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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-02
STANDARD BACON.
Secretary Morton Tells What Is the Bes
for Shipment.

Secretary Morton Tells What Is the Best
for Shipment.
WASHINGTON, Oct 28.-Secretary
Morton yesterday afternoon gave some
advice to the packers and pork raisers
in the Kansas City territory, saying:
THE standard bacon of Europe is the
Wiltshire The packers of Calme,
in Wiltshire, Eng, pay the high
est price for porlzers which weigh
from 1870 to 100 pounds and have thick.
ness of fat on the back not exceeding
PA inches. They pay the lowest price
for swine weighing 24O pounds and
upward with fat on the back
inches in thickness. The for
mer, that is to say, the light
pigs, bring in our money, 9 cent
pound Give weight at packing
houses. Just as soon as your pack.
ers study the tastes and demands
of foreign customers they will create a
broader market for American bacon
throughout the world, and thus our
own pork producers will be enlight.
ened as to that quality and size of pigs
which find the readiest and most profit
able market"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-02
VETERANS IN KANSAS.
According to Assessors Returns There Are
35.66I Old Soldiers In the State.

According to Assessors Returns There Are
35.661 Old Soldiers In the State.
TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 25.-The state
board of agriculture to-day finished
the tabulation of returns of assessors
showing the enumeration of honorably
discharged volunteer union soldiers in
Kansas in March, 1895 This enumera-
ton is the first made under the pres
ent law, and is in compliance with an
amendment made In 1885 to the act
providing for a census each tenth year,
beginning with and following 1875. In
1O1 counties the count shows 35. O45
veterans. Assessors in Comanche,
Finney, Saline and Seward counties
failed to make an enumeration or re-
turn, but, applying the same percent
age of soldiers, 2.62, to their last years
population as is shown for the remain
der of the state this year there would
be in Comanche, 45; Finney, 90; Saline,
458, and Seward, 81, or GIG; these added
to the 35,O45 actually enumerated in
the other counties would make the
grand total IS, Gel.
The table below gives the enumera-
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INTO A CUBAN TRAP.
Spanish Forces of $500 Ambushed and
Routed by Gen. MaceO.

Spanish Forces OF $500 Ambushed and
Routed by Gen. Maceo.
KEY WEST, Fla, Oct 26. News re-
ceived here states that Gen. Maceo has,
by forced marches, reached the prov
vince of Matanzas, and that last Mon
day, with 5000 Cubans, he engaged
cavalry force of $500 Spaniards in
the San Juan valley. Early in the
morning the insurgent outpost
brought news of the approach of the
Spanish cavalry. Gen. Maceo at once
placed his army in position to receive
the enemy. A hollow square was
formed and force of 1000 men placed
in ambush. The Spanish forces, un-
aware of the presence of the enemy,
marched into the trap of death and were
only appraised of their perilous position
when the insurgents opened fire
upon them. The Spaniards made
brave fight but owing to the thickness
of the forest and the DOGGY condition of
the valley, the cavalry were greatly
handicapped. After struggle of four
hours the Spanish troops were forced
to retreat, leaving 500 men dead on
the field. The insurgents secured all
the arms and ammunition of the dead
Spaniards. This battle is the most inn
portant fight since the breaking out of
the revolution. The Cuban colony
here is wild with JOY.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-02
MAIL BURNED UP.
The Collision at Trlmmers Rock, Pa
Worse Than at First Supposed.

The Collision at Trimmers Rock, Pa
Worse Than at First Supposed.
New YORK, Oct. IS The losses in
the collision at Trimmers sRock, Pa,
on the Pennsylvania railroad, early
Thursday morning, were greater than
at first supposed. OF the six mail cars,
four were destroyed by IT, fire which
followed the collision. The registered
letter pouches from New York, Boston,
Hartford and Harrisburg, for delivery
at Pittsburg and Chicago, were burned,
so were also the entire cargo OF
newspapers for the Indian terri
tory, Illinois, Texas, Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Oregon, New
Mexico. Arizona, St Louis and Kansas
City. The letter mail for Pennsylva-
MIA, Kansas, Nebraska. Illinois, the
Indian territory, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Missouri and Texas was in the third
car. Such of it as had not been wholly
destroyed by the fire was gathered up
into bags and sent back to this city.
The total loss through the destruction
of mail matter will, it is believed,
amount to 500, 600.
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EVIDENTLY A CRANK.
A Man Demands Large Sums of None
from the 4 edera1 Treasury.

