The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 19, 1896, Page 6

aesmseae ss = Se we Fa Se eT Pe iT A CARLISLE BOOM. The Secretary of the Treasury & Presidential Candidate. OKLAHOMA HOMESTEAD BILL PASSED A Caban Debate in the Senate—The Kansas Redemption Law Case—Herman’s 1 her bar ec aa SS ae ee ae Charley Hensley has moved his} ¢ommodation in the way of loans to our customers. Funds always on hand | nee ac aie ented iy t —ee easily deceive the average business | house back from the road and turned | to loan on real estate at lowest rates, allowing borrowers to pay part orall! ni. dittle one ev saentie = . man. it around, which adds much to thej|at eny time and stop interest. ihamiantiectdice Cae eae Wasnineton, March 17.—Secretary Pease has for his pals W. L. Herb] looks of the farm. DIREcTORS. . | wife of Rev. William Mumf Dg. Carlisle is a candidate for the presi-} and another man whose identity is un- Miss Icy Jenkins isclerking in Miss on x C. boulware Baker Eowell Beet | of the church, saw the flames apie dential nomination at Chicago, and ®| known, both of whom escaped from | anna Judy's place. Miss Anna is| John Deerwester CR Radford RG West her servants to the rescue. ‘They public announcement to that effect| the rear door of a private boarding g Ss 5 | J R Jenkins TJ Wright Wm E Walton in the door of the burning housa will soon be made by one of the secre- | house as the officers entered the front. taking a vacation. ; aa Geo L Smith é | th wants Bones tary’s close friends in the senate. This | pease’s wife was arrested at Fifteenth Claud Downy and Miss Melvia; OTHER S‘TOCKHOLDERS announcement, however, will not be made until President Cleveland has formally stated his purpose not to per- mit his name to be used in the conven- tion in connection with a third term. It is learned on excellent authority that the president has fully decided upon this course, and it is expected that he will make known his deter- mination within a short time. Al- though Secretary Olney’s name has been considered with favor by the democratic leaders, it is known that he does not desire the nomination. It is undoubtedly true that Mr. Carlisle’s candidacy will have the support of Mr. Cleveland and the members of the c=b- inet. He will go before the con- vention as their representative of the sound money views of the admin- istration. His friends, in conducting the canvass for Mr. Carlisle’s nomina- tion, will urge that it be laid upona sound money platform, and, if he be successful at Chicago, will then make this issue prominent in the campaign leading up to the November elections. Representative Patterson, of Ten- nessee, has received from Secretary Carlisle a letter in response to ex- Speaker Crisp’s declaration that silver had received unfriendly treatment at the secretary's hands, in the course of which the secretary says that in all the operations of the treasury depart- ment during his administration of its affairs, the legal tender gold and silver coins of the United States have been treated precisely alike, except that greater efforts have been made to keep silver coin in circulation than have been made to keep gold coin in circu- lation, and that it has always been the policy of the treasury department to encourage the use of silver to the largest possible extent. CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. WasuINeTon, March 17.—The senate had an hour of spirited Cuban debate late yesterday, after the early part of the day had been given to set speeches by Mr. Lodge on immigration and Mr. Pugh on silver. The Cuban discussien was mainly important in bringing out the full reading of the statement of the Spanish side of the case by Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister. It claimed to detail the insurgent methods of guerrilla warfare, the burning of cane fields and the disor- ganized character of the insurgent bands. Mr. Elkins offered a resolution directing the committee on foreign af- fairs to report as to the status of war in Cuba before a vote was taken in the senate. The resolution went over. Yesterday was suspension day in the house and several bills were passed The most important wasthe Oklahoma homestead bill, which relieves home- steaders in Oklahoma of the payment ofthe purchase price of their home- ateads. The house also decided at the request of Mr. Hitt, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, to con- sider the resolutions censuring Am- bassador Bayard on Wednesday. A bill was passed to provide for the dis- posal of abandoned townsites in Ok- lahoma. A NEW ARID LANDS BILL. Wasuineton, March 17..