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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-22
KANSAS LEADS.
1t Has the Largest Yield PEI
Acre; II Bushels.
Kansas Corn In Lowest Per Centage,
OF Condition This Year; with Mis-
souri, the HiRhest-Potatoes and
Buckwheat Getting Behind.

WASHINGTON, d. c., October 1.-THE 10
port for wheat gives the state averages of the
yield per acre, ranging from 6 to y bushels,
and averaging Ii bushels. The averages OF
the principal wheat growing states are a.
follows: New York, 14.3; Ohio, 1a2; 1ndi'
ana, IA; Illinois, 147; Wisconsin, LIS; Mn
nesota, liz; Iowa, LIS; Missouri, I'll;
Kansas, II; Nebraska, 1875; South Dakota,
LIS; North Dako:a, 1872. The October Sta
tistical returns Of the department of agricul-
ture make the general condition of corn
1913 against 1916 for the last month. The alb
sence of froet has been favorable to ripening
for late and immature areas. The temper.
allure for the last week in September was es-
pecially benefcent. During the past ten
years, there were three years, 1886, 1887 and
1880 which reported worse condition in
October, and made yield of 20 to y bush
els per acre. The range of yields for ten
years has been from 1O to 62 bushels. The
present condition indicates the yield to be
below the average. The state averages for
the commercial belt are as follows: Ohio,
80; Indiana, Il: Illinois. II; Colorado, q;
Missouri, 81; Kansas, 20; Nebraska, ~
Only the figures of Ohio and Missouri are up
to the general average. The average yield OF
oats is 64.40. The last report of the condl-
ton was the lowest in ten years, the average
age for the estimated state yields of rye ID
III bushels. The condition of potatoes has
declined during the past month from 74.S to
ST.. The condition of buckwheat has de-
clined since the last report from 1889 to
1885.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-22

A Train Robbery Near Coffeyvllle.
The Missouri Pacific train going east on
the Denver, Memphis d Atlantic division
was held up at Caney, station in Mont
gomery coanty few miles west of Cofey-
vile.
At the switch near the station two men
boarded the engine and while one held gun
to the head of the engineer the other COM
PEELED the fireman to 60 back and uncouple
the express car from the coach behind. They
then compelled the engineer to run the en-
CINE and express car distance of about two
miles and there robbed the car. Only three
shots were fred by the robbers, the balls
striking the door and the car at the side of
the door.
The messenger was taken by surprise. The
first intimation had of the presence of the
robbers was when the car stopped and he
opened the door to learn the cause. At that
instant the shot caused the splinters to
strike his face, causing the blood to flow.
The robbers boarded the car and took all the
cash on board. Messenger Maxwell says the
amount was small, but it is certain that sew
eral Thousand dollars were secured. The
Pacific Express company operates this line,
and the train held up makes connections
with St. Louis, Kansas City and southern
lines. It is thought that the gang was COM
posed of three men.
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Not Until April 1894.

Not Until April 1894.
GUTHRIE, O. T., October 18.-The Cherokee
commission, sent for the purpose, has con-
cluded deal for the Kiowa and Comanche
country, or the surplus portion of the same,
after the Indians have been allowed their
allotments.
A sum of s., 100000 is guaranteed to the
Indians. from which they are to receive an
nually Per cent. until the principal il paid.
Another stipulation allows them an appeal
to congress for an additional $500, 000 a. the
price of the land, a. the commissioners could
offer but $1,000, 600.
The land Is to remain as it is, in the pos
session of the Indians, and leased to cattle
men until April of 1884.
The range of Wichita mountains 10 not in
cluded in the treaty, but yet remains to be
disposed of by distinct and separate bar
gain. The terms of the treaty are subject to
the consent and signatures of majority of
the Indians and then to ratl6catiou by con-
congress
The total area of this reservation 10 z, 986,
69S acres. From this must be deducted now
the range of Wichita mountains, 900, 600 acres,
and the Fort Sill military reserve. about IL,
600 acres, and 1000 Indians With an allot-
ment to each of 160 acres, making 10000
acres. This deducted leaves . public do
main Of z, 276, 893 acres subject to settlement.
Divided into claims of 100 scTes, this
amount of domain will furnish homes for
Il, 80 families.
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Kansas Odd Fellows.

