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Sebastian Promoted.

CHICAGO. November 3O.-John Sebastian,
general passenger egent of the Chicago,
Kansas i Nebraska division of the Rock Is;
land, it is understood, is to be appointed to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
E. A. Holbrook, and that he will have charge
of the passenger department, not only Of
the Rock Island proper, but of the entire
system, including the lines west of the Mis-
souri, river.
Tilt has been pretty generally understood in
railroad circles that Mr.. Sebastian would in
time become general ticket and passenger
agent of the entire Rock Island system,
hence the news conveyed in the dispatch
from Chicago will occasion no surprise
among railroad men. It is scarcely neces-
sary to say that better appointment could
not be made and Mr.. Sebastian's friends,
who are numbered by the hundreds, will
earnestly hope that the report is we'll found
ed. He is certainly we'll qualified to fill the
position, and the promotion will be Just
tribute to his unquestioned ability.
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Rspublieans Hsvs the House.

Republicans HuVo the House.
WAszmoToH, d. O., November 2a-Ths
dispatches received from West Virginia
North Carolina and Tennessee make Il alb
solutely certain that the rspublicans have
the house in the Fifty first congress. Count
ing only decisions that have been actually
reached, the house stands, republicans 166,
democrats, 159. This il republican ma
lority OF seven. It counts the Symons dis
trict in North Carolina and the Atkinson
district in West Virginia to tho democrats,
but both are still claimed by the repubh-
cans, and both may yet be awarded them in
the final decision. The republicans have
now the following southern districts which
have been in doubt: Coleman. in Louisiana;
Evans, in Tennessee; Stockbridge, in Mary
land, and the two West Virginia districts
conceded by democrats there. Supposlng
the two West Virginia districts, a. we'll az
Atkinson, are given to the democrats, the
house would still remain republican by
three majority, and as theee are the only
cases where q formal decision has not been
reached, the republicans cannot in any
event lose the house.
If Symons Of North Carolina, and Atkin-
son in Virginia, receive certificates, which
Is possible. the republican majority will go
to eleven. If one of them obtains certifi-
cate the majority will be nine. The senate,
with the gain in Delaware, will stand after
the 4th of March, thirty-nine republicans to
thirty seven democrats, with the vote of thu
vlce-president to spare.
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OTTAWA, ONT., November 28.-There no
longer remains any doubt that the seeds Of
that dreadful scourge, leprosy. which has
been so much feared in British Columbia,
has, through wantou carelessness, amount
ing to criminal neglect, been sown to an e1-
tent that the efforts of generation will not
eradicate it. Senator McInnes, NJ. D., from
British Columbia, states that out of the total
Indian population of the province, which he
placed at 10000, he believes that there will
not be 5000 living in quarter of century
as result of the leprosy. The Columbia
authorities have for sereral years been Off
ciaily informed of the presence of the Chi
nese lepers, but took little or no action
against them, fearing that the agitation of
the subject would turn away the tide Of i'm
migration coming from Europe.
Fortunately, in the eastern part of the
Dominion, in the neighborhood of Traca-
die, N. B., where leprosy has existed many
years, the disease, owing to the careful and
stringent measures which have been taken
to secure its isolation, is being rapidly e1-
terminated, and those in charge of the Ira
cadie lazaret to have great hopes that within
the next five years the last case will have
disappeared. Last year one of the patients
affected managed to escape from the insti-
tuition to the United States, where all trace
of him was lost. The last report Of the Off
Ger in charge showed that the number OF
patients confined in the living tomb at Ira
cadie was II against % in 1884.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-12-08

