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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-06-02
The Strike Investigated.

WASHINGTON, D. O., May 26.-The So
lect committee Of the house, which investi-
gated into the strike on the Reading rail-
road, expects to secure next week, complete
printed copies of testimony taken by it, and
will Immediately begin the preparation Of
its report. 1t is learned that
this document will not be con:
fined entirely to general
review of the points developed in the course
OF the inquiry, but, to use the language of
one of the committeeman, will recommend
some drastic legislation that is likely to be
unpalatable to both railroad and employees.
Briefly outlined, the propositions under
consideration are:
Tristan absolute provision for placing
In the hands of receiver any railroad COM
pany which, as the result of differences with
its employees, fails for period of ten days
to operate the road.
Second-A requirement that all train
crews, but no other class of employees, shall
give ten days notice of an intention to quit
work.
Third-That railroad companies must
give ten days notice to their employees Of q
reduction of wages.
The committee expects that the PROPOSE
tlons relating to employees will excite much
opposition, but takes the fact that it is the
only possible method of affording the pub
lie the protection to which it is entitled
against the interruption of regular traffic.
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Tho Secret Session.

WASHINGTON, D. G., May 24.-The secret
session of the senate to-day was without re-
suit. The motion of Senator Sherman to
proceed to the consideration of the fisheries
treaty with open doors, which was the pend
ing question, was debated for two hours but
without developing anything of interest.
Neither party was in position to
have its way regardless of the 9TH
er. The democrats have left no
tering in the accepted sense of the term, was
not undertaken. Late in the afternoon, Mr..
Jones, of Arkansas, moved to adjourn over
to Monday and the yeas and nays were Or
dered. The division was upon strict party
lines, and the motion was lost by a tie vote.
Senator Morgan then took the floor and an
nounced his Intention to talk till Saturday
night, whereupou the senate adjourned till
tomorrow.
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Tho Owen Law.

CINCINNATI, O., May ga new feature in
the matter of the Owen law, which was de-
signed to close saloons on Sunday, has been
developed. 1t is apparently to adopt the
plan successfully followed by the theaters
when they we're being punished for keep
ing open on Sunday. They employed q
convenient justice of the peace to
arrest them, and let them of with q trivial
fine, and thus escaped the severer penalty.
To-day a number of saloon keepers have
had themselves arrested in the same way,
and brought before Esquire Mormon, who
will begin the hearing to morrow. There
are difficulties in this plan which can
not be overcome, as the Justice
has the only final jurisdiction in case of .
plea of guilty, and in that case he has no
discretion that will permit him to allow the
defendants to escape ten days imprison-
ment. The police to day arrested forty
four of yesterdays offenders.
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In the Path Of the Storm.

CLEVELAND, o., May ga terrific wind
storm passed over eastern Ohio and western
Pennsylvania this afternoon. At Canton,
o., one of the big buildings of the Dueber
Watch company, which had just been COM
pleted was blown down. The structure
which was of brick, 230 feet long, thirty
feet wide and three stories in height, was
completely wrecked, entailing loss Of $50,
600. Other buildings were onroofed, fences
blown down, and trees snapped of like pipe
stems. II was the worst storm ever known
in Canton. At Niles and Millersbur9
Ohio, great damage was done to fruit and
shade trees and number of buildings un-
rooted. At Sharon, Pa, the brick foundry
Of the Sharon stove works was wrecked and
other buildings damaged. At Sharpesville,
Pa, houses and shops were unroofsd and
chimneys blown down.
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Monday.
SENATE.

w. W.s HING y. D: C., May 2s.-senato,
reported back the river and ha,ho. nnnse
priation bill. The senate took vote Union mon
the following resolution, which was sdontsd
without division. o0op'0u
RESOLVED, That the Injunction of sec,ecv
be removed from all the PROCEEDINGS of The
senate in reference to the treaty with Great
Britain now under consideration. The ssn'
ate then adjourned.
HOUSE.
The bill to retire wounded soldiers and
sailors who had been wounded IN battle af-
tor twenty one years of service Vas intro
duced by Nh. Cheadle, of Indiana. and re-
ferred.
The bill providing ::or an assistant secre-
tary OF war. was introduced by Mr.. Towns
bend, of Illinois, and referred.
The bill by Mr.. Plumb, of Illinois. to pro-
vide for issuing bonds to refund the ma
honal debt, was referred.
An amendment was adopted appropriating
5000 to meet the expenses of the ASSAY
Office at st. Louis, Mo-, ON motion of MI.
ONeill. of Missouri. The house then adj
journed.
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FIFTIETH CONGRESS.
Tuesday.
SENATE,

