The Kansas blackman. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1894-1???, 1894-05-04
The Blacknlan.
w. ID. DRIVER,
Editor and Publisher,
rnprUA KANSAS

Two thousand Hawaiian roya lists declae
not to take the oath Of allegiance % lte III
yisional government, required ~ liaA 'A-
voters. ,
AT Kansas City there was searcn-llgrt
exhibition, A neighborhood IN MissouIl,
twenty miles away, was greatly startlea anu
excited by the signs they saw III the liea 80
believing that the end had come AZ IT,
CIV. Riley. the entomologist at the 81
nartment Of agriculture. has received 4 NJ
Of dismissal from Secretary Morton. III II
a democrat, and has held the place ourin2
several administrations.
The democrats did surprisingly well II tns
Third Ohio district. In 1882 they elecleo
their candidate for congress by 4'3Oo votes.
In last Tuesdays election they garnet nm
district by between l,IOO ana l'oUo'
Coal oil has been discovered at AshWlcK'
Somersetshlre. England.
The shopmen Of the Great Northern. u
St, Paul have all oDeyed the order % stiiAo
and everything is at standstlli'
..The Coxey army relief corps NO. 4, coin-
posed Of women, has been orgahlzeu III
Denver IN connection with the Coxey ho!ile
reserve. and will solicit contributors TIT It'll
commonw ealers at Washington ana eh iou'e'
r, e. Goodel has completed the transfer
to the federal government Of Evergreen ldHe'
sixteen miles from Leadyllle, Nj. II u TIT
tended to estab lish there the largest nalcneI5g
II +ha7 country. with capacity for 1,OUO,UOJ
fish.
T. B. Murdoch, Of the ElDorado Repuoll-
can, lost his barn by fire last week'
George Ellis. aged %, shot and killed his
brother. Clifford Ellis, aged ~, aDout len
miles from PaoIa, Kan. IN quarrel gGoM-
inp out Of q law suit between them. Both
are farmers.
Senator Henderson has introduced PHI
to allow the Otoe and Missouri Indians III
Kansas and Nebraska to take their lands IA
seyeralty within two years. and also PROVO
inc 81 800 to enable the interior to carry on
the work.
6 Cleveland, Ohio, has virtually rested under
military protection for several days ana
NIGHTS. Rioting breaks out in places, but 10
quickly put down, leaving q quiet season
until the next. Italians and Poles make the
trouble.
private dispatch was received in Kansas
from Mrs Jerry Simpson stating 'hef nus
bands death was matter OF SNORT Tine.
Her only hope was that her husband might
recover sufficiently to be moved, that ne
might die at home.
The steam boat men Oh WeStSlA AAfCA9 ~
considerably exercised over the prospect Of
A coal famine The supply is low and hard
To replenish because of the strike among the
coal miners. Several steamers are making
arrangements to burn wood until the Crisis
is over, it IS said.
United States Consul General Williams, at
Havana, in a report to the department q
state shows that of the sugar crop Of Cuba
for the first quarter Of 1874, the Unltea ota5es
~ . aY1f nrg A.
2,489 tons; Spain, 8,414 tons, and Great
Britain, 1891 tons.
The fake dispatch from Kansas City, No,
about school house being blown down and
many children killed, caused the wires to be
loaded for many hours with inquiries from
absent citizens or relatives of citizens. FOR
full day every train entering Kansas Clty
brought home some anxious people Such
work Is criminal.
Major Andrews, special agent of the inte
rior department, is at Guthrie TO look up
matters relative to the Kickapoo reservation.
He does not believe that the land will be
thrown open before fall. and the opening
will be on instant notice, allowing no time
for crowds to gather. Great chance tor
friends with pointers"
Frank Hatton is dead. He was veteran
of the union army; well known newspaper
worker, first becoming prominent while con-
Quoting the Burlington Hawkeye tie was
postmaster general in Arthur's adminstra-
ton. He was only As years old and was the
youngest cabinet officer in this government
except Alexander Hamilton.
decision in the circuit court at Memphis,
Tenn, has alarmed traders on change. IL
is practically to the effect that in all sales
made upon margins, unless both parties act
ually intend to receive or deliver the amount
Of grain involved in the contract, the trans
action is gambling, pure and simple, and
the money so lost cannot be recovered.
Coxey and Browne marched through the
streets Of Washington, May ], but were pre-
vented from entering the capitol grounds
with their parade Both leaders eyaded Off
GERS and made their way to the capitol steps.
Both tried to make addresses. Coxey was
quietly forced back and to the sidewalk and
left to himself Browne was more obstreper-
Gus and was arrested The streets We're full.
President Hill, Of the Great Northern, an
nounced that he proposed to continue HE
work Of running his own road, that the old
men would be ordered to work and when
one of them failed to respond promptly the
place would be Immediately filled by some
Of the large number Of new men here and
along the line ready to work. New mer
have been accepted and are being put In
place Of old men who have gone out.
The central portion Of Lyon and the south
ern section of Usage counties. Kansas, were
visited by terrible storm on the night 81
May A. waterspout flooded the country
and the devastation Of the water was in
creased by an unparalleled ice storm, kill
ing cattle and running crops. Az Reading
every window pane was shattered, ana a
Olivet the same destruction Is reported
Several persons we're seriously injured
Damage not estimated.
The st. Charles hotel at New Orleans, La.
one Of the finest in the south, i partially de
stroyed by fire. Two hundred guests wer,
in the building, and how many were lost i
not known at present. Two men jumped I,
the pavement below and their brains wer
dashed out. Women were taken from tn
building in fainting condition. The fir,
broke out at ii D clock at night in the kitchel
and assembled through the back elevator
The hotel wa built in 1856 at d cost Of 81,
0Oo,0OO. The loss will probably exceed $500,
GO.