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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1890-01-18
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.

Cyclone in ST. Louis and Vicinity.
ST.. LOUIS, January 14.-Sunday afternoon
a cyclone struck the southwestern section
of the city and swept on through to the
northern limits, making a pathway nearly
a quarter of mile wide and leaving death
and desolation IN its track. There was
scarcely any warning of the approaching
storm, owing to the fact that the sky had
been overcast for several hours before the
full force of the wind was felt, and it was
all over IN a very brief peri d of time, those
residing in and near the path of the cyclone
scarcely realizing what had happened until
it was all over. In addition to dozens of
dwellings and stores in the southern, GEN.
trail and northern sections of the city more
or less wrecked. the following bigsbuildings
were damaged: The Anchor mills, Good
win candle factory, Pullman shops, Van
brooks furniture factory, Kingsland q Fer
guson's farm implement works, Missouri
Pacific hospital, Aodgen school, Germa0
Evangelical church, Second Presbyterian
church and others yet to be heard from. 1t
was also reported that another section of
the Academy of Music, which collapsed a
few days since, had been leveled by the
storm, but this Is now denied.
Three fatalities are reported. They COM
prise an entire family, father mother and
child, residing on Mound street near Tenth,
and they met their deaths by the falling OF
q building on their dwelling.
The losses on property are roughly esti-
mated at $1,000 but will likely prove
more.
The Harmony club, a Jewish organiza-
ton, SUI cred a loss of $1,000 on its club
house, on the corner of Olive and Eight
zenith street.
Across the river, in Illinois, the storm was
severe. At East St. Louis and at Venice
the damage was largely confined to rail-
road property and small dwellings and tele-
graph and telephone poles. Brooklyn is
about three miles north of East st. Louis.
Its population is largely composed of col
ored people. At 8 p. m. it was reported that
the little village had been swept off the face
of the earth. 1t proves no. quite so bad as
that, though bad enough, and though. sew
eral were injured no lives were lost. A
number of dwellings are in ruins. The
Baptist church is entirely demolished and
the Methodist Episcopal church, a frame
building, unroofed and turned clear around
on its foundation.
At Belleville, Ill, several public buildings
were unroofed, but 10 one reported injured.
One observer in this city says: This
wind was a genuine cyclone. l have seen
cyclones in Kansas and / know what I am
talking about. 1t was a revolving wind
storm, lasting about five minutes, tearing
OF the corners of strong houses, tearing
down factories, chimneys and filing the air
with whirling mass of bricks and timber"
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Less Favorable Showing.

CHICAGO, January 10.-The Railway Ago
says that the year 1889 makes a much less
favorable showing in respect to foreclosures
than did its immediate predecessor; al
though on the other hand its record is much
less discouraging than in the three years
preceding 1888.
A table is appended showing that during
1889, twenty-five roads were sold under
foreclosure. They had an aggregate mile
age of 1880 miles and total funded debt
and capital stock of S13 $4,000.
The record for 1883 was nineteen FORE
closures, covering 1886 miles, and $6l, 0O0,-
600 capitalization.
In 1887 thirty one failures, covering 5,47S
miles and 1928, 181 900 capitalization.
In 1886 forty-fve failures covering 1857
miles and 1914, 100, 900 capitalization.
During 1889 twenty-five roads, with an
aggregate of $500 miles of track and
$84. 702, 900 funded debt and $99, 664 900 cap
ltalization, went into the hands of receivers
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prosecuting the present deep water canvass
before congress. with the view of securing
the passage of the bill that will give to
Texas 3 first class harbor on the gulf coast.
It was decided that IL order to meet the
present prospective demands Of this can
Vass the committee would raise as Calves
toms contribution $4,000. which, with the
5000 already subscribed by the city, viii
make an available fund from this city alone.
of $4,000. Colonel Gresham will leave tor
Washington on Sunday or Monday, where
he expects to meet Judge Le0ate, of KAN
sas, and Secretary Dana. When the time
comes for arguing the deep water bill before
the committee Galveston viii send large
contingent of well posted citizens to assist
miktee.
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Montana,s Four Senator'S.