Man Demands Large Sums of Money
from the edera1 Treasury.
WASHINGTON, Oct. GO. B. Man.
gum, a middle-aged crank who claims
to come from the state of Washington,
called at the treasury department and
the interstate commerce commission
yesterday and presented claims for
large sums against the govern
ment At the former he demanded
that Treasurer Morgan pay S317, 900, OOC
for loss of gold he said he sustained by
the sinking of the steamer Victoria.
At the interstate commission Office he
reduced this claim to 500, 900. He also
called at the British embassy, but
failed to see anyone and threatened to
see the president. He was taken into
custody by the police.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-02
FIRE IN A UNIVERSITY.


Vlrginla's State Institution Suffers On Three
Hundred Thousand Dollar Loss.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Oct. 28.-The
University of Virginia suffered great
loss from a fire which occurred yester-
day morning. The local fire depart
ment was unable to cope with the
flames and assistance was obtained
from Stanton and Lynchburg, which,
however, arrived too late to save the
public hall and the rotunda. The fire
started in the former building, and a
large quantity of dynamite was used
and the public hall, but beyond dis
placing the large pillars nothing was
accomplished.
Attention was then given to the
buildings known as the ''OId Chapel
and reading room. These were blown
up and the debris satura ted with water,
and the fire thereby was confined to
the hall and rotunda. The library, con-
+eining about SIS, 600 worth of books,
statues, paintings, etc, was in the ro-
tunda. An effort to save the treasures
resulted in the getting out of Jeffer-
sons statue and three-fourths of the
books. Every thing else was burned.
At o'clock the fire was gotten under
control. The lecture rooms were de-
stroyed and everything in the build
ing, including a geological laboratory
of great value, painting entitled
1.-THE School of Athens copy of the
celebrated production by Raphael. was
consumed. The total loss is estimated
at not less than $500, 900, with an in
surance of S25, 900 on the buildings and
contents. The origin of the fire is not
known.
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WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
Adjustment of Prices to Real Conditions
Rapidly Going On.

Adjustment of Prices to Real Conditions
Rapidly Going On.
New York, Oct. 26-R. g. Dun a.
Co. Weekly Review of Trade, says:
Ten days ago gold exports seemed
very near, but the break in cotton,
which then began, ripened on Monday
into a collapse sufficient to justify
hope of a free movement Hides
have also decreased sharply, leath-
er is weaker and the adjustment OF
prices to real instead of imaginary con-
ditions progresses rapidly. Already
lower prices in iron have brought out
some important contracts. Money
markets cause remarkably little
trouble. Cooler weather has gem
orally helped retail trade, and
with increased consumption by
the millions the way will
be clearer for better business. AL
ready payments through clearing
houses closely approach for October
those of the best year in history, though
rejecting in part past transactions.
and new orders are still much needed
by the great industries.
Wheat has risen cents for the
week, although western receipts-7,-
OFT, O66 bushels for the week, against
5,059, 1877 last year-continue unusually
large and Atlantic ports Gncluding
-FOUR 1, 176, III bushels for the week
against 1856 934 last year, and four
weeks 5,734, 572, against 9,195, o46
bushels last year, showing plainly q
slack demand from abroad. Nobody
can give a reason for higher corn, and
pork declines 25 cents, lard a sixteenth
and hogs 10 cents per hundred weight.
Bessemer pig advanced, but finished
products on the whole declined as
much. other pig iron not rising. Rails
to October L, $40, 600 tons delivered and
70s tons sold, made pitiful record.
Whether tin plate works will take
300, 900, 600 pounds of steel this year, as
the latest official report indicates, will
depend on prices, and sales of coke be-
low the latest esta blished price are no.
ticed, with the largest production on
record.
Textile manufacturers have for the
moment disturbed rather than helped
the decline in cotton, because it checks
buying of some fabrics with lower
prices for print cloths and prospects of
lower prices for other goods The deW
mand for worsteds and dress goods is
encouraging, while in wooden goods
the situation does not improve. Re-
newed orders are moderate, and mems
goods are easy to buy at previous quo
tations. Failures this week are 2SI in
the United States against 231 last year,
and 3s in Canada against So last year.
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DIvorce Avn Too Easx.

