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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-12-10
The Anti-Option Fight

WASHINGTON, D. c., December 6.-The
fight has already commenced on the anti
options bill Strong delegations arrived last
week from New York. Chicago and New Or
leans, representing the spectators.
They came loaded with ammunition and
are in close consultation with the seuators
who are relied upon to represent their side
of the case in the senate. Senator Wash
burn Is looked upon as champion of the bill.
Representative Hatch is also expected to as
sist in many ways in the fight C. Wood
Davis, of Kansas, is here.
As the programme is announced by the
option dealers, they do not propose to have
the senate take up the bill for some days.
Senators Vest and White are being relied
upon mainly to defeat the bill. It is conf
IDENTIFY asserted that they will resume the
plan of talking it to death. They propose
to spend the whole session in this game be.
fore they will permit the bill to pass.
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Going into Politics.

CHICAGO. December 3.-'The United Rail-
way Men of America" a railway organiza-
ton which may prove one of the most pow
erful of the time. has just been born. Its
headquarters are in Chicago, and it will in
clude members IN the United States, Mexico.
and Canada 1t will discard insurance and all
such side features and will have for its OBJ
lect the maintenance of wages and the ne
dress of grievances.
1t will not antagonize the brotherhoods of
railway employees now in existence, but will
recruit it's membership from among the un.
organized railway men, of whom the leaders
claim there are 100, O0O in the United States.
The order will join in legislative action with
the Knights of Labor, American Federation
of Labor, and the Farmers alliance. An ex.
ecutive committee of eleven members will
be the controlling body. The order will in
clude the brotherhoods of engineers, fire.
men, brakemen, copductors, yardmen,
trackmen, clerks, telegrapher., blacksmiths,
boilermakers, agents, painters, car inspec-
tors and repairers
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Effect on Gould Stocks.

Effect on Gould Stocks.
The death of Jay Gould was generally
known on Wall street before the opening of
the stock exchange, and brokers and traders
had full opportunity to prepare themselves.
The effect on the market was less than ex-
pected, Missouri Pacific having declined
only ~ to 81, Western Union e to IS, Man
haitian Il TO 1.25. These arc stocks known
as the Gould propertieS and Gould has de-
voted his attention of late years to their
management to the exclusion of everything
elsa The Union Pacific, another properly
which he began again to pick up year ago,
fall on a, and the general market was steady
to firm.
Dealines at tho stock exchange were At
tended with comparatively little excitement
after the first ten minutes of business, and
the board room presented nothing unusual
in ito appearance. either in point of num-
Der Of brokers in attendance or IN any other
respect
Even the so-called Gould stocks were only
moderately active. Nj 7souri Pacific was
rather weak, for after rallying from "a to IS,
il sold down to ssh. q decline of ~. 9th
ers were, if anything. stronger, Western
Union advancing from s. to s., Union Pa
ci6c from 35% to 36x. and Manhattan from
1261 to 1281<. One reason for the steadi-
nors of the shares was the statement that
Jay Gould has trusteed 10 his sons three
blocks in which he was most interested,
and tina: they would therefore not come upon
The market Other leading shares yielded
II to q Per cent outside Of American sugar,
which declined to 1094.
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Herd Book Association.

LINCOLN, NzB., December 2.-The meetinG
Of the charter and bylaws committees 70
gether with the board Of directors Of the NV
Western Herd Book association was held
here. A Kansas charter 10 to be adoptod,.
]. p. Cooper, of Savannah, Mo-. resienod
the trsasurersh;p and ]. B. linn, of Topoka
Kan, was appointed to the position The
change was necessary through the adop&ioo
cock. of Norsonville, Kan, wsre added .
the Directors
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WAsHNoToN, D. c., December 2-Senatog
Plat called on Secretary Noble and two
hours were spent in the consideration of
matters relating to territories and indian
Affairs. The SENATOR q chairman of the
committee ON territories. has . number of
matters OF importance in that line to be
passed upon during the next session, and is
second to Senator Davis in committee on
Indian affairs. Senator Davis, during the
last session. owing to illness. turned most Of
the business over to Platt, and it ID under
stood that Platt will practically be chairman
OF that committee during the coming ses-
sion.
The conference was taken up mainly in a
discussion of . bill to ratify the treaty which
viii open to settlement the Cherokee strip.
The senator il known to be enthusiastically
In favor of the bill and the friends of tho
measure consulted him freely last session
when political maneuvering in tho house
knocked 1t out. It il understood that the
senator favors an aggressive fight, and while
ordinarily such measures from constitu-
tional reasons originate IN the house and
pass that branch before being taken up in
the senate, he favors rushing q similar bill
through the senate early IN the session, and
by this means emphasize the fact that GEN.
sure for hardness and delay belong to the
house and not to the senate.
1t the friends of the measure accept this
advice from the senator there is no doubt
but he will rush it through the senate at the
most opportune time. It can be thoroughly
relied upon that the republican senate will
do anything possible to get the strip open to
homeseekers, but at the other end of the
capitol it Is very uncertain what will be done.
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AS Viewed In Europe


