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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11

TOPEKA, August THE railroads of Kan.
sas have not signified their intention in re-
gard to the order made by the state board of
railroad commissioners reducing freight
rates, which became effective August l. At
the time the order was made the attorneys
for some of the companies stated that the
railroads would pay no attention to it, as
they were unwilling to recognize or concede
the authority of the board to fix a general
schedule of rates under the provisions of the
Kansas law.
The railroad commissioners are anxious to
do not desire to bring direct suit to com
pei the roads to comply with the order.
Various plans have been suggested for
testing the power of the Kansas board in
regulating freight charges, and it is thought
the board will recommend that separate
suits be brought by individual shippers to
secure the benefit of the reduction made in
the new schedule. in the belief that after
such suits have accumulated to an extent
that is threa tening. the railroads will take
notice of the proceedings and bring an ac-
tion to restrain or avoid further suits of that
character.
By this means the commissioners hope to
raise the issue direct between the board and
the railroad companies and induce the su-
preme court to pass upon the question. The
board holds that under the decision of the SUI
preme court IN the Symns Grocer company
case the individual suits can be instituted and
maintained by shippers and the order of the
board enforced to the extent of giving the
shippers the benefit OF recovering from the
roads the difference between the amount
charged by the company and the rate fixed
by the board.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
Court order Answered by Mail.

TOPEKA. August 4.-The members of the
American Railway union at Argentine,
against whom an injunction was served to
prevent them from interfering with the oper-
alton of the Santa Fe railroad, have taken
action on the injunction as a lodge.
They were commanded to appear in the
United States court in this city on next Mon
day to show cause why the Injunction should
not be made permanent. The lodge decided
to not comply with the order and mailed the
following letter to George Sharitt:
ARGENTINE. KAN. August /, 1894.
George. F. Sharitt: Clerk Federal Court To-
peka, Kansas.
"SIR-On behalf of myself and other men
straining orders made returnabe at Topeka
IN the first Monday in August, l beg leave
to say We are not conscious of having violated
any law, and we do not feel justified in pay
ing railroad fare to answer them in person,
nor will we employ IN attorney.
''lf the DEGREES of the court can be invoked
against us with no more justification than
in the present case, then our boasted Justice
and liberty is simply jughandIe affair, and
we will not attempt to resist it.
You will find US at Argentine whenever
you want us. Very respectfully,
IsEALl j. 5. MCFADDEE,
Secretary Lodge No. 40, A. r. O."
Judge Foster says that the men evidently
misunderstood the order, as it simply re-
quired them to be present if they could show
why the injunction should not be made per-
manent, and that if they did not appear
there would be no opposition to an injunc-
ton, and it would be issued.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
SIXTEENTH YEAR.
LUMBER BURNED.
Forty Acres of Lumber Piles
in Chicago.
Lives Were Lost and shops Were in the
Fire-Debs Bows to the Sentiment
OF the PeopIe-The stolen
Gold Found.


Judge J. B. Johnson, of Topeka, received
letter from Judge Caldwell, OF the United
States circuit court, making inquiries
whether or not any action has been taken by
the receivers looking to reduction of wages,
OF the abrogation of existing contracts with
employees.
Judge Caldwell writes that lie questions
the propriety of any such action during the
temporary control of the railroad by the
court, and Furthermore if any such action is
taken he desires to be present.
Judge johnson wired Judge Caldwell in
reply saying that the receivers had taken no
such action IS that referred to- and that no
such steps had been contemplated or would
be taken.
Judge Johnson also gave out the following ::
Il desire to deny emphatcally all Of the
newspaper reports concerning the proposed
abrogation of contracts existing between old
labor organizations and the receivers, and
to deny the proposed reduction in the scale
of wages under and provided by existing
contracts. These newspaper reports having
reached Judge Caldwell. in Michigan, where
he is spending his vacation, he has written
me letter of inquiry upon the subject, ask
ing for an investigation and report, and &c
cordirgly / have thoroughly investigated the
subject, and have made inquiry from Vice
President Robinson, Receiver Wilson, Gen
eral Manager Frey, General Superintendent
Nudge and other officers of the company
and have reported to Judge Caldwell that
there is absolutely no foundation for any
reports heretofore published in relation to
this matter and that, at no time has any
abrogation of existing contracts or reduction
of existing scales of wages been contem-
plated.
s.The statements which have been pub
Iished in the papers. that contracts had been
submitted requiring parties to abrogate their
connection with existing labor organizations
In order to secure employment are absolutely
false. and no such contracts were ever pre-
pared or submitted to anyone.
Statements that new schedule of wages
had been submitted to the locomotive engi-
neers and other organizations, and had been
rejected by them, also absolutely false.
and nothing of the kind has been submitted
and consequently could not have been re
jected as stated in the reports.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
Forty Acres of Lumber Burned.

