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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-11-30
KANSAS RAILROADS.

Cullison Tomahawk: The Wichita &
Western have men at work putting on a
new roof on the round house at this
place. No doubt making preparations
to house the engines when the road
runs through to Dodge City.
The Kansas railroad commissioners
have rendered decision involving the
right of eminent domain, coming in con-
aict partially with the United States
court. The case was the Fort Scott
belt railway VS.. the Missouri, Kansas, &
Texas, being an application on the part
of the first named for certain rights.
Notice was served on the receivers, who
answered by their attorneys. The Mis-
souri,, Kansas, & Texas was in the hands
of the United States court, and conse-
quently beyond the jurisdiction of the
commissioners or even of the state.
The commissioners decided that the
rights of the United States only ex-
tended to operating the road and it's
management for the owners, and that it
but assumed duties of the former Off
GERS. That the right of eminent domain
was vested only in the state, and that
the state had power to control as such
grantee of privileges. The application
of the Belt road was granted. There
will probably be acquiescence in this
decision by Judge Brewer, who will
recognize good law in the opinion rem.
dered by Judge Humphrey.
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The e Oh Hour Dav

ATLANTA, Ga, November 22-The con-
vention of Knights of Labor went into COM
mlttee of the whole to consider the eight
hour q day movement. The committee on
the state of the order made its report on the
question, and it was decided not to endorse
any general strike. The matter has been
generally discussed by the different assem-
blies, and communications from all over
the country have been received Iegr riding 1t.
Samuel Gompers, president of the Feder-
alton of Labor, forwarded a letter to the
convention. in which he said his men we're
opposed to a general strike, but would un-
dertake one unless the manufacturers agreed
to the reduction of labor hours.
The committee, besides its report, sub
mitted the following resolutions, which were
adopted:
Resolved, That we coincide with the ex-
pressed views of the president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, expressing, as
they do, the sentiments of that or9aniza-
ton, that no general strike should be insu-
gurated upon May l, 1880, and that the
movements should be confined to such
trades "a are in condition to put the plan in
operation ON May l, 1880.
Resolved, That we call upon the president
of the American Federation of Labor to in
dictate the trade or trades organized within
the folds of that society which are prepared
to successfully lnaugurate the eight hour
movement ON May 1, 1880, confident that
the Knights of Labor will lend their moral
support to the movement in favor of such
trade or trades.
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TOPEKA, KAN, November A-Allen Neis-
wender, a carpenter who lives at 1902 Van
Buren, street. North Topeka, committed sui
eide by shooting himself through the heart.
He had been out of work for some time,
and during the last three weeks has been
confined to his bed with malarial fever, but
he was improving and had sat up part of
the day, and it is thought that the fact that
his family were In almost destitute circum-
stances SO preyed on his mind that he was
led to end his life in this manner.
He called his wife to his bedside and sent
her on an errand to neighbor who lives on
the opposite side of the street. When alone in
his room he got up, took 32-caliber Smith
& Wesson revolver from a bureau drawer
on the opposite side of the room, went to
bed aga n, and after arranging his clothes
and the bedding discharged the weapon, the
ball entering his heart, causing instant
death.
The report of the revolver frightened the
children. who were playing in an adjoining
room, and they, supposing the noise to be
made by some one pounding on the house,
rushed into the room where their father lay,
only to see him breathing his last.
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coast business. The alliance and agse5
ment were far moro important than that Ct
the Union Pacific and Northwestern.
Judge Springer, assistant to Preside0t:
MARVEL, OF the Atchlson, and TO whom ..
large share of the credit for formation q;
there Is anything further to say. The only
thing ! can add ia, that the agreement VIM
show the Uuon Pacific that it does not oWni
the Pacific coast. Our line can, and WIN
compete with any and all others. The agree.
ment was simply matter of self protectaon.I
in the cold by the Union Pacific, and byi
there"
General Manager Ripley, of the Burling-,
ton, talked freely on the subject, and M
answer to questions said: 81 do not eco buti
Atchison and Rock Island to do. Il is mott
an alliance which the other roads are calledi
on to criticize. I think il Il q very good
thing for both lines. I do not doubt that;
the Co orado Midland will be completed g.
soon as possible to junction with the Den,
yer Kio Grande Western. and then oil TIE
lines will use that route, which viii be ths,
shortest one between Chicago and San Fran
cisco. do not think the alliance will have
any more disturbing influence than that
between the Union Pacific and Northwest
ern. 1t does not affect the balance of the
roads, nor do I know of any other alliance
to be made. In any event, the Rock Island !,
Atchison alliance is for the Racifc COST
business, and we think there ID very little
money in it The deal does not disturb ~
in the least"
The agreement does not cover passenger;
business, and it developed that negotiations,
have not yet been completed for that branch
of the traffic. It is in contemplation, how,
ever, to run through vestihaled flyers ~
soon as arrangements can beeompleted.
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FAST TRorERs DESTROYED.