Fort SoorT, Kan, October 15.-At the ses-
sion of the 1. O. o. F. grand lodge, the re-
ports of the grand officers were submitted in
secret session. Secretary Bright's report
showed that there had been an increase of
twenty-five lodges in the state during the
year, and an increase of 1875 members,
making the total membership 2O,619, and
the total number of lodges 381. Treasurer
L. c. Shines annual report showed that dur
ing the year sd, 248, "A had been paid out ex-
clusively for benevolent work. The total
Grand Lodge receipts were $2l, 521.88. and
the total subordinate receipts were SIT, 615,-
IL. The disbursements of the Grand Lodge
we're $12,671.s9.
An entire morning session of the Grand
Lodge was devoted to the election of officers,
with the following result: II. w. Pond, of Fort
Scott, grand master; J. A. Campbell, of Sew
erance, deputy grand master; William Glenn,
of Tribune, grand Warden: John Bright, of
Topeka, grand secretary; L. c. Slime, of Of
tawa, grand treasurer; William Matthewson,
of Wichita, grand representative.
A grand street parade took place which
was witnessed by large crowd of people.
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Extra Heavy Wheat.

TOPEKA, KAN, October 15.-Secretary Mob
Ter of the state board of agriculture stated
that there was one feature in tho wheat yield
which has not been touched upon in his crop
report that would make astill more fiasterin9
showing for the state when the biennial re-
port was issued.
According to the reports from millers, +"
said he, ''the wheat OF this years crop will
average about sixty-two pounds to the bush
Ell. Last years crop only averaged fifty
eight pounds, maklngaa difference of four
pounds between the crops. According to these
reports the added weight of two pounds per
bushel, above the standard of sixty pounds,
gives the state 2, 10000 bushels moro of
wheat by weight than is shown by measure
ment. In many instances the crop has
weighed about eight bushels to the hundred
more than was shown in the measurement
Of threshers. One report from Ellis county
shows that where the theeshers were paid for
j. LIB bushels the wheat was taken direct to
the miller and weighed out ], $50 bushels"
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c!ared invalid Tie second entry OF Z home
steadoe who had commuted his claim.
Tne case va appealed BY Warner, who
vas the entzyman Interested. and the deci-
sion gwen out i the precedent which win
8ovefn similar cases. In the Pottawatomie
reservation alone there are over 200 similar
cases, while, an estimated, there are over 500
in the Cheyenne and Arapahoe country. The
Wichita and some other reservations Will be
governed BY the same law, az they were in
cluded in the Seminole treaty.
Tho amendment was of special interest to
kansanA Many of them were anxious to
secure property rights in the new country
who were kept ont by the old Law. Thew had
moved TO Kansas and purchased homes from
the government and this prevented them
from making entry and being given privi-
lego with other homesteaders.
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At the Banquet.

New YoRK, October 15.-At the banquet
which closed the Columbian ceremonies
Vice President Morton opened his speech
a. follows: The reason for the presidents
absence from these commemorative celebra-
tons Is known to you all and to the whole
country. He is standing in the great shad-
ow, awaiting the issues of life or death. and
the eager importantly with which words
brought by wire from w ashington are scanned
testities to the hopeful sympathy of all our
people. lament the necessity of taking his
place. even momentarily. I am here to
which have assigned him prominent posi-
ton in these civic ceremonies. It is impress
sive from the events of the past five days
that we have added new holiday to the
American calendar. The 18th of October
will hereafter be marked with white. We
have instituted Columbian festival to be
repeated at the expiration of each one hum
dred years.
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Good News to MANY.

WASHINGTON, d. c., October A-Judge
Chandler, acting secretary IF the interior,
has signed . very important decision.
The first test case under tho Law regulating
entries in the country covered By The Semi
mole treaty was passed upon. It came from
the Poetawatomie reservation, and John
Warner was the interested entry man.
When the act of March 2 1889, was belna
discussed in the house Judge Perkins intro
duce1 IN amendment providing that in al
the country covered by the Seminole treaty
settlers Who had formerly, in other parts Of
the public domain, pre- empted homeafeads
should Be permitted to make entry, and thsir
nghts should mot be impaired By former -.
eemeuk He was bitterly opposed bg some
OF tho leading members, but after : hard
battle tie amendment was agreed to. Whsa
the dret caoe covered BY tho amenduonA
- ves uncsktain = to tie full elfock -
mooning of the nsw departure and 1ocs7od
- 60 aceoedihg to IL - law, vhidk -
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Western Union Profits.