LAcoN, ILL.,, Oct. 26.-Mr and Mrs.
Leroy Strawn, of Lacon, something
like twenty three or twenty-four years
ago, were married in this city, and
lived happily together for number of
years. Then they quarreled over some
trifing matter and were divorced. As
time passed the two remembe each
others better qualities. Leroy made
love to his former wife, was accepted,
and after short courtship the two
were made one again. Then came an
other misunderstanding, followed by a
second divorce, and now they have
been married for the third time. The
groom is 4s and the bride 43 years old.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-02
PRAIRIE FIRES.
Sparks from Locomotive Cause Immense
Damage in Indiana.

Sparks from q Locomotive Cause Immense
Damage in Indiana.
CROWN POINT. Ind, Oct. 29.-Should
no rain fall in the next twenty -four
hours and the high winds continue,
the southern portion of Porter county
and part of Jasper county, consisting
of nearly $1,000 acres, will be covered
with ashes. Near Koutz three lives
are reported to have been lost
and one man, Jonah Hole, has
been fatally burned. Already 49,
900 acres have been burned over
and the fire is spreading rapidly. Peo-
pie living at Baum's Bridge, miles
from the flames are preparing to move.
Thousands of tons of hay were con-
sumed Saturday night and yesterday
morning, and $50, OOO worth of fat cat
tie, owned by Nelson Morris, of Chi
cago, are in great danger. Bridges
over the river near Sandy Hook were
burned like paper. No estimate of the
damage can be made.
Five miles east of Koutz another fire
is raging, but it is not of so much i'm
portance. Farmers for 10 miles around
are forming parties to protect their
homes. The fire was caused by sparks
from an engine
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-02
GILES OF KANSAS.
Population of Towns of Over 1000 Inhab~
itants-Losges and Gains.

Population of Towns OF Over 1000 InhaD"
itants-Eosses aud Gains.
Figures showing the population in
Kansas towns and cities having 1000
or more inhabitants, as returned by
the assessors to the state board of
agriculture, have been completed. Of
the 103 places in the list of one year
ago, 80 show an aggregate increase of
1O,04s, Argentine leading, with gain
of 1915, while GO places are listed with
a total loss of Is. S27. St. Marys, with
a gain of 234, has become eligible to
the 1000 list, and Goodland, reporting
988 people; Pleasanton, 900; Hays City,
979; Frontenae, 951; Phillipsburg, DIG;
Enterprise, 935; Osborne, 991; Alma,
964; Russell, 952, and Norton, GA. have
dropped out The following table
gives the cities in the order of their
rank, the population of each, with gain
or loss:
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WAR WITH ENGLAND.
Senator Chandler Saws a Conflict L. Inevit
BILE, and Should Be Welcomed.

Senator Chandler Saws Conflict Is Inevita-
BILE, and Should Be Welcomed.
CONCORD, N. H.. Oct. 29.-An editorial
appeared yesterday in the Evening
Monitor, Senator Chambers paper,
written by the senator, and headed,
"Our Coming War With England" It
says, in part: ''War between the
United States and England is in
evita bic. It will arise on ac-
count of British disregard for
our direct interests. 1t will also
be forced by British encroach-
ments upon other nations all over the
world. 1t will be fought by US, hav-
ing Russia as our European ally. AS
war offensive on our part, it may
not happen within twenty yea rs. As
a defensive war, it may come sooner,
and should be welcomed. One sure
result will be the capture and perma-
nent acquisition of Canada by the
United States
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FOREIGN MISSIONS.
The Woman's Society of the NJ e. Chur
in Session at st. Louis.

The Woman's Society of the NJ. e. Church
in Session at st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Oct 29.-The general ex-
ecutive committee of the Women's For
eign Missionary society Of the M. E.
church opened its twenty-sixth an
nual meeting in the Union M. E. church
yesterday. Miss L. Pearson, of Des
Moines, Ia, was appointed president
of the meeting, and Mrs. J. T. Gracey,
of Rochester. N. Y, secretary. The
reports of the corresponding secre-
taries of the various branches were
read, showing a total of 6, Isl mission
airy organizations in the church, with
membership of ISL, 1853. The income
of the year just ended was shown to
be $3.50, 227, nearly $4,000 more than
last year. Eighteen missionaries have
been sent out during the year.
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WOULD SHOOT THEM.

