Thomas County cat., 1890-07-03
LATEST NEWS.

Condensed for the Convenience
of Hurried Readers.
Congress at its present session has passed
and sent to the president about 100 bills.
The larger portion of them are house bills.
At Spokane Falls, WASH, there is war be-
tween rival street railway lines, one being
backed by the city government with an extra
force of police. the other by the county
authorities. with $50 deputy sheriffs. The
United States army has been called for to
prevent local conflict.
cable from Brest says that foot bridge
leading from a steamer to a landing stage
at st. Jean, collapsed and hundreds of per-
sons were thrown into the sea. Several
bodies have been recovered and many per-
sons are still missing. Divers engaged in
the search for other bodies.
The general attorney for the Union Pacific
road has filed petition in the United States
circuit court instituting suit against c. n.
McKibben, late general purchasing agent for
the road, for sec, 900, that being the sum he
is charged with having stolen during his ofh-
cial career.
The clerks in the auditors Office of the
Santa Fe company received notice that after
July /, all who are receiving over $50 q
month will be reduced to that figure. There
is much discomfort, but as q majority of
them are Canadians, no trouble is antici-
pated.
Rumors are prevalent of a strike on the
Santa Fe. The trainmen held a meeting in
Newton to consider the subject of wages.
This movement has been quietly worked up,
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claim that their men are better paid than ON
any other system.
The great London preacher, Charles H.
Spurgeon, was left $780, .O00 by the will of an
admirer, who has INDECENT relatives. Mr..
Spurgeon sent for lawyer and executed
papers by which the entire bequest was
placed in the hands of the trustees for dis
trbution among the needy relatives of the
testatOr.
Western representatives in congress are
becoming somewhat aggressive. The feeling
prevails that the tendency of legislation is
inclined to be against their interests, and
they are rapidly approaching point where
they propose to stand out for what they
think is their due, let the consequences be
what they may.
The house committee on rules is likely to
report rule making the national election
Uin specidi oroer, iinulediateiy ioilowlng
the disposition by the house of the senate
amendments to the tariff bill. If this order
is adopted it will probably lead to one of the
most exciting and bitter partisan debates
witnessed in recent years.
The provision of the army appropriation
bill. which has just become law, prohibit
ing the sale of intoxicating liquors in army
canteens located in states having prohibitory
laws will affect eight military posts. They
are Forts Leavenworth and Riley. kan.: Fort
Preble and Kennebec Arsenal. Me-, and
Forts Meade, Jennett, Sully and Randall. S.
OAK. There are no posts IN Iowa.
The annual readjustment of the salaries of
second class postmasters results III an in
crease at Arkansas City from $500 to
81, 400; Clay Center, 81, 800 to $1,000; Hia-
watha, s., 800 to $1,000: Hutchinson, 81 400
to So, 800; Parsons, $1,000 to S2,10O. Abb
lene's postal receipts decreased to such an
extent that the postmaster's salary has been
reduced, it now being fixed at 81, 100.
Brinkerhoff, of the Union Pacific, assumes
the duties of his new position, and appoints
A. j. Palmer, now assistant superintendent
at Wallace, Kan, to the position which Mr..
Brinkerhotf now holds, of superintendent of
the Kansas division. E. Rush is appointed
to the position made vacant by Mr.. Palmer's |
promotion. Mr.. Rush is at present conduc- |
tor on passenger train on the run between
here and Denver.
A tramp saw two men draw spikes from
two rails on the Southern Pacific road near
Spofford Junction, Texas. They then, leav-
ing the rail in place, fastened wires to the
loosened rails, the wires extending to place
of concealment; the evident intention being |
to pull the rails from position just as pas
ramp informed the section men in time to
save the train. He would not give his name.
great hail storm is reported from st.
Charles, Mimi, which extended over five
miles southeast, varying from one-half to
two miles in width, doing great damage to
all kinds of crops. The storm was immedi-
ately followed by the heaviest rainfall in ten
years, registering 2.15 inches in eighteen
minutes. Many farms that were already
stripped by hail were washed of everything
including fences and bridges. Es-
timated damages, $4,000.
A temporary restraining order having been
issued by Judge Foster to prevent the county
attorney OF Shawnee county, Kansas, from
with the original package men
and restraining him from arresting them,
the injunction proceedings will be before
Judge Philips, of Missouri, who will sit for
Judge Foster. The attorney general will
appear for the county attorney. 1t has been
discovered or at least SO it is claimed, that
The Revised statutes or the United states
provide especially that state courts shall not
be interfered with by injunction proceedings.
A distinguished party of lovers of the light
harness horse. consisting of Robert Bonner,
c. ]. Hamlin, Hamilton Busby and w. R.
Allen, were treated to a genuine surprise at
rerre Haute, Indiana. Mr.. Bonner came to
zee the great 4-year-old flley, Sunol. now in
Charles Marvin's hands for training. The
party was up with the sun, and before
,'clock were at the track where Sunol was
ed around in the paddock for inspection.
Then she was sent around the track. She
vent without skip. Watches were held on
Ter for only the last quarter, which she COW
red in 81 1-5 seconds, or at the speed of
N As for the mile.