Western Union Profits.
New YORK. October A.-At tho annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Western
Union Telegraph company thirty directors
were elected Cor the ensuing year. The only
new names appearing are Henry Hyde and
Murray Crane, chosen to fill the vacancies
caused by the recent deaths of Sidney Dill
lon and Cyrus Field. The annual report
shows revenues for the YER ending June 30,
last. were SO, 7Oo, 40I, sni expenses SIG, 3O7,-
857, leaving as profit 81, 398, 547. The increase
in revenues over the previous year was $672,-
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In Honor of Parnell.

DUBLIN. October 13.-The people who took
part in the demonstration in honor of the
late Charles S. Parnell equalled in number
those who attended his funeral year ago.
Thousands of visitors came to this city from
Galway and the north of Ireland. Floral
tributes in the form of wreaths, harps aud
other designs were received from political
bodies throughout the country, and COM
pletely filled the memorial car and two carts.
The procession to Parnell's tomb was ac-
companied by bands playing the dead
march, aud the corporations of Dublin and
Cork, who attended in state. j. J. Kelly de-
livered an Grafton at the grave.
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Large Military Attendance.

Large Military Atteno0nCe.
CHICAGO, October 13-General Miles, hav-
ing received full AUTHORITY from the secreta-
~ of war, listed troops for the service in this
city on October %, q and % and ordered
them here for duty from their respective sta
tons. Those from Fl Leavenworth, Kan,
are Company 81. Seventh and Tenth infdn-
try: company e. Twelfth infantry; compa-
ny F, Thirteenth infantry. Colonel Town
sends headquarters and band of the Twelfth
infantry.
Fl. Reno, o. T.. Colonel Wade. headquar-
tiers band, Fifth cavalry, and troop C. Fifth
cavalry.
Fl. Riley, Kansas, Major Randolph, Third
ARTILLERY, light batteries A and F Second ar
tillery; light battery F Fourth artillery. Fl.
Sill, o. T., troop ID Fifth cavalry. Tho cav,
airy will appear respondent in gold
helmets, surmounted by yellow horse-hair
plumes. The distinctive color OF the artll-
lery will be red and the infantry will be
known by white facings and stripings. The
navy will be represented In the procession
by battalion of the marine corps.
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OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.

A Convention of Skilled Detectives
"A Cosmopolitan City-Sineine at
the Worlds Fair.
ST.. LOUIS, October 13.-There was pecu-
liar gathering at the Office of the Chief OF
Police this week. Seventeen detectives, rep
United States, sat there, and talked from
notebooks to each other. They were ex-
changing descriptions of criminals whom
they wanted for various offenses. They have
been in st. Louis watching the crowds who
came to enjoy the carnival. All large cities
exchange detectives this way in times of
great conventions Ct people. This year the
detectives from abroad have found none of
their men. Chief Desmond. of the Detective
Bureau, says that it is because the rogues are
giving st. Louis wide berth during the
Fall Festivities, discovering how we'll the
town 10 policed. 1.-THE proof of this is tho
very few arrests that we have had to make OF
thieves who had robbed strangers" says the
Chief. There have been no robberies on
the streets. and but q small number of pock-
ct picking cases. And when you consider tho
very large number of people there have boon
in the city, and how many of them were out
late at night, in the rough parts of town.
markable."
This il q most cosmopolitan city. When
it was announced, a few weeks ago, that
there would be meeting of Swedes, Danes
and Norwegians to arrange for q celebration
or the evening of October q, of the diecov-.
cry of America, it was expected that hum
dred men, perhaps, would respond. To the
surprise of everyone, the hall selected for
the meeting was unable to hold the crowd
that came. There were several thousand of
them. Their celebration will be mainly
speech. making in the three languages. Near
ly all of them are in good circumstances.
They are mostly mechanics, but there are
many clerks among them, and few labOrers.
Most of the multitude who were in the city
last week and this went to the parks and
Toasted their eyes on the acres Of green
sward in them. The park commissioner Is
now planning to make these broad expanses
bloom with welcome to the visitors who come
to see the greatest festival season of all next
year. Every level place in the parks will be
planted with shrubbery and flowers in the
of welcome, which will appear next spring
and all through the summer and fall in letters
of various colors. In addition to the lnscrip-
tion, in places where the space will permit it,
there will blossom designs illustrating tho
great discovery.
From the scores of strong singing societies
of this city, the Choral Symphony associ-
alton each year picks about five hundred of
the best voices, and drills them for series
of half dozen concerts, which take place IN
tho fall. The fame of the city as training
school for good voices is SO widespread that
the director of the society, Mr.. Joseph OF
ten. has been asked by the worlds fair man.
ayers to send them q complete chorus for the
opening exercises IN June. The society has
decided to put 200 voices in training at once.
They will make thunderous chorus of
themselves
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The Re ised Version.