—The house committee on irrigation of arid lands yesterday decided to report favorably the bill introduced by Mr. Herman, chairman of the committee, providing for the conveyance of arid lands to the states and territories. The land is to be disposed of to settlers in small holdings and the money thus obtained to be used in the reclamation of the remainder of the lands. KANSAS REDEMPTION LAW CASE. Wasuineton, March 17.—The su- preme court denied the motion of At- torney Scott, of Kansas City, asking that an oral argument be allowed in the Kansas mortgage redemption case. ‘The disposition of the court appears to be to carry out the original programme to have the case submitted by briefs on or before April 13. Kansas City Republicans. Kansas City, Mo., March 17.—Re- publican primaries were held through- out the city yesterday afternoon and last night and resulted in the nomina- tion of Judge J. M. Jones for mayor, Cc. E. Burnham for city attorney, John J. Green city treasurer and John G. Bishop city auditor. The friends of Mayor Davis claim a victory over Maj. Warner in the delegations elected. Has No Significance. Bostox, March 17.—Rev. Francis E Clark, president of the United Socie- ties of Christian Endeavor, states that his action in becoming an auxiliary member of the Salvation army has no significance other than as it shows his interest in the work and aims of the organization. Powers Would Not Support Spain. Lonpon, March 17.—The Berlin cor- respondent of the Times says that the Hamburger Correspondent, which is often used as an official mouthpiece, believes that the powers would refuse to intervene in support of Spain in the Cuban affair against the United States. McKinley tn Morton's State. BUFFALO, N. Y., March 17.—Six as- sembly districts of Erie county held conventions yesterday to choose dele- gates to the republican state conven- tion. In three Morton delegates were chosen and in three McKinley ones were successful. Leader of aGang and His Wife Captured yesterday captured W. L. Pease, the leader of a gang of dangerous counter- feiters, as he was calling for a box at the Burlington freight office, to which it had been shipped from Omaha to “William Herb.” opened, was found to contain a kettle, scales, molds and ladles for the manu- facture of coin, and a half bushel of of great activity, political and com- mercial, in the affairs of Japan, China that country has not only determined to largely augment her navy, but also establish commercial steamship lines connecting the United States with Ja- pan. The Japan Steam Navigation Co. is preparing to enter this field, running between San Franciscoand Yokohama, in competition with the Pacific Mail and the Oriental and Occidental lines, now steamers are to be built, and the repre- sentative of the company has recently passed through Washington on his way “ to contract for the ships, two of which Y probably will be built in this country and two in England. 6,000 to 8,000 tons burden, and will have a speed of several knots greater than the ships now in the Pacific service. Steamer Umatilla Carries 100 Miners to steamer Umatilla sailed last night for Victoria and Puget Sound ports, car- rying away at least 100 miners with out- fits for the gold fields of Alaska. Many of them are going to Cook’s inlet, while not a few are to brave the dangers of 8 northern winter and attempt to cross the ice from Dia inlet to the Yukon. To it will be necessary to wait until the end of May before leaving this city, and it will be some time in June when the river is sufficiently free from ice ta admit of navigation. Sharp, 26 years old, was mysteriously shot and fatally wounded yesterday while on his way home. clew as to the identity of the murderer isahat left behind, which bears the initials of ‘‘H. B.” culiarity of the circumstances of the shooting, and the strangeness of the assault, the police are mystified. preme court decided the statute ex- tending the time for the redemption on mortgage foreclosure sales from six months to one year constitutional as to mortgages executed while the old law was in existence, as it does not im- pat the obligations of the contract, Sifert, a farmer residing near here, for- bade Andrew Fife to call on his daugh- ter Carrie. try road and beat him with aclub, causing injuries from the effects of 3,797; calves, 198; market active and steady; shipping and dressed beef steers, #3 15@4.20; Texas and Indian steers, $3.00¢3.624: and heifers, $200@3.40; stockers and feeders, #2.