Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1891-03-31

ond Monday in October. An inquiry
has shown that the recent stories of
messacres at Massowah were unfounded,
the only basis for the report being the
execution of a few spies and traitors
-. Miss Fannie l.. Barrett and Miss
Eleanor Knott, NewY Ork milliners, were
arrested at New York for trying to
smugele large quantities of European
fnery. claimed as personal effects.
Great excitement prevailed last week
on the Stock Board at San Francisco,
and some shares made heavy advances
on the reports of the development of
new ORE The principal stocks to adj
vance were Consolidated California and
Virginia. Best q Belcher, Mexican,
Gould & Curry. Savage, POtOsi and
yellow Jacket. William H. Herndon,
the former law partner of Abraham
Lincoln, died at his home near Spring
field. ILL.,. aged y years. The gross
earnings of the Union Pacific Railroad
for January were So. 1886, an increase
of $546, 0SS: net earnings. 1888, 30S.
Fire in the opera house block at Joliet.
H.. caused loss of 100000: insured
forS26. 000 . Peter A. Classen, convict
ed at New York, of wrecking the Sixth
National Bank. was sentenced to six
years in the penitentiary.. IAN eX-
plosion cansed by hot Stag falling into a
pool of water killed one man, fatally in
iuled two and slightly injured six at
the Crescent Steele Works at Pitts
burg j. & A. Simpkinsop, we'll
known shoe dealers at Cincinnati. have
made an assignment. with liabi!' ties of
about 100000. d.. The United States
Savings Bank at Topeka, Kan, failed.
1t is said that the assets. are large.
It is reported that sand rich WITH gold
has been discovered near New Esoston,
the union cap makers took plAce in
Jackson wife abduction case an English
court decided that husband q the
owner of his own wife. The famous
Laguna de Tach ranch of $4,000 acres
in Tulare county, Cal, is reported sold
for one million dollars to an English
syndicate. Prospective Cherokee
strip settlers fear that the proposed
lease of the Ponca, Usage, Pawnee and
Otoe reservations to the cattlemen will
result in the latter regaining possession
of the entire strip. The reservations in
question extend into the strip and the
settlers say that there will be nothing
to prevent the cattle from making a
grazing ground of the whole million
acres in the strip.
The Indiana marble and granite deal
ers held their annual meeting at the
indianapolis and elected John Haver OF
Lafayette president. The Texas SEN
ate passed "a bill regulating express
companies charges and subiecting the
companies to the control of the railroad
commission ~ w. L. Butler, james
Huxstable and William Raspberry of
Crittendon county. Ark. have been
acquitted of ballot box stuffing in the
Featherstone-C Cate contest. This about
concludes the prosecutions in connec-
ton with that famous campaign. The
Iowa farmers alliance has organized
with constitution similar to that OF
the Kansas alliance and with the fol-
lowing officeres: President j. Nj.
Joseph: vice PRESIDENT Daniel Camp
bell: secretary, George b. Long and
state treasurer, 7. Fl. Griffith. An
unknown steamer, ocean bound, crashed
into the government receiving ship
Vermont. lying off the cob dock at the
Brooklyn navy yard The Vermont
was badly damaged. but did not sink.
The unknown steamer hurried off to
sea after the collision.
Henry Aveling. an actor, committed
suicide by taking poison at the Sturte-
want House in New York The IA
nous Laguna de Tache ranch in Tulare
county. Cal, was sold to an English
syndicate for 81 900. 600. - In the case
of Charles Ford. sentenced to be hanged
at Ottawa. ILL.,, Governor Fifer issued a
reprievc to May 9. to give his attorney
time to prepare record and appeal to
the Sllnrerne court Ford WAS one OF