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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-25

The baseball season is near its close The
championship games will be wound up this
week. The season has been a success finan-
cially. Although the New-YOrk team have
not done brilliantly Oh the diamond, they have
done well from the money point OF view. As
far as the championship is concerned, that IS
decided already; Boston wins it again, and
pitts5urg will get the second place. The interest
in the National game" has been large and
steady throughout the season, and the prospects
for next wear ought - lie excellent.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
A BAD ONE.
Wreck on the Michigan Gem
trail Road.
Air Brakes Would Not Work and a Rear
End Collision ResuIts-The Hurt and
Killed All From the East;
Mostly New York.

Twelve people were killed instantly and
twenty-one injured in rear end collision in
front of the Michigan Central station at
Jackson, Michigan.
A special excursion train and the east
bound train for Chicago were standing at
the station. Ascend special excursion train
came up under Roadway and crashed into
the preceding trains rear coach. The rear
train completely telescoped the one ahead of
it. The passengers in the two rear coaches
were caught as in a vice,
The list of dead and injured would DO more
APPALLING were it not for the fact that the cars
were nearly emptied of their human freight
at the moment the accident occurred. The
passengers were then taking breakfast at
the station eating house.
The wrecked train was an excursion from
WATERFOWL, n. Y. in two sections. The
first section came TO standstiil at the depot
in order to change engines. Many passen-
gers alighted for luncheon While the first
section was standing still, the second sec
ton came laundering along and crashed
into the rear end of the train ahead.
The engineer OF the second section, Will
liam Whalen, shut the steam off and applied
the air brakes, which to his dismay failed to
work.
Two lovers on their wedding trip died in
each others arms. One old man sought in
vain for his wife. He found her among the
dead with her head cut off. He fell and
died at her side with the word MARY" on
his lips.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
OVERRULED.
The Motion for Osborn's New
Trial.
Sentence Suspended 10 Give the Secretar,
Liberty Until Appeal Papers Can be
Made-The Judge Defines This
Kind of Libel

Judge Hazen, of the Shawnee county dis
trial, and the attorneys for Secretary o.
born, ]. j. Hit and Noah Allen, gave notice
that the case would be appealed to the su-
preme court. They asked sixty days in
which to prepare the papers in the appeal
case. Judge Hazen then announced that he
would suspend sentence in the case until the
papers for the appeal case are ready, and
asked that they be prepared as speedily as
possible.
By suspending this sentence Secretary
Osborn is allowed his liberty, providing the
sentence included confinement in Jail.
In overruling the motion for a new trial,
Judge Hazen reviewed the case at length.
He said the attorneys for the secretary of
state asked for a new trial on the grounds
that the court had not instructed the jury as
to whether the matter was libel or not. He
then said he had instructed the jury on the
law in the case and they had decided it was
libel for the secretary of state to give out in
formation when he did not request its publ
cation.
In answering this Judge Hazen said:
''When a reporter comes into my Office, who
is in the habit of coming there for news,
know he will publish whatever information
may give him, and if that information Is
libelous am responsible for its publication.
That was my instruction to the jury, and the
decision and verdict of the jury was IN &C
cordance with the Instructions That is the
decision and law of this court on the subject
and propose that it shall stand until it is
reversed by the supreme court. If it is not
the law, it ought to be as soon as 1t can be
made the law"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Important Court DECISION.

LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, October lin the
district court Judge Myers made an impor-
tant ruling in regard to penitentiary con-
victs. Two convicts, who escaped from the
Kansas penitentiary recently, and were re-
captured, were brought before him to be SEN
fenced to PRISON again under provision of
the state law which declares that prisoners
who attempt to escape can be taken before a
district Judge and sentenced to serve their
terms over again.
Judge Myers refused to sentence the pris-
oners and declared the law unconstitutional.
inasmuch as it violated the constitution of
the United States and the state of Kansas by
depriving a man of his liberty without a
trial by Jury. The Judge also held that peni-
Tertiary officers could not hold prisoners a
day longer than their regular terms under
any prison rule or preteXt.
Judge Myers decision also applied to the
noted colored forger, George Lewis, who was
placed in the county Jail here at the expira-
ton of his term to await trial for forging a
note on the First National bank of Leaven-
worth while in confinement.
The prosecuting attorney is not satisfied
with the decision in Lewis case and will
take an appeal to the state supreme court.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Antinnat.d AInu Methods.

