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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
The Rnid on the Treasury.

More gold goes out of the treasury daily !;
added to total of about $4,000, 900 during
the past six days. Treasury people are be-
ginning to ask themselves OF what profit
will it be to sell bonds if the gold with which
they are bought is taken out of the treasury.
And that is what is going on. 1t was ex-
pected that the treasury would lose some
fered, but no such raid as has begun was
anticipated. There was plainly shown at
the treasury. for the first time, feeling of
uneasinesS. The weakness and defects of
the present financial system are being illus
trated in a very practical way. The same
thing has been going on for long time.
but SO gradually and gently as 10 attract
little public attention. Now the process is
plain to everyb body.
Legal tender and treasury notes are re-
deemable in gold on presentation, and when
so redeemed must be paid out, only to be
again presented In exchange for gold.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
Reduced Ra,os and Had no Profits.

WASHINGTON, D. C., November 4.-Dur-
ng the six years covered by the reports of
The bureau of statistics of the interstate COM
nerce comm ission, the average rate per ton
per mile charged for transportation of freight
declined from 1.061 cents to .S78 cent, and
that passenger per mile from 2.349 to
2.10S cents. Inconsiderabe these reduc-
tions appear when stated in this form, they
represent a saving to the public, upon the
iraffic carried during the year ending June
30, 1893. of $115, 1887 on freight and $34,-
292, 1874 on passenger transportation, total
of $14S, ,405,511 in one yer. an amount ex-
ceeding by nearly $4,000, 900 the total of all
dividends paid on railway stock. and equal
to 70 per cent of the entire customs revenue
Of the United States goverumen ut during that
year. These reductions were effected within
a comparatively short period, and one dur-
ing which 60 per cent of all railway stock
ca pital received no dividends.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
state Board of Canvassers.

The day set by law for the official canvass
of the vote cast at the last election was No
vember 26, and interested parties from all
over the state were in Topeka to get the fig
ures and confer with each other.
The board of canvassers, consisting of
Governor Lewelling, Attorney General Lit
tie. Treasurer Biddle and Secretary of State
Osborn. met in the morning, but no pro-
gress was made.
In many cases county officials had made
errors in footing up the returns and the fig-
urss d not correspond with the results of
addition made in the Office of the secretary
of state.
N-ither the members of the board nor the
employees of the secretary of state felt justi-
fed in making the corrections, and as a re-
suit were com PEELED to return the documents
and ak the county clerks who had made the
errors to send in correct and new abstract
of the vote. This will take some time, and
after looking over the situation, the board
adjourned until Tuesday, December 4.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
Prizes for Dairy Products.

The Kansas State Dairy association held
its annual meeting in Topeka last week
with full attendance and with very inter-
esting and profitable proceedings.
When it came to prize wards the White
water Creamery company carried all fir-ts
and coDtIngents on creamery butter second
place butter was tied by Ira j. Stradling,
who used the separator process and H.
Lindeman, of Linn.
The cheese awards we're next and G. B.
Merry, of Nortonville. captured the prize.
Leo. Buckenburg. of Enterprise, second and
E. j. O-born, of Hanover. third.
On dairy butter w. S. Dill, of Edgerton,
captured first prize. Mrs. ID. Hall, of Elm
wood, second and J. E. George, of Burlin-
game, third.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
A Methodist University.

WASHINGTON. ID. c.. November 26.-Finai
arrangements are making for beginning the
construction of the great American univer-
sity to be erected under the supervision of
the Methodist church in the northwest sub
urbs of Washington. The university will be
surrounded with ninety acres of high and
beautiful ground. NEST of it giv
Methodists of Washington. The Ge
plan of the university provides for
buildings for the use of all departm
They will probably be connected, thoug
it has not yet been decided upon. The
structures will be of blue stone or granite.
At some future time there will be esta b.
hshed in connection with the university a
school of theology for the higher education
of Methodists. 1t IS intended that the whole
project shall involve S5,O00,OOO.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
The Bonds Bring Outside Gold.