@390. Hogs—Receipts, 2,375; market steady; sheep, $1.25@5.00: lambs, Virginia Items. (“In writing news for the Truks this vear, It will be things we see or hear, And if we get them wrong or mixed, Kind friends forgive us for this is) y6.”"] | Everett Drysdale and wife of Ap- pleton City, visited relatives here last week. i CW Wolfe went to Kansas City last week with a car load of cattle. CLEVER COUNTERFEITERS. at St. Joseph—Two Escaped. Sr. JoserH, Mo., March 17.—Officers CAPITAL, - . The box, when all funds committed to our charge. Line of Steamers to San Francisco. Wasuinctox, March 17.—Evidences | &t Nestlerodes. ak, Missouri State Bank OF BUTLER, MO. Transacts a general banking business. We solicit the accounts of far-| , mers, merchants and the public generally, promising a safe depository for | » $110,000. | street and Frederick avenue, where she | Gardner were married at the home| £ Bartlett D A DeArmond DrW D Hones Dew E Tueker had concealed some of the counterfeit | of the bride’s parents Tuesday night. | Margaret Bryner John Evans Heber ares en a ees it money. She made aconfession, saying Squire Graves officiated. Lulu Brown DrJ Everingham A McCracken eo Gata had ade th ‘ae ta Hurley Lumber Co Edith Everingham John Pharis m ‘Tige the men had made @ money in| mW Groves who has t re es ed . > Groves who has been visiting | i p Cher C & E Freeman J K Rosier Wm Walls Omaha, where much of the spurious c = c é 2 F i pepetialerea stuff had been circulated. friends at Eldorado for some time re-| 5 M Courtney GB Hickman J W Reisner Wyat Sg EAP turned home last week. Robert Clark DB Heath L B Starke Dr NL Whipple | NEW eel Su Miss Josie Hughes of Sprague. oes & S LColeman es cos oes Her A { pts an Sprague, | J 'R Davis > H Morrison : HS E Wee i Japanese Government Will Pat ona Full/ Neb,, will teach the summer schoo! | Frank Deerwester Peter Swartzendruber J M Christy H « | Miss Florence Lyle of Nebraska, os was a pleasant callerat Aaron’s office | Jeast. and the countries of the far East come | Friday. Carlisle will sharpen, point or lay to the iegations here. As a resultof| po Henderson has built an addi- your plow equal to any one. Japan’s prosperity, brought about by|,. ‘ ee : A : a tion to his house. the successes in the war with China, Isaac Park has about recovered from a severe attack of the grippe. O M Drysdale and son Fred were at Kansas City last week. Mr D. pur- chased his spring stock of goods. Mrs W T Cowan is on the sick list. Chas Hensley commenced to clerk for O M Drysdale, Monday. The people met at the Crooks school house Sabbath afternoon and organized a Sunday school. M Famuliner and Geo Ruble went to Kansas City Monday with two car loads of cattle. Oliver Stanfield says he don’t know how he will vote since the populists have played out. Frank Smith has his new house finished and moved into it. Wiley Comiford is very sick with the pneumonia. Dr Brooks of Am- oret is tending on him. A good time at the exhibition last Wednesday night at the hall, box supper after, cleared $8.75. Drs Brooks Jrof Amoret and Lamb nia, but we hope to hear of his recov- ery soon. O L Griggs has moved into his new | house on his pa’s place. i Slyde Combs has the mumps. Every voter should attend his dis- | trict school meeting, anddo his best to put ina man for director that is interested in good schools; hence a good teacher regardless of price. Let’s organize in each district, as controlling this trade. New They will be of JACK. Camp Marmaduke Burter, Maxcu 16, 1896. Comnapes:—-A circular letter issued trom District Hd Qr. by the Com- manding General ‘calls the attention of all the members of the U. C. V. Association of Missouri to the obli gations we are under to the Confed erate Home at Higginsville, Mo. We THE EXODUS TO ALASKA. the Gold Fields. San Francisco, March 17. — The haye those in that home who can | Wm Grigg is laid up with pneumo- | The Postmaster of hansas City, Ken. Was Short in His Accounts aad Kansas jescape arrest for embezzlement of government funds, postmaster for this city, committed suicide this morning in His own fam- ily residence. On Thureday last two postoftice must prepare for the enemy; if we/ inspectors arrived here and began are for 16 to1 let’s know our strength. | an investigation of the office. Upon | their arrival, Mapes showed no un | easiness, but as they pursued their | investigation Saturday, and their probably, of Iowa, two young doctors are seek- ing a location. One of Geo Paulman’s children has been quite sick with pneumonia, but is better. Dr Mitchell is now prepared to vac- cinate any that wish to fortify against small pox. There was quite a crowd at the supper at the Nestlerode school house Saturday night, cleared $6. The question of Mr Whistler play- ing the violin in Sunday