The lum Der district of Chicago was visited
by disastrous fire on the night of August /,
and the los will probably foot up to s., ,250,-
900, although it will be some time before the
damage can be estimated with accuracy.
The following firms were almost entirely
cleaned out: S. 4. Martin Lum ber COM
pauy; Wells & French company, car build
ers; Perley. Lowe & Co., lum ber; Shoe
maker IL Higbee Lumber company; John
Spry Ium ber company: Edward Hines
Lumber company; Conway IL Co., cedar
posts; w. G. B. Palmer, cedar posts: Whit
comb Cedar Posts com pany; Lieman u
Halske, manufacturers Of dynamOs. Anon G
other firms burned out are the Chicago stove
works and the Barber Asphalt company.
The burned district is about six squares
from east to west and about four from north
to south. The greatest part of the district,
bounded by Blue Island avenue, Lincoln
street, the river and Ashland avenue, were
burned over and forty acres of lum Der yards
are now nothing but smoking embers.
There were several lives lost.
). X. Martin said at midnight: Il had in
my yards 35.000,000 feet of lumber worth
$S00,0O0. A peculiar phase of the thing is
that at midnight tonight all my Insurance.
amounting to over $500, 900, would have ex-
pired. | had made arrangements to have
IT renewed tomorrow, but between midnight
tonight and noon tomorrow | would have
had no insurance. The fire .ught me just
five hours before my insurance was out and
inside of an hour all | had was gone. Mr..
Martin declared that before the fire his lum-
Der yard was the largest in the world.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
Omaha Butchers are Making Threats.

The situation in South Omaha grows
more serious hourly. Five hundred men,
including all the Iaborers around the pack
ing houses, quit work in sympathy with the
butchers. The tierce men at Swift's also
walked out.
They were met on the platform by Man
ager Foster. who talked to them for few
minutes. He asked the men what wages
they were getting. They said $1.75 day.
Isn't that all your scale calls for?' asked
Mr.. Foster, and the men admitted that it
was. He finally induced the gang to go
back to work. There was a crowd of strik-
ers on the railroad tracks watching the fell
lows, and when they started back the men on
the outside began to cry out ''Scab.' A lit
tie later the same gang went out in a body
and hurriedy left the plant.
At Hammond's the cellar gang went out
after working an hour. The beef luggers
and smoke house gang worked until noon
and then walked out The sheriff was called
on for deputies and the situation began to
grow serious, but he refused to interfere as
he did not think the circumstances warrant
ed it.
The managers have made all the conces-
sions they propose to and after Monday will
give employment to men who are willing to
work regardless of any of their old forces.
The strikers declare that if the packers do
not meet their terms they will regret it.
Adjutant General Gage, of Nebraska, has
been ordered to report Immediately to South
Omaha on account of the strike.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
ONLY S75O,OOO,
Instead Of ST., 100000, in Re-
Ceivers' Certificates.
Promises of Plenty of Rain-Our Circuit
Has Nfw Judgr-Heavy Failure of
a Live Stock Company-NIiss
Harris EIopement.