TALK OF FRAUD IN ELECTION.
The talk of fraud, fraud, fraud, that IL
constantly sounded in ones ears about
election time is very tiresome, and win
each new election it gets mere so. a
foreigner on our shores might be led to
suppose, in fact, he could hardly gather
any other idea, from reading the par
tisan newspapers for some time previous
to and after presidential election, that
national election in this country was
little if nothing more than strife be-
tween two organized bodies OF thieves
and scoundrels. The press Of one party,
without the slightest hesitation de-
nounces the leaders Of the other with
plotting to brlbe voters and steal control
Of the government. There is, in ninety
nine cases out of hundred, not the
least foundation for the charges.
The political parties depend upon
other means to accomplish their pur-
poses. No better evidence Of this exists
than the recent campaign on the part OF
both of the parties. Each has directed
its efforts to an educstion of the masses
upon the questions upon which they
were divided. The press FOR months has
been filed with arguments and evidence
bearing upon them. The conntry's
statesmen and orators have discussed
them constantly from the stump. They
have been debated in the town halls and
in the country school houses through
out the land. Tons upon tons Of printed
matter, documents, pamphlets and
speeches, bearing upon them, have been
mailed, or shipped in other ways, to
voters.
Presidential campaigns, in point of
fact, instead of dulling the morals of the
people, through wholesale bribery and
fraud, as constantly charged and reiter-
ated, are great and grand educator.
They instruct the people upon the pub
lie questions; they make them better
able to exercise their privileges and
rights as free men and instead
of bunting their sensibilities and
leading them to look with distrust upon
their fellow men and upon their form Of
government. ennoble a d elevate them.
F. p. Baker in Toreka Union.
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Game In tho Territory.

PARSONS, KAN, December L-Several
parties have gone to the Indian territory on
hunting expeditions with full outfits Of
camping furniture. Game of all kinds is
more abundant in the Indian territory this
year than has ever before been known and,
sipgularly, there is none in the timber lands
of the Mississippi bottoms in Arkansas,
which usually swarm with game at this
time of year. Old hunters say that the
floods of the past two or three years have
caused the game to seek other locations and
the greater part has found its way to the
Indian territory. Deer is, therefore. very
numerous among the hills of the country
east of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas rail-
road, while rabbits, quail, ETC., are 40 thick
that anybody who can shoot gun can get
all they can carry away.
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Railroad lGAGnAtes .

CHICAGO, November 29.-Regariing the
much talked of conference between Chair
man Midgeley and several railroad mag
mates in New York local paper says: "For
several weeks past Jay Gould, G. p. Hunt
inaton, Charles Francis Adams, w. b.
Strong and other railroad magnates inter
ested In western railroads have been hold
ina conferences in New York in which
Chairman Midgeley, of the Southwestern
Railway association, has taken q prominent
mart The object of the conferences has
been kept a profound secret. The announce
mont was made that the conferences bad
GOING 70 an end and that an agreement had
bean made whereby the troubles among the
Southwestern roads would be ended, and
rates be advanced from Is to IS per cent as
soon as possible. But this announcement
vas no nearer the truth than previous re-
ports regarding the mysterious conference.
All the existing freight and Passenger assc.
Citations within the territory west OF the
orest lakes are to be abolished and merged
into the trust, or clearing house" as It il
named. There will be an executive board
Of three which shall devote its entire atten-
tion to the affairs Of the Gearing house.
and all matters oonnected toerew1th. One
Of the two IL to be elected chairman o. the
s4caearin9 house, and the other to b known
a vioo chairman and commissioner. Three
propooitions, il u understood, vere pre-
oonfed It the New York confefenoe. One
urovi6inR 1ur division OF tEamo, another
la dfvfs1m Of earnings md third foe .
oIoaEin9 heuses Il vae 1naMy dseaoed -
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Southern Indu ,trial Interests.

BALTIMORE, Nd, December 1.-The
special reports to the Manufacturers' Re-
cord of the activity in the industrial interests
of the south will show this week has been q
very busy one. Among the new enterprises
is S5,OOO,OOO company composed Of New
England capitalists. organized at Fort
Payne, Ala, to develop mineral land, build
furnaces, a rolling mill, ETC.; at Knoxville,
a S5OO, 600 slate quarrying company and
$500, GOO improvement company to build
street railroads, etc.; Ocsl, Fla, 100000
general improvement company; Baltimore,a
$500, 900 agricultural implement company;
Ell Paso, S250.OO0 irrigation company; q
$500, 100 company will build a manufactur-
ing town near Asheville, N. c.; cotton mills
are projected at Gafney City and WINS
boro, 8. c., and at Cedartown, Ca, $780,.
COO spindle mill will be built at once.
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AWreck Near Baldwin

