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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25

Thomas Thurston, formerly of Leaven-
worth, and we'll known character in this
state. died August IA at a city hospital in
Washington, d. c.. Thurston had a check
cred career and served term in the Kansas
pen for shooting at D. r. Anthony and hit
ting John Douglass One of the bullets
struck Lucien Baker in the right breast.
previous TO that, killed William rnbry. a
Leavenworth newspaper man for whom he
worked. He went scot free. Lucien Baker
was his lawyer. In late years Thurston has
been in number of bad deals.
A little over a year ago he went to Wash
ington in search of government job and
was given a position in the printing office.
A few weeks ago he gave up the position.
He was sent to the hospital two weeks ago,
suffering from a nervous ailment, which
endad In his death.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25
Goes Through with a Scratch.

The river and harbor bill. carrying SILL
478, ,180, became law at midnight August
18 without President Cleveland's signature,
the legal limit of ten days having expired
within which he could sign or veto it.
1t is the third time during Mr.. Cleveland 8
two terms that river and harbor bill has
become law without his approval, the only
other bill of the kind submitted to him hav-
ing been vetoed.
Fears were expressed up to a late hour
that the present bill would be vetoed, as Mr..
Cleveland made it known to the river and
harbor managers several months ago that
he did not want the total of the bill to ex-
ceed $4,000, 600. The bill carries appropria.
tions amounting to S11 ,478, ,130.
The sundry civil appropriations bill also
carries $8,400,000 for river and harbor con-
tracts, making total for this class of work
of $19.878 130. This is about $2,000,000 less
than the amount given for river and harbor
work at the first session of'the last congress.
An important feature of the new bill is that
it authorizes no new contracts.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25
ADemocratic Platform.

Governor Matthews addressed the Indiana
democratic state convention at its opening.
Then the platform was read and adopted.
1t endorses the record of the democratic
party in Indiana and continues:
"We denounce tariff protection of every
kind as a fraud and robbery of the great
American people for the benefit of few.
I'VE approve the efforts of President
Cleveland and his administration and of
the democratic house of representatives and
of large majority of the democratic sena-
tors and particularly our distinguished SEN
ators from Indiana. Hon. D. w. Voorhees,
and Hon. David Turpie. and our entire
democratic delegation in congress to re-
deem the pledges made to the country by
the last democratic convention and to exc
cute the will of the American people as ex-
pressed at the ballot box in 1892.
1t condemns the course of the republican
party, and especially condemns "a small
coterie of senators. who. masquerading as
democrats, by threats to defeat all tariff
legislation, have temporarily prevented the
democratic party from carrying out all of
its pledges to the people,"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25
SIXTEENTH YEAR.
BIG INDIAN.
a Peoria Indian Who Raises
Immense Crops.
Condition of Kansas Banks-Town Lot
Spectators Knocked Out-Wheat for
Feed-Thurston is Dead-GIasgow
Re5oicing-Stations Abandoned.
The ola. OId StorY.

South Omaha packing house employees
strike is of. After holding out three weeks
the men lose all and are now trying to get
back on the old terms. This decision was
general with the exception of $50 hog butch
ers, who declare they will not return to work.
Many of the old men applied for their former
Jobs and all who could be used were accepted.
The others were told that as soon as business
picked up their applications would be con-
sidered. Manager Cameron, of the Cudahy
company. said that he had large a force
as he could use in most of the departments.
Il turned away at least seventy-ive of our
men who applied for their old places" said
he, ''but / did so because we have all the
force we can handle. There is room for a
few skilled workmen, to be sure, but we now
have a force in the hog department to kill
1900 easily. From now on we propose to
give steady work to what men we use, and
we will keep the force down TO exactly what
we can get along with"
The troops are removed and all the trouble
-
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The View ofthe Minority.

