Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1890-01-09
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OF Hurried Readers.
A train of eighteen cars has been made
up at Wichita and sent to Stevens, Morton
and Hodgeman counties, loaded with sup
pile. to be distributed among the needy.
A colored gambler, Rogers by name, has
been killed by railroad train in the Indian
territory. Before he died he confessed to-
two murders, for which John Stevens was
tried, convicted and hung at Fort Smith.
Governor Bracket, of Massachusetts, in
his first message, prais es the working of the
Australian system of ballotIng at elect ons.
and recommends that the same may be
applied to primaries.
At the opening of the Portuguese cortes
the king announced th5t the foreign rela-
tons of the kingdom were all that could be
desired. He made NO reference to the dis
pute with England over African territory.
Influenza is credited with alarge per cent.
increase of mortality in New York city. A
hundred deaths from it occurred in single
day.
Only one person is reported as lost in
Dakota's storm. This was an old man
named Phillips, living on farm near Car
doland, Sphinx county.
England, Germany and Italy have agreed
together to refrain from recognizing the
new government of Brazil until it has been
formally accepted by the people of that
country.
The ground under the Lehigh Valley road
locomotive shops, at Nilksbarre. Pa,
which are loca ed directly over coal mine,
caved in. The foundation walls OF the
building cracked. and some of the machln-
cry was badly injured.
Josiah Kellogg. several times member
CT the Kansas legislature and once or twice
speaker of the house, died at his home, in
Leavenworth, January l.
R. L. Walker, United States marshal of
Kansas and Oklahoma said TO rep )rter
that the troubles in Oklahoma had Guieted
down. but that mot of the disturbance and
danger existed wholly in the brains of news
paper correspondents.
It is estimated at the treasury department
that there has been decrease Of nearly ST.
0O0, 900 in the public debt during the month
of December. The reduct on for the cal
endar year is $Sl, 4sl, 253, against reduc-
ton of $91, $50, 14s for the calendar year of
1888.
The German ship Shakespeare has been
foundered in mid ocean, with probability
that all on board are lost.
The Salvation army which Is being perse-
cuted in Switzerland is composed mostly OF
English people. They appeal to the English
government for protection. The army has
been of good service in the bad quarters of
London and are, therefore, there held In
respect.
Another Pittsburg, Pa, alderman and
three constables have been convicted of
conspiracy to defraud. This makes five
aldermen convicted of receiving money to
settle illegal liquor selling losses. The
others are now serving terms IN the work
house.
Dexter G. Turner, the insurance swindler,
has been doing big business in South Da.
kota. He organized the state, placing local
agents in large numbers, and selling poll
cies on joint life risks at any price and on
any terms he could get The state auditor
is now trying to catch him.
Electrical accidents continue. At st.
Louis little dog was killed by touching
fallen wire. Its mistress was seriously
shocked when she went to the dog. A horse
was killed from stepping on the wire. 9th
ers were badly hurt before the current was
closed.
Five hundred men at work in Fort Scott
and between there and Rich Hill on the
Fort Scott d Eastern. A large force OF
men are engaged grading and blasting
through Elm street, IN that city, the cut be-
ing about fifty-four feet deep and 100 feet
long.
A petition signed by 200 hemp producers,
working men and business men, was sent
from Lexington, Ky., to Chairman Mckin-
ley, of the ways and means committee, ask
ing that the present tariff on hempbe main |
tanned, and that all foreign fibres be kept |
off the free list.
The Penticost band, or faith healers, are |
operating in Illinois the same as in many |
reported cases in southern states. They en- |
ticed two respectable young ladies to leave |
their homes and 60 with male members OF
against the lecherous brutes is running very |
high.
Representative Benton Mcmillan, of Ten
nessee, says over his own signature: My |
best hope is that the heels and the hands OF |
federal power may not be placed too heavily |
on the necks of the people. Rumor says |
there will be an effort to enact federal cleo
ton laws to govern elections in the states.
southern states, of course-with the hope OF
and eliminating majorities. Any |
on our rights we will resist
to the last extremity"
Dom Pedro's silver ware is valued at $780,
600; the iewelry of the late empress. which
was kept in the treasury vault, is valued at
about $500, 600: Dom Pedros personal jew
elry is valued at S20O,0oO; the crown jewels
are valued at about $40, 600 aud the coaches
and stables of the royal family at $1,000.
The furniture and fixtures of the palace are
said to be old and shabby, probably not
worth, all told, over $500. The museum
aud brary are estimated to be worth about
100000.
The leading saloonkeepers of South Dako-
ia express themselves as Diet ermined to keep
open regardless of the prob bition clause
in the constitution. They say that the opin-
IONS of able lawyers have been gwen them
to the effect TINT, though their licenses ex-
pred with the year 1859, no penalties are
attached to their continued selling, nor will
be until the legislative enactments enforce
the prohibitory clause. Until such enact
ments are passed and go into effect they
propose to run wide open.