WASHINGTON, D. c., May 22.-The senate
defeated the Riddlebarger resolution to con-
slider the fisheries treaty, IN open session by
. vote of % to 81.
The president vetoed the senate bill for
the relief of L. j. Warden, . former post
master of Lawrence. The bill directs the
allowance of 1925 TO MIR. Warden for extra
clerk hire, from July l, 1882, to June 3, 1883.
The grounds of the veto was that the allow
ances to pOstmasters for clerk HRS was fixed
by the postoffice department.
Senator Rice offered a resolution, calling
on the secretary of war, for report as to
the probable cost of breakwater in the
bay of Santa Monica, California, so as to
secure depth of nine fathoms.
A bill was passed to amend the law, max
ing a nual appropriations to provide arms
and equipments for the military, increasing
the amount to 100000. The senate then
adjourned.
The house committee on Indian affaira
ordered favorable report on the house bill
granting to the st. Louis d San Francisco
Railway company the right of way through
the Indian Territory.
A heated discussion was INDUCED in
by Mr.. O'Neill, of Missouri, who
supported the bill to confne the sale of pro-
ducts of convict labor in the state in which
they are produced, and by Mr.. Plumb, of
Illinois, who approved the bill, a vote was
then taken; yeas 1876, nays A. on the engross-
ment and third reading of the bill. The
house then adjourned.
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MR.. STONE TALKS.
A SOn-in-law of MIR. Smell, Celis What he
Knows About 7ascott.

A SOn-in-law of Mr.. Smell, Tells What he
Knows About 7ascott.
CHICAGO, May 2S.-A. j. Stone son-in-
law of A. j. Smell, who is supposed to have
been murdered by w. B. Tascott stated yes
terday that he did not believe the body of
the unknown man taken from Lake Michi-
gan near Milwaukee was that of Tascott,
and that he placed no faith in the letter
found in the floating bottle near the same
city. He said if the description of the body
resembled Tascott at all the authorities at
Milwaukee would have notified the authori-
ties here. They had not done so. He said
every clue that gave any promise of leading
to the capture of Tascott was being diligent-
ly followed up, and great deal of CORES
pondence was received every day touching
on the location of the criminal. Mr.. Stone
also remarked that he did not believe Tas-
colt had courage enough to kill himself, and
furthermore, he had not the "sand" to have
committed the murder had it not been he
was placed in close quarters.
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Wednesday.

WARRINGTON, D. c., May 23.-The senate
proceeded to the consideration of the fish
cries treaty in open session. An hour of de-
bate was in Iulged in without any action be-
ing taken.
The senate bill for an examination and
settlement of the claims of certain states
and the city of Baltimore for expenditures
in the war of 1912, was reported and placed
on the calendar.
A joint resolution providing for medals
to the officers and enlisted men of the three
months service in 1861, was introduced by
Senator Mcpherson and referred.
After some routine matters were disposed
of Senator Spooner said it was known to
the senators that death had crossed the
threshold of his colleague, Senator Sawyer's
home and removed from his side his life
long companion, and as many senators de-
sired to attend the obsequies of Mrs. Saw
yer which are to occur at O'Clock, he
moved that the senate adjourn. The mo-
ton was agreed to and the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The senate bill authorizing the Leaven-
worth City and Fl Leavenworth Water
company to purchase portion Of the Fort
Leavenworth military reservation was
passed.
The house then went into q committee Of
the whole on the postoface appropriation
bill.
Mr.. Blount explained that the matter
would have been reported to the house
from the committee but for the
protracted tariff debate. Mr.. Perkins criti-
cized the bill for making an increase of only
five per cent in the appropriation for rail-
way clerks.
Mr.. Adams advocated an increase in the
appropriation for the free delivery system.
Mr.. Peters was glad that the bill contained
q clause for rent, light and fuel for third
class postofces.
Mr.. Kerr objected to that item of the bill
providing for rent, Light and fuel for third
class offices.
After a further debate, the bill was read
by sections for amendments. The house
then adjourned.
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Old Soldiers in the Printing once,

