Dodge City times., 1889-05-23
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A bill to prohibit the use of stoves and
/ furnaces in passenger cars has been de-
feated in the Missouri house.
In consequence of the prevailing high
prices fer raw sugar, the largest refinery in
Greenock, England, has closed.
The latest from Montana: The republi-
cans concede the control of tho Montana
constitutional convention to the democrats
by from three to five majority.
The mass meeti' g advertised to be held
| at Vienna for tn. purpose of agitating
movements against the Jews has been for
bidden BY Emperor Francis Joseph.
| In the British house of commons Mr..
Dillwyn's mention in favor of the disestab-
lishment of the church IN Wales was rejected
by a vote of 2s4 to 81.
| The free delivery service will be estab-
lished at Arkansas City, Kan, on July l, 1889.
| Peru is in the throes of a presidential elec.
tion. There are three candidates.
At school election at Forest City. Ark,
three men were killed. The trouble seems
to have arisen over an effort by colored men
to gain control of the schools.
| Mr.. F. W. Blackburn who will take his
Ph. ID. degree at Johns Hopkins university
in June has been appointed to the chair of
history sociology at the Kansas state univer-
sity, Lawrence, Kan.
About 475 of the officers and men from
the wrecked war ships at Samoa have ar
rived at San Francisco. Admiral Kimberly,
ten officers and seventy-five men remain at
Apia.
| The residence of Mrs. VIM. Carmelins,
at Wichita, valued at $4,000 was burned by
fire bugs on the morning o. May 15.
| A neice of jefferson Davis. a Mrs. May
brich, is in Jail in London, England, on the
charge of killing her husband with arsenic.
Thirty per cent. of the horses in and
around Indianapolis, Ind, are sick with a
disease which resembles malarIal fever. A
number have died, of which fifty-six were
| kept for light driving.
The Topeka fire department gave an ex-
n bitlon for the entertainment of the Bank
| ers' association, Wednesday p. IN. At the
| conclusion of the mock fire at the Thacher
building, the bankers took ride on the
electric railway.
There are still 200 cases against bald
knobbers on the Springfield, Mo-, United
States court docket.
An English syndicate, through John r.
Grant, of New York. has consummated the
purchase Of five large Detroit breweries.
They are those of Jacob Manns. Chris En-
driss, Goebel & Michenfelder and two others.
The consideration was S1O,COJ.
James Gordon Bennett Is said to have
gone to Upper Egypt for the purpose of Civ
ing ransom for the liberation of General
l.. IL
prisoner at khartoum. instead of having
been killed, as the world has long believed.
Jacksonville, ILL.,, experienced true
cyclone, but 1t expended the greater part OF
its force at an altitude above the earth. suff:-
cient to prevent great damage. Buildings
and trees were scattered in every direction
tn the lower part of the city.
United States Consul J. L. Dot, at
Tahiti, has married Princess Polona of
Tahiti. The princess is daughter of Lord
and Lady Darcy, the former British noble
man and the latter native princess. The
bride was educated in Europe, and is heiress
to the largest estate in Tahiti.
The Paris exposition, though formally
opened on the set day, is not nearly COM
plete. Arrangement of display: is very
slow, and the management cumbersome, re-
sulting in vexatiOus delays. DiscOurtesy is
eosuPtoAhSu VI SSHSAuhyS hAoiS SsleNAhAs ~
Americans.
Margaret Hendrick, a colored woman re-
siding in the Garretsburg precinct, in Ken
tucky, gave birth to twins, both of them
girls, and one white and one colored. The
white one is perfectly white and the other
an African of the deepest dye. The woman.
herself, is a full-blOoded negro. and these
twins are one of the most wonderful freaks of
nature on record.
Considerable excitement is created at
Wichita by the arrest of +. h. Stone, ex-
alderman, for violating the prohibi ory laws.
One woman Mrs. L. Smith, proprit tres of
rested upon the some charge The effort of
the new commission are bringing to ju-tice
many violatOrs of the law. The fine Eow
assessed by the city for the otfense is 500.
Over zoo commercial travellers held meet
ing at Hutchinson; we're royalty treated,
shown the sights. etc. Following are the
names of the newly elec.ed officers: Presi-
dent, j. F. Kimball, Salina: first vice presi-
dent. c. F. Byrens. Emporia: second vice
president. Fred Wardenbur,. AtchisOn; Sec
retary, r. j. Haus, Emporia; treasurer,
Harry Devlin Leavenworth.
James Mack. driver and collector for
Jacob Dold 4 Sons, Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, pork packers, failed to appear
with $4OO or $500 of the firms money.
A drunken man drove his wagon to the
packing house, s'ying that he found it on
Bluff street near the depot. As Mack was
an old man, of steady habits, it is feared
that he has been sandbagged and perhaps
murdered.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 1.-THE presi-
dent has made the following appointments
this afternoon: Solomon Hirsch, of Oregon
to be envoy of extraordinary and minister
NJ oft tho T-nifoI fo Tnr
key: Clark E. c RI, of Illinois, to minister
resident and consul general of the United
States to Denmark; Henry W. Severance, of
California, to be consul general of the
United States to Honolulu; John Jarrett,
of Pennsylvania. to be consul of the
Sherman, of the District of Columbia, t
be consul of the United States at Liverpool.
Eli Miller, of Belle Plain, Kan, was ac-
conpanied to the pension office by Repre-
sentative Peters. Mr.. Miller is an old sol
dier and is suffering from gunshot wound
in the breast, received while in the service
more than twenty-five years ago. He has
been drawing pension of "a month for
number of years, but recently ascertained
that he was entitled to higher rating.
Therefore, he was re-examined and new
rating was granted him. He will hence
forth receive SIG month, and is entitled to
arrearages amounting to several hundred
dollars.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 1.-THE presi-
dent made the following appointments to-
day; W. d. Lee. of New Mexico, to be as
sociate justice Of the supreme court of the
territory of New Mexico; John W. Whicher,
of Nevada, to be United States attorney for
the district of Nevada: John Murphy, of
Dakota, to be attorney for the territory of
Dakota: Richard L. Walker, of Kansas. to
be United States marshal for the district of
Kansas; Jacob Yoes, of Arkansas, to be
United States marshal for the western dis
trlct of Arkansas: James W. Savage. of
Omaha, Neb., to be government director Of
the Union Pacific Railroad company.
Better Than Oklahoma.
LOO acres of the choicest land in the San
Luis Valley, in Southern Colorado, all under |
fence, water-rights secured and bitches
ready for use. 1t will be sold as n whole or