Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-15
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The house appropriations committee has
approved the amounts asked by the depart
ment for pensions with the exception of
S2OO.OOO on account of fees for examining
surgeons.
There IS a general expression of opinion by
members of congress that nothing more than
talk will come out of the financial PROPOSE
tons of the president and his secretary of
the treasury.
England at this moment is secretly ship
ping her discharged convicts to New York.
She is doing all that lies in her power to
keep up the old practice that Europe has for
years INDUCED in.
There are now women employed in nearly
every room of the Kansas capitol. There is
sentiment among the state officers elect
that is likely to exclude women from all de-
partments save one.
The returns from the correspondents of
the statistical division of the department of
agriculture indicate that of the wheat crop
of 1894 at least 100000 bushels has been
and will be fed to stock
Attorney Louis T. Michenner. of Wash
ington. d. c., has served official notice on
Representative Tarsney of contest, made
against him for his seat in the Fifty fourth
congress by Colonel R. T. Van Horn.
Estimates furnished of the cost of col
lecting income tax until July /, 1895, aggre-
gate $245, 1895. deficiency bill will appear
iu the house at once to cover this amount.
There are prospects of lively times when it
is discussed.
The worlds mileage of telegraph lines is
1,062, SAB, of which 545,625 miles are in Amer
lea. $50, 278 in Europe, 81, 481 in Asia, 81 ,562
in Africa, and Al, 1915 in Australia.
The president has signed the proclamation
announcing the ratification of, and the TAX
ing effect of the new Chinese immigration
treaty. A new treaty with Japan has been
concluded and is in the senate for its action.
The engineers and fremen of the Atlantic
Pacific railway have engaged an attorney
to look after their interests. They say they
have become tired of paying the grand OIL
GERS of their organizations $4,000 to $4,000
a year, in addition to heavy local dues.
At the senate democratic caucus statehood
for Oklahoma was discussed, with view of
changing its boundaries as to secure
democratic state. With portion of the
Chickasaw country added to Oklahoma it is
believed a democratic state would be insured.
Senator Martin has plan for disposing
of the Indian Territory muddle. he wants
to add the Indian country to Oklahoma and
make one territory out of it, under one ter
ritorial form of government. This means
to temporarily set aside statehood for Okla
homa.
The three hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Gustavus Adolphus, the great Swed-
ish king, who died on the battlefield of
Lutzen. November 6, 1882 was celebrated at
Stockholm with a pomp and splendor which
made it one of the greatest festivals ever
held there.
The worlds railways cost $33, 10000, 900,
or an average of $121. 26O88 per mile. The
cheapest roads are in Australia, where in the
western portion the price as low as $21,-
723 per mile. The roads in the United States
cost SIC, 1873. 333. 1913, or an average of $751;
1882 per mile.
At Minneapolis, December s. occurred the
death of David Joyce, the millionaire lum-
herman of Lyons. Iowa. At his death he
was connected with twelve saw-mill plants
IN various parts of the country and has bust
ness interests in twenty-five different locali-
ties. He was nearly 20 years old.
A collision occurred between cable cars in
Washington street tunnel in Chicago, De-
cember IL, in which man was fatally
hurt, fifteen seriously injured and score of
others more or less bruised. The cars were
set on fire by the stoves and for time there
was fearful panic around the scene.
In railroads. the United States has 49, 7116
miles. or 8 900 miles more than ali of the
remaining countries of the world com bined.
All Europe has but 144,359 miles, while
Asia, notwithstanding its immense size.
counts only 23,21915 miles, Africa 1929
miles. and Australia 1855 miles of iron.
State Printer Snow claims he has cinch
on his official position by reason of the read
ing of the law governing the election of
state printer, which says he must be elected
by "a majority of the members elected to
each house. He was not elected by such
majority, nor can any man hope to get such
a ma jority next January.
The returns of liquor sales made for the
month of November show that Topeka has
in operation thirty-four drug stores, which
made 6,768 sales during the month, an in
crease of 437 over the previous month and
of 522 over the same month IN 1888. The
highest number of sales by one druggist was
ASP and the lowest twenty-four.
The National Live Stock exchange met in
ST. Louis last week. when a memorial to
congress was adopted which asserts that the
new tariff on sugar is the only reason Tor
Germany to exclude our beef and pork pro-
ducts, and that the loss of so much foreign
trade means great injury to American pro-
ducers.
The German government has instructed
the Hamburg chambe of commerce to in
quire into the complaints which have been
made as to the inferior quality of recent i'm
portations of petroleum by the Standard Oil
company. 1t is charged that the Pennsyl-
vania oil fields are exhausted and that the oil
recently imported came from Indiana and
Ohio.
Not less than $50 candidates at the late
election in Lyon county, Kan, failed to file
statements of expenses with the county
clerk. The penalty established by the new
election law is a fine of not less than $40
nor more than $780, or imprisonment for not
less than ten days nor more than one year, or
both. The county attorney threatens pros
ecutions.
The northbound Rock Island train was
held up one mile south of the Red river
bridge, near the frontier of the Indian terri
tory, ten minutes before midnight, Deem
Der 10, by two masked men. They found
no money in the express car, but went
through the passengers and robbed every
one of them. The Pullman conductor was
shot, but not fatally.
GENEKAL MAKkEr4