WASHINGTON. D. c.. October 12.-Presi-
dent Reinhart, of the Atchison, Topeka d
Santa Fe railway, is president of commits
sion charged with an investigation of the
system of government accounts, with the
idea of evolving a more simple and rapid
method. He was appointed by the secretary
of the treasury last spring on account of his
high reputation as an expert accountant.
His achievements in this line are part of the
history of rallroading in the United States.
He has had two experts on the government
work all summer, and part of his errand
here at this time is to examine their reports.
In speaking of the work. he said: 1.-THE
government is doing its bookkeeping and
conducting its business on practically the
same plan adopted by Alexander Hamilton.
1t is antiquated, slow and expensive. Just
as well might merchant doing business of
$5O,OOO,OOO year undertake to keep his &C
counts on the plan followed half a century
ago when he kept a corner grocery with
$1,000 worth of stock. The present govern
ment system is regular circumlocution pro-
cess. Officers of the government cannot get
their accounts adjusted for two or three
years. There is a great deal of useless ma
chinery. ! think an efficient and simple
system can be devised which will save hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in its direct
and rapid operations. l am very much
pleased with the work of the experts as far
as they have gone, but it will take a long
time to go over the whole system of &C
counts -
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Question of Free Government.

During the protracted discussion in the
senate Senator VOORHEES, declared for new
and better rules to govern that body. He
said:
II believe that this body should have rules
by which to conclude discussion and reach
a vote, higher, more reasonable, more sensi-
BILE and more decent than the rule on which
we are entering now, which is the only one.
The opponents of this bill will not name any
day. They will resort to diIatory measures
to prevent action being taken at all. Who
is to quit? l stand here for the higher prin-
ciple of free government known in history.
We started in here some weeks ago to discuss
the repeal of bad measure of financial leg
islation. We have reached the question of
free government. We have reached the
question of constitutional government. We
have reached the question whether or not We
have government that can administer it
self"
He further said this episode in the history
of the senate would result in reforming the
rules of that body. At the proper time, not
in connection with this heated discussion, he
would vote for some measure by which de-
termination of the question could be reached.
Otherwise this body will lose its proper infiu-
ence and standing before the American peo-
pie and before the world.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Test of Senatorial Endurance,

All day long there were evidences of the
preparations for the fight. Few senators
were in the chamber, but glance into the
cloak rooms and peep into the committee
rooms showed many of them sleeping on
the couches and sofas. outstanding for the
conflict. The forces on both sides of the
battle were divided so as to be able to give
each other relief by taking up the defense of
their position in turn. A great number of
the employees of the senate are likewise
separated into relays in anticipation of the
continuous work. In the committee rooms
couches and blankets had been prepared and
everything possible to make comfortable the
situation which the senators found them
selves i'll.
The silver men had considerable advan-
tage over their opponents and they were free
to admit their pleasure over this condition.
While they can rest in the committee rooms
and Hobbies, leaving only on guard one
speaker and Mr.. Dubois to see that a quorum
is present, it is obligatory on the part of the
friends of repeal to remain continuously in
their seats in order to maintain a quorum.
Talk; talk, everlasting talk continued.
At 3 a. IN. Senator Allen had been talking
over two hours and had scarcely begun.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
The Topeka Club Not a Nuisance.

Judge Hazen, of the Shawnee county dis
trict court, in the injunction case against
the Topeka club, said that the section of the
law which makes place a nuisance where
people resort to drink has been held by our
supreme court to be constitutional and IN
I'll our supreme court had changed its opin.
ion he should have to be governed by it.
He did not think that the club had been
proved to be nuisance.
The real question to be decided in the case
was whether the club was ,.sed as a resort
for drinking intoxicating liquors, and that
no evidence had been presented to him
whereby he could say that was the purpose
of the club.
''Out of membership of 100." continued
Judge HaZen, there are only about eighteen
that keep or drink liquor at the club rooms,
and more than 80 per cent of its members
do not use liquor at all. and unless it can
be shown that the club house was used as a
resort for liquor drinking no court can call
it a nuisance.
81 am mindful of the fact that in what
ever way the question is decided there will
be adverse criticism, but am here to ad-
minister the law as understand ii and not one
particle of evidence has been presented here
TO show that this club is used as a resort
where people go to drink Intoxicating liquors
and SO the injunction Will be dissolved"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Legislation on Grand Lodge Officers.

At the Kansas Grand Lodge l. o. 0. F. the
by the vote of the past grands in the subor-
donate lodges was carried. The law pro-
vides that grand officers shall be nominated
in the Grand Lodge by representative and
seconded by four other representatives in
the session previous to the election; said
election to be held at the regular election
of May of each year, and the officers receiv-
ing the highest number of votes, provided he
has 40 per cent of the whole vote, shall be the
officer for the ensuing year. In case there
is no election, the same shall be held by
Grand Lodge.
The report of the committee on district
ing the state for representative purposes was
laid on the table indefinitely.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
On tho North Carolina Coast.