Evermond, the Celebrated Kansas
Stallion, and Three Others De-
stroyed by Fire.
TOPEKA. KAN, November N.-At an early
hour Sunday morning the stallion barn ~
tho farm of /. c. Webster & Son, Valley
Falls, Kan, located on Orchard Hill farm,
took fire from lantern, which was carried
into the barn by one of the farm hands, and
which, by some means, was turned over
near large pile of hay, which at once be-
came an uncomfortable mass of flames. The
man had hardly time to escape himself; not
withstanding he made heroic endeavors to
save the imprisoned horses. In the stable
were, beyond any question, thu finest col
lection of trotting bred horses in Kansas.
including Evermond, 2:4 1; Prairie Wilkes,
2:39, "a 3-year-old): WedgemOnd, 2:41, q
4-year-old); and Joe Larken, a famous stall
lion. All were destroyed, in spite of all
Efforts to save them. The breeding of the
above horses was exceptionally fine.
The entire loss to Messrs. Webster Il Son
cannot be estimated. but $4,000 would not
replace the destroyed property. There was
no insurance.
The loss is not confine1 alone to Messrs. ,
Webster d Son, but the whole state of Kan
sas share In the same. The proprietors no ,
doubt have the deepest sympathy of ALL
Kansas breeders, and it is to be hoped this
loss will not prevent them from being In
the future as in the past the foremost horse
breeders in Kansas and the west.
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FOSTER SAYS GO TO TEXAS.

Judge Brewer to Review the Case
on IN Appeal.
ToP1KA, KAN, November 22-In the
United States district court Judge Foster
decided that the section known as No Mans
Land Is under the jurisdiction of the United
States court for the eastern district of Texas,
and that offenses committed there are tria-
bic in the United States court at Paris,
Texas.
United States Attorney Ady made appli-
cation to Judge Foster for an order remov-
ing j. C. Chamberlain, o. j. Cook, J. w.
Calvert, William o. Conner, W. S. Grubb, B.
E. Stehle, Z. ]. Pettijohn, Grant Humph-
reys, P. 81. Ferguson, q. Nj. Donald and
John jackson to Paris, Texas, for trial, on
the charge of numbering Sheriff Cross and
three deputies, of Stevens county, in No
Mans Land IN July 1888. The prisoners,
by G. c. Clemens and j. 6. Waters, their
ton over No Mans Land, and asked for q
writ of habeas corpus ordering their re-
lease.
United States Attorney Ady and Assistant
Soper made strong arguments in support of
the request for an order OF removal, and in
support of the fact that the Texas court had
juris Nlction. Upon the announcement of
the decision the prisoners attorneys at once
took an appeal to Judge Brewer, who Will
arrive here and hear the case Monday. Their
bond was fixed at S. 0CO each, and being
unable to obt- in it they will probably 90 to
Jail. They say that the decision of Judge
Foster was not unexpected, and surprised
them but little.
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SPRINGER. Tire ProIec