WASHINGTON, d. c., November 28.-The
following official statement concerning the
acceptance of the syndicate's proposal was
made at the treasury:
The secretary of the treasury has accepted
the proposal of John A. Stewart, president
of the United States Trust company. and
his associates, to purchase the entire issue of
the per cent bonds, amounting to S50. .0O0.-
600. at 117,077 aud accrued interest from
November 1. The proceeds of the bonds
under this bid will be S49, ,517. 50 greater than
they would be if the other highest bid were
accepted.
very important advantage to the gov
ernment in accepting this bid is the fact
that all the gold will be furnished Outside
and none drawn from the treasury. 1t is
also more convenient and less expensive to
the department to deal with one party rather
than with many.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
Rev ID. Wis r.,,lwelp. neath-

Rev. Lewis Bodwell, the founder of the
first church in Topeka, and the one who did
much TO create Washburn college, died No
vember % at his home in Clifton Springs,
New York.
Mr. Bodwell was a Kansas pioneer and
was prominent in Kansas at the most criti-
cal and exciting territorial days. On No
vem Der 2, 1856, he administered the first
communion in Topeka, and organized what
Is now the First Congr gational church. He
was pastor of the church from 1856 to 1860,
and gain from 1866 to 1869. He has two
si-ters and two broi hers in Topeka; namely,
Mrs. W. J. Stagg, Mrs. A. B. Perine, Edwin
and Charles Bodwell. The deceased was
the oldest of the family of children, being
past 81 years of age.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
Agricultural Editors to Organize

CHICAGO, November "a meeting of
the agricultural newspaper men from all
parts of the country was held here for the
purpose of forming a national organization.
w. 81. Lawre nee, of the Ohio Farmer, was
elected chairman and III. A. Heath. of the
Kansas Farmer. was made secretary.
committee consisting of J. II. Wilson, of the
Farm, Field and Firesid L. II. Kube. of
the Pioughman, pub isbed at Moline, ILL.,.
and T. E. Orr. of the Stockman and Farmer,
was appointed to draft the constitution and
by laws of the propt sed organization and
will report at meeting to be held early
next wear
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
Opening Bids for Bonds.

Secretary of the Treasury Carlisle opened
the bids received for the purchase of the $780,
100000 per cent bonds and found the prin-
cipal BID to be by a syndicate of bankers of
London, New York, Phi.adelphia and Bos-
ton, and was for the entire S50,00O,000 at
sixteen dollars. eighty-nine cents and eight
mills premium on every $780,
Among the bidders present were J. Pier
pont Morgan, Of Drexel, Morgan & Co,
bankers of New York Robert Bacon, of E.
Rollins, Morse & Co., bankers. Boston; AL
bert Stetheimer, broker, NV York; f. W.
Reimick, with Kidder. Peabody 81 Co.,
bankers; Pliney Fisk. of Harvey, Fisk d
Co.. bankers. New York.
The reading of the bids closed at 1 80 p.
N. The aggregate, including both bids of
Drexel. Morgan g. Co., amounted to about
S155,0O0,000. Counting only one of them to
$105 100000
A second syndicate bid by the same par
ties was submitted for the full $50, ,000, 900,
all or none, at III. .099.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
RequisItions for MiIIionaIres.

WACO. TEXAS. November 24.-The grand
jury of McLennau county at the instance of
Attorney General (Governor-elect) Gu ber-
son. has indicted John d. Rockefeller,
Henry III. Flagler. William Rockefeller,
John d. Arch bald. Benjamin Brew ter,
Henry ii. Rogers. Wesley II. Tilford, Henry
Cay (Erie), Arthur NJ. Finley. c. NJ.
Adams, ]. p. Gruet, E. Wells and others,
for entering into conspiracy to control the
coal oil market.
Governor Hogg has indicated his purpose
to issue requsitlons on the governor of New
York for the parties.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
AMONG KANSAS CHURCH PEOPLE.