WILMINGTON. n. c., October 1.-THE ter
rife outburst of wind and wave that swept
through this city surpassed any storm in this
generation. The tide was sixteen inches above
the high water mark recorded in 1858, which
had surpassed all previous known records.
The tide came in with a mighty force and
swiftness, covering the lOwlands opposite the
city and stretching in an unbroken sea across
the rice fields as far as the eye could reach.
The stream bore on its crest an immense
quantity of wreckage.
At South Port the storm was much more
severe than here. The custom house build
ing and nearly all the wharves were washed
away. Many residences, warehouses and
other buildings were badly damaged.
At Oceanview all the large paviliors and
many cottages were either swept away or
more or less damaged.
The only loss of life known here was re-
ported from Sampson, where tree fell on
the house of u farmer named Lane and
crushed two of his children to death.
The total loss in this immediate section
will probably reach $150,0O0.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Quorum no Longer Obtninable.

Past midnight of the second night in the
senatorial freeze out the quorum was broken
by the refusal of certain silver democrats
to answer roll calls. Up to that time
most of those depended upon to vote for the
repeal bill had been brought to the senate at
each roll call, but now there we're several
who did not come in answer to their names.
At l :45 the sergeant alarms reported that
two were absent from the city, twelve had
been excused, four answered the summons
by the statement that they were i'll, nine in
the capitol made no answer and sixteen were
reported absent from their residences and
could not be found.
Mr.. VOORHEES, Immediately arose and said {:
"Mr. President-I feel that have done my
duty in this matter and without comment
now move that the senate adjourn"
The motion was unanimously agreed to
and in an instant the senate chamber was
deserted after a continuous session of 80
hours and 40 minutes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Up. Railway in Hands of Receivers.


The Union Pacific railway is in the hands
of three receivers.
On plea in equity filed in the United
States districts courts at Omaha and Topeka,
Judge Dundy, at Omaha. and Judge Foster,
at Topeka. appointed S. H. H. Clark. E.
Ellery Anderson, of New York, and Oliver
w. Mink, of Boston, receivers for the Union
Pacific Railway company.
The application for the receivers was fled
by the attorneys of the road in the interest
of the trustees, creditors and stockholders
and all are represented in the appointments
named. The Gould interests are represented
in the appointment of President Clark. The
creditors and bondholders are represented
by Mink, and Anderson is one of the gov
eminent trustees of the property.
The petition and the order granting the
petition are both unusually long documents,
and recite all the financial and business
trouble of the company, and ask the appoint
ment of receivers on the grounds of the gen.
eral depression of business and the failure of
the company to meet its obligations.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
YOUNG NEGROES
to Behave Them
selves.
Bishop Handy Would Hear no Apologies
for Such Cause.-The Church and the
Race Should Cut Loose From
False Positions.

KANSAS CITY, KAN. October 13.-At the
Kansas conference of the A. NJ. E. church
here, Rev. DR.. Embree. of the National pub
fishing house, spoke to the conference on
the duty of the church at the present in re
lation to assaults by young colored men all
over the country and the eS'ful penalty that
had been inflicted upon some of the parties
in the south. He said it was grave matter
and the church and the race could no longer
remain silent. He proposed the publication
of tracts to be distributed by the millions
warning young men to behave themselves
and observe law. This was to be followed
by the ministers speaking from the pulpit
warning the parents to lay strong hands on
their sons. The church nor the race, he de-
clared, could afford tO-apolOgize or attempt
to defend such crimes.
There was something SO awful about it
that outraged public sentiment would con-
denim the race that sought to apologize. He
offered a resolution embodying these views.
1t was opposed by Rev. Plummer, who
sought to open the question for debate. His
effort failed, for Bi-hop Handy cut him off
short and commanded him to be seated.
''The African NJ. Z. church will not listen
to any apology for such crimes, nor shall it
be discussed in this church." he replied, and
the hearty applause showed the conference
was with him. DIR. Derrick stated the mat
ter was one of great concern to all good peo-
pie. The young men, he thought. should
learn to behave themselves and then there
would be no trouble. The remark was
greeted with applause. DIR. Embree told of
mass meeting held in Philadelphia recently,
where all the ministers of the city met with
the colored people to consider the question.
He thought the church and the race should
cut loose from any false positions on the
question, nor attempt to speak in defense of
SO outrageous affairs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
How Harris Scheme Was Hatched.

It seems that Harris. for the democratic
free silver senators, and Teller of the republi
can free silver men had been circulating the
amendment offered by Harris as basis for a
compromise. Just before the amendment
was introduced Harris talked with Secretary
Carlisle. The secretary then conferred with
the democratic repeal leaders in the appro-
priation committee room. 1t is understood
that Secretary Carlisle was not yet satisfied
that the repeal men would have to capitu-
late and urged them to continue the fight.
He was willing, however. that the amend
ment should be introduced in case CON-
promise should become the only alternative,
except defeat. In this indirect way, it would
seem the administration, SO far as Mr.. Car
Isle speaks for it, showed the first signs of
Weakening
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
wheat is Up and Grass Growing.