school, was approved; we hopeto have some good music hereafter. look no where else but tothe friends the of the “Lost Cause” for interest, reach Yukon by water misfortune. It has been the custom for several years at our spring elec- tions to place a contribution box at each precinct, where those who may feel disposed to this worthy cause could do so, and in this way some help has been secured Tie Com manding General now suggests that committesmen be now secured who, The Froinic soclety closed Friday | 0? the day of the election, will epend to meet next November. the day at the polle and solicit aid Ed Dudley, Miss Josie Hughes and |for the support of that institution sister started to Rich Hill Saturday, | during the coming year but got snowed under at Foster. Gen. Shelby says: “This Home Mr Palmer of Versailles, was here . laghwesio mowing I Wibark tow te must be sustained and the burden put up the Page wire fence. Mr Park mainly and properly rests upon you is agent for the fence. You proved your courage and hero. Dave Bean is building an addition|ism during the war, now prove your to his house. generosity and kindly feeling by sca Harper closed his school at providing for those who fought and urdette last Saturday. suffered with you.” Ben Estey rented a farm near wil- low Springs, Kan., and moved there Remember, Comrades, that there last week Walker Gardner went with| Will bea meeting of the Camp on A Murder Mystery at St. Louis. St. Lovis,March 17.—Walter Graham The only Owing to the pe- Mortgage Redemption in Montana. HELENA, Mont., March 17.--The su- ut affects the remedy only. Killed by His Daugliter’s Lover. ALLIANCE, 0., March 17.—William Fife met Sifert on a coun which Sifert died yesterday. Fife has| him. the 28th of March at which time we disappeared. — oy Mrs Wm Gardner, is still quite sick|hope to see all of our members, MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH, |, Eat! Holliway was in Cass county | when this and other important mat | last week. Geo Pilgrim of Amoret, has moved on the Bard farm. Dave Bean has moved to his own farm, Thomas Wright has moved to his farm. One young man that fills the adver- : tisement of the first young lady call- akere ae e sggnty ——— ed for the name; we did not give him received information from England the name of the young lady for the|that John Francis, a pauper in that reason that he is going with a good | institution, has fallen heir to at least lady and one who dearly loves him. $250,000. Francis whois 65 years Of course he has to travel several old, came to this eountry with his miles east. : x Misa] Minnie ‘Aud’ Master Brow wife from England a few years ago Browning are in the business of |®04 was for a time empleyed as flag- breaking mules to plow single. man by the Nickel Plate railway and Preston Cooper is going to farm on| was dismissed for in attention to his bee raat this riaee = - oe work. Then his wife died and he @ Free Press for Cleveland to rei i when comes fishing, and says he will = — = soon take the TiMEs for the ladies to Francis said he knew that he was read when they come to the island. | @ntitled to money in the old country but had long ago given up hope of AARON. ever getting it. ters will be attended to C. B Lorsreicu, Com. De C. Mizs, Adj. Live Stock. KANSAS CITY, March 17.—Cattle—Receipts, cows 3.605; market steady to lower at #3.5023.85. Sheep—Receipts, Fortune for a Pauper- #410. Horses—Receipts, 150: market very dull Sr. Louis, March 17.—Cattle—Receipts, 2,200; market steady; native steers, $3.60@4.40. Texas steers, €2.602390 Hogs—Receipts, 6.000; mar- ket 5 to 10c lower; heavy, $370@3.9; mixed, 83.5923.85; light, 87373.95. Sheep—Receipts, 1,000; market 10c higher. CHIcaGo, March 17.—Cattle—Receipts, 13.000; marketsteady; fair to best beeves. #3.50@4 65; Stockers and feeders, #275@280; mixed cows and bulls, $1.5023.75: Texas, 800@100. Hogs —Receipts, 41,000; market weak to 5¢ lower but active; light, 8% 85@410; rough packing, $3.89 @3.00; mixed and butchers, $8.90@405; heavy packing and shipping, €.9084.05: pigs, s493 4.05. Sheep—Receipts, 14,000; market 10c higher; native, $275@375; western, $4033.75, Texas, 82.75@3.25; lambs, $1.75G1.75. Grain and Provisions. Kansas City, March 17. eceipts of wheat, 2l cars; a year ago, 19 cars. Sales by car lots; No. 2 hard wheat, 60@@c: No. 3 hard. 45@55e: No. 4 hard,40@42\4c; No. 2red.72873e: No. 3red, 6%4@6c; No 4 red, Sic; rejected. 