A convention of Christian workers
and missionary conference was held in
Parsons November % TO % inclusive
under the auspices of the Kansas gospel
union.
st. Johns Episcopal church at Par
sons has choir of eighteen young la
dies who dress in uniform. The main
feature of the costumes adopted are
long black gowns. broad white collars
with long white sleeves to match and
academical caps.
The Missouri Valley conference Of the
Unitarian society held it's annual session
at Kansas City. The conference en-
braces the churches in Kansas, OklahO-
ma and Missouri. Among those who
made reports were Prof Carrrth, Of
Lawrence, +. H Foster, Of Topeka, and
Rev. II. s. Var, Of Wichita.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01

At Dodge City a two-foot vein of
coal is said to have been discovered.
The state fish commissioner has been
planting carp and bass fry in the
streams of southwestern Kansas re-
Gently.
The southwestern Kansas Teachers
association will meet in Wichita, Nov
ember 20 and 80. Interesting sessions
and large attendance are expected.
The Kansas national guard has 129
officers. The three regimental bands
comprise seventy men all told. The
actual number of men available as pri-
Yates is ], All.
Charles Knabb. president of the First
National bank of Hiawatha, had his
hand caught in a feed cutter at his farm
near town and so badly mangled that it
had to be amputated.
Neodesha Register: Times are good
in Wilson county this fall. We do not
remember a year when there was so
little complaint as there is now-and
we have been here since the year one.
President Jessie, of Missouri state
university, tossed a dollar, as agreed
upon, and it was decided that the first
annual debate to be held in February
between Kansas and Nebraska shall be
held in Lawrence.
Henry King of Emporia, of the firm
of Armour & King, while suffering with
rheumatism, took by accident an over
dose of laudanum, from the effects of
which he died. Mr.. King was one of
Emporia's oldest merchants.
Miss Emile Kulhman, professor of
German at the state normal school and
one of the oldest members of the normal
faculty, is dead. The immediate cause
of her death was fatty degeneration of
the heart. Professor kuhlman was one
cf the best-known educators in the west,
being o2e of the pioneers in kindergar-
ten work.
From Valley Falls: DIR. Frank Swal-
lows drug store was discovered to be
on fire. The fire company responded
and confined the fire to the building,
but the drug stock was ruined. making
loss of $4,000. partly insured. The store
was completely gutted. The Vindi-
Gator printing Office, in basement one
door away, was flooded with three feet
of water. DIR. Swallow was head ply
sician Of the order Of Modern Woodmen
and all his records, papers, etc, are de-
stroyed, which wiz delay his work for
q while for the order.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
Assistant Attorney General.
| dispatch from CLAY Center SAYS:

4 dispatch from Clay Center says:
"A. A. Goddard, of Topeka, has been Sc
iected assistant attorney general and mas
accepted
The new assistant attorney general for
merly lived at Clay Center and is personal
friend of Attorney General Dawes.
Mr.. Goddard is a son-in-law of ex-Associ-
ate Justice ID. NJ. Valentine, the head Og the
srm OF which he Is = member.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
Lone Mountain, Nv. Gold Mines.

M1DDLEsBoRo. KY., November 27.-Ex
citement over the woade-fuI find of gold Al
Lone Mountain, twenty miles from here, il
unab1ted. There are hundreds on the ground.
Five thousand dollars was taken out in ont
day. john McCaIiand, on whose ground
the gold was found. has called or Governor
Turney fer protection.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
Poor settlers to be asked to Move.

DENVER. Col, November 27.-The county
commissioners have decided to go in a
body on tour of investigation through the
eastern part of thi~ (Arapahoe) county and
try and induce the helpless settlers, who are
constant objects of public charity. TO give
up their homes in the desert and remove to
he irriCM ed
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
Reheaded by ! Circnlar saw.

David R. Campbell, a prominent farmer
II Linn county, residing eight miles from
Mound City, Kan, was instantly killed while
sling mill saw. The belt had been left on.
Rae engineer carlessly started the machinery.
ard Campbell was drawn onto the saw. his
aead beng almost completely severed from
kN hodx.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
Governor MorriIl's First Appointments

HnwATHA. KAN. November G3.-At the
ratification meeting in Topeka Major Nor
rilI rendered J. L. Bristow the position of
private secretary to the governor, but Mr..
BFistow felt that he could not accept on ac-
count of his private business. At Major
AlorrIlTs request he visited him at Hiawatha
aud after tull discussion of the matter de-
eided to accept the position
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
All AZ. Rrpublican CountIe,.