LONDON, November 30-The Post, discus
sing the currency question and the confer
ence at Brussels, complains that Senator
Allison 10 a representative merely of tho sill
yer party in the United States, and that
therefore little can be hoped for from the
conference. as there will be no chance to
discuss any practical arrangement to utilize
silver as subsidiary currency.
The Vienna correspondent of the Chronicle
says: 'The American proposals in the
Brussels conference, which began with the
bi-metalic programme rejected at the con-
ferences of 1873 and 1881, have caused disap-
pointment here, as they fail to supply a
basis for further discussion without raising
hopes in the silver market. Rothschlld's
proposition is also regarded with amnesty"
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tAa1 ~ ounvonofnn nnan M u17 =
arom . Rivo 81 0nGnciAl ID - VI - -
CT completes Of ~ said canal g = -
mum cost thszeof. taking proper escQz11X
any credit pledged OF money adv1mQo4
this purpoee. and retaining such contgol g.
peaceful 10 CT the great enterprise % ~
commerce of the world ct the lowest rossleD
rates. s
Tho resolutiou Wa adopted Chairmu
Converse was a1ded to tbs COMMITTEES OF M
to 60 to Washington to appoint the rese q
the committee later. Three cheers were &tv-
en- for Nicaragua and Costa Rice, aud ups
the motion OF Hon. Willard Warner throo
cheers for tho United States were also given
and the convention adjourned. s.
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Can Be Cured.

CHICAGO, December Eighty head of
cattle from the Riverdale distillery, several
of which were hopelessly diseased from
lumpy jaw, while the rest are perfectly
healthy, or slightly affected with lumpy jaw,
had been kept with the others to test the the
DRY of contagion and had been treated for
from two to three months, were slaughtered.
OF the first thirty not one showed the slight
est sign of disease. All were passed upon by
the government experts as absolutely salts
factory. The cattle mildly affected had been
cured, while the healthy ones had not sAf-
fered in the least from the exposure with
the hopeless cases.
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Money for the Commission Gives
Out.

WASHINGTON, D. c., December 6.-The
Cherokee commission wired the secretary of
the interior asking If the commission should
proceed to negotiate with the Creek Indians
for that part of the reservation coming with
in the limits of the instructions to the CON-
mission. This brings up serious question,
Is the Creeks have expressed willingness
to open negotiations, and this opportunity
has never presented itself before. They have
persisted in holding all their lands, and "a
their reservation is made up of very fine
land the commission is anxious and also the
secretary of the interior to improve the OPP
portunity to enter upon negotiations.
So far the inquiry has not been answered
for the reason that the secretary is embar-
raised in his efforts to find money with
which to pay the commission. The funds
have practically been expended, and how to
continue the work of the commission under
this condition is a serious question. The
chances are favorable, however. for the COM
mission to be withdrawn from the field and
the chance to negotiate with the Creeks not
improved.
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DIMINISHED
ACTIVITY I'M Business From Va
!rious Causes.
Wheat. Oats and corni Higher, But
From Moderate Transactions
unprecedented Activity In Dry
Goods-Pressure to Sell Iron OF
SOuthern.B Brands.

