Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-05-12
DOMESTIC.

The Connecticut democrats met in con.
vention at Hartford, Wednesday, and elect
ed delegates to the st. Louis convention
The platform adopted reafirmed the demo
cratic federal platform of 1884, and, aftel
three cheers for Cleveland, the convention
adjourned.
The iowa democratic state convention me,
at Dubuque, Wednesday, and elected dele
gates to the st. Louis convention. The
platform adopted endorses the administra-
ton of President Cleveland, commends his
enforcement of all laws, and his manly and
courageous denunciation of useless war tax
es, and his clean, honest, and economical
administration of public affairs, and the
liberal, prompt, and generous payment OF
all pensions on meritorious claims. The
st. Louis delegation is solid for Cleveland.
Over 100 settlers staked out claims on the
military reservation near Fl. Assinaboine,
Montana, and erected houses, believing thai
they were locating on the Fl. Assinaboine
Indian reservation recently thrown open to
settlement. The officers have notified the
settlers that they will have to move off from
the reservation within five days. Many of
them have fatty refused to do 30, and it is
believed that there will be trouble.
The Illinois republicans passed resolu-
ito 6, Wednesday, declaring their pref r
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president ana recommending their delegates
to tho national convention to give him a
hearty and faithful support. Senator Gull
lom and his friends. are reported as favoring
Mr.. Gresham.
The democratic state convention of Ne
braska, which met at Omaha, Wednesday,
instructed the st. Louis delegation to vote
as a unit for President Cleveland's renoni-
nation.
The Indiana republican state convention
met in Indianapolis, Wednesday, and in
structed for General Harrison for president.
The Pennsylvania Prohibit1onists met at
Harrisburg, Wednesday, in convention.
They declared against all forms of license
and denounced high license. measures as a
delusion and snare.
The California republicans met in conven-
ton in Sacramento, Wednesday. A resolu-
ton was adopted enclosing Mr.. Stanford's
course rs a senator. BE was not mentioned
as presidential candidate. A resolution
was adopted expressing regret at the refusal
of Mr.. Blaine to allow his name to be used
as a candidate at the coming national
convention and reiterating their confid-
ence in his integrity and eminent ability.
The territorial republican convention of
Idaho, at Boise city, adopted a resolu-
ton urging upon congress the necessity and
feasibility CT rendering public aid to
territories of the United States for the pur-
pose of retaining desert land by irrigation,
and asks congress to pass an act providing
that full and complete restriction be placed
by national edict upon further immigration
to the Chinese.
The fifth district republican convention
met in Clay Center May 3. II. d. Baker of
Salina and B. II. McEchron of Concordia
were chosen delegates TO Chicago. ID. A.
Valentine of Clay Center was chosen as
presidential doctor. The delegates were
instructed to vote and work for Blaine.
ingalls, was endorsed.
The Kentucky state republican convention
defeated resolution to instruct the Chicago
delegates for Sherman. The delegation
goes uninstruc ed but is for Blaine. The
The convention instructed for w. o.
Bradley for vice president.
An attempt was made to get the republi-
can state convention of Illinois to adopt a
resolution favoring the submission of
prohibition amendment to the people but it
failed passage.
The First district republican convention
Of Michigan instructed its Chicago delegates
for Alger.
The anti-saloon republican national con-
ference adopted its platform, Friday. One
section asked their "brethren of the republi-
can convention that is to meet in Chicago,
in June, to incorporate in their platform of
principles declaration of hostility to the
saloon, as clear and emphatic as the English
language can make it. We ask this because
it is right. Right is might" The New
York delegation sent a telegram to the re-
publican members of the legislature de-
handing that they enact local option for the
state.
The republican state convention of Indi-
ana adopted resolution sending greeting to
Senator Ingalls,, of Kansas, for his exposure
of the record of d. w. Voorhees,.
A long story, probably designed to show
that the shortened Srm of Prince William is
not due to scrofula, is telegraphed from
Berlin. An article has just been published
in the Medical Record of New York which
accounts for the shortened arm by an aoci-
dent at the princes birth. 1t is stated that
Queen Victoria sent q couple of English
physicians to attend the empress, one OF
whom broke the young princes arm. It did
not knit together again properly. and caused
this arm to be two inches shorter than the
other. This story is also made to account
for the princes opposition to the attendance
of English physicians upon his father, En-
peror Frederick.
1t was telegraphed from Berlin, Saturday,
that the emperor was able to arise and that
his strength is gradually increasing. No
further bulletins will be issued unless he re-
lapses.
Testimony was adduced in the Standard
Oil Investigations in Washington, Friday,
before the house committee on manufac-
lures, to the effect that the Standard compa-
ny had threatened merchants who purchased
from rival concerns.
Vessels sunk.
NEW ORLEANS, May 7.-During a heavy
rain and thunder storm this afternoon the
tow boat Future City, with her cargo from
st. Louis, came In collision with the three
United States vessels anchored in front of
The city. Two of the barges were sunk and
the third badly damaged. The loss is about |
$4,000. The damage to the war vessels is |
not stated.
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