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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
EDIsoN'S NEW SCHEME.

The Celebrated Electrician Has Erected q
Plant Which May Revoiutionize the Bes-
semer Steel Trade.
New YORK. Dec. % AT cost of
So, 900, 900 Thomas A. Edison has erected
in wild mountain region in western
New Jersey a plant which may revolu-
tiouiZe the Bessemer steel trade. Very
proba bly, this is the greatest material
achievement of Mr.. Edison's career.
After years of incessant labor and
study he has now plant which covers
IL acres and is the largest mill in the
world. With stretch of mountains
80 miles long as base of supplies, he
controls more Bessemer ore than all
the rest of the United States put to-
,gether. The ore is extracted and sep
=arated by Edison's new electrical pro-
cess. Seven hundred immense magnets
: draw the ore from the rock The
whole process of getting out the ore
is done automatically, at the rate of
s, 600 tons day, and the finished pro-
duct is put into the cars, ready to be
shipped, at a cost of IS cents n ton. 1t
costs almost 81 ton to get the ore
in Pennsylvania.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
A CABINET FORECAST.
a Washington Special Gives Some New
About Mai. Nc kinley's Slate.

a Washington Special Gives Some News
About Mai. Mckinley's Slate.
CHICAGO, Dec. GA special from
Washington says: 1t is now possible to
give some important news concerHing
the progress which President-elect
Mckinley has made in the task of MAX
ing up his cabinet slate It would be
incorrect to say that Maj Mckinley
has fully and finally determined whom
he will ask to be his ministers So far
only two direct offers of places in the
cabinet have been made, one of these
to Mr.. Hanna, who is not likely to be
in the ca binet at all, and the other to
Gov. Dinglev. But the president-elect
has practically determined the compo-
sition of his cabinet, except as to one
or perhaps two places Unless he
changes his mind, the following will
be the Mckinley cabinet when it is
finally announced:
Secretary of state-John Sherman,
of Ohio.
Secretary of the treasury-Nelson
Dingley, of Maine.
Secretary of war-Ex-Gov. William
&. Merriam, of Minnesota.
Secretary of the navy-Cornelius N.
Bliss, of New York.
ey-genera1-Nathan Golf, of
West Virginia.
er-general-Henry c. Payne,
of Wisconsin.
Secretary of agriculture-Judge Way
mire, of California
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

Senator woIcott and Mai. Mckinley Talk
Over an International Agreement.
CANTON, O., Dec. 29.-Among callers
at the Mckinley residence were United
States Senator Wolco.t, of Denver,
Col. He was in earnest conversation
with Mckinley for two hours. He said
to the Associated press: II came to
Canton to call on the president-eiectt to
further the cause of international BIZ
metallism, the United States senate
having appointed committee of five,
of which 1 was made president, to pre-
pare a bill in the interests of this
cause" 1t is understood that Senator
Wolcott has the legislation which his
committee will propose substan TALLY
outlined and prepared, and that its
provisions were under discussion at
the conference yesterday When
asked if Maj. Mckinley had taken
up the matter with him, he said: ~
am glad to say that the incoming pres
ident was deeply interested in the
cause of bimetallism. We went over
the subject at considerable length and
he was most earnest in his desire that
the repu blican platform pledge for the
furtherance of an international agree
ment should be promptly made good
by proper legislative action" The
bill will provide for the appointment
of a commission to confer with the
representatives of other nations to
take steps towards expediting an in
ternational agreement.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
AN IMMENSE CORRAL.

Kansas Even Surpasses Texas in the Num-
Der of Herds of Cattle.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. &c "A Fredonia
paper. which keeps posted about the
movements of western cattlemen, says
that the boundary lines of Kansas now
form an immense corral, within which
are CHARTERED millions of western cat
tie. At least seven of the western
states and territories have sent their
share to swell the immense herd, and
for probably the first time in her his
tory Kansas is this winter the greatest
feeding ground for cattle in the United
States The state of Texas, with her
countless acres of prairie land, which
has for years held place as the greatest
cattle feeding state in the union, has
thus surrendered her title to Kansas,
and more than this, has aided Kansas
to acquire it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