Springer Tire Projects.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, November 22.-Con-
gresham Springer has three legislative
schemes which he is working out.
The first Is irrigation; and the bill he has
drawn proposes to raise the funds by sys-
tenn of drainage bonds, issued as lien upon
the land reclaimed by means of the money
they represent. He has so much faith in
his project that he thinks that they can De
foated at rate of interest probably not ex-
ceeding per cent He believes. also that
the basis of the work justlies the belief that
the interest can be met by another series of
bonds in the same form as the first. He in
dicates that the enterprise will undoubtedly
have to be carried out without the appro-
priation of money from the national treas
ury, except for the pay of the irrigation
this bill, and are to organize the irrigation
districts and put the bonds upon the market.
guaranteed by the financial stability of the
state or territory in which the work is to be
ca FRIED on. When the lands are made fit
for cultivation they are to be sold to actu al
settlers at moderate rate per acre, and the
Springfield congressman is confident that
they will readily bring ten times the amount
OF money that Is spent upon them for irri-
cation. The non-irrigabe lands are dis
posed OF In connection with the irrigable
lands, by making them a portion of tae
homestead that may be purchaser of the
irrigation commission. Mr.. Springer esti-
mated that million of acres of western
lands may be fitted for cultivation by this
scheme, and is confident that the security
can be maze evident to investors, so that
they will not hesitate to accept them IN large
quantities. He has workedout the details
SO as to make it perfectly demonstrate
upon paper.
His second scheme is bill providing a
system of government for Oklahoma; and
the third to make state, to be called Penn
bina, out of the eastern portion of the In
dian territory.
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The United States of Australia.

The United States of Australia.
CHICAGO, November 23.-Albert Boulton.
of Abby, Australia, is in the city. To re-
porter he said, 1.-THE project of consolidat-
ing the Australian continent INTO one pow
erful state is slowly but surely gaining
ground. Within two years a definite plan
for founding the new nation will be for
warced to the colonial Office for the endorse
ment of the crown, and without the slight
est commotion in England or Australia. the
mother country will see this great group of
her colonies pass into the new nation OF the
United States of Australia.
Like your country, Australia will be prac-
tically free from INVASION. Her people have
already shown a desire to be supreme in
the Facif., which cannot be gratifed un-
less her government possesses means of rul-
ing dependencies not admitted to political
equality. New Guinea is a kingdom alone
in area, and rightfully belongs to Australia.
As an independent republic Australia will
be a mighty maritime power. She is to
settle and govern the only valuable posses
sion which Europe has left for the neg.
conQuering power"
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particularly at Lawrence mills. A jour,
nal reporter saw Mr.. BowersOck and
asked him about the truth of these
statements. He didn't seem to think
that the matter should be talked about
very much, as it was simply business
transaction, and he was very reticent IN
talking about it. However, he said
that he had been approached by agents
of the syndicate which has been pur-
chasing mills in the northwest. and that
he had submitted plans of his mills and
water power and placed price thereon.
Mr.. Bowersock said that the indications
are that the sale will go through. When
asked what he would do with the money
if the sale went through, he said he
was figuring on investing in Lawrence
real estate.
A Concordia item: Prof. J. s. Shear
81, who has been III poor health for the
last six months, died Thursday, of can
Ger in the stomach. He was buried
Saturday, the services being conducted
by Rev. 81. Bushnell, of the First Pres
byterian church. Prof. Shearer was a
living example of what young man OF
energy and perseverance can accomplish.
At the close of the war, in which he
took an active part, he could not write
his own name, yet, by continued appli-
cation he became one of the foremost
educators in the land, having held po-
sitions of professor of English litera-
ture and science in the state university /;
also at the state normal school at Con-
cordia, and was afterward principal Of
the Indian schools at Albuquerque, N.
NJ. During the last seven years he had
been engaged in business at this place.
His loss will be keenly felt by the COM
munity.
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"A deed has turned up that caused consid-
cradle OF sensation. owing to the promi-
hence Of tho parties. ]. NJ. Miller, of De-
cat1r, FLED in the RECORDERS Office here q
deed TO about 160 lots in the suburbs of this
city, the deed purporting to be from John
u. chestnut to Miller, executed May IL last
at Wichita, Kan, for 81, 200. Chestnut who
10 rich imbecile of this city, owns the
property in question, but he is under q
guardian because of insanity, President w.
DIAN. He is, therefore, incapable of max
ing deed, and, furthermore, he has not
been in Kansas for years. He does not
know Miller, and the latter admits that he
never saw him. The deed is acknowledged
before +. R. Sabin. a notary public of
Miller says he got the deed IN trade. He
il as yet reticent as to the identity of the
men who swindled him. He says he came
here and examined the land before trading"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1889-11-30
THE TERRITORY LANDS.
IF the CherOkees Wont Sell
Then What?
The Tribes In the Territory Hav-
Ing No Title to the Lands They
Occupy Will be Moves and Set
ded Among the Cherokees.