New HFoKK, December 5.ZR. G. Dun a
Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says:
The beginning of gold exports and their
expected continuance this week and the
death of Gould and unfavora5le reports from
/: the silver conference have somewhat effected
the speculation markets. There are also
some symptoms ,'of diminished activity in
business, and while the manufacturers are
generally occupied with orders taken some
time ago, there Is more complaint that new
orders do not come forward as was expected.
While the volume of trade is still very large,
1T is not surprising there should be some
what less activity during the remainder of
the year, except inholiday lines.
"A set back in speculation would be by no
means an unmixed evil, but there are no
signs of q disturbance at present, though the
money markets are working little closer.
Breadstutfs have been stronger, which is
natural, in view of the very low prices,
though the western receipts of wheat have
been 4, 500, 900 bushels in four days, against
the Atlantic exports of only 32I, 600 bushels.
The rlse of about l cent in wheat and oats
and u of a cent in corn resulted from mod
crate trans actions. but hogs and lard are
slightly lower and coffee declined Il of q
cent. Cotton rose to 10 cents and reacted
to 81 cents, the sales again exceeding all
records, being 2, 5O6. 900 bales for the week.
Iron is weaker, with pressure to sell some
southern brands. Copper has sold largely
at IL to 1214 cents and lead is lower. Coal is
fairy active, and bitnmInous is scarce and
dear.
In dry goods the season has been one of
unprecedented activity, general boom and
advance appears in cotton. Exports from
Now York fall $5,277, 900 below last year and
are probably SIC, 000. OO0 lower at cotton
ports for the same month, but even with this
decrease the excess of exports sover the i'm
ports must have been heavy.
The business failures occurring throughout
the country during the last seven days mum.
Dor 269, compared with 200 of last week and
830 for the corresponding week last year.
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Some New Ideas.


WASHINGTON, D. c., December 6-Repre-
sen alive w. C. Breckinridge, of Kentucky,
is in favor of departure from the custom
in the matter of the preparation of the dem
ocratlc revision bill He thinks it should be
done under the direction of Mr.. Cleveland.
Mr.. Breckinridge slid the people had conf.
dence in Mr.. Cleveland, and he drought Mr..
Cleveland should, with the assistance of his
cabinet, prepare tbs tariff bill to be sub
mitted to congress, In lieu OF mere mes
sage of recommendation. By this means a
great desl of time and trouble viii be savei
Mr.. Breckinridge said that he was opposed
to the extra session.
Senator Palmer, of nlincA. favors the ex.
ira sessaon, provided the democrats can
reach aoednite agreement Is to exactly what
matters should be taken up. He think The
extra session should be confined to orRanixa-
toin, appointment of committees and the
admission of territories to statehood.
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ToPxxA, November 30-At the opening Of
The federal circuit court in this city, Judge
Riner handed down his decision in tho Trans
missouri Freight association case. Tho action
was suit in equity, brought in the name of
the United States by United States District
Attorney Ady, under the direction of the at
torney general, to dissolve the TransmiE
,ouri ASSOCIATION, and enioin the railroads
composing the association from further par
icipation in it.
The courts decision was in favor of tho
railroads, dismissing the complainant's bill.
The Judge held there was nothing illegal in
the contract between the railroad companies
composing the Transmlssouri association;
that the contract was not in restraint of
trade or against public policy; that there
was nothing in the contract which deprived
any of the companies composing it of the
exercise of all their corporate franchises.
The court also held that the act of July 2,
under the provisions of which the bill was
drawn, was clearly not intended by congress
to apply to railroad companies or common
carriers, but was only intended to apply to
com binations. conspiracies and trusts in 10
straint oftrade, similar to thos. trusts which
had been formed before the passage of the
bill, citing the steel rail trust and others, as
examples of the kind of combinations or
trusts which the act was intended to apply to.
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Sorry About It.