HELESA, Mont, January 15.-Messrs.
Sanders and Power, the republican senator's
elect. and Maginnis and Clarke, the demo-
cratic senators, have gone to Washington.
and in the course of week the muddle will
be transferred to the senate of the United
States. The certificates of the democratic
senators bear the signature of Governor
Toale; those of the republicans the sigma
credentials of both are unconstitutional,i
and the senate committee on credentials
will be called upon to bring order out of
chaos. The probabilities are that none of
the four men will be senators this trip.
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Kansas Sugar,

TOPEKA, KAN, January 13.-The state
board of agriculture discussed sugar in
Kansas. W. L. Parkinson, of the Fort
Scott sugar works, said that he believed the
indus ~ would justify the investment of
capital. He gave figures to prove his faith,
which was strong for the future. The facts
shown, he thought, were justification for
legislative aid. The future was full of
promise.
Colonel Eldridge. of the Medicine Lodge
works, said that whe conditions we're as
favorable as at Medicine Lodge, it will
prove lastingly as profitable, and there will
be general introduction of sugar making
in Kansas.
Farmers who grew cane for the Medicine
Lodge mill received for it about $50 an
acre, while corn was bringing So so.
A gentleman asked the relative value of
beets and cane for sugar making. The
reply was that beets was worth four or five
times as much, though. of course, the labor
of production was greater.
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The Farmer in Politics,

TOPEKA, KAN, January 13.--Ex-Governor
Click read a paper before the state board
of agriculture upon The Farmer in Poll
tics" in which he scored political farmers.
dent A. w. Smith said that the legislature
of 1885 was an exceptionally honest, able
and effective body, the majority composed
of farmers. He tod of a secret organiza-
ton of farmers in that body. They had a
room on Kansas avenue where they eau
cused and agreed to agree. AS went that
caucus so went the legislature. Not man
fiinched. He had never known of the
charge being made of bribery or corruption
of single farmer who had been member
of the legislature.
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The Following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That we appeal to the senate
and house of representatives IN congress as
sembled to enact such laws as shall nuIlIy
and forever destroy the power of this dressed
beef combination, made for the purpose OF
destroying competition in this trade; that
any such combination shall be declared 70
be criminal conspiracy and shall be made
subject to heavy penalties; that the same
act shall provide for q national Inspection
law, which shall require the local inspection
of all cattle slaughtered for the purpose OF
American consumption, and within nVe
miles of the town or city where the same
shall be exposed for sale for food. and i'm
posing heavy penalties for any violation OF
the provisions of the SINE.
Resolved that our representatives be re-
quested to procure the passage of law
permitting the states to pass such laws as
they may desire, providing for the local in
spect1on of live stock designed for food.
Resolved that our present congress should
provide for the free and unlimited coinage
of silver dollars of the present weight and
fineness; which shall be a full legal tender
for all debts, public and private, and that
until congress so acts, the secretary of the
treasury should coin the full maximum
amount under the present law.
Resolved, That the president and secre-
tary of this convention are hereby directed
to transmit to the president of the senate
and the speaker OF the house OF representa-
tlves a certified copy of these resolutions,
with the request that they be presented to
their respective bodies; and that we demand
the enactment of such laws by congress as
will accomplish the object and purposes of
these resolutions.
A permanent organization was effected,
as follows:
Executive Committee-R. Atkinson, of
Franklin county; W. A. Harris, Leaven-
worth county: F. q. RAYMOND. Morris
county; W. Ramsey, Dickinson county;
William Sims, Shawnee county: T. B. Can
non, Phillips county; I. A. Hubbard, Sum-
ner county.
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Missouri River Rates.

KANSAS CRY, January 13.-The western
classification committee of the TRANSMITS
souri, Railway association met in Chicago,
recently, to revise freight traffic on business
to the Missonrl river. The new tariff sheet
has been issued. 1t shows a reduction in
rates of from to 10 Ter cent on all classes
of freight. The new rates apply to all Mis-
souri, river points, including Atchison, Leav-
enwoTth, st. Joseph and Omaha.
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Fatal Corn Stalks.

