Thomas County cat., 1890-03-27
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A shock of earthquake has occurred at
Bonn, on the Rhine, in Prussia.
Missouri Judge has charged his grand
Jury to enquire In violations OF laws against
gambling, and says that playing progressive
euchre for prizes is violation thereof.
The ways and means committee of con-
gress has reached decision which Is opposite
to the wishes of the Kansas silver smelters,
making fiux ores from Mexico dutiable at
IA cents pound.
Officials at Washington estimate that the
number of pensioners will reach the highest
figure at about July 1894: and on that date,
under existing laws, the number OF pension
ers on the roll would be 10000.
Colonies are forming in southwest Kansas,
with Liberal as a center, to make settlements
in No Mans Land.
Washington dispatches show that Chief
Mayes and other Cherokees are there manu-
featuring sentiment in their favor from the
late invasion of the outlet.
The labor conference at Berlin has adopted
a resolution favoring the prohibition of the
of age in factories and mines.
Major General George Crook, g. S. A., in
command of the department of the Missouri,
died at the Grand Pacific hotel, Chicago, at
7:15 o'clock Friday morning of heart disease.
General Robert Schenck, formerly minis
ter to England, is reported to be dangerously
ill with pneumonia, at his residence in Wash
ington, and his friends are very much con-
cerued rs tn the result
Lucy Tennison has had her fourth trial, at
Olathe, Kansas, for the murder of her hus-
band, which resulted in verdict of not
guilty. She had been in the penitentiary
good while, after former trial.
The secretary of war has issued an order
to the army announcing the death of General
Crook. in which he recites the gallant ser
vices of the deceased, and expresses his appre-
citation of the great loss sustained by the
service.
There is bill before congress, which orig
mated in the house committee on alcoholic
liquor traffic, to provide for a commission of
five members, at $1,000 a year each, for two
years, to investigate the subject from all
standpOints.
Major General Sir Howard Stone, comp
troller and treasurer of the Duke of Con-
naught's household, was washed overheard
and drowned. His wife and daughter were
on board the steamer.
The trial of the Hugoton parties, who are
charged with the haystacks killing, will occur
at Paris, Texas, May 5. The defendants Will
be represented by ]. G. Waters and S. B.
Bradford, of Topeka: j. X. HallOwell, OF
Wichita, and Paris firm.
A community of cranks at Oakland, Calf
fornia. are sacrificing their property in that
city to get rid of it before the earthquake and
inundation comes on April IA, as foretOld by
their leader, will then destroy Oakland, San
Francisco, Chicago and New York.
The supreme court of Wisconsin has de-
cided that the Bible has no place in the COM
mon schools of that state. The opinion was
unanimous. The case originated at Edgerton,
where suit was brought to compel a school
district board to prohibit the teachers from
reading the Bible to scholars.
John F. Plummer & Co., New York dry
goods merchants, have failed. This, coming
close after the failure of Ha>bison Il Loder.
and of Franklin Woodruff, in Brooklyn, all
in the same line, "makes it look serious" as
leading merchant remarked concerning it.
Of Samuel J. Randall it is said: ''His
mind is as clear as a bell, and he discusses
the questions at issue in congress with almost
as much vigor as if he were actively engaged
in debate in the house. Whether he Will ever
resume his official duties is very grave ques-
ton. Mr.. Randall believes he will recover,
but his family, l think, are of different
opinion"
Senator Sherman's antitrust bill declares
any combination which is intended, or which
will tend to increase the cost to the consumer
of any article or production, to be against
public policy and therefore null and void. 1t
gives United States circuit courts original jur-
isdiction in all matters arising under this
law, without respect to the amount of dam
age claimed.
The Atchison county Farmers Alliance
and Industrial union declares, by resolution,
not to vote for any man for congress or the
legislature who does not favor the abolish
ment of national banks, free silver coinage,
free sugar, lumber 'and coal, government
ownership of the railroads and telegraph, and
who does not object to taxation, national or
state, that builds up one interest or class at
the expense of another.
The Kansas grand encampment 1. o. o. F.
before closing its session at Kansas City,
Kan, decided to hold the next annual en-
campment at Arkansas City the second Tues
day in March, 1891. The following grand
officers were elected and installed: Grand
patriarch. d. NJ. Ferguson. of Paola, Kan;
grand high priest, F. H. Betton, Pomeroy:
grand senior warden, FL. E. Pyle, McPher-
son: grand junior warden, II. S. Glenn, Har-
per: grand scribe, S. F. Burdette, Leaven-
worth: grand treasurer, c. 2. Schafer, Coun-
Gil Grove; grand representative, Thomas
Beattie, AtchisOn.
Better than Oklahoma.
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