WASHINGTON, D. c., August 22.-Repre-
sentative Henderson, of Iowa. the highest
ranking republican member of the house
committee on appropriations. has prepared
a statement as the view of the minority of
the committee on appropriations of the
present congress. The statement in part
says:
The total appropriations for the fiscal
year ending June 80. 1895, just made by the
Fifty-third congress amounts to $490.66S. .869
They included the permanent annual appro-
priations as well as those for the postal ser
vice. 1t includes all appropriations. The
total amount appropriated for the last fiscal
year ending June 30, 1894, made by the sec
ond session of the FiftY-second congress
was $519, ,5O4 ,354.
During the last session of the last con-
gress there was appropriated for pensions.
including a deficiency of S14, ,1O9. .724, the
total of $50 681. .O74.85. At this session there
is appropriated for pensions $151. .581 $50, or
$29, ,O99, ,504 less. which reduction in pensions
exceeds the whole apparent net reduction in
all appropriations by the session under the
last session of the last congress by S265, ,915.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25

TOPEKA. August 2O.-Special Master in
Chancery J. B. johnson brought from Chi
cago the following order issued by Judge
Caldwell.
''Ordered that the men employed by the
receivers in the operation of the road and
the conduct of its business shall be paid
their monthly wages not later than the 18th
of the month following their accrual. II
the earnings of the road are not sufficient to
pay the wages of the men as herein directed.
the receivers are hereby authorized and re-
auired to borrow from time to time, as occa-
sion may require. sufficient sum of money
for that purpose. The payment of the wages
of the men shall not be DELAYED beyond the
time fixed in this order upon any pretense
whatever. The obligations of the receivers
for money borrowed for the purpose speci-
fed in this order shall constitute lien on
the property of the trust prior and superior
to all other liens thereon.
HENRY G.. CALDWELL,
United States Circuit Judge"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25
STOCK AND FARM.

The we'll known horse, Dick Hal,
owned by DIR. A. B. McLemore, of Fort
Scott, has been sold to Geo. M. Ripple
of Larned, for $4,000.
Topeka Mail: Charley Griswold,
farmer near Watson, harvested twenty
acres of oats that averaged fifty bushels
to the acre. S. Johnson, just over the
line in Douglas county, averaged forty
two bushels for 16 acres.
Holton Signal: J. H. Strawn and J.
V. Copus threshed their eighty-acra
field of fax. The average number Of
bushels per acre was fifteen, the largest
yield of any piece of fax threshed here
for some time Who saws it doesn't pay
to raise fax seed as well as any other
seed.
Atchison Champion: One of the
most prosperous and contented commu-
mites in this section Of the country is
the St. Patrick's Irish settlement about
six miles south of town. This neighbor-
hood embraces about forty families, all
of whom own valuable farms. Tom
Gleason says there will be a good crop
of corn down there and that the wheat
crop is the best in years. There are sew
eral large orchards in this vicinity and
they are all full of apples. No one can
realize how these people enjoy life unless
they attend one of their dances or en-
tertainments. The young men of this
neighborhood have just completed new
hall, and a series of interesting enter
tainments and fairs are contemplated.
Cedar Vale Commercial: The Com
mercial is proud that it has been able to
truthfully report very many large yields
of wheat this season. Usually twenty
to- twenty-five bushels is good yield.
but this year that is only an every day
occurrence so the threshers say, and
crops ranging from twenty-five to thir-
ty-five have been knocked by the thresh-
ers nearly every week. But the largest
actual yield, accurate machine measure,
off of measured land, was an eleven acre
field of A. Morling, threshed by Miller &
West this week, sol bushels or a little
better than forty-ive and half bushels
to the acre 1t was the Winter Fife
variety and it made yield of thirty
five bushels last year when the average
crop was not over twenty.
Topeka Capital: Hon. George 7. An.
thony sends the Capital fine two-eared
stalk of corn from his Pottawatomie
county farm, with the information that
there is not an acre of my $50 from
(which plenty of like specimens might
not be cut" Hesays further: Through
out this section of the county corn is
good for an average yield. This would
be true of favored bottom lands and
good cultivation in most of the country
lying east to the Missouri river. Corn
on high land, and that with careless
planting and neglectful cultivation--ay-
erage cookie burr farming is bad to
worthless. 1t is my best Judgment that
the east third of Kansas viii harvest a
crop Of corn in 1894. the equal of an av-
erage for any given ten years in its his
tory, and the value of it in money one
of the best in the history Of the state"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25

Court Martial Findings.

