The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-15
The Blacknan.
W. ID. DRIVER,
Editor and Publisher,
~,orrr KANSAS
KANSAS

ton coast early June O. CAUSING
damage to shipping.
Merchants who have been 80 long le.t,ns
the Cherokee Indians run open .;oa. acGo frorn
har;n, serious trouble in collecting Irolh
than now they are getting their money ioA
the Strip.
Chicago firm has corner On apPht.-, phav
holding the entire supply 10 slRnt. 1nGs
hoId THAR stock at $50 a barrel, "hlCh
aho,,t j York shilling for each apple, "hole-
sale price.
The rewards offered for the capture OF bLli
Dalton bv four states, two territories al.u
a. limited States authorities will aggregate
n the neirhborhood of $4,000. ms re"a1u a.
-;II he divided equally among the nine ON
GERS who effected his capture.
AZ Chadron, Neb, nine horses startea IN n
the 100 mile race by cowboys rouh N m
nine horses died on the track.
Senator Gray. chairman of the senate eiec-
4;ors Committee, SAYS he will call MS coI-
lnittee together very soon TO consluer tiio
Adv v-Martin contest case on Its merlts'
Up. st. Johns old partner, |. Y. Plcker-
ING. who headed the last prohlDition sIa1s
ticket, was again named as canuluato ~.
governor by the pronlDltlon con
Emporia, June IL.
The lower house of congress had sPlrl!eu
debate over the proposition Ia tne II;ar Ing;an
appropriation bill to establish the lnolan
supply warehouse in Chicago; dong away
with the one in New York.
John p. st John is figuring to get the
populist nomination for congress III lh0
Second district of Kansas.
Tn investigating the cause Of fire at Vic
tora. B. g.. a test was made WIN an llcan
descent light A child's hood was wrapped
D.2,-n5 @ba rIoha npd III took fire,
8. "A. Riggs, a very prominent democrat
of Lawrence. was repeatedly urgeu ~ acCcpu
the populst nomination for associate JusIlce
Of the supreme court, and refused IT,
II. s. Circuit Judge Thomas, holding court
at Leavenworth, Kan, sentenced tne tnree
leaders Of the Colorado wealerS. who stole
a train and were arrested at Ellis, ran,
June 2, to forty days IN jan.
The house committee on railways ana ca,
mails agreed to report the compromise Dlll
drawn by Representative Ryan, Of New
York. for the survey of a ship canal route
from the Ohio river to Lake Erie.
There are several places in eastern Ohio
where railroad passengers are transferred at
burned bridges burned by the striking, riot
ing. foreign miners. There are numerous
bridges now guarded by state militia.
General Sanders has been prohibited from
visiting his army, now held prisoners by
Marshal Nicely on the government reserva-
ton, and he is on the warpath, saying all
manner Of mean things about the United
States marshal.
Strikers seem determined that coal and
coke trains shall not be moved. Repeated
efforts to prevent it are being daily made III
Ohio and Pennsylvania. Destruction q
property and life seems to be determined
upon by these men.
Some Of the Sanders army with later ar
rivals from Cripple Craek, scared the MIS-
sour Pacific officials at Kansas City SO thai
extraordinary precautions were taken to pre-
vent the capture Of train by them, neal
Independence. Mo.
General Henry Bennett, Of the Denve
wealers. now at Kansas City. was INTRODUCED
TO the Kansas pOpullst convention by ". Y
Clemens, and made a speech. contribu
tion was taken up to assist Bennett to move
on; $l02 was raised.
Horse stealing is going on at an alarming
extent in Oklahoma and the Indian Terrltor.
now. 1t is said that there is an organized
gang, mum mbering over 200 men, who are 10
Gated in every town in the territory and espe
cially those remote from railroads.
In lull in the populist state convention
the roll of counties was called for the pur
pose Of securing pledges for the state cam
paign fund. The delegation from eacl
county subscribed from $40 to 500 each. tn
total amounting to several thousand dollars
The striking coal miners are concentrating
their efforts 20 induce Kansas miners to q
out. They say that Kansas has the onl
mines at work that amount to anything
and as long as coal men can get Kansas Goa
to fill their contracts the strikers cannot vii
their fight.
The eastern Ohio miners threaten to resis
the soldiers and blow up the railroad bridge
and tunnels. There are 200 Winchester
among the Wheeling creek miners and 10
at Laurelton. Several railroads are blocke
and bloodshed is feared. One bridge ha
been burned.
An Egan, s. d., special reports valuabl
prehistoric find in mound there. tom
has been uncovered lined with cement |
the tomb's compartments we're twenty-tiy
male skeletons averaging eight feet in heigh
rude altar and many bronze utensils wei
exposed.
Governor Hogg. Of Texas, has started o
trim for the north and east and will deliyt
addresses in behalf of Texas in half a dozs
northern cities He is engaged to deliver q
address before the Tammany society IN ne
York on July 4. 1t is believed that Tan
many is grooming Governor Hogg as cand
date Tor vice president.
II has been decided BY the agricultural d
partment to SOW over 1000 different kint
of wheat next year, by way of experiment
Seed will be placed in the various whe
states and in various kinds of soil and
varying attitudes. and all this for the pu
pose of trying to find out what kind Of whe
and under what conditions will be mo
likely TO escape rust.