Almost Complete Control Secured of tn
WDoIsov Snice 20 "a StncE

Almost Complete Control Secured of the
Woolson Spice Co.'S Stock.
TOLEDO, o., Dec 26.-The sugar trust
agents have secured $40 shares OF
Woolson Spice Co IS stock for S64O, 600,
which leaves only 60 shares The price
paid makes a total investment by the
sugar trust of 81, 905, 900 for the 1,74G
shares it has secured. The Woolson has
been one of the most remarkable divi-
dend paying properties in this part o
the country, and it was organized in
1882 with $50, 900. and not another
penny has been added. Since then it
has paid 500. 900. making an annual
dividend of 25 per cent The straight
book value of the stock when the trust
laid siege to it was 81, 7e6. 900. Twelve
new roasters are being pla ced in posi-.
ton, which will give the plant a ca
pacity of 400, 900 bags year.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
The Indians First Parents.

The famous summer resort, Mount
Desert island, was the Evolutionary
Garden of Eden of the northwestern
Indians. According to their story the
first man was youth with golden hair
and eyes like the hazel berry. His Eve
came to him from the clouds. She i'm
mediately proceeded to make herself
disagreeable by cutting off Adams
golden locks. These she began to weave
into a cord. At this stage the Indian
god of evil appears and binds her with
the cord she has made. She stops grow
ing, but not working. From a tall
green stalk she gathered yellow seed,
out of which she made bread. After
these first people had taught their chill
dren how to raise and use the grain they
were translated to the constellation
stars known as the Sickle, whence they
still watch over their earthly home
Chicago Times-Herald.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
HUMOROUS.

-Tip-"I hear old Snagsby left q,
cool million behind" Nip-"How else.
could he keep it cool."-Truth.
Mrs. Easton-"I understand that.
your husband can't meet his creditors"
Mrs Weston-..I don't believe he wants
TO, especially" -Tit-Bits-
-"Have you any trouble in meeting
your creditors, old chap?" Artist
mo difficulty whatever. Meet 'em
everywhere, old boy."-Larks.
-Arthur-'I would marry that girl
but for one thing" Chester-"Afraid
to pop the question" Arthur-'.No-
Afraid to question the Brooklyn
Life.
-'Boggs is quite versatile, isn't he 2"
81 should say he was. Why, when that
man came to mark his election ballot he
made different kind of cross at the
head of each party ticket."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
-She-"Charlie, the enga cement ring
you gave me has e C.'engraved on it.
hope you were never engaged beforef"
He-''Never. darling. 'E. c. stands for
um-er-well, that means-1S carat"
Tit Bits.
II am really delighted at the in
terest my boy Tommy is taking in his
WrlI1nS. Sd1d MIS-. hlcKleDy- 1I6
spends two hours day at it" ''Real-
ly? How did you get him to do it ?''
''Oh, told him to write me out list
of everything he wanted for Christmas,
and he's still at it."-Harper's Bazaar.
Your majesty said the chef of
the king of the Cannibal islands, I'VE
have in the larder to-day a couple of
fine fat captives who say they are twins
"What is your royal pleasure ?''
"Twins?" replied the potentate. 'That
is fine. I have an idea. Serve them
both at dinner, and the queen and my
self will eat philopena."- Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph.
interviewer (mildly) Pardon
me. colonel. but I should like very much
to know what you consider the most
remarkable circumstance in your life"
The Colonel Qanguidly feeling round
for his hip pocket)-"Well, I don't
know, but about six months ago I shot
a man-dead." KILLED him, colonel?
What was that for?' "Oh, just for ask
ing observation-disclosures Words.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
REVIEW OF TRADE