OMAHA. Neb.. August 21.-Major William
Worth, Second infantry, who was ordered
court martialed by President Cleveland for
ordering Private Cedarqlist to participate
in target practice on Sunday, was acquitted
and released from custody.
The findings of the court were that the or
ders to Cedarquist were waFFauted by the
exigencies of the OCCASION, and that the
proclamation of President Lincoln was not
in force at present, not being a part of the
army regulations.
Major Worth was in command of a bat
talon of United States infantry at the Belle
vue rifle range and required his men to en-
gage in target practice on Sunday. Private
Cedarquist sprang into national prominenc ce
by disobeying the order. He was court mar
tailed. convicted and sentenced to three
months imprisonment.
The matter was taken up by congress, and
President Cleveland commuted the term of
the imprisonment and ordered Major Worth
court martialed for disobeying the order of
President Lincoln, issued on Novem ber 10,
1862, prohi biting unnecessary work on Sun
day,
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The Sew SANTA Fe receiver.

Aldace F. Walker, the new Santa Fe re-
ceiver, was the second chairman of the inter
state commerce commission, being appoint
ed by President Cleveland to succeed Judge
Cooley.
He resigned his position on the interstate
commerce commission to become chairman
of the Western Traffic association, and as
chairman of that association was made
chairman of the big Six" association. which
was composed of the chairmen of the si1
great traffic associations and was the highest
tribunal in traffic circles.
AS chairman of the Big Six associa tion
Mr.. Walker received a salary of $25, 900 a
year.
little less than two years ago Mr.. Walker
resigned his position with the traffic assocla-
ton, and since that time has been practic-
ing law in Chicago.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25
ROBINSON BURIED.
Lawrence Honors the Remains
of a Loved Citizen.
Old Comrades of the Early Days Were
There-Debs Denies Ordering Strikes;
Always Talked Against Violence;
Scores General Miles.
Funeral of Governor Robinson.


At Lawrence on Sunday afternoon, August
10, flags at half mast and mblems of mourn,
ing on every hand we're indications that the
last earthly tributes were to be paid to one
of the many honored citizens and early set
tiers of the commonwealth of Kansas. 1t
was the funeral of Charles Robinson, the
first executive of the state. There was not a
public building of any kind at which, in
some way other, there were not shown
signs of the universal sorrow that was felt
not only by the entire community, but by
the whole state of Kansas.
There were present for the services all the
state officials with the exception of the gov
ernor, who could not get there. and the
heads of the various state departments at
Topeka, besides many others from that city.
Old settlers of the state of Kansas who knew
Governor Robinson and had a hand with
him in the making of the state were also
present from Ottawa, Leavenworth, Kansas
City and other places.
Among them we're: Hon. J. r. Goodip
of Ottawa: Ex-Governor George Z. Anthony,
of Ottawa; W. G. Jones, of lola; d. r. An
thony and James T. Legate. of Leavenworth !;
Judge Adams and Ex-Governor Osborn, from
Topeka; Ex-Governor L. U. Hum phrey, of
Independence: Rev. W. C. Tenney and John
Sullivan, of Kansas City.
The large number of people present we're
given a chance to view the remains, and
they were then taken to Oak Hill cemetery
and laid away in their last resting place.
very large concourSe of friends followed
the body to the grave, where a few brief
words were spoken before the casket was
placed in its grave. The pallbearers for the
occasion were Colonel 0. E. Learnard, J. G.
Sands. H. S. Clarke, o. A. Hanscome, Judge
Charles Chad wick and Paul R. Brooks.
Since the death of Governor Robinson,
Mrs. Robinson has received kilograms of
coincidence from Governor LewelIing, ex-
Governor L. u Hum phrey, Ex-Governor J.
p. St. John. Hon. G. K. Holiday. Hon. J.
X. Goodin, Chancellor Frank H. Snow, vino
IS now in Mexico; Ex-Governor George t.
Anthony. D. R. Anthony, General c. W..
Blair and others.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25
Did Not Order the Strikes.

