Dodge City times., 1888-12-20

l At the st. Louis meeting of the Fedora
tion Of Labor, Secretary Mcclure read his
| report and recommended that six organizers
be appointed and maintained by the order,
for tho purpose of increasing the member
| ship; that measures be taken towards iudnc.
| ing the organized railroad employees Of the
! country to become affiliated with the Feder-
alton of Labor.
TIE Chicago, Burlington 4 Quincy rail-
road has issued instructions to trainmen
calling attention to the fact that drunken
| nesf and profanity will not be tolerated.
A relief of militia has been sent to Bevier,
| No., from Kansas City, to permit portion
| of the force there to ieiurn. Trouble ia
| thought to be certain should an attempt be
! made to disarm the contesting factions.
Fort Scott lawyers are devising ways and
mems to divide the state into two federal
judicial districts to be known as the north
ern and southern districts of Kansas. They
have called a meeting of attorneys from all
, that part of the state desired to be set of 10
form a south district.
Tho dispatches are crowded with more
law!ess outrages by white Caps" in ILL
Lois, Chic and even in Kansas.
The passenger rate war between Chicago
and st. Paul continues, despite the inter
etate commissioners.
Tho last about Jay Gould and the Santa
Fe road is that Gould has, by purchases of
stock, actually secured enough to give him
control of the Chicago Santa Fe & Califor-
nia-the Santa Fe's Chicago line.
Another storm, q heavy gale, has swept
the north Atlantic coast and fears are enter
fained that serious marine disasters have
resulted.
The American Federation of Labo-, in
session at st. Louis, seems determined to
provide for a general demand for eight hours
to he days work to be enforced by strike
in 1889, if necessary.
The supreme court of Rhode Island has
decided that BICYCLES are vehicles and enti-
tied to rights as such on p~olic highways.
Chicago capitalists have bought the St.
Louis street railway.
Atchison, Topeka q Santa Fe stocks are
quoted in New York at 575z.
Speculations in regard to President Har-
rison's cabinet continue and are 30 variant
thai they really amount to Eo.hing.
Advices from Dakota indicate that there
will be strong majority in that territory IN
favor of dividing SO as to become two states.
The senate committee on military affairs
has ordered favorable report to retire Gen.
eral Rcsecrans With the rank of brigadier
general.
Charles Francis Adams, president of the
Union Pacific railroad, says: 1.-The rail-
roads Of this country are moving rapidly
toward some great system of consolidation"
President Cleveland at a reception was
invited by guest to take up his residence
in the guests state and replied: Thank
yor, but guess I'll have to stick to my own
ttate."
Mr.. Springer's territorial bill has been
nearly completed by himself as inspired by
caucus. 1t will provide that elections IN
Dakota, Montana, Washington and New
Mexico, be held on the thru Monday of
May, 1883, to elect delegates to constitution
al conventions which are to convene on
July 4, following. Their work to be voted
upon by the people in November. at the
latter date Dakota to vote also upon the
question Of division of that territory.