investigation of the complaints :
made from time to time to the department.,
II through the several divisions of the rail-
Vay mail service, as to the service in Kansas
md generally in the region west of the Miss
sslppl, fails to disclose any tenable grounds
or the complaint quoted in the resolution.
n no section embraced in the system of the
nail service has there been in the last three !,
ears more prompt and liberal response on y
ne part OF the department to the needs of
he people. The postmaster general unhesi-
atingly asserts that the entire mail service,
lot only in Kansas, but throughout the en-
ire west and the whole field of operations, :
In better and mo efficient condition than a a
ever has been before. q
The coroner's jury investigating the death rs
Edison, who was killed in the Midland
otel accident, at Kansas City, has rendered If
verdict distributing the blame among
lose persons responsible for the brick work. Ia.
le iron men and Architect Root, the latter *
eing censured for not seeing that his direc.
ons were not strictly observed.
The bill for submitting the fifth (prohibi-
'ry) amendment to the people with a view
Its possible repeal was defeated in the 4.
hode Island house of representatives at IN
rovidence where it originated, Thursday il,
? vote OF thirty-six to thirty.
Louis Richter, wealthy young farmer pl
siding near Evansville Indiana, shot and -
lied Louisa Schmidt his cousin Thursday Y
Fening aud then committed suicide by tn
footing himself He was in Iowa with &bo N