TAH1EouAH, I. T., November 25.-In the
Cherokee council, jackson, of the Coswes-
coowe district, introduced joint resolution
calling for commission to confer with the
commissioners ON the part of the govern
ment It will be brought up again, and 1t
il expected to excite good deal OF dlecus-
sion. Affairs are gradually assuming definite
shape, and before the end of the week nego-
tiations will have been settled. Mr.. Bushy-
head believes that the matter will be taken
to congress by the Cherokees. The COM
missioners have been ordered to the Quapaw
country to negotiate for the purchase OF
1000 acres of choice lands, situated in the
extreme northeast corner of the Indian Ter
ritory. This is the result of letter to Sec
rotary Noble from C. w. Daniels, and
which was Endorsed by Congressman B. w.
Perkins, of Kansas, saying that tho Qua
paws would sell for q $1.2o per acre. The
commissioners will leave for that country
Immediately upon tho conclusion OF the
Cherokee strip negotiations.
Bushyhead said that the Senecas, Modocs
and other tribes situated in that portion OF
the Indian Territory arc also anxious to
sell the land. 1t will either be opened to
white settlers, or else the Klckap3os and
Iowas will be settled there, and their reser-
walton adjacent to Oklahoma be opened to
settlement
After visiting the Quapaw country, the
commission will 60 to the Usage reservation.
where they may be able to conclude some
arrangements by which the Osages can be
sc ttled on Cherokee lands east OF the 96th
degree.
Judge Wilson has received a letter from
Smallwood, governor of the Choctaw nation,
asking when the commissioners can meet
their delegates in conference. The COM
missioners think they viii have no trouble
with the Choctaws and the Chickasaws, ex-
cept what might be reasonably expected to
ARISE in the ad ,ustment of details.
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Portugal, likely to Follow Suit.
LISBON, November 23.-The Portuguese
republicans are greatly elated at the sue
cess of the republican coup d'etat in Brazil,
and there are mutterings of distant thunder,
which are lightning to confirm the belief
that something of the same nature may be
attempted in this country. Portugal is
about ready for a revolution and the court
is seriously alarmed. The Portuguese army
is in nearly the same state of mind as the
Brazilian army. and is more or less ready
to foreswear allegiar &c to the king and set
up its own president and ministry. The i'm
petus which has been given to the growing
discomfort by the Brazilian revolution
makes the danger to the present govern
ment imminent
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KANSAS CHURCHES.