40 50: No. 2, spring, €c: No 3, 57@59c. Receipts of corn, 2I curs a year ago, 19cars: No 2 mixed, 23Xc; No. 3 mixed, 2c; No. 4 mixed, 21% uv Be: No. 2 white, 23yc¢. No. 3, 2 Receipts of No.2 mixed, Oo. 4 mixed, 14 @layo 2 white, bs 3 white, 8Q 19. Receipts of hay. ears: timothy. No, 1, $10.00@9.50; choice prairie, $7.00@7.80. Eggs. Culver Items. Lonnie Kiersey,of batchelor home, called for repairs. Tom Elliot now occupies the place Free Silver Ticket Wins. Lexington, Mo, March 14.—A rousing Democratic township con- Scperdoz. Poultry, hens. 6:$c per 1b.; springs, | vacated by our ex-may. z - or. : ; 8e: roosters. 17 h: turkeys. 10@11c; 3 ss So: roosters oe a as ie Guninteveds latcas oe. oscuntas « ventien for the election of three = ae rake extra fancy. 19: fair, | like position with the Ballard friends. members of the county committee Te: ry, fancy, if4c: store packed, 10@1lc. i i i i i Apples, faicy. 2257855 per DO aie wis, | Elmer Huff has a number of fine| Was held in this city this evening. @3.00 per bbd!.; common to good. $1.00 11.20 per Dbl Potatoes, 228250. Sweet potat, SQc per bu. Cabbage. #1.50g20) per 100 lbs Onions. 30 2374%¢ per bu St. Lovis, March 17.—Receipts, 100 Du.; corn. $1.00) bu: oats, 46,9 uu. Clos ing prices: Wheat—Cash. 7Uc sellers. March, 8c. May. 59 bid; July.89\c bid. Corn—c. 2c; March. 2igc: ¥, yc Oats—Cash. 18igc: March. I84¢ July, XC bid CHICAGO, March 1i—Wheat — March O%@ G@XAc; HH 162K oc: July, 62% 23% ec. Corn—May, 29% G2VAc: September. 315 231 \c. Oats—May, WSK: July. WEGWye. Pork — May, WREST 4: July, 9.90G2925. Lard—May, BOs: July. $5.55@5.57%. Short Ribs— May, 8.085.224: July, 8.90G.35. hogs for sale when the market suits. J A Harmon and sons hauled four loads of hogs to Passaic Saturday as stormy as ir was. J R Ray & Co. hauled wood Friday from near Johnstown, Friday. Deeker Bros shelled corn for Andy Ray Monday. Owing to the inclemency of the weather there was not a full attend ance of farmers and the goldbugs were elated over the idea that the free silver faction did not have their fall force out. The free silver ticket was elected Remember our blacksmith is an ex-| by a vote of 127 to85. -The county pert plow workman. committee will be unanimously for Let’s all join the Bible class at| the free coinage of gold and silver at Bethel and make the number 50 at|a ratio of 16 to 1. sympatby and aid for them in their | Cleveland, O., March 14—Thbe| } | | had been i door. instantly. | years ago family is Mapes children, | aged 11. twice depressed in tors finished their work last night, postmaster to be an embezzler from ) the general fund to the amount of, | edly knew the condition of his trust, and it is evident that he feared ar | rest to day er to morrow. He decided upon death. His man | ner of ending his life was sensation lal in the extreme. complained of being ill and retired to his room. had his wife send for three men who When these men arrived at the house, Mrs Mapes met them at the No sooner had she swung open the door than a pistol shot rang through Mapes and the three men ran to the postmaster’s room. They found him in the agonies of death blown out his brains and died almost born in Kansas City, Kan. was one of the most respected men _ of the city, and one of the oldest res idents, having moved here in 1865, when he was 5 years old. He was appointed postmaster by President Cleveland. | FRANK MAPES SHOT HIMSELF./ citement prevailed in Creede H day, caused by Anton Fran and@ Mayatt samples of ore containing large of free milling gold. 246 ounces, or $4,920 in Feared Arrest. the ton. No information can obtained as to the whe City, Kan., Mareb 15. —To Frank Mapes, through Friday and became nervous and spirits The inspec he investigation proved the $9,200. Mapes uadoubt At breakfast he Soon sfterwards he friends of long standing the house. Mrs. He had cratic city convention adopted 8 ret lution Campbell for the democratic no tion for the presidency. Mr. Mapes was appointed post master by President Cleveland three . He bad long been prom- inent in local and Kansas politica. | He was under $20,000 bond to the government, with local bueiness men as sureties. Knights of Templar and Elks. He belonged to the His proyided for by $10,000 insurance which he carried. left an interesting family of a charming wife and two bright Roy, aged 13, and Nettie, Both the children were Mapes ' HAVE iYet W i | | —the old to do they did last one, best we want togive them good goods | not necessarily high priced, not too low, this Harness, Buggies, 117-2 i i —he is going to take a long swift slide down the back track. BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE who want to do better businesé than| business with people who want each article they buy to be betterthan the | promptly done. ‘LITTLE JOY WE TO BREATH THESE NEWS.” hat we Say is True It’s to