LAWRENCE, KAN, November 5o-Ths
30 18th bound passenger train on the branch
VI the Southern Kansas was wrecked on
Wednesday near Baldwin. The train was
Just passing over small bridge when a rail
broke and the mail car and Two passenger
coaches went through, the locomotive re-
naming on the track. Mr.. r. w. Spar of
this city received quito serious injuries and
also George Perry, a University student
who was on his way to his homo in Parsons
to spend Thanksgiving.
painful bruises. They were taken to Ottawa
in q freight car.
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The Territories.

WASHINGTON, D. G. December Com
gresham Springer, chairman of the house
committee on territories, has arrived here.
ave are going to try very hard to pass
the bill admitting the territories of Wash
ington, Montana, Dakota and New Mex
ico," said he to-day, land We shall certainly
pass the Oklahoma bill. The next house
will undoubtedly be republican by small
majority, and suppose the republicans Of
both house and senate would have no objec-
ton to strengthening that majority. The
admission of territories would do that since
they could be states in time to elect senators
and representatives to the ffty-6rst COM
gress. Montana, Washington ond Dakota
are republican. The senate must insist on
q division of Dakota and such action would
probably block matters for awhile, but am
in favor of any reasonable compromise"
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The German Throne.

LONDON, December 1.-The reports of the
confinement of the emperor of Germany to
his apartments with severe cold have re-
vived tbs stories prevalent here some time
ago of the young monarch's scrofulous con-
dltion and the imminence of his sucumbipg
to disease similar to that which terminal
ed the life Of his father. From private dis
patches received during the last few days.
as we'll as correspondence giving what pur-
ported to be accurate information as to the
actual condition of the health of Emperor
William, covering the last fortnight, it is
gathered that the German throne is threat
ened with another abdication through the
operation of the laws of nature within the
next year, and it is asserted that the ALSO
lutte fact cannot be much much longer with
held from the public.
Almost Immediately upon his accession to
to the throne Emperor William, never re-
garded as robust man, although appear
ing in padded uniform as of fine physique
and in excellent form, began series of visits
to bis imperial and royal brethren, the ex-
actions of which would have impaired the
powers of a much stronger man than he.
Moreover it is stated that upon several oc-
casions covered by the Period of his jour-
neys and stopage at the various capitals
NloAtou, tiio yOuuS ciupcTOI pcIuittcu
himself to Indulge inordinateiy in strong
drink practice to which he was not ad-
dicted prior to his assumption of imperial
power. To this indulgence and its conse-
auent effects are ascribed many of his lepses
in filial duty toward his mother, which in the
ordinary walks of life, would have been
characterized, and justly, too, as the act of
man of conspicuously brutal instinct, and
also much of his intemperancs of speech
with reference to vital political questions.
That the emperor's constitutional all
ments have been very mnch aggravated by
over e1ertion and over indulgence there can
be no doubt, and the suggestion that he is
now upon the verge of suffering from a
complaint from which few of the HohenZol-
lerns of the later generation have been en-
tirely free is received in England with an
81 told you 40" air betokening. if not gen.
uine satisfaction, at least an mistaken be-
lief in the doctrine of retributive ju stice.
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hh protEacted meeting at the court
house and he feels encouraged in his
work.
Caldwell Nsws: Died-At Caldwell,
Friday night at q few minutes of 8
O'Clock, November 16. 1888, Rsv. Alonzo
A. Rogers, pastor Of the Presbyterian
church.
Elk City Eagle: An interesting
series Of afternoon and evening meet
ings have been going on at the Presby-
teriRn church during this week, con-
Quoted by Rev. A. W. Wright, of Cher.
okee.
Strong City Republican: Protracted
meeting is now being held at hatfield
Green by the Christian denomination.
Rev. Cleveland, Of Madison, is chief as
sistant in the work. The meetings are
generally well attended, considering the
bad condition of the roads.
Wellington Standard: Though the
special services have closed at tbs Meth
odist church the revival gees right on in
the regular services. Rev. Hartley has
resided Eere but sixty days and has al
ready received nearly 100 new members
INTO his church.
Salina Journal: Rev. and Mrs. G. D.
Gotwald have gone to their new home in
Kansas City, bearing with them the best
wishes of the citizens of Salins. Mr..
Gotwald hes not only been one Of the
most popular ministers in Salina, but
has been one of the most enterpriaing
Of our citizens. There has been no public
project of any kind for Salinas interest
in which Mr.. Gotwald has not been q
prominent factor always ready to con-
tribute his time and means toward max
ing il q success. His absence both from
the pulpit and the board of trade rooms
will be deeply felt.
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The Advance Guard.

