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Cuban Commission Not wanted.

MADRID, March 23-The Heraldo'
says: Spain could never officially re-
cognize United States commission of
inquiry into Cuban affairs. 1t is inn
possible that President Cleveland
should have such an idea. War be-
tween Spain and America would be
prefera ble." The same paper also says:
''Spain, in former times, has accepted
the consequences of more terrible
struggles than would be a war with
the United States, and we should pre-
fer to risk war to recognizing the
cOmmiSS1On' -
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WASHINGTON, March 24.-The condi-
ton of national bank business in the
Indian territory on February % shows
the average reserve to. have been
44.39 per cent, against 36-4a per
cent. on December. -; loans
and discounts increased from
1888, 15s to Ss49, 913; gold coin from S21,
467 to $50. s37; total specie from $50, ia
to S57, $50; lawful money reserve from
$50, 094 to SIS, 643; Individual deposits
decreased from Sos, 725, to $780, 1873
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AN EIGHT-HoUR DAY.

A Concerted Effort May he Made by the
Federation of Labor to Bring 1t About.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 24.-The
executive committee of the National
Federation of Labor began its regular
conference in this city yesterday. The
conference lasted until a late hour
and was devoted chiefly to a discussion
of the best means of bringing about an
eight-hour day. A poll of those pres
ent showed a unanimous sentiment in
favor of taking executive action at
once that will test the question as to
whether the affiliated labor organiza-
tions of the country are capable of Sc
curing what they claim to be their
rights in this particular. 1t was the
sentiment that a concerted effort
should be made and in order to devise
ways and means the matter was re-
ferred to a subcommittee.
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CIVIL SERVICE EXTENSION.

The President Issues Order Which In
cIudes Nearly All the Indian Service.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-The presi-
dent has issued comprehensive order
extending the civil service to practi-
cally the entire Indian service, save
those offices above and including that
of agent, to which appointments, are
made by the president, and the few
minor positions of a laboring charac--
ter, like cooks and washerwomen..
Indians who show their fitness here
after are to be allowed appointment to
any of these positions, though the
secretary cannot secure transfer to
positions in the classified service out
side of the Indian work
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BIG FIRE.
philadelphia Has Big BIaze-AImost q
Panic Among Employees.

Rhiiadelphia Has Big Blaze-A1mOst q
Panic Among Employees.
PHILADELPHIA. March 24-Chestnut
street west of Fifteenth was visited by
most destructive fire last night. The
: fire broke out about three o'clock in
the six-story building of the Thackera
Manufacturing Co., makers and deal
ers in fancy gas fixtures and Candida
bra. The firm employed about zoo
hands, who were at work at the time.
The fire originated in the front cellar,
and was not discovered until it had
eaten its way through the first floor.
An alarm was sounded, but before the
engines arrived the entire front part of
the building was on fire. Meanwhile
majority of the workn made their
escape. About dozen or more. how
ever, were hemmed in and had to be
taken from the windows The loss on
the building is about $3.50. 900. The
Thackera company's stock, machinery
and patents were valued at about $780,
s0O0 These are a total loss, but are
protected by an insurance of about
aS15O,OOO. Other tenants also sustained
small losses.
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SOCIAL PURITY CRUSADE.

WasbtDGton Young WORen Band TheE.
selves Together for Projection Against
Immoral Men.
WASHINGTON, March "a number
of young women of Washington have
organized the Equal Standard Purity
club Their object is to- esta blish a
single code of morals, equally binding
upon men and women, and to protect
their members from the visits of men
of impure lives. A method of ascer-
tanning the private lives of young men
has been devised. Every young man
whose private life is found to be inn
pure will be blacklisted- The black
list will be in the hands of the execu-
tive committee, the members will be-
informed, and they are pledged never
to receive the attention of persons ON
the blacklist.
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BLOW TO ENGLAND.

