Western Kansas world., 1893-11-04
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1t looks likely that the Kansas building at
| Chicago will be brought to Topeka and re-
| constructed on the state fair grounds.
The Fyfield church. near Abingdon, Eng
land, built in the thirteenth century and
| considered an important historical monu-
| ment, has been destroyed by tlre.
According to precedent Senator John
Martin is not eligible to succeed Judge
| Foster because he is member of the con-
gress that creates the vacancy; If vacancy
is created by retiring Foster.
Murderer George Painter, under sentence
of death at Chicago, has appealed to the
| governor to be given hypnotic test, claim
| ing that by it the truth will be made known
and his innocence shown.
The senate at 80 p. NJ, October 30, passed
the unconditional repeal bill by a vote of
43 to 80.
The Cherokee strip has coal beds, as is
alleged, and now quartette of capitalists
are talking of having tracks extended to the
coal.
A resolution has been introduced in the
house, the purport of which is that copies of
any charge made against pensioners must
| be furnished to the accused.
Senator Martin and Attorney Perry both
seem to have small chance to succeed Judge
Foster; yet it is the unexpected that always
happens.
The formal transfer for $4,000, of the old
home of Senator Stephen A. Douglas and
the late Justice Bradley at Washington to the
papaI legation has been made. 1t will be
Monsignor Satolli's official home.
George Gould went out with party after
game while in Missouri and his gun was dis
| charged by means of a twig on the trigger,
| the charge of bird shot passing within two
,, inches of the great railroader's head.
There are between 1000 and 1000 coal
| miners on the strike in the Walsenburg
district, Colorado, and about 600 at Lafay-
cite, and in consequence nearly all the
mines in these districts are closed down.
President Cleveland is asking questions of
western democrats about the charges of out
rage and fraud by officials in their treatment
of Strip settlers. He is likely to investigate
for himself what his land department has
been doing.
Company A, First regiment. Kansas Ma
tiOnal guard, of Olathe, was mustered out
| by Adjutant General Artz. Captain lies
turned over to Artz all the property of the
company and it was boxed up and shipped
| to Topeka.
Prairie fires have been committing great
havoc in the Winnepeg district. Many far
mers have lost their crops. Two little chill
dren, a son and daughter of farmer named
Watson, were caught by. the flames and
burned to death.
The seat of Representative W. S. Linton.
of Michigan. has been contested by ex-Rep-
resentative Youmans. who declares Linton
obtained the election by the assisistanceo OF
armed member of the American Protective
Association at the polls.
United States Marshal Walker of Kan sas,
called on Attorney General Olney, and after
a short conference left his private room with
the remark: 81 am marshal yet. They.
don't appear disposed to let me off, as they
do net appear to want to act in the matter"
Walkers visit was to offer his resignation
Delegate Flynn is trying to get sub
committee of the senate Oh territories to-
make a t-:@ir to Oklahoma during the COM
ing congressional vacation to investigate
the question of statehood. There is good
reason to believe that if congress disbauds
within ten days the plan will succeed.
Some person in Muncie, Ind, sent Mar
shall John Woods, at Celina, O..some small
poX scabs enclosed in a very degrading letter
Marshal Woods would not permit anyone
from Muncie to come there and it is thought
some one at MuncIe has tried to spread the
dreaded disease in Ceina and resorted to the
above method.
The report was circulated in Washington
that In the income tax scheme there would
be included a provision to tax mortgages.
Western men assert that taxing mortgages
would mean that the person borrowing
money would be obliged to pay an increased |
amount of interest to meet the amount of |
the tax and the man lending the money |
would not be injured.
Senate bill to aid the States of California, |
oregon. Washington, Montana, Idaho, |
Nevada, Wyoming, Colorado and South |
Dakota to support schools of mines (allow-
ing to each of them 25 per cent of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of mineral lands within
those states, but not to exceed $4,000 per r
year,, was passed by the Senate with an
adding the state of Minnesota
to the other states.
Carter II. Harrison, mayor of Chicago was
shot dead in his own house, 231 South Ash
land Boulevard, on the evening of October
%, by a crazy paper carrier named Prender-
CAST. The murderer gave himself up and
was placed in a cell in the city hall. Large
crowds gathered about the place and bitter
feeling prevailed, and though many threats
we're made no attempt was made to wreak
heir vengeance.
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