The Largest Sheep Growers Have Failed.
CHEYENNE. WYo.. August Son applica-
tion of Assignee Foster, of the defunct bank,
W. W. Gleason, manager of the company,
was appointed receiver of the Warren Live
Stock company, whose herds of cattle, sheep
and horses range the hills of some nine
counties in Nebraska. Colorado and Wyo-
ming. The debts of the company are now
100000. while the assets now figure up $780,
600. though year ago the same assets were
valued at S750.0O0. They include about
1000 horses, $500 cattle, 700 sheep and a.
coo acres of land.
Ex-senator Warren, the president of the
company, stated to the Associated Press re
porter that the last shipment of sheep netted
only 29 cents a head over cost of shipment
and sale, where such sheep formerly brought
over So. Their extensive operations in which
he is engaged will not be seriously affected
by the receivership of the live stock COM
pany. The causes that led up to the receiv-
ership are stated by Mr.. Warren to be the
free wool sc re- the financial strngency that
has held the whole country in its folds the
past year and the labor troubles of the past
few weeks. Up to and including 1892 the
Warren Live Stock company ran on its
range 5000 sheep, the largest individual
ownership in the United States. Its present
herds are still in all probabilities the great
est in the country.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11

Miss Layinia L. Harris, a young and at
tractive daughter of Congress sman w. A.
Harris, of Kansas, was quietly married at
Hagerstown, Nd. to Wade D. Bohannon,
proprietor of a livery stable at Luray, Va.
Miss Harris has been attending school at
Luray, and during this season hes been
spending the summer there. Some time ago
she met Mr.. Bohannon, with whom she
formed cloe friendship. which ripened
into love. The friends of Miss Harris were
openly opposed to her friendship for Bohan-
non. and it is believed her parents we're in
ignorance of their relationship.
Miss Harris received a letter calling her
to Washington and notified her affianced,
and an elopement was arranged and carried
out. The couple reached Hagerstown and
were married in the par.ors of the Bald win
house, the ceremony being hastily performed
by Rev. DIR. S. w. Owen, to whom they had
telegraphed to be ready for them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11

The Chicago lumber district had another
serious fire the night of August 2, which
destroyed the yards of the John Sprey Lum-
Der company; A. J. Mclean, cedar posts ;
F. Farrell, cedar posts.
In addition to the lum Der yards, the wood
en- bridge over the Chicago river at Ashland
avenue was destroyed.
large eight story building at 158 West
Van Buren street was cleaned out by fire
while the lum Der yards were burning.
The total loss to the building and occupants
will reach 100000. Thomas Cunnin CHAM,
of Hook and Ladder company No. IA, was
fatally injured by falling wall and Captain
Sullivan, of engine company No. "a, was Sc
riously wounded by falling glass.
At fire in Philadelphia two tiremen were
killed and five injured. A mill 200 feet long
and four stories. in the heart of the mill dis
trict, was destroyed.
At Detroit. at the same time, one fireman
was killed and six we're injured at fire
which destroyed planning mill and lumber
yard.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
STOCK AND FARM.

New fax seed is worth 81 bushel in
Franklin county.
Three year-oId feeding steers are
worth 50 a hundred in Chautauqua
county.
Bourbon county vineyardists report
that the grape crop of 1894 will be as
large as ever known.
The man who peddles the stuff to in
crease the yield of butter from milk still
finds suckers in some parts of Kansas.
The receipts of hogs at the Kansas
City, Kan, stock yards since January
show an increase of 100000 over the
receipts for the same period last year.
J. w. Hirst has closed a contract to
purchase 100000 bushels Of fax seed
from Kansas and Indian territory, to be
delivered at Leaven worth. where it will
be worked into oil and cake.
dener, of Union township, tbreshed
eighty acres of Russian wheat. which
yielded thirty-seven bushels per acre. j.
J. Schneider, of Detroit, threshed sixty
acres of wheat which yielded 1,80C
bushels.
Mcpherson Republican: From what
we can learn the farmers are calculating
on putting out as much wheat for next
year as they had this. Although the
crop has been poor they have gone to
work just as hopeful as ever putting out
another large crop, full of faith in the
possibilities Of Kansas soil.
L. II. Aley. of Cedar Vale, Cnautau-
qua county, lost half his wheat in the
stack by cattle getting into the field.
They leveled the stacks to the ground
and practically destroyed it all, twenty
six acres. The field was out Of sight
from where he was all the week, and the
cattle had their own way with it. It
was the best wheat ever raised on ths
farm. but has gone glimmering.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
why Are These Things Permitted.

