Western Kansas world., 1893-03-11
LATEST NEWS.
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Hurried Readers.

Secretary Noble has recommended TO the
president that troops he sent to prevent the
threatened invasion of the strip by boomers-
Edwin Gould has been at Omaha, and
while there said of the reported retirement
, of President S. H. II. Clark. of the Union
Pacific, that he thought Mr.. Clark would
continue with Doth systems as now; mean
ing the Union Pacific and the Missouri Pa
cifc.
The defeat of the anti-option bill was
followed by the improvement IN grain, and
while wheat has fallen 21f cents it has since
risen cents, the sales of the week being N,.
10000 bushels. Corn % cent and oats q
cents highter, but pork products are slightly
lower.
Two hundred more carriage and wagon
makers at Chicago have struck for the nine
hour day.
Mr. Hqrrison's train reached Indianapolis
at 10 40 Monday forenoon. A procession
was formed to escort him home. Between
and 10 Monday night reception was
held at the state house.
There is bill before the Kansas senate
authorizing the State Agricultural college
TO use a sufficient part of its national appro-
priation to provide for the cultivation of
160 acres of land west of the line of Norton
and Graham counties, for experimental
purposes.
The special train bearing eX-President
Harrison home, arrived in Pittsburg, Pa,
at 8. o'clock Sunday morning. He spent
the day there with Rev. ]. d. Kumbler,
once his pastor at Indianapolis. At 10
O'clock Sunday evening the homeward jour
ney was resumed.
The Kansas legislature has passed reso-
luton giving the State Historical society
the rooms now occupied by the supreme
court commission. These rooms are in the
south basement of the state house, opposite
the room occupied by the Goss collection
of birds. They are to be made available at
once.
The report of the congressional committee
investigating the census bureau find the
charges of mIsmanagement and wasting OF
funds have not been sustained. The minor
ity, however, believe the bureau has been
mismanaged, and recommend a thorough
investigation of the Office by the next con-
gress-
Representative johnson, of Anderson
county, introduced In the Kansas house r
resolution to instruct the attorney general
to find out how much money had been paid
out by State Treasurer Biddle without au-
thority of law, and to pring action at once to
recover the same from the treasurer and his
bondsmen.
Deputy marshals lodged sixteen prisoners
in the United States jail at Guthrie, 0. L.
They are all Bohemians and form portion
of colony that settled upon the oest lands
In the southern part OF the territory, con-
trary to law. Every one is charged with
perjury, and a number of more arrests will
follow On the same charge.
The senate .conferrees on the general In
dian bill are Dawes. Collum and Call. The
house conferrees are Peel, Allen of Miss
issippi and Wilson, of Washington. The
conferrees on bill are always announced
by the speaker and the vice president, but
each always appoints those selected by the
chairman of the committee concerned.
In the Kansas senate Joint resolution has
been offered providing for the submission
of an amendment to the constitution IN re-
lation to the settlement of contested cleo
tions. The plan is that all contests shall
be settled by the district court of the county
in which they arise and no certificate of cleo
ton is to be issued nntil the contests are 80
settled.
Some popuIists of tho Kansas legislature
held out in caucus for terms; concessions,
conditions, conference etc, before entering
as full members of the house. But they
were overruled by the consideration that the
house had quorum without them; that 1t
could 90 on and do business with or with
out their help and would care little whether
they came or not.
Notwithstanding the expressed sentiment
of the general managers of all the roads
centering in Chicago that no advance
would be conceded in switchmen's pay,
there is again q general demand from the
switchmen for less hours work and more
cents per hour. The men of the Michigan
Central started the new demand, and others
seeming to be falling in.
Governor Lewelling has appointed the
new board of Kansas commissioners for
the worlds fair, as follows: G. w. Click
(dem.) first district; H. H Kerns (dem.
second district; L. H. King (pop.) third
district; T. J. Anderson (rep.) fourth dis
trict; A. Z. Collins (pop.) fifth district;
Mrs. NJ. A. Clark (pop. sixth district; w.
w. Cobun (pop. seventh district.
When the appropriation for the state nor
NAL was before the committee of the whole
of the Kansas house IN amendment was
made to strike out the $4,000 for new build
Ings. Some western members, led by Mr.
Hopkins, of Flnney county, tried to make
state division out of it, and succeeded SO far
as to cause a three hours debate. The $780,
600 was left in in the bill by vote of GA to 80.
Dan Lamont, the new secretary of war,
has, added to his duties IN the war Office,
been selected as tab keeper on appoint
ments. He VII keep the presidents sched-
ule posted so as to show what places are to
be filled; and also where the recommended
tions for the appointments made come from.
This scheme is to prevent any politician or
locality from controlling an Undue share of
patronage.