TOPEKA, KAN, January 1E-The state
board of agriculture spent half day dis
cussing the fatal effects of pasturing corn
stalks.
The state veterinarian had a paper on the
subject. The discussion that followed lis
reading was participated in by many, and
the theories advanced were as numerous as
the speakers.
A summing up of the discussion would
indicate that the minimum risk in pastur-
ing corn stalks has proved to be the plan to
turn the cattle IN the stalks when their
appetite is already satisfied with other food,
green food when practicable, and after they
have had, and have drank, plenty of water.
Some had lost no cattle who had sowed
oats among the stalks, so as to produce the
green food in the stalk field.
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Chicago Weather.

CHICAGO, January 15.-The rain storm
gave place to gale which ragged with great
force and velocity all night, and which has
only diminished with the advent of colder
weather. At an early hour the mercury
marked only 10 above. The signal service
bureau reports the storm general, and tele-
graphic advices from the west, northwest
and southwest fully corroborate the report
The wind has played sad havoc with the
electric wires q l over the west, and the tele-
graph service being demoraliZe1, informa-
ton from outside points ID very meagre.
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Acoldent From Wind.

TOLEDO, o., January 15.-During the
heavy gale freight car was blown from .
siding at Custer, station on the c. d. & D..
R. R., thirty four miles south of Toledo,
upon the main track. and then driven three
miles north, where it collided with the south
bound passenger train leaving here at mid
night. The engine, bag age and mail car
of the train were wrecked and both engineer
and fireman injured, but not fatally. The
track was cleared at noon. The gale in
jurei roofs and did minor damages in the
city and vicinity, but the above is the only
serious casualty so far reported.
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Possibility of Gold Exnorts.

NEw YoRx. January 13.-k. g. Dun &
Co.'s weekly REVIEW of trade says:
An easier money market and colder
weather have helped business some. The
large payments by the treasury have much
relieved the money market, the excess OF
disbursements over receipts during the past
week having been no less than S., zoo, 600.
But the remarkable movement in foreign
exchange, which has risen from $4.S4 to
$4S6 during. single week. tends strongly
to increase the impression that the advance
IN rates BY the Bank of England to per
cent, and the refusal of gold bullion for
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White Can outraRas.

GRoTHERsvMLE, IND, January IA
party of thirty masked men broke open thu
door of the house occupied by Andy Slate,
q well-to-do farmer, and pulling him from
his led, demanded why he disobeyed orders
previously given to him to leave the co1u-
try.
He said he had done nothing for which he
should leave. Thereupon one of the White
Caps fred at him, the ball passing through
his body inficting a probably fatal wound.
The raiders then left. going to the house
of Joe Warner, whom they hauled from his
bed, tied him to tree and gave him whip
ping. No cause for the outrage is known.
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Pension Claims.

WASHINGTON. D. c., January IA count
just completed shows that there are now
on file in the pension otice classified as fol-
lows: Invalid claims, 1885; widows
claims, 70, o; invalid increase claims. $780,
776; widows increased and accrued claims,
2,415.
Of these cases 35, 405 have been placed
upon the list of completed files for immedi-
ate consideration, and the entire adiudicat-
ing force of the bureau will devote five days
in each week TO the consideration of these
completed cases until the entire list is dis
posed of.
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A Tax Eight.

HIAwATHA, KAN, January 14.-The Kan
sas Mutual Life association furnishes test
case that seems to bother all local attorneys
and the attorney general of the state. The
Mutual claims that its reserve fund depos-
tied with the state treasurer should not be
taxed, as it is held in trust for policy holders.
The case will be taken into the district
court, and if necessary will be appealed to
yers say that it only should be made to pay
taxes on Office fixtures and landed invest
ments; the attorney generals opinion, how
ever, is not decisive either way on the point
in question.
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Governor MeIIette,s Message.