WASHINGTON, D. c., November 30.-The
advance guard of the Office seekers has ap-
peared in Washington. It is composed of
republicans who went out of Office four
years ago, the men who had been in the
government service for many years. They
expect to be restored to the places they were
forced to vacate, or to be appointed to other
positions equally responsible and remunera-
tive. They do rot hesitate to say what they
want, for they look upon themselves as
martyrs in the republican cause. They
look upon their dismissal by the democrats
as self-sacriice on their own part, and for
thia they intimate the republican party owes
them a debt of gratitude. The inference
is that the obligation can be discharged by
the administration, the proper method be-
ing to reward them with Office. Many of
these aspirauts have lived here through the
four years of democratic reign, waiting for
q return of republican power. They are
consequently on the ground early and they
will ask for what they want.
Republican congressman who are here
state freely that the newer element of the
will not be neglected. But the professionals,
and those who were designated as 'barna-
cles'' four years ago, will not be remember
ed in the substantial manner they seem to
expect. 4 conflict ID impending between
the old and the new, and it promises to be
interesting. President Harrison's civil ser
vice sentiments, as reflected by his home
organ, are not accepted here as especially
comforting to the early Office seekers, and
there are already signs of encouragement
among them. No doubt exists that the adj
ministration will remove the democrats
from Office, but the Inference is generally
drawn here that their places will be filled
with the newer element of the republican
marty.
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STOCK AND FARM,

Usage City Free Press: The Santa
Fs shipped 299 oars of coal during the
past si1 days from this city.
Garden City Sentinel: Farmers are
supplied with young trees by the state
forestry station. 8. O. Robb the state
commissioner of forestry, can be address
ed at Ogallah, Kanaas.
Great Bend Register: J. W. James
has shipped to Talluiu, Ill, over the NJ
p. for j. w. Green, for whom he is
buying, 800 head OF cattle. Mr.. James
went with them and will be absent two
months.
Wichita Eagle: Commissioner Ran
dali is quite enthusiastic over the pros
poets tor fine wheat crop next year.
He says this fall puts him strongly in
mind OF the fall o: II and '78 which is
remembered Is famous wheat year. He
ssys he never saw indications better.
Clay Center Dispstch: Mr.. Hesner,
above town, has corn that will yield sixty
bushels per acre. He has demonstrated
that tame grass win grow here a. well a.
elsewhere and has thirty acres OF limo
th.y-Mr. Dlmity has about twenty
sorss Of fine timothy that cut Two tons
per aore and he has pastured shout forty
had Of stock, part Of each DAY, I'll the
fall. BE u feeding sixty-ei& ht stssrs
md hogs 70 follow them. he has 80
aerss Of eun that viii average furty -6ys
hnnha2n poe go.
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NEwSP APXR GOSSIP.

