The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-04-20
The BIackn1an.
w. d. DRIVER,
Editor and Publisher,
KANSAS.
-. KANSAS.
TOPEKA,

England, France, Germany. Austria ana
Poland are now in the sixth week So
eral drouth and uneasiness is felt by larlnel0
The late Dr. William G. Hammond, VIZ
was chancellor Of Iowa university lot lit UGcn
years, left very valuable library "n1cn ~
widow has now donated to the law depart
ment of the university.
A St. Louis dispatch says that Cnauncey
M. Depew. while in that city the otner Wy
announced himself as a candidate ior pLeslt
dent of the United States. Inc orahu N
Chauncey's red liquor is not stated.
The death Of Senator Vance will hasten
+he Adv Martin contest The senate COIL
mittee having the contest in charge was PIT
vented in taxing action by reason vi III
sickness Of Senator Vance, who was IN chalI-
man.
chief Harris has called the Cherokee coun-
Gil together 10 decide how the 3d. 4U,oour III
ceived for the Strip shall de divided. fI u
full-blood Cherokees Do not want ahS M
to 60 to the ''adopted" class.
Senator Morrill,. Of Vermont. who n Fl
years old, is the Oldest man III eithe IT'LL IaLrar
IF congress. He was elected to tne loMeL
house IN 1856. and in 1867 was sent w Iii
senate to which he has been four times In
turned.
4 reduction has been ordered in wages q
ali Grand Trunk employees, which has cau5eu
CONSERVATION in Canadian railroad cILc. .ho
The grievance committee IS discussing til
situation. The order was caDleu iioAi
England.
Sacramento is afoot in the dark. lh9
electric plant which supplied city lIgn.r III IL
power for the street car system haS pe0A mn
tally destroyed by tire.
report prepared in the house committee
~ elections. but not yet adopted, nna5 lhaI
hvy1 votes
in the Second district of Kansas.
The Germans are experimenting On III a
motor power for street railways ana CAN
that experiments have proven it to De cheaper
for that purpose than electricity
The assignment Of Samuel l.. Clemens,
halter known as MARX Twain" ana MS
partner. Frank T. Hall, who composed the
Arm Of Charles T.. Webster, book puDiisner,
has been fled in the county clerks once az
New York.
Senator Morrill,, Of Vermont, now "a years
old, held the United States senate ia CLOSE
attention during his speech Of slxty-nve fn ,.
utes on the tariff bill. his speech VA WIZ III
cred with the vigor and eloquence OF ms
younger days.
six students we're expelled from Eartham
college at Richmond. Ind. They violated
the rule prohibiting the students leaving tne
dorrnitory at night and engaging IN DllllaTus
and pool in the city. The affair has createu
something of sensation.
The Presbyterian congregation at Ferry,
D. r., reject the action of the presoytery anG
refuse to part with their pastor VINO i satls-
factory to them, to make place for me young ~
graduate whom the presbytery naiileu ~
take charge of that church.
Musicians under contract with the World
fair were discharged because they refused 70
play with a non-union band They sued me
fair management for full pay during the
contract period and lost their case before
Judge Brentano, Of Chicago.
The entire rebel fleet Of Brazil has been
surrendered to the Brazilian minister a.
Buenos Ayres. The president Of Brazil OF 81
fers complete amnesty to the rank ana me
Of the rebel forces, but will likely shoot Az
mral De Mello if he is caught.
The president sent the following nomina,
tions to the senate; Postmasters-Jo hn
Meyers, Hiawatha, KAN; Henry ". MAX
we'll, Harper. Kan; Charles a. Osbun
Fort Scott, Kan; III. III. Campbell, FRAT
Ran; A. I'll. Jacob, Larned, Kan.
The feeling among leading members q
the house Of representatives is that no actor
should be taken concerning the Brecklnrldg
scandal. AS yet none of the petitions Q
resolutions asking for Mr.. Breckinrldge
expulsion have reached the house
The unexpended balance in the Kansa
state treasury at the close Of the hscal yea
1893 was 1895, 539. "a This amount Is large
than it has been at the close Of any yea
since the organization of the state. IN
nearest approach to it was In 1883 When en-
balance was 1898, 432.O1
The Jury in the case of Madeline Pollar'
against Breckenridge, member OF congress
from Kentucky, for breach Of promise I
marry, after being out an hour ana nal
gave in verdict for Miss Pollard for ZIP
600. The case has been on trial IN Nashflg
ton, ID. O., for seve. al weeks.
An exceptionally large number Of coun
terfeit 81 bills are IN Circulation IA n. Louls
and are giving the United States secret SCI
vice no small amount of trouble. The bill
are known as the Hancock head variety
The work on them is excellent. and no on
but an expert could detect them,
The Missouri Pacific is having troubl
with trainmen at Little Rock, Arkansas. IN
company ordered the number Of men
freight trains reduced from three to tvs
Twenty-nine men who refused to 60 out .
trains were discharged. The switchmen r
fused to assist in getting trains out
The Pennsylvania coke strikers are demo
allied by the disappear nee Of Barrett, pre-
ident Of the organization. warrant is Q.
for Barrett's arrest. and he is said to be
hiding near Mount Pleasant. There are no
but Ave plants idle out of eighty in the r
zion because of the strike, including IL
ovens.
The old guard house in the United STATE
Jail yard at Fort Smith, Ark, has bee
burned. The building, though not much
itself, was noted as having held many famov
union and confederate prisoners during d
late war, according as it was in the hands
one or the other armies. Incendiarism "
the cause.
special train carrying Chauncey Nj. .
pew, Cornelius Vanderbilt and John New
eastward over the Lake Shore road was RI
between Cleveland and Erie at a remarkat
rate. One ziIof 20 miles was made in
minuteA; onGof s. miles in rs minutes b
Of Az miles ia 30 minutes, and one Of 33 mil
in q minutes.
GENERAL MARKEcA