CoNNELIsvILLE, PA, August While
Samuel Matthews, who recently deserted the
strikers, was returning home from work
number of Slavs who were passing by at
tackled him, and then followed the coward
ly, cruel scene the Slavs have so often enacted
in this region. A big Sav pushed in and
struck at his neck with knife. Matthews
threw out his arm and the blade was buried
in it above the elbow. Dodging another
blow with knife, the weapon penetrated
his shoulder. There was a storm of blows
and every Slav striking him held knife.
One of the Slavs struck him in the hand,
stabbed him in the back and then he was
thrown down under foot and kicked and
ira implied while the men stopped to stab him
in his helpless condition. Then a crowd
that had been drawn by the attack charged
on the Savs, drove them back and rescued
the terribly wounded man. He was carried
TO his home, efforts made to stop the flow of
blood and physician was summoned. Mat
thews' wounds will prove fatal.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
President Lincoln's sunday Order.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. August AIR. Gros-
venor, republican. of Ohio, arose in the
house to question of privilege in connec-
ton with a resolution he introduced some
time ago, calling for report from the war
department upon the court martial of a sol
dier at Omaha for refusing to participate in
target practice on Sunday. A reply had
been received from the war department.
Mr. Grosvenor had ho criticisms to offer
upon the ground of the court martial, viz,
that a private soldier had no right to DISC
bey the commands of hls superior, but he
insisted that the army off GER ordering the
Sunday target practice did so in plain viola
tion of the order of President Lincoln in
1862 and direct violation of the statutes of
Nebraska. Mr.. Grosyenor made some Sc
we're structures the court IN rtial and the
general who had approved it and ordered it's
decree executed.
The action of the brigader general"
said he. swas the outgrowth either of the
most stolid and inconceivable ignorance or
a total disregard of all that was right and
proper"
Mr.. Grosvenor paid a high tribute to Pres
ident Cleveland, who had ordered the officer
who issued the Sunday target practice to be
arrested, tried and punished for violation of
the order of President Lincoln.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
The Alliance FURNISH Provisions.

TOPEKA, KAN, August GA month ago
when the strike was at its height and the
men out of employment we're beginning to
feel the need of immediate relief. the farm
ers' alliance of Dover. in this county, an
nounced that it was ready to furnish any
thing it had to the unemployed, and would
begin at once. The A. r. Z. accepted the
offer and the scheme Is working nicely.
In Z corner of the CELLAR of the Alliance
exchange. at the corner of Sixth and Quincy
is the store of the A. r. o., at which dis
tributions are made to those of the union
that apply for them.
Mr.. Blevens, who is in charge. says that
with what they have in stock and what has
been promised he is sure he could take care
of 100 families for FIVE or six months at least.
So far the regular patrons of the store
mum ber upwards of eighty.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
All Back wages to be Paid.

Judge G. G. Foster has issued an order
giving the receivers of the Santa Fe railroad
authority to borrow $4,000 on receivers
certificates.
OF this amount $75O,O0O is to pay the en-
ployes of the road and other bills, and S. 50,-
600 to pay taxes of the road and the expenses
of terminal facilities.
1t is only a few weeks since the receivers
were given permission to borrow $250,000 on
receivers certificates. and nearly the entire
amount was advanced by one firm. This
additional loan will swell the receivers debt
to ST, 100000.
The receivers certificates, upon which the
money is secured, are good investments.
property. and take precedence of all other
claims against the company, mortgages in
cluded. They draw 5 per cent. interest.
The order was filed in the United States
circuit court.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11

OMAHA, NEB., August 8.-An appeal for re-
lief for the drouth stricken portions of Ne
braska, signed by a committee Calming to
represent large interests, was sent to the
governor. 1t recites that the committee has
Just returned from an extended visit through
the section IN which the hot winds destroyed
crops. The committee explains that it has
reason to believe from what it has been told
ernigrate or be fed by charity. unless the
people as a whole provide for them"
The committee suggests as a solution of
the problem that special session oil the leg
islature be called immediately to devise a
state system of irrigation and that those in
the drouth districts be given employment on
the bitches
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11