WASHINGTON, D. c.. May 26.-Colonel
Danial A. Grosvenor, a member of the COM
mttee of the G.. A. R.. tes flied to-day be-
fore the house committee on printing, re-
garding the employment of soldiers, sailors
and the orphans OF soldiers, or sailors, by
the Government printing Office. Colonel
Grosvenor was asked if the assurances made
by Mr.. Benedict to the representatives
of the q. A. R., that the law e1-
empting this cass of employees from
discharge had been kept. He said it had
not been kept, but that the reverse of this
was the case. Colonel Grosvenor further
said that he had visited the government
printing Office frequently in the interest of
comrades of the G. A. R., and that it had
always seemed to him to be the most diff
cult bureau of the government the G. A. R.
had to deal with, and from which they could
expect the least help.
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Prohibition Convention.

TOLEDO, O., May 25.-The prohibition
over the woman suffrage plank. finally
adopted the platform, including this and
with the addition of the labor plank, de-
nouncing the importation of labor and
favoring restriction to avoid strikes, and
denouncing trusts. The following ticket
was then nominated: Secretary of state,
Walter F. Payne, of Fostoria; board Of
public works, j. w. Penfeld, of Willoughby;
supreme Judge, John F. Moore, of jackson.
Delegates we're also chosen to the national
convention and the body then adjourned.
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A Terrible Explosion,

MONTREAL, May a.-The new gasometer
at the gas works at Hockelaga exploded be-
tween and $50 this morning. There was
supposed to be from twelve to twenty men
IN the building at the time. Five bodies
have now been taken out. The remainder
are buried in the ruins.
LATER PARTICULAR
The explosion at the Montreal Gas COM
pany's gas reservoir at Hochelapa. which
took place this morning, has been attended
with considerable loss of life. Up to 1:3O
O'Clock, seven dead bodies have been taken
from the ruins. Most of the bodies tax en-
out arc only slightly bruised, and it is sup
posed death was caused from suffocation.
One poor fellow had his chest completely
crushed IN.
It is stated that the building was undergo
Ing repairs. The men who were painting on
the roof were blown fifty feet in the air.
but es aped serious injuries. It is sup
posed that as many IA thirty were more or
less injured. The building itself is a total
wreck and nothing bat the iron pillars re-
main standing.
Bricks were blown so to 100 feet on all
sides. Some sheds and ontbuildings of the
Montreal street railway which are in close
proximity to the retort were somewhat
damaged, but with this exception the build
ings in the immediate vicinity have not suf-
fered, excepting through the breaking of
window glass.
A large gang of men are hard at work ex-
cavating for the body of q man who it is
supposed was in the interior of the building
when the explosion took place. 1t is said
that the explosion was caused by leaking
gas becoming ignited by lantern which
enc of the men had foolishly left in the bull
ding.
The report that seven bodies had been
taken from the ruins is incorrect; four per-
sons in all lost their lives. Their names
were Joseph Angel, John Angel, Samuel
McFee and Samuel Bell. 1t was officially
stated that six persons were injured, three
of which Will die. The officers state that il
is impossible to give the loss at present.
1t is now generally believed that the ex-
plosion was caused by filter incautiously
approaching leak with a lighted lamp,
which he was endeavoring to locate. The
damage to property is estimated at from
$780, to 100000. A young man named
Obrien has been added to the list of the
killed. His body and that of Joseph Angel
are still under the debris.
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Woman Goes Crazy Over It and Com, -
Suicide,

