The Kansas blackman., 1894-05-25
The Blacknan.
w. ID. DRIVER,
Editor and Publisher,
norT KANSAS
TOPEKA,

General Sanders is out on bail; State
Printer e. III. Snow being his bondsfnan'
Philadelphia had half million dollar me-,
IN the heart Of the business portion VI ln7
city, on Sunday, May ~.
Twenty Or more Of Colonel BreckinrIdges
old friends from the Ashland district ol hsn-
lucky have united in requesting BrecklnLiuso
to withdraw from the congressional race'
II il thought that fully $4,000 cattle have
heen shipped from Texas this season 70 m
rrazed and prepared for market On liz
grasses Of Kansas and the Indian 1errl'Ory'
Alb. Cook, who has served Jefferson coun-
ty. Kansas. in the county clerks ONCE Es
deputy and as clerk, and is now paralytlc'
was thrown from d vehicle in Armourdale
and severely hurt.
The Seventy-ffth birthday Of Queen Nlc-
toria was observed throughout Engiahu'
May "a.
Another 100 colored miners left Plttsourg'
Kan, May p, going to the Choctaw niiiieo
in the Indian Territory.
The frost injured some and ruined more q
the potato fields in the Kaw valley, from eng
to end, from junction City to Myandotve'
There is said to be lack of good seed pota-
toes to replant with
The OIathe convention during TUESDAY
evening. and two day sessions on Nednes-
day reached the six-hundreth ballot; "nlcn
stood: Funston. 40; Buchan, 45; Ho"aro'
IA; Smart, 16; Parker, IL.
" Louis and places in Illinois near there,
report sight earthquake shock carry dlteI
midnight, May "a.
Governor Flower. If New York, has vetoed
NJ
flags on pubic buildings
Mrs. J. G. Otis, president Of the Popnllsee
Women's club, has called q state meetlng u
the organization for June IA 10 hepie9eii'" n"
tive hall.
The new state Of Washington spends eleven
times as much upon pubic schools PET puPihI
as South Carolina and three times aS 1850
as Massachusetts,.
About 300 democrats in all parts OF M
braska signed the cali for the democratlc
June 81: when a democratic Tree collage
league is to be formed.
Whatever surplus might have been "a the
country year ago has been Worseu III aha III
sheen are again finding friends ana tne
market for them is on more heaithy Dasis
than for either cattle or hogs.
Judpe q. g. Foster, Of the United States
district court. has SO far recovered ms nealtn
that he has accepted an invitation to denver
an address before the American Bar assocla-
ton at Saratoga Springs, August zo'
Three companies Of infantry at Fort Leav-
enworth are held in readiness to move az q
moments notice. Colonel Townsend mas
not the slightest idea as to the supposed oo-
iective point, but is ready to move.
The Young Peoples Society Of Christian
Endeavor hold a state convention 10 Iopeka
commencing Thursday, May "a. Early IN
tae week it was estimated by the state secre-
tary that 1000 delegates would attend
W.B. Cubertson, Of Larned, who was in
Leavenworth attending the grand lodge'
KNIGHTS Of Pythias, met with an accident
that may cause him trouble Tor some length
Of time His foot caught in an elevator
Committees in the Ashland district OF
Kentucky we're arranging joint debate be-
tween congressional candidates, but tne
women stopped it by declaring that tney
would not attend a meeting to be addressed
by Breckinridge.
w. f. Peacock, wholesale merchant ot
Honolulu, says 93 per cent. OF the CONNER
cial business Of the Pacific islands is trans
acted with the United States. The imports
amount to S6,OOO.O00 annually and the ex
ports to $13,000,0OO.
President Mccoy, Of the Live Stock ex.
change says: In the matter of arrangement
Of the Kansas City, Kan, yards and the facll
tiles there for the prompt and economical!
handling of stock, this market has no equa
in the United States.
The Leavenworth Coal company decided
to increase the price of mining 1213 cents or
the ton, making it $l1215, in order to MAKE
the men stand firm against the strike aglta
tors hanging around. Other mines vii
make similar advances.
Estimated Losses by the floods in Pennsyl
yania amount to $5,0O0.0OO. The damage q
Williamsport alone will not fall short OF Sl.
100000. The entire tobacco crop OF north
ern Pennsylvania and southwestern Ne'
York has been destroyed.
REPRESENTATIVES Davis and Taubenecl
have been making careful estimate Of tn
different bands of Coxeyites on their way 7
Washington and claim that there are 800
men tramping or riding on boats or ool
rowed trains toward the capital.
The civil service commission will still llv
though congress refuse TO appropriate the'
salaries. They would also have standin
in the court Of claims in suits for their pa.
This induced Mr. Enloe to Introduce in u
house bill to repeal the civil service act.
contrary LC Tile ANpSS ~ SAe0seA PN1A NJ
U. s. Attorney Speed, Of Oklahoma, Is
have full charge of the prosecution Of e.
Register Malone, at Perry, and also certal
other cases. 1t was expected that new
appointed success sor to Speed would be cor
missioned in time for this work.
Pennsylvania is having as bad foods as
1885, Williamsport, Bradford, Huntingdo
and all other places the Juniata and ~
quehana rivers and their tributaries a
submerged, the people removing in the mig
Of Sunday May 70 from the lower streets
higher land. Great destruction of proper
occurred and is occurring.
At the end Of the second day of the co
gressional convention Of the Second kans
district the 471st ballot was: Funston. 3
Howard, 26: Smart, IA: Parker, ID; BuchR
"a. The third day, May 19, closed with I
504th ballot. which stood: Smart Of Olatt
81; Funston. 50; Buchan, 80. Smart tn
lacked but seven votes uf a nomination. I
convention then adjourned to Tuesday, Nj
p, at p. I'D.