BALTIMORE, October 15.-At the triennial
conference of the Episcopal church the me-
mortal of the diocese of Massachusetts. pray
ing the authorization of the use of the revised
version of the Holy Scriptures, was unfavor-
ably reported from the committee to which
it had been referred. The grounds given
were the controversy among the revisionists,
the distortion of the new version, its cum
brous and pedantic phrases, which obscured
the sense and offended the ear, and the lack
of that air of authority which clustered about
the King James version. The Rev. Dr. Abb
bolt presented his views as the minority
memter of the COMMITTEES, and claimed it
was not the object of the resolution to make
the use of the revised version obligatory.
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Should be Law Of the Land.

Should be Law Of the Land.
BALTIMORE, October 1.-THE house OF
bishops of the triennlal general convention
of the Protestant Episcopal church, was i
secret session, as is customary, while at work
On the amendments to the canons, while dep
uties passed upon the amendments to the
prayer book. The new canon on marriage
and divorce came IN for large share OF the
bishops attention. The action was not com,
pleted. It provides that no minister shall
solemnize marriage of any person under IL
year. of age without the consent of parents
that no minister shall solemnize a marriage
except in the presence of at least two wit
nesses; that no minister shall soemnize a
marriage of any person who has a divorced
husband or wife living, except innocent party
in case of adultery and parties once divorced
seeking 20 be united again.
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Lost In the Storm.

D1xvxz, Co1o.. October 1a-Fu-ther ~
ports of loss of life and cattle from The tsrri-
bic storm arc being received. Along The Rock
Island railroad between Colorado SPRING.
and the Kansas line the storm was at it,
walker was frozen to dea.h, while q short
distance from Madison 800 sheep were found
dead and their herder was near BY frozen to
death. Engineer Lehman was running .
snow ploW near the Kansas limo when part
of the pillow broke and seriously injured him.
Colorado SPRING. and Lamon. At Rosalis,
also in eastern Colorado, an unknown labor
er was found dead frum exposure. In the
city of Colorado SprIngs, Gins. Beat*ie,
aged SO, granite cutter, died from the Ell
fect's of Wednesdays storm. Near Boulder
in northern Colorado, ]. v. Wolfe, MINER
was found frozen to death.
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Strike on the Rio Grande.

DENVER, Colo, October 1a-The engi-
neers, conductors, iremen and trainmen on
the second and third divisions of the Rio
Grande, struck and as a result no trains on
these divisions, but the mail and express are
moving. The company, short time ago.
issued an order that through trains between
Minturn and Grand Junction be run without
stop. The time required for the run is ten
hours, and the engineers claimed this was
too long to work without anything to eat or
time to rest. When engineer Gordon. the
first man ordered to take this train, refused,
he was suspended. The order was then re-
scinded. The STRIFE is the result OF the COM
pany's refusing to reinstate Gordon.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1892-10-22