Alabama Pig Iron Being Purchased and,
Shipped to Great Britain.
LONDON, March "a. Much interest is,
manifested in, commercial circles, over
the announcement that leading iron.
firm has made extensive purchases in
Alabama of pig iron and is arranging
for further purchases Commenting
upon this, the Iron and Coal Trade
Review says: England is threatened
with an invasion of American pig IRON
This is one of the most serious blows
to the supremacy of Great Britain as
a manufacturing nation"
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Census Records Burned.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-Fire broke
out yesterday on the first floor of
Marini's hall, which is occupied by the
United States census bureau. 1t spread
to the second and third floors and dam
aged the building to the extent of $1O,
600, and all the records of the census
office were either soaked with water
or ruined by fire. Census officials who
visited the scene of the fire said a great
many of the papers that had been
burned could be easily spared.
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DIED FROM A cHILD's BITE.
A DIphtheria Patient Snaps a Doctors Fin
ger and Death Results.

A DIphtheria Patient Snaps Doctors Fin.
ger and Death Results.
LAWRENCE, Kan, March 1&-Dr. B.
]. Perrine, prominent physician of
Vinland, IL miles from here, died last
night from blood poisoning, caused by
the bite of sick child with diphtheria-
Concerning the case, which is an unu-
sual one. there is something remarka-
BILE. DR.. Perrlne was treating the child.
He had occasion to put his hand in the
child's mouth, when 1t bit him.
Blood poisoning set in, and he died in
great agony. Another doctor who was
called to treat the child. was unfortu-
nate enough to be bitten by the child
and as result his finger had to be
amputated. The child was i'll with
very malignant form of diphtheria-
Local medical men are holding an in
vestigation. The child is recovering.
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WASHINGTON, March cat is learned
that the subcommittee of the housa
having charge of the sundrY civil bill
is seriously contemplating bringing
the publication of the war records to
an immediate close. In order to ac-
complish this purpose, it is proposed
to stop the publication with the COM
pletion of the first series, which only
covers the campaigns of the war, and
not TO proceed with the publication of
the records relating to prisoners OF
war, miscellaneous confederate records
relating to the organization Of troopaN
etc.
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CLAIMS OF PoPuIlSTS.

Chairman TIA ubeneck Says. Has Party VIII
Carry Most OF theSOuthern, and Western
States.
ST. LOUIS March 23;-H- E Taube-
neck, chairman of the national execu-
tive committeeeof the popwlist party,
who has just returned from the Hutch
inson, Kan3 convention, said last
night:
believe we Will carry next fail an the terri
tories and majority of the states OF the south
and west, Colorado Montana. Idaho, Nevada.
Wyoming. Utah, Oregon, Washington, Cali
foBnia, Kansas Nebraska, the two Dakotas
and, / believe, Iowa. We have'a good fight
ing chance in Missouri and are certain OF
sweeping Texas, and will carry every con-
gressional district5inl the latter state, with
the possible exception of three. In the South
will carry without question Alabama.
Georgia and North and South Carolina III
the union of forces between the silver advo-
oates and ourselves is. as, harmonious as ev-
erything nowSindicatesr it will be, We expect
to capture all OF the states south OF the
Ohio and Potomac rivers with the possible
exception OF West Virginia, Kentucky and
Tennessee. wherecthe fight will be between US
and the republicans. This would leave the
republicans Is states east of the Mississippi
and north of. the Potomac and Ohio, without
taking the democrats in0Othe calculation at all
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
A BOILER EXPLOSION.
Three Men Killed and One Badly Injured
Near Called Onia, Ala.

Three Men Killed and One Badly Injured
Near Called Onia, Ala.
SELMA, Ala, March 19-Rarticulars
of a terrible boiler explosion at Me-
Lurkin's mill near Caledonia, in Will
cox county, reached the city yester-
day. The explosion was caused by an
imperfect safety valve. The boiler
crashed through the mill and sped
along close to the ground for 400, feet
and buried itself in the ground. Sim
Watts, farmer; Alexander Grace, Ia
borer at the mill, and Allen Hollinger.
fireman, were killed. Every thread Of
clothing was blown from Hollinger's
body and every particle of skin scalded
Off F. /. Defee, a farmer, had leg
broken and was internally injured.
His recovery is doubtful The owner
of the mill was the only person on the
premises who escaped serious injury.
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FOURTEEN MINERS PERISH.
Instantly Killed by Gas Explosion In n
New PensylVania Shaft.