The Recent Bank Faflures-Earnings Of
Railroads for the First Half of Decem-
Der.
NEW YORK, Dec o6-R G. Dun q
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
The failure TWO important banks. the SEQ
ond In size of business at Chicago, and the old
est at St Paul. with some others dependent on
them. closes not favorably month which
promised to end with only moderate CONNER
cial disasters It does not lessen the effect of
these failures that one was caused by enormous
loans in aid OF electric railway and o, her
concerns and that the other appears to have
resulted from heavy ventures in unstable real
estate. Since several thousand business
men and depositors sare for the time embar-
raised much the spectators that caused
the trouble, the breakdown is the reverse of
hopeful at present. although it comes when
money markets are well supplied and when no
serious effect in blu siness is to be apprehended
The aggregate of gross earnings of all rail-
roads in the United States, reporting for the
first half of December. or part thereof is
ST. .o17.Is6. decrease of 5 per cent compared
with last year and of 1LI per cent com pared
period of ordinary business prosperity with
which comparisons can now be made OF sec
tions of the country in which representative
roads have reported. western roads, including
the -grangerS- make the most favorable show
ing. Southern and southwestern roads report
small loss In the other groups reports are
4 yet incomplete All classes of roads report
a decrease compared with both years with
which comparison is made. TRAFFIC all
roads has been far from satisfactory for sew
eral months, and yet there is little indica-
ton on improvement. but the heavy losses in
gross earnings reported by many roads is not
entirely due loss of traffic. The falling on
in traffic has been greatest in the h1gh-class
freghts- and the loss in gross earnings is con-
sequently relatively larger than the loss in
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
UNCLE SAM "WARNED."

A Paris Correspondents Says European
Powers Will Come the Aid of Spain.
LONDON, Dec 26-The Times Paris
correspondent says: 1.-The Washington
government has been confidentially in
formed, although in very friendly
terms, that the European p overs will
not remain passive should the United
States recognize or encourage the Gu
ban insurgents. If my information is
correct, an intimation has been given
that Germany is quite ready, even now,
to take Spain's side should the United
States show a disposition officially to
side with the rebels These warnings
originated in the course of pourparlers
for European coalition against revo.
lutionary socialism"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
TO VISIT CUBA.
Senator-EIect Money Wants to Find Out
the True Situation of Affairs

Senator-EIect Money Wants to Find Out
the True Situation of Affairs
WASHINGTON, Dec 2s--Senator-elect
Money, of Mississippi, whose term in
the house does not expire until March
4, and who is one of the democratic
mem bers CT the house foreign affairs
committee, has determined to visit
Cuba and fad out for himself the true
situation of affairs in the island. Ac-
cording to a letter received from him
yesterday by one of his personal friends
he will leave Tampa to-day for Ha-
vana, and calculates to remain a week
or ten days in Cuba Col Money has
provided himself with all necessary
letters and passports. 1t is his pur-
pose to seek an audience with Capt :
Gen. Weyler as soon as possible after
arriving at Havana Col. Money pro-
poses to request the captain-general to
provide him with an escort and flag
of truce, so that he can go into the
heart of the territory occupied by the
insurgents with view of finding out
what is going on
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
GEN. WEYLER WARNED.
Gen. Rivera Says Insurgents VIII Retaliat

Gen. Rivera Says Insurgents VIII Retaliate
His Threatened Cruelties.
KEY WEST, Fla, Dec. 26.-Steamship
passengers say that Gen. Rivera, who
is in command of the army of Maceo,
has sent a formal warning to Gen.
Weyler. Gen. Rivera notified the
Spanish captain-general that if he per-
sists in his threats to kill pacificos
found in the country the Cubans will
retaliate by making reprisals on all
Spaniards whom they may capture.
Gen. Weyler is affecting to disregard
the warning. Those near him,
however, say that he will not
dare to carry out his ideas as
ruthlessly as he intended. His guer-
rillas still have full authority to cap
ture or kill pacificos in the country,
and to force their families into the
garrisoned towns As the troops in
such places have little extra food, and
the residents none to spare, this order
lays a great hardship on the poor coun-
try folks. Hundreds will soon be starv-
ing. Gen. Rivera is moving out of his
in trenchments- All indications poin.
to an important engagement soon.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Dec IS Mrs
Sophia Cats, wife of Thomas F. Cats,
"a lawyer, committed suicide Saturday
evening at her home in this city. Mrs.
~Gatts sent her three stepdaughters
from the house. put on her white silk
wedding & own, wrote letter to her
husband saying that he had mistreated
her, wrote another letter to her sister,
Mrs Minnie Porter, saying that she
had killed herself because her husband
had made her a slave to his four chill
-dren by a former marriage, and then
lay down on cot in the parlor. put a
rubber gas tube in her mouth, inhaled
the gas and died.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
CONVICT BUILT RAILROADS.
resting Proposition of Gov.-Elecl
Jones, of Arkansas.