Radical Measures to Cure Election Fraud
Advocated by Rev. MyrOn Reed.
DENVER, Col, Oct. 2S.-Rev. Myron
w. Reed created a sensation by an ad.
dress at populist campaign meeting
Saturday night by advising heroic
methods for handling election frauds.
In an impassioned speech he urged that
200 men be armed on election day tc
watch the polls and whenever any
one was detected fraudulently voting
that he be shot down on the spot. He
scored the people of to-day as lacking
the spirit which the early settlers dis
played in dealing with offenders of the
law. After detailing his plan the rev.
erend gentleman closed with the re.
mark: That's the kind of saint ]
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TURKS READY TO REVOLT.
It Is Said the Sultan Is Utterly Unnamed
by Fear of Assassination.

It Is Said the Sultan Is Utterly Unnamed
by Fear of Assassination.
LONDON, Oct. 29.-Maj. F. C. Rasch,
member of parliament, who was at
Constantinople during the recent riots
there, in an interview said that the sit
uation there is most grave. The sui
tan sees nobody and is utterly
unnamed by fear of assassina-
ton. During the past fortnight
he is reported to have shot
two of his attendants whom he
suspected Of having designs upon his
life. Maj. Rasch added that the Off
GERS of the Turkish army are utterly
out of sympathy with the regime at
Constantinope. They are said to be
ripe for revolt, and he asserts that
they will probably get rid of the pres
ent sultan.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-02
KANSAS NATIONAL BANKS.
Abstract of Their Condition shown by
the September Statement.

the september statement.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The abstract
of the condition of the 1872 national
banks of Kansas, under the call of
the comptroller of the currency on
the 2Sth of last month, shows:
Loans and discounts ,$19, 357, $50,
against $1S, $50, 357, under the July
statement; overdrafts. $500, 1854, against
1856, TIL; due from national banks mot
reserve agents., $919, 319, against $685.
594; due to state banks and bankers,
$14s, 1897, against S172, $50; due from APP
proved reserve agents, SO, 1876, $40,
against So, 497, OBJ; gold coin, 81, 1O8, 455,
against 81: 2o6, 382; total specie, 1885,
4.3, against 81, $50, 462; total resources,
$50, s97. O65, against SS2, ST., $40; due to
other national banks, 1927, 1895, against
$4S7. 4S6; due to tate banks and bank
ers, $500, S27, against 500, 968; individ-
ual deposits, SIG, s27, 1876, against $16,-
1905 average reserve held, 81. SO,
against So II.
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1891; no returns for $50
LOCOMOTIVE OF GRAINS.
Shawnee County Preparing a Unique Ex-
hibIt for Kansas on Wheels.

Shawnee County Preparing a Unique Ex-
hibit for Kansas on Wheels.
TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 24.-Prof. Henry
Worrell, the Topeka artist, has gone
to Hutchinson to decorate car to be
sent out with an Arkansas valley exc
hibit by the Kansas Million club. He
will turn the car into beautiful pic
ture and use nothing in the process
but grains and grasses and fruits
and vegetables. Shawnee county
is busy arranging the display and
decorating the c2r which will
go from here to join the Chicago dis
play. Among the 7,~ulay pieces will
be a locomotive fee long and pro-
portionately high, made entirely from
grains, grasses, etc. Along the sides
of the tender will be displayed the
letters, ga, T.. 81 S. f." in honor of the
road which hauls the train east free of
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Uncle Sam Robbed.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2s.-Fraucis j.
Kieckhoefer, for ten years chief of the
bureau of accounts in the state depart.
ment, having been found on partia.
examination to be S35, 900 short in his
accounts, has been compelled to resign
his position. Edward Haywood, chic:
bookkeeper of the same bureau for 8
great number of years, was also com.
PEELED to resign on account of the loose
methods prevailing.
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THE GOLD OUTPUT.
The Director of the MINIS Statement ON
The Yellow Metal.