HOMESTEAD, Pa, December 3.-The ANAL
gamated Association members OF Home
stead held meeting to vote on the advisa-
bility of declaring the strike at the Carnegie
mills ON again. So few men have been taken
back that the members think they should
call their brethren out again even if the
strike is lost, and put the brand "black
sheep" on the Homestead mills.
About 400 men have been taken back since
the strike wasedeclared of and most of these
were labq1ers. Another meeting will be held
and definite action will be taken. Burgess
Hollingshead has called q meeting of the
citizens to investigate the destitution in the
borough and arrange to distribute contribu-
tons to the needy,
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to have had but four days wasn.ths temper.
allure was below freezing. Khe flut freezing
weather was on the 9Th and tho only:real
cold snap was from the 8th to.the 10th. The
rainfall for the month was .e65 inches, which
is about half the November average. Ehe
entire rainfall for this yer il 6.56 inches
above average for the same time in theipre-
ceding twenty-four years. The mean cloud
mess was 4 good deal below the average,
and the total run of wiEd was about the
average. The record shovsa trace of snow
on the 18th, but that IL all
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Precautions Relaxed.

Precautions Relaxed.
WASHINGTON, D. c., December Act
ing Secretary Spaulding has made further
modification of the regulations governing the
admission of immigrants. It is based on
the report by Surgeon General Wyman of
the Marine hospital service to the effect that
it is safe to relax during the winter the ex-
listing stringent precautions against the in
PRODUCTION of cholera. Under the new ar
rangement all vessels from foreign ports,
regardless of whether they carry immi-
grants, will be allowed to proceed as far as
the local quarantine stations at Philadelphia
and Baltimore, without examination at the
federal quarantine stations.
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New Bishops.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, December a-Besides the
question of the selection of a coadjutor for
Archbishop Kenrick, the suffragan bishops
at their meeting December Is, will recon-
mend three names from which the pope will
select bishop for the diocese of st. Jo-
seph, which has never been occupied since
Hogan, of Kansas City. The conferences Of
suffragans will probably also recommend to
Rome the promotion Of John j. Henneseey.
of Dubuque, to the archepiscopacy, and tie
creation of new sees at Sioux City and Des
Moinea.
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The Presidents Message.

WASHINGTON, d. c., December loving
to his present family troubles the president
will De unable to complete his annual mes
sage to congress in time for submission to
that body on the opening day of the session,
as the indications are that owing to the
death of DR.. Scott, Mrs. Harrison's father,
he will be preclnded from making any pro-
gress whatever during the remaining days of
the present week.
Ire president will probably send q brief
message to congress on Monday, explaining
why the message is delayed. 1t is learned
from good authority that it will be about the
same length as that of last year-about 49,
600 words
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More Land for Homes.

PoNcA, L T., December 1.-The Cherokee
commission has just effected an agreement
with the Fawnee tribe of Indians. and by its
terms the Indians agree to take lands in
allotment and to relinquish the rest Of their
reservation above tbs amount required for
allotment to the government The consid-
eration Is 81. q per acre.
The Pawnee reservation lies in the eastern
part Of the Cherokee outlet, adjacent to Ok
lahoma, snd contains 283, 900 acres In
quality the land i only fair, - it u broken
and stony. There arc about 75o, Pawnees
who will receive alloemsuts Of eighty to leo
acres, leaving quite 10000 acres for white
tiations suspended last May vi b the Poncaa.
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Canvass Commenced.

Canvass Commenced.
The state board of election canvassen met
at 10 o'clock Monday, in the Office of these
rotary of state, at Topeka, and commenced
the Official count of election returns. The
tabulated returns of Secretary of State Hig-
gins are beng compared with the returns BY
counties, and it will take several days to
complete the count. After comparing the
returns on tho electoral ticket down to Chase
county the board adjourned.
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Tapped for Irrigation.

AoppSA III oStStbs
NEW YORK, December dakota scien-
fists express the opinion that the Missouri
river is drying up. The volume of water is
gradually decreasing, and the river men are
of the opinion that the large number of arte-
sion wells in South Dakota is the cause of
this. They claim that the artesian basin of
North and South Dakota receives It's supply
from the Missouri. and the immense
amount of water used for irrigation in South
Dakota, and that taken from the smaller
streams tributary to the Missouri in Mon
tana for similar purposes, are what is caus-
ing the decrease. Old river men think that
it will be but few years until steamboat
traffic on the Missouri will be thing of the
past
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In the Spring.