NEW YoRx. October n.-R q Dun q CA's
Weekly Review of Trade says:
Once moro it must b said that trade indi-
cations arc entirely favorable. Even the
shortage in exports has ceased, an increase
of 81. 10000 appearing here last week, while
the imports continue surprisingly large and
foreign exchange declines Wheat is u
shorter than a week ago, but corn il cent
lower. oats ~, hogs 20 and lard L. per 100
pounds; cotton H lower, with sales more
than ], 100. 900 bales for the week, and oil 4
lower. The improved crop reports and the
heavy movement of products push the prices
downward
The iron output in Ontario was 15S,097
tons weekly, against 150, 64S tons September
l. and it il especially encouraging that the
stocks on hand have decreased e5, pa tons
during September. The demand for pig
iron 10 improving and general advance OF
about so cents per ton is reported for pig,
with Q liberal buying. While trade in pla.es
is very unsatisfactory, in bar iron it Is some
what better, and the structural mills are full
of orders.
Cotton and wooden mills are fully en-
ployed, AID many of them cannot fill their
orders, though running night and day. The
sales of wool this year at the three chief mar
kets has been N7, 00o, 900 pounds against
194, 000, COO to the same date last year. Strong
buying is seen in cottons. Stocks have been
stronger, with an average advance of about
81 per share, but the chief activity has been
in the industrial and New England stocks.
The business failures the past week num-
Der 2l5, compared with 259 the correspond
ing week of last year.
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staes ~ been bospo&1egsd ui1h III
evsry eou md don0hter q hocummoawsSS.!
treaSsd With ccotumsly and coatemp& fo!l-
tics and seciaonalism have been lugo s1so
throuoh In recognised, If mot autsoel1qds
spokesmen has frankly notified tn peopeo q
kentucky and The entire south thae thsy ~
mot expected and are NOS wanted q tbs nm
lily affair.
Let The state representatives in the uetleuak
commission Lindsay, Mckenzie ard -.
nett-renan, and Kentucky say to thn CHI
caro measurement that If she Is not an hon
ored host Or guest ct the fair, che VIII not b
present in either capacity.
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A New Judge.

ToPEKA. October 14.-Judge Theodosius
Botkin, of the Thirty-second judicial dis
trict has resigned, and his resignation has
been accepted by Governor Humphrey, who
Immediately appointed William Easton
Hutchinson, of Ulysses, Grant county, to ill
the vacancy. Mr.. Hutchison's recommend
atoms for tho judgeship are from all the
prominent men in the district, from both
the old factions of which Sam Wood and
Theo. botkin were the recognized leaders.
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Storm Follows Rebellion.

Storm Follows Rebellion.
La GUAYRA. October 13.-The most disas-
trous storm that this city has experienced in
forty years swept down the Silla Du Caracas
mountain. There were some terrific land
slides and many houses were wrecked. It ID
feared that there has been great loss of life.
The mountain railroad which connects La
Guayra with Caracas has been completely
destroyed.
The late acting president ami his cabinet,
who have been in hiding here since General
Crespo and his forces captured Caracas, have
been taken to the island of Cusacoa, where
they cannot be reached by the insurgents.
They were conveyed thither by Spanish and
French war ships.
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Wan, to Get Into Indiana.

MUNc1E, IND, October 15.-The proprietors
of the largest and most complete mill in
Wales or the world for the manufacture OF
tin plate have written a letter to r. j. Beatty,
president of the Midland steel works of this
city, in which the writer says:
I'VE have, after due deliberation and ex-
animation, decided to move our tin plate
mills to the United States and we want to
locate in tho Indiana natural gas belt. We
want you to secure for US a suitable location
ana communicate with us at once regarding
taxes, fuel, shipping facilities, etc. Trusting
to hear from you Immediately, we remain
yours respectfully"
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lowed ncxt an order, under the command Of
Vice Commodore Morgan, Of the Now York
Yacht club. Tho procession moved mp the
North river to stake boat OF the site Of tho
Grant monument where q turn was made
and the course retraced. Tho bank Of tho
river for the entire distance was black with
spectators, and almost every vessel came in
for its share of greeting. The city fire de-
partment, represented by dotilla OF fire
boats, was especially well received.
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Big Press Reports.

Big Press Reports.
Tho telegraph wires were kept red hot
for several hours with the SPECIAL dispatches
sent out from Topeka by newspaper cores
pondents concerning the Ingalls, meeting.
The Globe-Democrat sent three men, who
employed several local stenographers to, To-
peka to report the speech verbatim, and
their copy" included IL, $50 words of which
1852 represented the senator's talk and the
balance the Introductory, comments, etc.
This was sent over the Western Union lines,
which transmitted that night in all 5000
words to all parts of the country. The
Democrat had the whole report in
type at 1890.
The Kansas City Times and Journal, the
New York World, and the St. Louis Repub-
wires, and took in all 5000 words.