TOPEKA, October 11.-SuperintendentJ en-
nings, of the weather bureau, has discontin-
ued his weekly report for the season, but a
number of his correspondents over the state
sent in their reports just the same. In Elk
county, where the drought was longest and
hardest during the past summer, come very
promising reports. Wheat is up and the
grass growing like spring. Barber county
wheat is reported as coming up and doing
nicely, and in fact, all messages concerning
the wheat are encouraging. In Hamilton
county the farmrrS are getting their seed
wheat by promising two bushels next year
for Que received for seed. Mr.. Jennings
states that the past week has been an excel
lent one for all fodder crops.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
CONSUMPTION Is CURABLE.
The Cincinnati Discoyerer Famed From
Pole TO Pole.

The Cincinnati Discoverer Famed From
Pole TO Pole.
CINCINNATI, October 16.-The fame of
this city as center of medical research has
gone to the ends of the earth. DR.. c. How
ard Strong, of Cape Town, South Africa, has
been here a week investigating the Amick
cure for consumption. and takes back with
him sufficient medicines for sixty patients.
He sailed from New York October II. DIR.
Joaquin Duenas, secretary of Cuba's dele
CATION to the an-American Medical con-
gress, was also sufficiently impressed to or
der the Amick medicines, and yet another
delegate obtained a supply for Venezuela.
In far off Alaska an American physician,
DR.. Arthur Jordan, is stopping the ravages
of consumption amongst the natives on his
island of St. George with Amick's help, and
the Cincinnati discoveries offer to physi-
clans everywhere of free test medicines for
any number of patients is as eagerly &C.
cepted in the frozen north, as in the south
ern tropics.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
In Defense of color.d Mon,

CHATTANOOGA, TENN, October IA secret
conferences of colored lawyers from various
parts of the south is being held here for tn
purpose of taking into consideration the
question of better protection for negroes in
the eouthern states.
The gathering is exclusively confined to
members of the bar. According 10 one OF
the promoters of the movement it has be-
come necessary to find some legal remedy
for what is characterized as the present out
rageous cor ditIon of things in some states,
and especially the lynching and murder OF
negroes, and the failure of efforts to punish
those responsible.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Immense Passenger Traffic.

The passenger department of the Santa
Fe reports the worlds fair travel of hast
Friday, Saturday and Sunday as the heaviest
done by that road. On the first night of the
cheap tickets they took sixty coaches out of
Kansas City, the same number Saturday
night and Monday morning they landed
ninety-three coaches full of people at Chi
cago as a result of Sunday nights traffic.
Nearly all of their passenger coaches are
at the eastern end of the line now and sew
eral big trans of empty cars are on their
way westward to be distributed over the vari-
Gus branches.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Havoc With the Wires.

The West India cyclone and storm from
the northwest joined issues east and west
and since then Geographic communication
has been practically at standstill. After
clone made its way north through Georgia,
North Carolina and the Virginias, and met
the storm from the west somewhere in Penn
sylvania or Ohio, where both diffused over a
wide area, playing havoc with all means of
wire communication.
At New York the velocity of the wind
reached fifty miles an hour, with frequent
gusts still more rapid. A heavy rainfall
came with it. In Brooklyn the wind swept
through the streets and left track of fallen
trees in its wake.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Conflict Between Courts.

JEFFERSON, CITY, Mo-, October 13.-Wal-
lace F. Lawton, prosecuting attorney of St.
Clair county, filed an application of habeas
corpus in division No. of the supreme court
with the object in view of having the judges
Of the county court of St. Clair county re-
leased from Jail, where they are held by the
order of Judge Phillips, of the United States
court. 1t will be remembered that the fed
eral court endeavored to compel the judges
to issue levy to pay interest on fraudu-
lent bond issue. The application will cause
/ clash of authority between the federal and
state courts, should the supreme court de-
eide it has jurisdiction in the case.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
No Court Because no Judr.

The semi-annual October term of the
United States district court was to convene
an Leavenworth but no judge was present to
open the session. Judge Foster. who pre-
sides in this district, was in the city, but was
too i'll TO hold court. Judge Riner, of Wyo-
ming. is expected to take his place, but
should he fail to arrive Judge Foster will ad-
iouru the grand jury and no court will be
held. Some very important cases are dock
eted for trial and many lawyers and witnesses
were present
No Judge was present for the term last
June and considerable inconvenience results
ever . similar state Of affairs this time.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-10-21
Bid For Deposifors.

Providence, R. l., October, 1.-THE
Merchants Savings bank has gone into
voluntary liquidation and has petitioned the
supreme court for permission to wind up it's
affairs. This action was precipitated by the
depreciation of its western securities, the
interest on some of which has been defaulted
and the bank was unable to turn its assets
into cash to meet the demands of its deposi-
tors. The deposits amount to 81 ,207 900,
while the statement shows only small
amount of cash on hand