BY the official Ieturns of the Kansas cleo
ten it is shown that three counties have cast
a vote below the constitutional limit, and
are therefore deprived of representation in
the Legislature. This will reduce the voting
mem bers of the house from 125 to 122.
The law .equires that each county to be
entitled to a member shall cast at least 2O0
votes. The three counties losing their rep
resentatiVes this year IRE Grant, which had
l64 votes: Stevens, 179, and Seward. 1877,
while Haskell Just saved its representa- i've
by one vote, the total vote cast in that county
being POI. The law provides that when any
county loses its representation it shall, for
legislative purposes, be attached to tho
county adjoining on the east, but it happens
that this time Stevens county, which loses
its representative, has for its eastern border
Seward county. which also loses its legisla.
tive Identity. The law does not contem plate
such case, and it may be that both these
counties will now be attached to Meade
county. which lies east of Seward, until the
legislature, in 1896, redistricts the state. The
counties losing mem bers are all republican,
but the loss will not change the political
complexion of the !, gislature or prevent the
republicans from having a good working
majority in the legislature.
LATER.-The best lawyers in Topeka say
that there is no law TO deprive these three
counties of representatives until the appor-
tionment of 1896, to be made on the basis of
the census of 1895.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01

Preserving Speeches in Photographs.
The board of directors of the Kansas State
Historical society held meeting in the So
ciety's rooms in the capitol at Topeka to
arrange for the annual meeting of the soci-
ETY. to be held January Is. committee
consisting of E. B. Cowgirl, John Guthrie,
Y. 7. Baker and +. d. Coburn, of Topeka,
and A. r. Greene, of Lecompton, was ap-
pointed to prepare a program for the meet
ing. The biographical committee was in
structed to have suitable sketches prepared
os the lives of Professor 1. L. Goodnow. j.
G. Hebbard, t. Dwight Thacher, Charles
Robinson and James NJ. Harvey, to be read
at the annual meeting aud published in the
report of the society.
At the conclusion of the days business the
directors were entertained ~ an exhibition
in photography, by which it is proposed to
preserve for future ages the utterances OF
noted Kansas men. The address delivered
by Chief Justice Albert H. Horton on the
occasion of the dedication of the Kansas
building at the worlds fair was used for the
purpose of showing the value of the phono-
graph in making and preserving a history
of the state. and it is understood that the
society will hereafter make feature of the
work of recording addresses believed by
prominent Kausans.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
STATE NEWS.
Foreigners in Kansas.

Prof. W. II. Carouth has an interest
ng article in the current number OF
ihe Kansas University Quarterly on
Foreign Settlements in Kansas. The
following facts are extracted from his
summaries:
There are German settlements of
thirty or more persons in seventy differ
snt counties, the settlement being most
dense in central Kansas, in Ellis, Rush,
Barton, Mcpherson, Marion and Dick
nson. The southern tiers of counties
have very few Germans.
There are Scandinavian settlements
numbering thirty or more in forty three
counties. The largest settlements are in
Mcpherson, Saline, Republic, Riley
Greenwood and Gearv.
Bohemians, Poles, Russians or Hun
garians in settlements of thirty or more
are found in Decatur, Ellsworth, Har-
per, Lincoln, Marshall, Ottawa, Phil
lips, Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Riley,
Rocks, Rush, Scott. Sedgwick, Summer,
Trego, Washington and Wichita coun-
ties.
Settlements of Irish have been made
in seventeen counties, principally Usage,
Marshall, Pottawatomie. Anderson, Ne
maha, Dickinson and Ottawa.
French are found in settlements of
thirty or more in Cherokee, Clay, Cloud,
Crawford, Doniphan, Graham. Harper,
Harvey, Nemaha, Usage, Pottawatomie,
Rocks, Sedgwick and Washington coun-
ties.
Italians are found in settlements in
three counties, Cherokee, Crawford and
Sedgwick, and Welch in five counties,
Lyons, Coffey, Usage, Riley and Wyan
dotte There are settlements of Dutch
in Phillips, Reno and Sedgwick; Scotch
in Cherokee, Labette and Usage, and
English in Clay, Geary, Ellis and Doni-
phan.
Clark, Grant Gray, Hamilton, Has
kell, Lane and Morton counties re-
port that they have no settlements of
people of foreign birth within their bor-
ders.
Church service in "a foreign tongue
are held in IS different counties and
in probably nearly 800 churches. Ser
vices in Russian are held in Scott
county.
More interesting is the number of
schools conducted in foreign tongue.
The counties having them are; Allen
s., Anderson G.. Barton G., Chase g.,
Cheyenne G., Cherokee g., Cloud F.,
Dickinson G. s., Douglas g., Ellis g.,
Ellsworth G., Ford g., Geary g., Gree
ley s., Harvey G., Leavenworth G.,
Lincoln G. S., Logan S., Marion g.,
Marshall G., Meade g., Mitchell g.,
Morris S., Mcpherson S., Nemaha g.,
Osborne e., Phillips e., Pottawatomie
G. S., Rawlins, G., Reno G. Du. Rus,
Republic S. Boh., Riley S. Rush g.,
Saline s., Sedgwick g., Sherman G. s.,
Smith G. Du., Waubaunsee G., Wallace
g.. Washington G., Wichita Rus. The
number of seperate schools in foreign
language SO far as reported is eighty
and it is safe to say that the actual
number is much larger.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01

