Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-02-24
FOR THE PAST WEEK, RE-
CORDED IN BRIEF AND
TERSE PARAGRAPHS.
The Acts of Congress. What Was Done in
the National Senate and in the
House of Representatives.
General.


strike at COnnellsville, Pa, for an ad.
vance of 12t cents per ton. Small poX
is reported in Lyons County Kansas.
John McKeown the millionaire oil king,
OF Pennsylvania, died. Henry M. Stan
ley gives 10000 to General Booth, for
the London England, poor. An inves.
LEGATION showed peculiar condition OF
affairs in the Peoples Savings Bank, OF
AtchisOn. Kas., which recently fallen.
The trustees of Baron Hirsch's fund for
the relief of Russian Jew emigrants to
America, organized yesterday in New
York and accepted the trust. Lobbyist
Owenby criticises the silver pool in
vestigating committee and tells of mat
ters into which they did not inquire.
He charges a Nebraska congressman
with attempted bribery. A joint reso-
luton asking Congress to ena"t a law
providing for government loans of farm
lands has passed both houses of the Cal
ifornia Legislature. Butter on the
Elgin Board of Trade was active Mon
day and advanced 2 cents. Fourteen
thousand eight hundred and twenty
pounds were sold at q cents against 26
to 274cents one year ago. A petition
for assistance in the way of grain and
provisions has been received at st.
Louis from farmers of Kansas and Neb-
raska, living in the region of Republican
City, Neb. Mr.. Simpson, of Kansas,
known as the 'sockless statesman"
was In the Illinois House Monday during
the ballot for Senator.
Feb. 10.-Gen. Sherman is suffering
from erysipelas. A cyclone in North
ern Alabama wrought great damage to
property. Matthew Vandover was shot
dead in his bed near Poplar Bluff. Mo.
A Cincinnati child has been reclaimed
from idiocy by the operation Of craniOto-
my. The outlook in Idaho is that SEN
ator Dubois will be defeated for re-elec-
ton by Claggett. Defaulting State
Treasurer Woodruff of Arkansas will
probably be arrested this week. Mrs.
Augusta Bergman, Swedish artist,
killed herself in New York with no ep-
parent cause. Forged deeds to lands In
Stone County Missouri, have been extern
sively dealt in in Western Missouri.
A Chicago servant gin admitted her
husband into the house where she
worked. lie stole 81, 500 worth of valu-
ables, The Chicago council has order
ed the tearing down of the old exposi.
ton building to make room for worlds
fair buildings. Mrs. VIM. Doescher's
husband sent her home from a ball at
Dubuque, To-, Monday night and she
killed herself the morning after.
Ignatius Donnelly and Robert Ingersoll
will debate the dispute as to the author
ship of Shakspeare's works in Mime
apolis next month. The chaplain OF
the North Dakota legislature offended
al anti-prohibitionist by a PRAYER SO
that the latter rose to question OF
privilege. A combination of demo-
Gratis and alliance men is contemplated,
thereby Illinois will elect Palmer sena-
tor and South Dakolza an alliance man.
James Redpath, the Irish nationalist,
journalist, and lecturer, died at New
York Tuesday from the effects Of in
juries received by being run down by a
horse car last week. The Indiana leg
islature Tuesday passed law making
it a felony to conduct bucket-shop,
deal in margins, rent building for the
purpose. The first annual convention of
the United Mine Workers of America
opened in Columbus, Ohio, Tuesday. 1t
was reported Tuesday that Governor
Bird was organizing the militia to eject
intruders from the Chickasaw Nation.
The commander at Fort Reno, 1. T.,
declared that it was untrue that boom
ers were about to enter the Cherokee
strip. Tuesday the New York Senate
by a vote of "a to 2 asked the New York
Congressional delegation to oppose free
coinage.
Feb. ia letter from ex-President
Cleveland opposing the silver bill now
pending in Congress was read at an
anti-free coinage meeting in New York.
Treasurer George Gibson OF the whis-