a woman Goes Grassy Over IL and ComInies
Suicide.
SPRINGFIELD. No., Nav 2a-Mr. Janni>
Iruesdale. wife of an ex-enpinear of ~
| frisco railway, living in the north Ia,
committed suicide last night BY droVnin2
herself In the city resovoir. Several 49,
rles are afioat regarding the Occurrence ~
sne one generally accepted a. the moet nrob-
able has to do something with one Dr.. Reed.
christian scientist" who located herr
some months ago, and has since been nrons-
eating his theories industriouslv.
1t appears that come time since the mn
fortunate woman's husband, who ia quite I'M
W1tn consumption, was prevailed upon 70
consult Dr. Reed. The experiment. proved
! unsatisfactory, and becoming convincei3
that no permanent benefit would be derived
from that source, he abandoned it. His
wife, however. still hoping that the disease
mIlent be overcome through her in
telventlon, It not by his own per-
sonal attention to the matter. attn
continued to consult DR. Reed, and under
his tutorage to study his alleged healing col
ence. At the coroner's inquest this evening
several witnesses testified to havir noted a
change IN the ladies' manner recently. in
that she would often seem distracted and
weighed down with melancholy. and the
tragedy Of last night is believed to ba the no
het ucutol trOuOteS, CQlmln4t-
ing in a fit of temporary INSANITY.
With this theory, the verdict of
the coroner's jury is substantially in accord
ance, although the verdict does not 90 back
OF this reason for her mental depression,
which is matter of general opinion. She
left home on some pretext last night about
III O'Clock. Failing to return, her husband,
who was unable to search for her, gave the
alarm and search was made by the marshal
and others, but she was not found till this
morning.
DR.. Reed was seen by a reporter to-day
and disclaimed being in any way RESPONSE
BILE: He said her insanity was due to the
action of her husband and others, who per-
suaded her to discontinue her studies under
him. That when she quit him she was per-
fectly sane and was rapidly sIhcrtiinat-
ing her moral nature to the spirit
of Christian science. When it was
suggested to the doctor that public
sentiment was much against him, and the
occurrence would probably get him into
trouble, he treated the subject very calmly,
saying he was in no way to blame and would
remain here and continue his work. Mrs.
Truesdell is we'll spoken of among her &C
quaintances. She was about thirty-five
years of age and leaves only a husband.
There is considerable feeling against DR..
Reed, many holding him more or less cul-
pable
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Prisoners Escape,

CA1Ro, ILL, May A.-Five prisoners es
capped from the Ballard county Jail at Wick
life, KY, Tuesday evening. They knocked
the jailor senseless with clubs while he was
serving supper, and after a fight with the
jailor's son. during which one of the pris-
oners was knocked down and recaptured,
the other four got away. Mounted men
started in pursuit and succeeded in captur-
ing two of the runaways, after a desperate
struggle, in which one of the prisoners was
badly wounded by shot and the other was
beaten to insensibility. The other two sue
ceeded in making their escape.
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The Rain General.

ABILENE. KAN, May 26.-There was a
heavy hail storm to day throughout Dickin-
son and Ottawa counties. At Manchester,
this county, bank building in course Of
erection was demolished by wind. At Vine
creek, Ottawa county, a cyclone struck the
residence of w. A. Tudor, completely de-
molishing it and burying Mrs. Tudor and
her daughter in the ruins. They we're badly
Injured, but not fatally. At Detroit, this
county, and Miltonville. Cloud county, the
hail was accompanied by vast clouds Of
dust, turning day into night. Barns and
residences were more or less injured, but no
one injured. Crops are not badly damaged.
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Didn't Think 1t Was Loaded.

WINFIELD, KAN, May 25.-Yesterdsy
afternoon, at p. m, about one mile east
of Seely, small village ON the Santa Fe
road, Robert Watson was accidentally shot
in the right temple by his si1teen-year- old
brother, Harry. The boys were playing
cards on the bank of the Walnut river, when
Harry, who did not think the revolver was
loaded, pulled the trigger, snd sent 80
calibre ball crashing through his brothers
brain. The victim lived four hours after
the accident. The father of the boys Is o
prominent farmer of this section.
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An Important Discovery.

MNNEAPoL1s, May 2S.-Oficers of the st.
Croi1 and La Crosse district land Office, in
Wisconsin, while looking over old records
and filings in the Office at st. Croix, have
discovered about 1000 old land patents
which have been missing for thirty years.
Entries for these patents were in regular
form, and they were properly issued from
the land Office in Washington, but while this
was being done the district was divided by
some error and the documents sent to the
wrong Office, and have laid forgotten in the
vaults ever since. They bear date from 1850
to 1854 and are signed by President James
Buchanan. In addition to many sections of
farm land these patents cover mcuh of the
area of the city of Eau Claire. Their dis
covery relieves great many property hold
ers of fear of possible litigation, which hung
over their property as long as the paper
were missing.
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Rain at Clay Center.

