Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-01-18
LATEST NEWS.
Condensed for theConvenfence
of Hurried Readers.

The Angus Smith system of three eleva-
| tors. at \ iIwankee, has been bought by an
English firm. It is said the price is 81, OO0,-
OOO. The capacity of the three is two mil
| lion bushels
County Attorney Terhune, of Chicago,
has begun mandanus proceedings against
ex-County Attorney Bliss for the recovery of
'fthe office files in the Doodle cases" against
certain contractors.
Calvin S. Brice is the winner of the seat
| of II. B. Payne in the United States senate,
representing Ohio.
Smallpox is fearfully prevalent in Texas,
on the Mexican border, and quarantine has
been established.
The Kansas State Bar association adopted
resolutions expressive of great satisfaction
over the appointment of Judge d. j. Brewer
os associate justice o. the supreme court of
the United States.
The theatre at Shantung, China, stands on
a terrace supported b. wall fifty feet high.
During a crowded performance this wall
gave way. and with it fell the theatre and
the audience. The dead are nearly go.
The returns as received by the board of
trade, London, show that during the month
of December the impo ia inc eased $50, 600
pounds annd the exports increased 100000
pounds, as compared with the correspond
ing month in 1888.
The December report of the department
of agriculture shows the total product of
wheat, crop 1859, to have been 4SO, st 0,O00
bushels. Tue aggregate of all cereals is
about 3, $780, 600 bushels, or at least 30
bushel per capita.
Tne OHIO legislature Is in session and the
fiOh cd
is on. Coloael Brice has the lead. with
John II. Thomas close second RepublI-
cans likely to give their complimentary
vote to Ex-Governor Foste.
The Penticost band, or faith healers, are
operating in Illinois the same as in many
repotted cases in southern states. They en-
ticed two respectable young ladies to leave
their homes and go W IN male members o.
the band. from Lexington. The feeling
against the lecherOuS brutes is running very
high?
The Missouri, B3Snsas & TIE as bondhold-
ers IN Holland will not assent to the O,cOtt
plan of reorganization unless the income
bonds are given voting power until they he
come fixed charge at the end of five years
1t appears that about $5.OO0,t00 of the
bonds, ont of a total OF 5000 900 are held
in Ioadol and Amsterdam.
The st. Louis, Arkansas & Texas railway,
in conjunction with the Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Memphis railway, have reduced
rates on wheat, corn and oats and all mill
ing products II cents per hundred weight,
from AZ to IS cents. The reduced rate
apply to all points in the states of Missouri,
Kansas and Texas.
Final papers of treaty between the United
States and the Occur d'Alene Indians have
been signed at Spokane Falls, Wash. The
treaty conveys 222,t acres of the most
valuable parts o. the Occur d'Alene reserva-
ton, embracing the largest portion of the
beautiful lake of the same name, and much
rich mineral and fine timber land.
Governor Hill, of New York, in mes
sage to the legislature, argues against the
Australian bal OF system, tried in Massa-
chusetts lately, and highly applf uded by
the governor of that state. In the same
message Governor Hill favors the ''regula-
ton of the liquor traffic by just and aquita-
BILE excise laws rigidly enforced"
The pension COMMITTEES OF the lower house
of congress has reported in favor of the
repeal of so much of section 1858, revised
statutes, as provides tIat no claim of a state
mllItiaman for pen ion on account of dIsa-
billy from wounds or injuries received IN
battle with rebels or Indians while tempo
rar ly rendering services, shall be valid I'M
less prosecuted to a sue, essful issue prior to
July 4, 1874.
A Jackson, Mich, dispatch says the in
vestigations there settle the case of the old
woman underf indictment at Oswego, Kan
sas as being Mrs. Bender. Her statements
of her whereabouts during the period of the
Bender murders have proven to be true,
thus sustaining an alibi. Of the other
woman, held as Kate Bender, moth ng has
as yet been proven to sustain an alibi in
her case.
The Iowa probition SITS. in state Conven-
ton, say: SIT is not the purpose of this
soc city to organi political party or create
an organization to the interest of any party
or faction, but we ecogniZe the fact that
legal pI prohibition can only be secured and
enforced through legislators and officers
chosen by the people; and we further de-
clare it is not only the privilege, but the
duty of every citizen favorlnr prohibition
to make his influence and power felt and
recognized at tie polls"
Before the ways and means committee ].
S. VanDuser, of Elmira, n. Y, said that
everybody realized that something must be
done to help the American farmer. In
times past they had found profit in raising
leaf tobacco. Now that industry was threat
ened. To-day there is no longer demand
for American grown wrapper tobacco. 1t
has been replaced by the Sumatra wrapper,
pleas ng to the eye, but inferior in flavor.
There was no profit in growing tobacco here
if the wrappers were not to be protected,
for in the wrappers was all of the profit.