E. Y. Debs testified before the government
strike com mission in Chicago:
81 did not order the strikes. I had not
the power. The men did it themselves. But
| do not wish to shirk any responsibility and
am willing to say that | heartily concurred
and approved in the action taken by the
men.
LAS to violence, | always condemn it.
have written and spoken against it, believ-
ing and knowing that strike cannot be
won by violence. As to the kilograms sent
from our office counseling violence, | know
of no such epiStleS
Mr.. Debs then said that within five days
after the strike was declared, the union had
the railroads beaten. They were paral-
yzed.'' he said, ''but just at that time injunc-
tiOns were sOwn broadcast and shortly after
wards the officials of the A. r. u. were ar
rested for contempt of court. That beat US.
1t was not the railroads nor the army, but
the power of the the United States court that
beat us.
''About that time thing occurred which
l desire to mention. General Miles came to
Chicago, called on the General Managers
association and the next day was quoted in
an interview as saying that he had broken
the backbone of the strike. Now l consider
that call of General Miles as vulgarly out of
place.
''He had no more right to consult with the
General Managers association than he had
to consult with the men of our union.
might say, too, that it seems strange that all
of our letters and kilograms were made pub
lie property, while not line of the railroad g
correspondence was published. If it had
been, l think we could prove that the gen
eral managers, at one of their secret meet
ings, declared they would stamp the A. R.
q. out of existence.
within three days a proposition will be
submitted to the other railroad orders where
by Ill present officers of the A. r. u. shall
resign with no possibility of election to
Office. The principal cause of strife then
being removed, an organization will be
effected, if the brotherhoods will consent, to
include all railroad employees
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25
The President Elees From Malaria.

President Cleveland left Washington on
the morning of August 16 to go to Gray
Gables, where his family is, for few days.
The ten days within which the president
has to act on the river and harbor bill ex-
pires Saturday night, but he has until Mon
day night, the 9th, to act on the tariff bill.
The president, it is believed, will return on
the oath or 25th instant, and probably on
the 2th.
1t is learned that the president did not
take the enrolled copy, which he must sign,
of the tariff bill with him, but merely an or
dlnary printed copy of the bill, presumably
for examination. The enrolled copy of the
bill was taken from the White house about
noon to the treasury department. in the usual
course of official routine.
1t is not at all likely that this enrolled copy
will be sent to Gray Gables, but probabili-
ties, therefore, are all in favor of presidential
action on the tariff bill being delayed un til
Mr.. Cleveland's return to Washington.
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800 a nav They say.

NEW YORK, August 21.-The United States
steamer Dolphin. having on board Secretary
Herbert and family, arrived from Washing
ton and anchored off quarantine. 1t is un-
derstood that the secretary will spend a
month in inspecting the navy yards along
the coast.
In order that the vision of the secretary of
the navy may not be obscured during his
pared coke has been laid in, which is ex-
pected to make steam without producing
smoke. 1t costs the government $400 day
to make the trip. and inspect three navy
yards at which no work is being done. The
monthly expenditures at the Boston navy
yard, it is reported, amount to only 500,
the same as at the Portsmouth navy yard,
while at the New London navy yard the ex-
penditures amount to little or nothing.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25

BAXTER SPRINGS, KAN, August III. p.
McNaughton. a member of the Peoria ma
tion, south Of Baxter Springs, was in this
city trying to sell his corn crop, which he
claims VIII amount to over $4,000 bushels,
or 864 acres at sixty bushels per acre. He
has already harvested this year eighty acres
of oats that averaged sixty four bushels per
acre; 142 acres of flax, averaging fourteen
busheI per acre. and $50 acres of wheat, aver
aging twenty bushels per acre.
Mack has never had the advantage of
Christian privileges, but is good Indian.
He ignores politics as well religion and
puts his annuities into corn, hogs and i'm
provements. His houses ana barns on his
farm cost over $4,000
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25
Must be Actual Occupants.

GUTHRIE. o. t.. August lin the con.
tested lot case of Thorne VS.. Newcomb, from
this city, the commissioner of the general
land Office has rendered a decision of great
importance to all settlers on government
townsites everywhere 1t is to the effect that
q settler must actually live upon lots or con
duct active business thereon in order to ac-
Quire title thereto and cannot live elsewhere
and hold government lots through an agent
or by purchase of another settlers right
This decision will affect hundreds of cases
in Oklahoma and give many thousands of
dollars of valuable property to actual set
tiers instead of to spectators.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25
Leaned Too Mnch on CORN.