PIERRE, S. D., January 10-Governor
Mellette's message has been read to the
legislature. 1t refers to nearly every prop
osition now before the people of the state.
The governor estimates the deficiency for
the first year of statehood at $172, 905.82.
He presents plan whereby this deficiency
may be done away with. The message fav-
ors compulsory education, urges liberal
railroad policy and endorses irrigation and
the Australian ballot system.
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a $1,000 schama

WAsHNeroS, D. C., January 15.-Repre-
tentative George Smith, of the Cairo (ul. }
district has introduced IN the house rather
a move! bill, entitled "A bill to reimburse
the soldiers of the war of the rebellion, or
their widows, heirs, mothers or fathers, for
the average annual difference between the
value of paper currency, in which soldiers
were paid. and the value of gold at such
time" The average difference between
gold and greenbacKs during the years of
the war is estimated at 90 cents on each
nnllar
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kansas STOCK Growers.

TOPEKA, KAN, January 10.-A large con-
sention met in Representative hall, Scion
o. Thacher presiding and w. A. PETER act
ing as secretary.
Speeches were made By many of the great
meat producers of Kansas.
Upon taking the chair Judge Thatcher
deplored the decision of Judge Brewer upon
the beef inspection ordinances. lenuncia-
ton of the beef combine, and of the rob
berry daily done at the Kanses City stock
sion of al points connected with the stock
induatEY followed.
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The Tornado in Kentucky.

CAIRO, Ill, January ia tornado struck
the east side of the city of Clinton, Ky., de-
molishing ffty-fve hpuses and ling eleven
people and wounding fifty-three. The
killed. so far as ascartained, are as follows:
J. A. Rhodes and two children; Mrs VIII
ham Bone; Burnett Bone; Walter Nance:
John w. Gaddie and infant; an 1nfant of
Judge II. E. Hexter; one body not identified.
Assistance was sent from here. The
storm also visited Wickliff, KY, doing con-
siderable damage to property, but no loss
of life is reported.
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Reggs to be Reelected.

CHICAGO, January 13.-In al probability
John F. Beggs will be reelected senior
guardian of camp %. The camp members
have held caucus and decided that Beggs'
acqultal is in the line of verdict of not
guilty for camp 20, and the belief that the
has been removed; therefore they have de-
eide to elevate Beggs t. his old place.
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The Hiawatha Victims.

H1AwATHA, KAN, January 9.-Those in
jured seriously in the hotel fire are:
Fred Brooks, Hastings, Neb., who jumped
from third story window, badly injured
internally.
J. Heubner, of the firm of Heubner &
Son, of New York; sight of one eye DESTROYED
and seriously burned internally.
Walter Nhalen, Hiawatha. throat and
lungs injured by inhallng flames.
1t is doubtful whether Mr.. Brooks will re-
cover.
There were about forty guests in the hotel
at the time the fire was discovered and
thsy escaped in their night clothes. All of
their effects were destroyed. The total loss
will reach $4,000.
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Dead in the Snow.

NEVADA, CAL, January 9.-Malcolm F.
Mcleod, a mail carrier. and companion
started on snow shoes to carry mail and
express to Washington, eight miles distant,
expecting to get there by dark. When
within a short distance of the town, Nc
Leod's strength began to fail him and his
companion left him and fastened to the
town to bring relief. 1t came too late, and
Mcleod died short time aftarward.
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French Colonies in China.

PARIS, January 13.-The government is
about to negot ate loan of 100000, 900
francs for the purpose of constructing rail-
ways IN Tonquin and other French colonies.
Advices from Senegal state that Governor
Bajal, of southern Senegal, has been i'm
prisoned by the king of Dahomey. A body
OF Senegal sharpshooters has started to
rescue him.
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A Small Sized War.

KANSAS CITY, No.. January 1.-The re-
duction of freight rates announced by the
Kansas City, Wyandotte d Northwestern
from Beatrice to Kansas CITY is not be-
heved by agents OF other lines to be of suffi-
c1ent Importance to make it necessary for
them to meet the cut at present. If it is
found the Northwestern is getting more
business than it is entitled to under its new
tariff the other roads will meet i, and prob
ably reduce rates still further, and inaugu-
rate q small sized war,
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Mr. Trotter Resigns

WASHINGTON, D. c., January 13.-The re-
signation of Mr.. Trotter, the colored re-
corder of deeds for the district, has been
received at the White house upon request
made by the president, 1t is supposed q
new appointment Will be made shortly. An
inquiry made by Senator Ingalls, has de-
veloped the fact that the office has paid
$4,000 in fees during Mr.. Trotter's incum-
bency of two years and ten months. A bill
is pending in congress to make the position
a salaried one,
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Lieht Stock Shipments.