bad too do it but so many of you want Hand Made Farm Harness “Just a little bit lower you know” that we will meet your wishes, for $25 we sell a harness others get $30. |Make Your Horse a Present Nobody ever made any progress by being satisfied. As soon i | his hands and says “Oh man folds § I'm all right way is good enough for me We want | last year. We want to do} who insist on having the I will do from my stock of | Saddles, Collars, Whips, Vehicles, &e. Repairing | R.L. Graves. Two Vabies Roasted Alive ants on Stephen's Episcopal chureh, { ersville, i e years, We are prepared to extend liberal ac-| ip)... | were literally roasted alive, Avs j risk of his own life, a Servant ae | badly i having inhaled the flames. The ; and father are crazed over their | ble loss, and it is feared the eannot survive the shock. of the claim in which it was tak cept that it is within three mij Creede, and that the vein is 9g wide. as a purely silver district heretofon Victoria and Francis Joseph cently between the queenof E and the emperor of Austria was tf first, though they have occupied respective thrones in the ni hood of half a century. There not be much significance in the ing of these two saddened old eigns, but the incident is api one, which, however, is obscured the war clouds overhanging Chi dom. resignation to Gov. Morrill. He no reason for his action. re ganized police board has re-establi the saloon revenue system, as the! sult of which over $600 in fines has over north and northwest Texas # was a heavy frost last night and ie formed an eighth of an inch thick Fruit is killed in all this part of state. 126,000,000, the highest since 180L the caboose of every M., K. & T. fi train. embezzlement. ee general cf Kansas. g presidential candidates have begun ® distribute campaign buttons. | decided must go to Campbell county, Ky., to | City with the Santa Fe will en PLAYED WITH Mate Burned, Mareh nd his delon, Child Fatally Ma. Barri the land locked vir three little, en in their fra , © house ang ork in the field of a ne! rm. Two babies, aged eight » teen months, were left The eldest child, a, was toddling about the he three-year-old child, but it rned that it cannot BIG GOLD STRIKE, Dre Assaying 84,920 to the Ton ay Have Been Found, Creeper, Col., March 17, bringing in several An assay This has always been THEIR FIRST MEETING, quainted Late in Life, Lonpon, March 17.—The meet! Cool Heads Prevent a Panie CARTHAGE, Mo., March 1%.—, o’clock this morning the Washingia ward school was found to havee fire around the furnace in Miss Brygg room. all the teachers, who marched children guickly into the school yuu ‘Then Misses Bryan, Cupp and all teachers, formed a bucket b and the flames were extinguished, Word was quickly oa I Wichit: Wet Again. Wicnita, Kan., March 17.—Poll Commissioner L. Keck has sent The | | J been collected since last Thursday. Neavy Frost in Texas. Forr Wortu, Tex., March 12=i Voom Started for Campbell CoL_umBus, O., March 17.—The indorsing ex-Gov. James B NEWS NOTES. The treasury gold reserve is 20m Hereafter a Bible will be found my W. R. Frost, an attorney of Holds Mo., has been indicted for forgery sat The Garnett (Kan.) Agitator nates Mrs. M. E. Lease for attorney The friends of the several republies The circuit court judges of Cinel that Jackson and Wallisg tried for Pearl Bryan’s murder. Officials of the leading organizations met in Washington on the 17th to sider bills now pending before gress of interest to railway employs Fire at Fort Scott, Kan., desta the Star hotel building and the W. Bell wholesale grocery building. : stock of goods was saved. Loss, @ 000. : Ss 28th annual session of the uis conference of the M. E assembled at Sedalia this morsiag- This conference will represent 10,000 Methodists. : The Kansas railway commission strongly indorse the bill by Congr man Curtis, now pending, giving * creased powers tothe interstate: merce commission. ? The supreme court of the States decided that the state of @ fornia had a legal right to assess against the Central and Souther®: cific railroad companies Thomas A. Edison has prog far in his experiments with the gen rays that itis now possible @ withthe naked eye through ® block of wood eight inches thick. Mrs. Barbara Pankau, under at St. Joseph, Mo., for murder Mary Ronski’s infant, is thought have been the cause of a Similar deaths while acting in bet pacity as midwife. z It is said the Missouri Pacifie cided to put on a new fast trait tween St. Lonis and Kansas which will make bunt three tween the cities, makiug the rem hours Close connection at ple of the far southwest to mail from the east several hou