Instantly Killed by a Gas Explosion In n
New Pennsylvania Shaft.
DUBOIS, Pa, March 24-At the new
Berwind- White shaft in the eastern
limits of the city Is men went on at 2
o'clock this morning, IA going into the
north heading and four into the south
heading. At about ten o'clock the
four men were sensible of shock and
a few minutes later the mine boss
came to them and told them something
had happened and that they should get
out as soon as they could. When the
party reached the foot of the shaft they
were nearly overcome by gas and were
hurriedly taken up in the cage. As
distance was Immediately summoned
and miners from the Bell Lewis and
Yates company's mines volunteered
their services. AS the work proceeded
it was found that IA men in the north
heading had been killed instantly and
that some of the bodies were mutilat ted
almost beyond recoSnition.
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Claims Against Spain.

CHICAGO, March 81 "A special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
Presidents Cleveland will send a.message on
Cuba to the senate early next week, probably
on Monday. 1t will be answer 10. the
resolution offered by Senator Hoar calling on
the president for any further information
in the possession of the state department re-
lating to the Cuban situation particularly
with reference to the effect of the war ON
American interests. The message will show
that property OF American citizens in Cuba has
been damaged and destroyed by the operations
of the insurgents and Of the Spaniards TO the
extent of about 43O. 900 600.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
HE READ DIME NOVELS.
A Tennessee Lad Puts Poison In Coffee and
Three Persona Nav Die.

Tennessee Lad Puts Poison in Coffee and
Three Persons May Die.
JACKSON, Tenn, March 21.--News of
the dreadful crime of a 15-year-old boy
comes from Henderson county, where
Joe Benson, wife and DIR. J. c. Stinsou,
the family physician, may die. He
was filed with the exploits of dime
novel heroes and determined to go to
Texas His father learned of his in
tentions, followed him to a neighbor-
ing town, and carried him home This
incensed young Benson, and securing
a box of rough on rats he put it in the
coffee. The first meal only the father
drank of the deadly beverage and was
taken violently i'll DR.. Stinson was
called in, and while attending the
father. partook of the next meal, and,
with the boys mother, became a VIC
tim of the poison. Benson is in jail,
and has confessed his crime
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GAS EXPLOSION.
Fatality in Pennsylvania Mine-Several
Dead Taken Out.

Fatality in a Pennsylvania MIne-Several
Dead Taken Out.
PUNXsUTAwNEY, Pa, March "a. The
gas in mine No l, Adrian, operated by
the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh
Coal and Iron Co., exploded Sunday
night and the mine is on fire. It is inn
possible to get into the mines any dis
tance, although the explosion occurred
two miles back. Shortly after IL
o'clock Sunday night, the fire boss
heard the explosion and yesterday
morning the men going in to work
were overcome. Some escaped and the
alarm was given. Eleven men have
been brought out, with two dead.
Both these men were rescuerS How
many more there may be in the mine
cannot be stated. 1t is supposed that
some miners went in Sunday night to
work and ignited the gas.
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Elowers for I3lackburu.

WASHINGTON, March "a. = Senator
Blackburn's return to the senate after
the exciting and fruitless senatorial
contest before the Kentucky legisla-
ture, was signalized by an unusual
by his colleagues. On
the senator's desk was the most mann
moth and elaborate floral design ever
brought to the senate.
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A DESPERATE DUEL.
Two Ohio Men Fight with Corn Knifeand
Revolver to the Death.