CLAY CENTER, KAN, May GA heavy hail
storm swept over the southern part of the
county at daybreak this morning. Its track
is about tea miles wide, and in some loca-
lions it was accompanied by high and shift
ing winds that wrecked buildings, and the
ground was covered with sheet of ice two
inches thick. The Times has specimens Of
small trees, gathered in the track of the
storm, that were not only shorn of their
leaves, but absolutely skinned of their bark
by the hail stones. Wheat and rye suffered
but corn is all right.
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A Rain Cloud Bnrsfa

VAN buren,, ARK, May 23.-Heavy rains
have washed out 1000 feet of bridging near
Mountain bay, at Chester. The round
house, brick building was swept away al
Wlnslow. Guests at Yohe's hotel had ia
wade through the water to breakfast. All
bridges are unsafe and no trains have ar.
rived for the past four days. Crops and
fences were washed away wherever the
xain clouds burst.
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Murdered In q Dive.

IIAVENwORTH, May ga shooting O.
CURED in the dive at 80 Choctaw street this
kept the house had asked for police protec-
ton because her husband, Ben Black, had
threatened her. Officer Goodell went to tho
place and saw Black enter. He remained
outside till he heard the woman, Lille
Black, scream:
''Take that pistol away from my head"
Goodell then opened the door. Black drew
a revol yer and fired at the officer, the ball
glancing on button of his vest, causing
his knees, and drawing his weapon, a A self
acting revolver, shot Black three times in
rapid succession, killing him. The second
shot passed through Blacks heart.
The cause of Blacks trouble with his wife
was her failure to keep her promise to lead
a better life. They were to have gone to
Colorado this morning. About four years
ago Black was discharged from the army
here. He met the woman and married her
though he knew her; character. They
opened q saloon and boarding house near
the depot and all went smoothly till she
aroused his jealousy. One night they quar-
relied, she took morphine and Black got
drunk. When Drs. Whiteside and Callahan,
who were called 20 save the woman, entered
the house Black came rushing down stairs
with shot gun and ran them up Main
street Tor several squares. Inc woman re-
covered without medical aid.
The coroner's jury returned verdict of
shooting in self-defense, totally generating
Officer Goodell.
Henry Shindler, Kansas City Times cor
respondent, has sworn out a complaint
charging the officer with conspiracy and
murder, and Goodell will probably be e1-
amined this afternoon. Shindler charges
that Goodell has been visitor to the house
daily for some time, often spending two and
three hours there, and that Black shot at the
officer because he had good reason to do so.
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Commits Suicide.

.:o.har IL n Hasp p .t;Mraank at S9.s
Of Harper county, Kansas, shot himself
through the temple this morning, with 50
calibre revolver. he is still alive at this
hour. No cause is assigned for the act and
it was doubtless the result of mental abbera-
ton. Patterson had been married only one
month and was q prominent and highly
esteemed young business man of this place.
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Friday.
SENATE,

WAsHINToN, d. G. May 25.-The Joint res
olution introduced in the senate by Senator
Blair. proposing an amendment to the con-
stitution providing that no state shall ever
maintain any sect of religion or prohibit the
free exercise thereof, and every state shall
establish and maintain the system
of free public schools, and that
shall ever be appropriated, applied
or given for any school institution, corpors-
ton or person whereby instruction is given
in any doctrine, tenets, belief, ceremonies
or observations peculiar to any religious
sect, was laid on tho table at his own
request.
Senator Edmunds offered q resolution,
which was adopted, instructing the oom.
mite on Indian affairs to examine into the
condition of the state bonds held by the
United States in trust for the Indians.
The senate proceeded to the consideration
Of the bill making an appropriation. for the
expense of collecting revenues from GUS
toms. The amendment repeating the law
making q permanent annual appropriation
of s., SOC. coo, was struck out, and the bill
was passed.
A number of other bills were placed on
the calendar and the senate adjourned till
Monday.
The house went into committee of the
whole ON theleRislstlve. executive and judi
cial appropriation bill, which was read by
paragraphs for amendments.
An amendment was offered by Mr.. Nc
Comas, of Maryland, increasing the cleri-
cal force of the civil service commission. A
debate then followed upon the amendment.
Pending q vote upon the bill the house took
recess.