Jones, of Arkansas.
LITTLE Rock, Ark. Dec 2S--Gov--
elect Jones authorizes the statement
that in his inaugural message to the
legislature he will recommend the
building of railroad by convicts, and
that he will bend all his energies to its
successful issue. II am very much i'm
pressed with the feasibility and practi-
cablity of the scheme" said the gov
ernor-elect- my idea is that there
should be two trunk lines, one north
and south, one east and west
This would open up vast resources
and be of inestimable value to all parts
of the state. l believe that in ten
years these lines would create a reve-
nue. which would pay the taxes of the
state, and they could be operated at a
practically nominal expense. 1 cannot
say that 1 am in favor of the state
actually operating the roads, but after
they are built they can be leased to
other parties"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
ANIMAL kINDERGARTENS.
How Beavers Educate Their Kittens
Young Offers and Birds.

How Beavers Educate Their Kittens
Young Offers and Birds.
1t will be noticed that all creatures
which have large families, whether
beasts or birds, have less trouble in
rearing them than those which have
only one or two young. Little pigs are
weeks ahead of calves in intelligence
and the young partridge, with its dozen
brothers and sisters, is far more teach
able than the young eagle. There seems
no doubt that the latter is taught to fly
by it's parents. A correspondent in
forms the writer that he has watched
the old birds so engaged and the young
eagles reluctantly following them to q
height.
Specialized education in animals be-
gins late. The beaver kittens training
does not begin until the autumn of the
year in which it was born. The old
beavers, which have moved up tribu-
tary streams into the woods or roamed
TO the larger lakes during summer,
then return to inspect their dam and
repair it for the winter. They then cut
down few trees, and, dividing them
into logs, roll them or tow them to the
dam. The kittens meantime are put
on to what in a workshop would be
called a "soft job They cut all the
small branches and twigs into lengths
and do their share of light transport
service. In the mud-patting and re-
pairing of the dam the beaver kittens
take their share, but there is little
doubt that they do so because their
elders are so engaged. 1t is a kinder
garten of the best kind, because mud
patting and stick-cutting are great
joy and solace to old beavers as well as
young ones, and so instruction, pleas
ure and business are all combined.
Young offers, and probably also young
water-rats, have to be taught to go into
the water. According to the observa-
tons of Mr.. Hart, the late head-keeper
at the zoo, the young offers born there
did not enter the water for weeks, and
even then their mother had to .mind''
them and fetch them out when she
thought they had had enough of it.
they swim naturally when once in the
water, and this seems true of all ami
mails, though in the early autumn of
this year young retriever, bred on a
dry and waterless district in the Downs,
was found to be unable to swim. A
stick was thrown into the Thames for
it to fetch. 1t plunged in, but soon
sank, and, though rescued, was almost
insensible.-London Spectator.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
THE PACIFIC ROADS.

Foreclosure Proceedings Immediately.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-It is reported
that the president has decided to order
the immediate foreclosure of the gov
ernment's mortgage on the Union and
Central Pacific railways. He has had
several interviews recently on the sub
ject with the attorney-general and the
secretary of the interior, and has fixed
upon a definite programme, condi-
toned only on the action of congress.
President Cleveland has determined
that before his administration there
shall be either a settlement of the
Pacific railroad debt on a basis to be
proposed by congress or a foreclosure
of the governments mortgage.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
TARIFF THE MAIN ISSUE.

Mai. Mckinley Said to BE More Intent on
the Passage of n Tariff Bill Than Any
thing Else.
NEW YORK, Dec. eS-The Tri bune
publ ishes what purports to be an au-
thorized article from Canton, concluding
as follows: maj. Mckinley is more in
tent on the passage of a tariff bill than
anything else, and to gain this end he
will become one of the most agrees
sive fighters who ever entered the
white house, if this is necessary. He
will give no quarter nor ask any until
that bill is passed. His cabinet will be
selected with the idea of forwarding
the prospect of the bill and every
thing he is doing to-day has its inspira-
ton in that idea"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
CORN sHIPMENTS HEAVY.
Handling the Enormous Crop Is Problem
In Nebraska.