GUTHRIE, o. T.. November a0.-Senatcrs
Higgins of Delaware and Perkins, of Kan
sas, tho committee from the senate to invss-
tigate the matter of opening tho Cherokee
strip. while here, stated that it was theil
opinion that the strip would be opened early
IN the spring and N tho ccmmittee theJ
would % recommend to congresA
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official stats Canvass.

OfffCIal state Canvass.
The official canvass of the state board Of
canvassers shows the election of the entire
peoples party state ticket by the following
figures:
w. A. Harris. congressman-at-large.b By .
majority of Asia
L p. Lewelling. governor, by majority
of LISA
Percy Daniels. lieutenant governor; by Z
plurality of 4,07s; lacking LII votes Of 10
ceiving one-half the votes cast.
r. S. Osborne, secretary OF state. BY .
plurality of 4. III; lacking eighty of one-half
the votes cast.
Van Prather. state auditor, by majority
of 4.43a
w. H. Biddle. treasurer, by plurality OF
$3.50; lacking 81 of one-half Of the votes
cast.
j. T. Little, attorney general, by a maicr-
lty of 100.
lie instruction, by majority of 543
S. II. Allen, associate Justice of the SUI
preme court, by plurality OF 4, 147; lacking
twenty six of one-half the votes cast.
Case Frederick, congressman in First dis
tric., by majority of 1882.
E. H Funston. congressman for Second
district, by q plurality of eighty three; lack
ing 573 of half the votes cast.
I. j. Hudson, congressman for Third dis
trict, by a majority of 2,O22.
Charles Curtis, congressman for Fourth
district, by majority of 1875.
John Davis, congressman for Fifth dis
trict, by majority of 281.
William Baker. congressman for Sixth
district, by a plurality of 1,51l; lacking 40
of receiving one-half the votes cast.
Jerry Simpson, congressman for Seventh
district, by a majority Of 1,1S6.
OF the presidential electors, nine on the
peoples party ticket received greater vote
than cast for beth the republican and prohi.
bitlon candidates.
The nine are n. A. White, w. N. Allen, D.
=. Barry, A. C. Shinn, P. C. Bowen, s. A.
Martin, A. ]. McAllister, L. D. Reynolds
and Noah Allen.
For the tenth place, E. B. Cabbell, D. D.,
received less votes than eight of the repub.
Gcan candidates.
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All Optimistic Now.

BzussELr. December 1.-Nobody now
talks of tho failure of the conference which
u frst was the only prediction made . to
Tho outcome of the meeting So RAPIDLY has
toe Optimistic feeling grown that il - 70
ported that the conference "a likely 70 con
ciude its lahors next week. It was said last
Seek that the session would last until after
Chrssemas. American delegates hsvo strua9
eeeoons 20 b satisied With tie vecoonifion
~ w advocefes OF monomeeali6m a - -
1o0enss OF tie danssD arising fBum ~
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Meets With Approval.

WASHINGTON, D. c., December 2-Ds
Rothschild's proposal to the international
monetary conference to bind tho European
powers to purchase annually So, OO0, 900 worth
of silver. the United States to continue the
monthly purchase of 8, SOC, OOO meets with
general approval in government financial
circles. 1t is not just what this country
wanted. But it is regarded a. Q marked
step in the right direction, and a. much =
European sentiment OF Che silver questiou,
had right to expect
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Nicaragua Canal convention.

Nicaragua Canal (:onvontIon.
New OnIxAss, La, December ain the
national CONVENTION in session here to fur
ther the prospects Of the Nicaragus canal,
Judge Estee, chairman of The committee on
resolutions, submitted his report The pre-
amhle sets forth the advantages Of the canal
and ID followed By only ono resolution -
follows:
Resolved, First, that Il b The paramount
du1y of thiB government to ain IN To con-
e1kuctica of - Nicaragua oanal Sscooa.
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further an Of 6lyer. Thsy are dieooaed =
suppoIe 4e. D. Rcthschild's peopoesls. a
tho principle that half Z loaf Is betser than
NO bread: The Indian delegates arc also
pleased with the proposals. The Americas
delegates believe that the continuous absorp-
ton Of thirty million ounces of eilver bv -
european powers would bring about an N.
tihc1al condition of the silver market which
Eternational bi-metalism could establish
permanently and scientifically.