Two Ohio MenIFIght with Corn knifeand
Revolver to the Death.
COLUMBUS, O., March %. "A tragedy,
which will result in the death ofgtwo
men, occurred near Brice, station ten
miles southeast of this city. The par
Elephants in the affair were Elijah. Rut-
ter and John White. The trouble
originated oveF,the formers wife, with
whom Rutter. claimed White was too
familiar. Them met at barn on a
farm, where White worked, when, Rut--
ter assaulted! White with corn.knifes
The latter drew revolver and fired
twice at his>antagonist both balls taxi
ing effect. White received cut four
inches in, length across the head, frac-
turning. the skull.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
LATEST M'KINLEY FIGURES.
Over 53 Per Cent. of the Delegates Chosen
Are for the Ohio Man.

over % or I obGs OA THO OcAokAceS OnOScn
Are for the Ohio Man.
NEW YORK, March 23-Tribune sum-
mary is as follows: In the last week
104 delegates to the republican nation
al convention at st. Louis have been
chosen, making the total number thus
far elected 80, or little more than
one-third of the full membership. OF
these 1876, or slightly more than So per
cent, are for Mckinley. Gov. Norton
is second with 50 delegates, while the
strength of the other candidates is as
follows: Senator Allison, So; Speaker
Reed, 80; Senator Quay, 10, and Senator
Cullorn 10
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Two Feet ct snow In New York.

LroNs. N. T.. March 21.-Wa- me
comfy is snowbound. "A inches ha' ing
fallen in the last "a hours No t rains
from the vest have arrived al id the
southeastern trains are delayed. There
is no sign of cessation of the storm,
which is worse in the northern part of
the coanty, the roads being blocked
and business at standstill.
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AN AWFUL HURRICANE.

A Whole Town Destroyed and Nearly Half
Hundred Lives Lost.
VICTORIA, B. c., March "a. The
steamship Warrimoo, which has just
arrived, brings news of the destruction
of Suva, the capital of FIJI, by hurri-
canes on March 8. It was the most
tremendous storm ever known in the
southern seas The loss of the ferry
steamer Pearl in the Brisbane river, by
which 81 people lost their lives, is also
renOrted
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uncle sam,s Deht to tha Fiva rrlhe..

WASHINGTON, March 21.-In response
to an inquiry Secretary Smith informs
the senate that the United States owes
the Cherokee nation 81, ZIG, 979; Choc-
taws. 81, 1s5, 65S; Chickasaws, 81, 800. COS;
Creeks, So. 799, 36S; Seminoles, 81, 975, 16s;
total, $40, O43, $40.
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Indian FAMILY Burned to death.

BAYFIELD,, Wis, March 23.-JuIia
Bird, an old squaw, and quite char
acter in this section; her daughter,
Charlotte Bird; an infant daughter of
Charlotte, and C. Etiquette, an Indian
from the Bad River reservation, were
burned to death in house on the out
skirts of the town.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28

ToNAwAfEnsA, II. Y, March, 23-Sate.
urday was-th,e day set for she funeral
of DIR. A. ~ Jayne, a well known phy~
stefan of tRiis- town, but no, obsequiRa
were he;Sli Lar. Jayne did not die. a.
was regSHited, but awoke>from a. caAa~
leptic e0odiAion Saturday.. very rr.ach
surpri ssA at the programme for his
burial He is much refreshed by hia
sleep and il is not unlilzsly he will get
we'll
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Probable CanonizatIon.

LONDON, March 22.-The canoniza-
tion of Mary Queen of Scots, has been
approved by the Catholic diocese of
Westminster, where the claim to mar
tyrdom was held. The matter is now
before the authorities in Rome.
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THOMAS M. SPEERs DEAD.
The Noted Kansas City ex-Ohief of Police
Expires Very Suddenly.

The Noted Kansas City ex-Ohief of Police
Expires Very Suddenly.
KANSAS CITY. Mo-, March Elk
Chief of Police Thomas M. Speers died
suddenly of neuralgia of the heart at
his home, 1917 Oak street, ten minutes
before noon yesterday. He was attacked
with heart failure while sitting in the
office of Health Officer Waring in the
city hall at ten o'clock. The attack
was entirely unexpected. DR.. War
ing recognized the critical ma
ture of the illness and at
once. applied remedies, which relieved
Mr.. Speers temporarily.
Thomas NJ. Speers was one of the
best known men in the western coun-
try, and it was often said of him that
his name was familiar from the At
lantic to the Pacific. For so years he
was a citizen, and for 21lyears an of
fetal of Kansas City. When the metro
politan police law went into effect in
the spring of 1874 the people protested
against it and the new commissioners,
anxious to allay public feeling, offered
the position OF chief to Mr.. Speers,
who accepted. He held the position
until May, 1895, when he was retired
to make room for Col. L.. E. Irwin.
Thomas M. Speers was, born, near ST..
Louis, in 1899. His parents were citir
zens of Missouri when, it was a terri
tory. They crossed the Mississippi
river and settled on an old Spanish
grant purchased by the chiefs grand
father in 1S1L He could trace his an
cestry on both sides back to the revo-
lutionary war, in which the Speers and
Farris families furnished some good
soldiers
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Booths. Army Nam9.

