The Kansas blackman., 1894-06-08
The Blacknan.
w. ID. DRIVER,
Editor and Publisher,
KANSAS

The s1.22OOOO in currency, gold ana Isl sllver
kees for the Strip, arrived safely. IL tooK
two wagons to convey the money from the
railroad twenty miles to the Cherokee cap
ital.
Frve's army we're refused any aid in west
VIRGINIA and were without food or shelter.
The army divided at Parkersburg into three
sections. after a quarrel One section, o1
fifty-two men, captured a train and every
man was arrested.
Strikers posted notices at Frontenac, Kan,
warning the miners there to come OUT OF
they would shoot them out lhls caused
some uneasiness among the miners ano
few timid ones failed to go to WORK, Dut tne
majority of the men are staying III Inelr
places.
Texas and Indian Territory range cattle
have begun to come to the Kansas Clty' han''
market in considerable numbers.
This il the year in which both the cicada
tredecim, thirteen year locust) ana tne 81
cada septendecim, 1seventeen year locusts)
are due and they are both making their
Appearance. Their simultaneous awakening
from the larvae state will not again occur
in 221 years.
Governor Waite was twice called upon Dy
Sheriff Bowers for aid by state troops IN Sc
curing the peace of his county. ana ootn
times refused. President Calderhead, Of the
miners union, was hidden by the governor
and his private secretary when the snerlH
was searching for him to arrest him.
The Coxeyites in camp at Washington. y;
O.. are suffering for something TO eat. Local
supplies are stopped entirely and receipts OF
provisions from the west are meager.
West Virginia negroes are being taken to
ocx1lv
The operators are giving more evidence
every day of determination to mine coal.
Attorney General Olney holds that all
Cinnamon who have failed to comply with
the requirements Of the Geary law. which
required them to register before May 4, must
suffer the penalty Of deportation to China.
Meantime, as there is no appropriation lot
fees and expenses, the law is not being exc
cuted.
meeting to celebrate the fiftieth year Of
the Y. M. @. was held in Chicago In the lee
ture room Of the association building. hey.
David Beaton delivered an address on the
origin and growth of the association. AT
noon Of June jubilee thanksgiving ser
vice was being held at the association head
quarters.
Four thousand tons of coal from Cardiff.
Wales, was brought into New York by the
steamer Cynthiana, consigned to the Ber-
wind White Coal company. The coal IS for
supplying ocean steamers, and is furnished
at a loss to the contractors of about $3.50 a
ton. This is in consequence of the strike IN
the bituminous coal fields.
There were in the Kansas republican state
convention six candidates for lieutenant
governor, six for secretary Of state, ten for
auditor of state, four for state treasurer,
three for attorney general, three for state
superintendent, three for congressman at
large and one for associate justice. Ut the
candidates for auditor six are from the Sixth
district.
Senator T. B. Murdock looked the crowd
over at the republican state convention and
found five other delegates beside himself
who we're delegates to the republican state
convention held here twenty-four years ago.
They were t. J. Anderson. Shawnee; J. 5.
Gilmore, Wilson; G. w. Stabler. Atchison
j. B. Bruner. johnson, and G. r. Under
wood, Saline.
United States Attorney W. @. Perry said
IN Topeka that it is the intention Of the fed
eral authorities to try the Sanders train steal
ers at the June term in Leavenworth. he
says the United States officials have made
no attempt to compromise the cases against
the Sanders crowd, and believes the prose
cution will continue the same as against any
other class of offenders.