All the trains entering Atchison now travel
over the line of the Kansas City, St. Joe &
Council Bluffs road owing to the sudden cut
ting of the river at Winthrop junction, a
; small station across the river. The Kansas
City, St. Joe & Council B, utfs road has COM
pleted a new cutoff which enters Atchison
via Sugar Lake station. All the old tracks
were suddenly swept into the river August 2.
The Winthrop Junction station has been
abandoned temporarily, As it is cut off from
having been swept into the river with the
tracks. All trains entering from the east
side of the river. about fifty. now use the
Kansas City, St. Joe & Council Bluffs tracks
into the city
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
Eerding the A. r. q.

CHICAGO. August THE A. r. Q. has IS
sued a long resolution which it terms an
address TO the voters of the United States. -
The address, which is an urgent call to
vote the ticket of the populist party, opens
with the history of the A. e. C.. then goes
into detailed account of alleged economi-
up by long statement of how the union
came to take up the cause of the Pullman
strikers and declare the boycott. The his
tory of the strike is gone over, no new facts.
however, being given. 1t is denied that the
officials of the A. R. L. in any way obstruct-
ed the operation of the interstate commerce
law. The address closes with an appeal to
support ''the party which bears the name of
the sovereign people,"
The union has also issued an appeal fot
funds, declaring 1.-The A. r. Z. needs money.
needs it badly and at once."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11

TOPEKA. KAN, August 8.-Treasurer Wild
er. of the Santa Fe Railroad company, has
made statement that the amount author
lied to be borrowed by the receivers is $780,
900, instead of 81, 100000, as before reported.
The other order, he says, was to ratify the
former contracts. Mr.. Wilder says:
''The d sire of the receivers, as we'll as the
trustees of the general mortgage bonds and
of the reorganization committee is, that the
floating Indebtedness shall not be increased
any more than absolutely necessary, and
while the $750,000 was fixed as a limit, it is
not the intention that the full amount shall
be borrowed if business continues reviving
as it has since the collapse of the recent
strike
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11

OMAHA, NEB., August 3.-The reports of
rains continue to pour in from the various
railroad headquarters with encouraging fire.
quency, and are in a great measure dissipat-
ing the big scare among farmers and stock
men. All along the Union Pacific, B. & NJ,
Elk Horn and various other lines radiating
from this point throughout the state come
the tidings of restoration of hope for at least
a good half crop.
The whole country to-day presents vast
ly different aspect from that of four days
since. Many fields that were not ex-
pected to rally under any quantity of rain,
until the last two days, are now in a normal
condition. The crop may average two thirds.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
Guesses on Coming Weather.

TOPEKA, August ST. B. Jennings, OBJ
server of the weather bureau here, Us there
will be plenty of rain all of August and
September, but does not expect it to COM
mence until after Friday
He bases his calculations not alone upon
present indications, but also the seven year
plan of repetition. In 1887 there very
dry July, but in August 618 inches of rain
fell. and September was equally damp. He
thinks it SO also in 1880.
Mr.. Jennings has been in western Kansas
and reports plenty of rain west of Hutchin-
son. which came in time to save the alfalfa
and everything else that had not been cooked
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11

Preceding the storm at Wichita August l.
came cloud of big, fat gra-shoppers. They
did not come in one and twoz, but in clouds
and swarmS.
Pedestrians crunched them under foot
by the hundreds, and the light of the electric
lamps was obscured in parts of the city by
swarms that futtered about the globes
Hundreds of live grasshoppers were fly
ing and jumping about on the streets and
settling down on the store boxes and win
dows, while many more lay dead on the
sidewalks and oat in the streets.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-11
That Cask of cold Is Found.

PARIS, August 3.-What is supposed to De
the missing cask which contained the $4,000
gold consigned to the Lazard Freres COM
pany by the steamer La Touraine, was found
empty in the car In which all the casks of
gold travelled under seal. 1t is believed that
the gold was stolen during its transfer from
the steamship or at the railroad station in
this city.
Later the missing gold was found in some
sacks. hidden in heap of coal near. the rail
road station at Havre. There is still no
trace of the thieves.