NEW YORK, March .a2-T'he nazae Of
Ballington Booths. new organisation,
has been changed sffcm Gods Ameri--
can Volunteers to. The VoluEkaers."
Mr.. Booth decided to drop tho.words
God and Amer ;osni from the name at
suggestion of friends. e. 6. RS Marta.
who publishela the War Cry until last.
week, is to assume charge of the.
official organso5 The Volun toerS-''-
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wanamaker for senator.

HoLLIDAYsBURG, Pa, March AT
the Blair county republican primaries
the voters expressed their choice for
United States senator to succeed J.
Donald Cameron. The indications are
that John Wanamaker has beaten
John B. Robinson. Mr.. Wanamaker
has been successful in four-ffths of the
districts thus far heard from.
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Aue. for DIvorce At 16.

KANSAS CITY, Kan, March 19.-Mrs.
Myrtle Slusher, whose 10th birthday is
vet among the events to come. fled a
petition for divorce in the district
clerks Office yesterday against her hus-
band William SluSher. Mrs SlusheR
was formerly Miss Myrtle Sweasey.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
New FIar for the Army.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-The war
department has issued the following
order to the army: The field or union
of the national flag in use in the army
will on and after July 4, 1896, consist
of As stars, in six rows; the first, third
and fifth rows to have eight stars, and
the second, fourth and sixth rows
seven stars each, in blue field.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
A congressman Burned I'm Enjoy.

little ROCK, Ark, March 24-COn-
gresham BASS" Little, of Arkansas,
was burned in effigy at Fort Gibson, L
T., last night. The execution was
caused by bill introduced in congress
by Little to remove the courthouse
from Fort Gibson.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
The Election of senator's.

WASHINGTON. March 21.-The senate
committee on privileges and elections
this morning made favorable report
on the amendment TO the constitution
providing for the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people. The report is very yoluminous.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
Vaccination Not CnmnnIanrr

NASHVILLE, Wis, March "a The.
b eloit vaccination ease was decided
s atarday, the judge holding that the
; state board of health has no authority,
either under the statutes or by any act
of the legislature. to enforce the vac
eination of pupils at public schools.
The court holds that the regulation in.
terferes with personal liberty.
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Wand an Internarional AgreemenA.

PARIS March 19.-M. MelineA the
French protectionist leader IN the
chamber of deputies, yesterday pre-
scented a motion that the government
open negotiations for the bringing
about of an International monetary
aoreemenL
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Favor ReclDrocitx.

WASHINGTON, March 2L-The sub
committee on reciproeity of the ways
and means committee has begun to re-
ceive replies from manufacturers, mer-
chants and commercial bodies through
out the country upon the question of
its circular of March 4, which appears
to show a strong feeling regarding.
another trial OF the system.
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Pnat almna Rnrne a.

CREsToN, Ia, March 2o.--The general
store of ]. F. Pease. of Arbor hill, in
which was located the post Office and
telephone exchange. was consumed
yesterday, together with contents.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-03-28
Another Tennessee LynchIng.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. March GA
mob took William Murphy from the
Jail at Huntsville, Tenn, Saturday
night and strung him to tree. He
was in Jail awaiting trial for the muir
der of Bill Nowlin, miner, three
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a Texas Munster CastIgated.

SAXON, Tax, March 24.-Having re-
fused to obey an order to stop preach
ing in this section, Rev. j. ID. Thorn
ton was whipped by mob Saturday
night.