Pre-Emptions and Homestpads in Danger.
WASHINGTON. d. c.. November 27.-Secre-
tary Smith has announced that he would
have something to say in his annual report
concerning the matter of congress approV-
ing the agreements with the Wichita, Kiowa,
Comanche and Apache Indians covering the
ga le of their lands and the opening of the
same TO settlement. The secretary will
recommend that these lands be open to set
Element provided they can be disposed of to
the highest bidders. He will ask that the
McRae bill now pending in the house be
passed, and after that he will permit con-
gress to take up the matter of approving the
pending agreements. The same plan of
opening will be favored by the secretary for
the Kickapoo lands, which could have been
opened over one year ago by his order. The
defined policy of the secretary appears to be
to sell the public domain and forever annul
the homestead and free homes law.
1t is needless to add that there will be con-
sdera BILE opposition to the plan of disposing
of public lands. During the last session it
was i'm possible for the secretary to force this
bill through the house, and how he will sue
ceed at the coming session remains to be
seen. 1t is be e.ieved. howessr. that he will
meet with very bitter opposition, as it is
certain that the republican side of the house
will be unanimous in its opposition to the
bill, and in addition many of the leading
democrats of the house will join in the fight
against the recommendations of the sec
retaFV.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01
WAKEENEY KANSAS SATURDAY, DECEMBER L. 1894
Kansas Irrigation Convrnt1on.

The second annual convention of the Kan
sas Irrigation association, at Hutchinson,
was in session two days. 1t attracted atten-
ton and dele cations from all over Kansas;
nor was the attendance limited to KaL sas
boundaries. President Cannon, of the Nor
mon church of Salt Lake City, was there, and
Thomas knight of Kansas City, Elwood
Meade of Cheyenne, Wyo., 1. A. Fort of
North Platte, Wyo.. Governor Prince of New
Mexico, Ira &. II ubbell of Kansas City, F.
H. Newell Of Washington. d. c., General +.
NJ. Clarke of Fort Worth. Tex, William E.
Smythe of Chicago, and several others of
national fame.
The following officials were chosen for the
coming year:
President, D. M. Frost, Garden City; vice
presidents, j. E. Frost Topeka; G. w.
Clements, Wichita; w. B. Sutton, Russell I
T.. A. Bigger. Hutchinson; secretary and
treasurer, E. B. Cowgirl. Topeka consult
ing engineer, H. V. Hinckley, Topeka.
The second days session of the irrigation
convention was more largely attended than
the first. The attendance was general from
all parts of the west The experiences of
practical irrigators was told, causing good
bu mess for machinery men.
Resolutions adopted favor state encour-
agemeut by law and ask for geological sur
vey of the state by the United States, but
insist upon individuals acting, and urges the
people not to wait on the gov rnment EX-
Governor Prince, of New Mexico, closed the
meeting with a speech.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1894-12-01

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