ST. JosEpH, Mo-, August 1.-THE dam
age to the corn crop in parts of Kansas and
Nebraska is so great that the ST. Joseph &
Grand Island railroad has issued orders for
the abandonment of over dozen stations on
ITS lines. The officers of the road say the
stations are not abandoned permanently.
although there Is little proba bllity of them
being reopened until another crop is as
sured. The people along the line in the
sections where the stations were closed de-
pended almost entirely on the corn crop,
and now that it is failure, they are leaving
in great numbers and there is absolutely no
business for the railroads.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25
The Dne Bill Racket Stopped.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, August 21.-United States
secret service operatives received here box
containing 10000 due bills which have been
passing as currency in the small towns of
Kansas. Operative Murphy seized the bills
at Topeka. Kan. on the ground that they
were made in imitation of United States
currency.
The bills are as large as the 10 cent cur
rency notes which were in circulation many
years ago, and were to be paid by merchants
10 farmers for crops, and called for their
face value in goods sold by the issuing mer-
chant. No arrests were made, but the busi-
ness was ordered to be discontinued.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25
Buy Grain for Farmers.

ST. PAUL, August 21.-Dispatches from
Armour and other South D4kota points indi.
cate that the farmers have an unusually
large number of hogs, but owing to the fail
ure of both the wheat and corn crops, they
have nothing to feed with. The porkers are
not fit for the market, and their owners
must get help or allow them to starve by the
thousands.
plan of action by County Commissioner
Lecocq, of Douglas county, meets with gen.
eral favor. Mr.. Lecocq, at meeting of the
Douglas county board, offered a resolution
that the county purchase 10000 bushels OF
wheat and distribute it among the farmers,
taking note and bill of sale of the hogs in
wheat.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25
Go WIN the oniciaI Train.

TOPEKA, August % The Pennsylvania
Soldiers association of Kansas has declared
the Santa Fe to be the official route of the
members of the association to the national
g. A. r. encampment at Pittsburg.
The members of that association, so far as
practicable. are making extended arrange
ments to attend the encampment in their
old state and have thus early begun to get
ready. The official train of the Pennsyi-
vanians will be run rs a second section of
the official train from Kansas of the G.. A. r.
mem berS.
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The Floor Gaye Wnv.

FoTT ScoTT, August 18.-A serious acc1-
dent has occurred at the farm of M. Fl. May
berry, living near here.
A gang of th1eshers were working there
and they were throwing oats from the ma
chine into the bin built over some horse
stalls. As the men were caring for their
horses the~upper floor broke and let
about 1000 bushels of oats down on the
horses below.
One of the young men was under the fall,
ing mass, but had presence of mind enough
to crouch close to the wall and escaped with
a bruise on the head. A team of fine mares
belonging to Nate Hudson we're badly hurt
one having its hip fractured and the other
suffering from a broken leg.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25
ADutch Baron in Kansas.

Herr Van Benthan, Hollander of distin-
guished lineage. who for quarter of Gen.
tury had lived in seclusion IN Kansas, has
lust died on a boat in Chicago harbor. The
dead man was by right baron of the Meth
erlands, and his sister Is the Baroness Van
Voorst, living at The Hague.
His birth gave him a right to a peerage,
but by the curious manipulation of titles ID
the Netherlands he was declared pretender,
and came to this country. purchasing 1,0OO
acres of land near Lyndon. Kansas. His
wife was with him when he died.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-08-25

GLASGOW. August 1T.-In an interview.
Alien B. Morse, United States consul, is
quoted as saying that the passage of the new
United States tariff bill will have a benef,
cial effect upon the trade of Glasgow, which
has retrograded to the extent of 9400. 900 per
year by the passage of the Mckinley bill.
According to Mr.. Morse, the trade of Glas-
gov will. in 1894 alone. increase 100000 by
the passage of the new American tariff
measure