Director
The Yellow Metal
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.-R. E. Pres.
ton. director of the mint, in discussing
his report on the worlds production of
gold and silver in 1894, makes the fol-
lowing statement:
am satisfied that the gold product OF the
world will not be less than S2OJ,00J 900 for the
calendar year 1895, which will be an increase Of
BE- 00O 600 over 1894. OF this increase the United
States will contribute not less than S7,5JO,OOO
Colorado will furnish from S3,5OOOOO to S4000,-
300, California S20O0,00J and Arizona. New
Mexico. Idaho and Montana will make hand
some shoHings. In Colorado the principal In
crease viii come from the Cripple Creek dis
-trtct This district altogether will proba bly,
produce SIS, 00) 900 this year. 1t required some
time to convince capitalists that this was a
wonderfully rich district The shipments Of
rich ore made in the last year have removed
all doubts of the future of the Cripple Creek
country. Leadville will also show an increase
this year in the output of gold. Some of the
mines in this region are very productive. In
the Leadville region there are found gold, sill
yer. copper lead and iron. There is q general
revival of gold mining throughout this re gion
California mines are certain to show an in
creased output from this time forward. The
establishment of the debris commission in CAL
ifornia has given a great impulse to hydraulic
mining, which is exceedingly profitable.
Where there is placer mining. partic-
ularly In Montana and ldaho, the prod
uct of gold will not be great it
would have been had there been heavy
SHOWS in the mountains. There is a shortage
Of water in those states which serves to hand
leap the miners. The returns from quartz
mining there very satisfactory. Some
heavy shipments of ore being made from
Helena. Everywhere I went in the mining
regions OF the west saw evidences of great
activity and prosperity
Not alone in the United States is the output
Of gold increasing. South Africa has gone
ahead of Australia in the amount of its gold
product, and will produce this year vast
quantity of the precious metal Australia
probably will contribute $2,G00,000 or
100000 of the increase. Russia will
produce from 81, 00O.0O0 to So, 000 600
more than it did last year. Russia's output
last year fell off, but the increase in Siberia
this year will be marked, judging from the in
formation | have received from minister at
st. Petersburg. Mexico, which con-
tributed S4,5,O,000 in gold last year,
will make far better showing this
year. We gained last year for the gold stock
of the world about -. O00,O 900 OF the gold for
merly boarded il India, and we have every
reason to look for an increase this year and for
number Of years to come.
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rhe ex-Oneen of HawaiI.

LONDON, Oct. ga dispatch to the
Standard from Vienna says that the
ex-queen of Hawaii has purchased a
site between Torbole and Malcerine,
on Lake Garda, Italy, for the purpose
of erecting a villa for a winter resi-
dence and has also purchased the Castle
di Panelli, in the Italian province OF
Udine, for summer residence. The
dispatch says the ex-queen will arrive
in Austria in The autumn of 1896, after
making protracted stay in London.
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TOOK ALL THE CASH.

Masked Robbers Enter Iowa Post ONCE
and Bind and Gag the Postmaster.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia, Oct. 26.-At q
o'clock yesterday morning, three
masked men entered the post Office at
Minden, la, located in Grewig's gen.
eral store. They bound and gagged
Deputy Postmaster Stuhr and then
blew open the safe. stealing SIS, and
a lot of tramps. Stuhr released him
self before the robbers had finished
their work and gave the alarm, eaus-
ing the robbers to fee. Officers are in
pursuit.
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worksbops Busy In Kansas.

Topeka, Kan, Oct. Estate Labor
Commissioner w. G.. Bird has cons
pleted his annual inspection of the
factories and mechanical institutions
of Kansas and reports that, with one
exception, all the manufacturing es-
Establishments in Kansas are employing
either more men or are working their
men mon, hours than year ago. The
one exception to this rule is the Union
Pacific railroad shops at Armstrong.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-11-02
SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE.

Diphtheria Has Become Epidemic at To.
peka-Nany Deaths Reported.
TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 25.-The board Of
education has ordered the schools in
North Topeka closed on account of
diphtheria, and it is probable that all
the schools in the city will be closed.
Parents are greatly alarmed, and many
have taken their children out of school
Last Monday the enrolment was 300,
with 1900 absentees reported. There
have been about seventy cases of diph-
liberia in Topeka this fall with twenty
deaths. From one to three new cases
are reported daily.
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MUTUAL ORGANIZATION.
Kansas Building and Loan Men Will Dis
cuss Matters of Business Interest.

Kansas Building and Loan Men Will Dis
cuss Matters of Business Interest.
TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 25.-The officers
of the building and loan associations
of Kansas have perfected an organiza-
ton for the purpose of meeting once
a year to discuss matters of interest
to such associations. The organiza-
ton has not yet been named. C. s.
Hartough, of Leavenworth, is presi-
dent, w. III. Eastman, of Topeka, vice
president, J. B. Smith, of Pittsburg,
secretary, and G. S. Murphy, of Man
haitian, treasurer. There are now
seventy-eight associations in Kansas,
with a total mem bership of %, 900.
The investments amount up into the
millions.