The Parsons Daily Journal records
success of revival meetings in the
Christian and Methodist churches O.
Parsons.
Dighton Herald: The new NJ. E.
church at Shields is up and will soon
be ready for occupancy. Much credit
is due the people there for the energy
they have shown in perfectlng the
organization and building such an edi.
fee.
Greensburg Times: A series of reli-
gious meetings were begun in the
Methodist church last Sunday, and will
probably continue during next week.
Rev. S. B. Rhoads, of Wichita, who is
in charge, delivers very effective SER
mons. The attendance is good and
much interest manifested.
The Liberal Chronicle tells of the
presents received by the Liberal Pres
byter,an church at its dedication. They
were: A handsome black walnut pull
pit was donated by the First Presby-
terrain church of Lawrence, Kansas. A
silver communion service was presented
by Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Baker,-broth-
er-in-law and sister of Mrs. G. Coomer
of Delaware. Ohio, with the special re-
quest that only unfermented wine
should ever be used in its service, which
request will gladly be complied with by
the church. The handsome damask
napkins to be used in connection with
this service were given by Pearl Doty.
IA elegant chandelier graces the center
Of the audience room, the gift Of Mrs.
Mary Doty. of Topeka. A nice Bible
was presented by the Bible society Of
New York.
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THE FIRST STEP AT LAST.

Cherokee Senators Decide in Favor
Of a Commission.
TAHLEQUAH, I. T., November 26.-The
committee on foreign relations reported to
the senate.
The report included minority by Colonel
Ross, the chairman, and majority by the
other two members-Stephen Teehee and S.
n. Mayes.
Ross moved a resolution to authorize
Chief Mayes to appoint committee OF
to confer with the United States commits
sioners on behalf of the Cherokee nation,
and that before the acceptance of any i'm
pOrtant offer made by the commissioners.
the Cherokee committee should report such
offer to the senate.
of the resolution introduced by jackson in
the house favorlng the appointment of q
joint committee to announce to the govern
ment commissioners that the Cherokees had
no land for sale.
warm debate followed. Colonel Ross
made an able speech supporting his resolu-
ton. He said that it was in strict conform
lty to the constitution. in consonance with
the respect due the United States govern
ment and the best interest of the Cherokee
people. This matter was one of vital inter-
est to the Cherokee people and it was of no
Ross was Supported by S. w. Gray, of the
Canadian district, r. Burch and Judge
Wolf. The latter annihilated Mayes' posi-
ton that the Cherokee council had no power
to negotiate. 1T is not for the chief to
say, he said, whether we have any lands to
sell or not. 1t is for the people to say that,
but do we not represent the people. If not,
why are we here! There is a diversity of
Cherokee interests that are not SO secure as
they should be and we cannot refuse to nego-
tiate."
A vote was taken on Ross resolution and
it was carried by vote of IA to 8, S. n.
Mayes, Teehee and Faulkner voting in the
negative.
The action of the senate was reported to
the council, and Colonel Ross is confident
that his resolution will be carried by that
body.
1t must not be supposed that all those that
voted for a commission are in favor of the
sale of the outlet at $1.25 per acre. A ma
jority are in favor of sale, but not at the
government prices.
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A Canadian Republic,

MONTREAL, November 2a-Apropos OF
Brazil. quite = number of French papers
declare in favor of Canadian republic.
The Herald of this city, the chief organ
of the dominion opposition, says that the
English people are slow to make constitu-
tional changes, but adds that it is unsafe to
say what the force of example and the in
creasing intercourse of Great Britain and
America, backed by the further blackguard-
ism of persons in high positions, might
not do.
1t would, of course, make no difference
whatever to Canada were the English mon
archy to give place to q republic. beyond
the impetus that such change might give
to the train of thought that leads thinker
to the conclusion that it is nearly time that
Canada busted herself about her own indie
pendence.
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All of Gou'd's Men.

SEDA11A, No., November 23.-DeIegates
representing the engineers, fremen, con-
ductors, brakemen, machinists and track
men employed on the Gould system of
roads will meet in st. Louis on the 18th for
the purpose of federation. It is also ex-
pected that the Telegraphers' brotherhood
will be represented at the meeting. The
officers of these associations claim that this
federation Is necessary for the protection of
their various interests. IAN injury to one
is TIE concern of ALL" will be the motto of
the new order. B. W. Vedder. chairman of
the grievance committee of the engineer,
signed the call for the meeting.