Handling the Enormous Crop Is q Problem
In Nebraska.
SYRACUSE, Neb., Dec 26.-Seventy.
five thousand bushels of corn have
been cribbed here during the past six
weeks. Fifty-fve thousand bushels OF
new corn have been shipped out by the
elevators during the past two weeks
An extra freight train for corn from
this point is required every day. What
is true of this city is true of every Sec
ton of Nebraska About all the corn
has been huslSed in western Ne braska-
The great problem is the manner in
which it can be handled. Many are
storing their grain.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
Carl Vrooman Married.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 29.-Probably the
most notable social event of the sea-
son in St Louis was the wedding yes
terday evening of Miss Julia Scott to
Mr.. Carl Vrooman, of Baltimore. Rev.
Frank i. Vrooman, of Chicago, a
brother of the groom, was the officiat-
ing clergyman. The bride is a niece
of Vice President Stevenson, who was
present and gave her away. The
groom is one of the six Vrooman
brothers, we'll known in the west
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
HIS MONEY RECOVERED.
A Montana Miner Has Exciting Expert
ence in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Dec. 2S.-John Hurth,
wealthy Montana miner on a trip
around the world, was robbed of 81, 500
in German money, a collection of rare
coins, deeds to mining property in
Butte, Mont, and a gold nugget worth
5000 by several colored women on the
levee yesterday. For three hours
Hurth was on the verge of insanity,
but the police succeeded in restoring
his lost valuables and his mental
equilibrium. and locked up the thieves
as we'll. Hurth furnished a descrip-
ton of his assailants and the police
did the rest The old German wept for
joy on recovering his treasure
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
CURE FOR SMALLPOX.
Honey Diluted in Water Gives Relief in the
Worst Cases.

Honey Diluted in Water Gives Relief in the
Worst Cases.
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec. 2S.-Experi-
ments made with smallpox patients in
Oaxaca show that by administering
honey diluted in water to smallpox
patients the pustules of the worst va
riety disappear and the fever is imme-
diately diminished. The matter at
tracts much attention. The remedy
was accidentally discovered by a young
girl who was down with the disease
who secretly refreshed herself with
honey and water with the astonishing
ly curative results, and it was then
tried on soldiers sick with the disease.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
Forty Families Burned Out.

New YORK, Dec. a9.-Forty families
were driven out of their homes early
yesterday morning, when the tempera-
ture was IL to IA degrees above zero.
by fire, started on the third floor of
an apartment house on West Fiftee tn
street. The flames extended to the
house adjoining and the third and
fourth floors of both buildings were
burned out. The loss on the buildings
is a bout $50, 900. and that sustained by
the tenants will reach SEQ, 600.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
WEYLER is CONFIDENT.
The Spanish Leader Says the Insurgents
Are Now at His Mercy.

Are Now at His Mercy.
New YORK, Dec 2s---A dispatch to
the Herald from Camp Arroyo Grande,
Cuba, says: In an interview with your
correspondent, Capt Weyler said: II
have 20 battalions, ranging from 500
to 1000 men each, occupying all
the hills of the province These
columns have destroyed everything in
sight and have been able to su bsist on
the cattle of the insurgents, which
were found grazing in the hills, and
with whose destruction died the re-
naming hope of sustenance- They
must either starve or limit aIsl some
may prefer to do the former, owing to
their remarkable apathy"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
To Open the Wichita Reservation.

Francis has changed his mind concern
ing the opening of the Wichita reser-
walton. He decided that he need not
wait until the department of justice
passes upon the suits pending there.
So he will name allotting agents
early next week and let them
get to work clearing away the
preliminary routine. Secretary Francis
said that the allotting agents
would be named before congress met
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02

"Boresum means well, but he's rather
queer, isn't hep
"How sop
81 mean as to his notion of what con-
stitutes a good time. He invited sew
eral of us fellows up to his house to
dinner yesterday, and what do you sup
pose he did to entertain us?"
.-Give it up!"
sUnfolded his views on the monetary
question for three-quarters OF an houI
Observation-Disclosures Courier.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-01-02
The Grant Monument.

NEW YORK Dec. 29-The New York
board of estimates yesterday inserted
in the budget for 1897 the sum of S7o,-
600 to be expended in the ceremonies
attending the dedication of the Grant
monument on April 81. Gen Horace
Porter said that 5000. 600 had been con-
tributed already by $4,000 citizens for
the erection of the monument, and
that the city should take upon its
shoulders the cost of the dedication