Leoti Farmer: The west central ed
itorial association will meet in this city
on Saturday, December Is, 1888.
Salina Journal: Frank Honeywell is
now the sole proprietor of the Brook
vile Transcript-Mr. Bush retiring.
Topeka Capital Commonwealth: COL
onel 81. n. Green has assumed editorial
charge of the Lawrence Journal. He is
q ready writer and will materially i'm
prove the editorial page of the paper.
The Cove City Graphic publishes its
own obituary. Mr.. Ralph L. Criswell
announces that it has been sold, and
that the Cove County Republican, pub
lished by W. J. Lloyd, and edited by j.
E. Hart, succeeds it.
Seneca Tribune: The Wetmore Spec.
tstor is now published in folio form. It
is first-class newspaper-the best We
have ever seen printed in that place, and
should receive the undivided patronage
of the citizens of that village.
Garden City Herald: ]. 8. Painter,
editor of this paper made fashionable
ten minutes call al this Office yesterday,
for the first time in several weeks. He
looks like he had been run through q
cider mill, but hopes to be able to be at
his post Of duty in few daye.
Harper Seminal: NJ. A. Hull, form
erly of the defunct Graphic
and Mornieg News, of this city, but
now of the ''Tommahawk," of green
Forest, Arkansas is in the city visiting
friends. He is the same old smiling
Milt, but he is constantly humming
'csrry me back to Arksnsaw."
Newton Republican: F. J. Huslinski,
of the Wichita Commercial Bulletin is
going to publish book with q startling
title "Ten years in Hsll." As Mr..
Hualinski has always been in
the newspaper business where
the devil comes and goes with
perfect freedom, the book probably
refers to the print shop.
Oherryvale Bepublican: Tom q.
Copeland has started the Atlanta Cricket,
in Atlanta, Cowley county, and he will
keep it singing. The paper is beauty,
and shows the handiwork of an expert
printer and an able writer. The neatest
and trimmest sheet ever printed in Cher
ryvale was the Torch, founded by Mr..
Copeland and the editor of the Republi
can in 1881 or '82.
A. g. Stacy: Vandegrift, of the
Atchison Globe, never published
country paper, carrying kindling in one
pocket and coal in another, all picked
up in the allev where they had been
thrown by an e1iravagant citizen, and
built fire in an old army stew pan to
warm his type and presses, or he never
would of said: "Some Kansas news
papers are apparently published for the
sake of getting railroad passes"
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that is the product Of human labor,
such as house, chip, or railroad
Is not this property valuable, the same
as If it were created by the fat OF ON
impotence? f. p. BaEer in Topeka
Union.
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A Bull Terrier and . Coon

A Bull Terrier and . Coon
CLxvKLAND, o., December Twenty Ave
sportsmen witnessed fight between bull
terrier and raccoon from Gallon, q. The
animal weighed twenty four pounds. The
match was for $25 sids-ths dog to kill the
coon in twenty minutes. The coon turned
upon its back, using its teeth upon the dogs
head and neck, and in sixteen minutes the
dogs owners gave mp the fight.
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Oklahoma Colony,

81. LOUIS. December LA special from
Oklahoma, !. T., says the settlers held a
meeting at that place and organized COL
ony for the protection of thsir rights, and
prospecting. They petitioned the president
TO let them make settlement, for the =.
moval of the vast herds which are held here
illegally and showed mp the frauds vhio6
exisked
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To Attend the inaugural.

81. JOSEPH, Mo-, November 3O.-The Lin
coin club of St Joseph, is making arrange
ments to attend President Hsrrison's inaua-
ural in royal style. The committee is nov
figuring with the Diagonal people for q
special train of ten Pullman cars via tho
Diagonal to Chicago and then over the Bal
timore q Ohio railway to the national capi-
tai.
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KANSAS CHURCHES.

Lincoln Democrat: The Evaugelicel
church peopls rented tho Baptist ehnfcn
Tor one year, and their protracsed mess-
ing i I'm in progress at that Plsoe.
Nsdisins Lodge Index; Rsv: Gam
- hon 6bnod - attsn1ively auEmo
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Taken to st. Lou,.

NV Yo1K. December 1.-The remain, Of
Nm. W. 7. Sherman, accompanied By hsr
family and Senator John Sharman. hsv.
bean taken to st. Louis. There ~ ~
selietous services IN this city. Thirfssn
SS.xs1eeS vIsn moQsners accompanied ~
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Tho Hungry Are Aftsr . Chance ak thu
Public Crib I'm Great Numbers-A
-Four Years Fast Has Made
Them Desperate.
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LEPROSY IN CANADA.

Chinese Brought the Seeds Of the Dread
full Scourge and the Dominiea Gov.
ernmsnt CFiminally Careless N
Permitting is 70 Spread.