TOPEKA, KAN, January 1o.-The stock
shipments on the various Kansas railways
this month are very light. The Rock Island
hauls about twenty-five cars per day on the
line through Topeka. and over 500 cars of
corn. The scarcity of cars which prevailed
a few weeks ago, does not exist to great
extent at present. but still the demand is
greater than the supply.
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Given Twentv-Four Hours.

LISBON, January 15.-England's ultima
tum was impaired to Senior Gomez, min
lister of foreign affairs. 1t was that every
part OF the region adjacent to the Shire
river in Africa be evacuated by the Portt-
gese, or the British legation would be with
drawn from Lisbon and war declared. The
Portuguese government was given twenty
four hours 10 make answer. The govern
ment yielded under protest. The cabinetI
resigned. There is much excitement in
the o1kv
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Plumb,s Townsfte Bill.

WASHINGTON, D. c., January "A special
meeting of the public lands committee was
given wholly to the consideration of Sena-
tor Plumb's Oklahoma TOWNSHIP bill The
effort TO perfect the measure was not con-
Guided when the hour for the meeting of
the senate arrived, aud the committee ad-
jourued until Friday.
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Floods in Southern Illinois.

CHICAGO. January 13.-Speciai dispatches
report that many farms in southern Illinois
are almost submerged with water, the re-
sun or long continued rainfall Thou
sands of bushels of corn in that part of the
state remain uncathered. Much i'll health
mas been caused by the damp weather and
the stagnant water.
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Return of Apaches.

WAsHNGToy, d. c., January 15.-Secre-
tary of War Proctor recommended to the
president the transfer of the Apaches, who
have been held as prisoners of war SINCE
Geronimo sur rendered to General Mills. to-
Fort Sill temporarily. with view of their,
final settlement on the KIowa, CoInanchel
and Apache reservation, if satisfactory
terms can be made with the confederatel
tribes
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WormU Pork

MNNEAPoL1s. MINI, January 13.-In the
little German settlement of Wallheim, Min
nesota, there are twenty-nine cases of
trichinosis. A few days before Christmas a
man named Sch OK slaughtered four hogs.
A dinner was given to which thirty three
people were invited. Now all but four of
the guests are Frustrated. and the local ply
siciars pronounce the disease trichinosis.
A ten year old son of Mr.. Schlck has died.
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Two Hundred and Forty Man Killers

W. E1OiOt GU e1ilA " iHSatl NiiSt -
LEAvENwoRTH, KAN, January 15.-In re-
Spouse to an inquiry of the warden of the
Wisconsin state penitentiary as to the num-
Der of men received IN the Kansas state
penitentiary since 1880 for the Vi 'iousi
crimes of murde', Chief Clerk Mcdowell
has made the following return:
Fifty-nine persons for murder in the first
degree, who have been sentenced TO hang;
10 for murder in the second; manslaug hter
IN the first degree, q; msnslaughter in the
second degree, 81; manslaughter in the
third degree, "a; manslaughter in the fourth
degree, 81; making total of 240.
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Empress Augusta.s WIll.

BERLIN, January 13.-The will of the dead
empress has been made public. She be-
queathed her palaces at Berlin and Baden
oefg 20 Emperor William To her daugh-
ser, the grand duchess of Baden. she gives
$1,000 marks, and she leaves ieQacies to
hsr servants and large number Of charita-
Die and religious bodies.
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Eleven Million Acres.

WAsHNGToS, D. c., January 15.-The
proclamation to open the Dakota Sioux
reservation has been prepared and will be
issued sometime this week. This will add
to the public domain about Il, 600, 900 acres
of land
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She shot the Chiaf

Moscow, January Awhile engaging in,
leading raid on a nihilist club, in this
city, u. Solotouchine, chief of the sacsek
police, was shot by q woman named OLGA
Charenko. The woman then Committed
suicide.