The Wichita Daily Eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
April 2, 1890

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t Kans. Historical Socletyl 4 5 TOL. XII, NO. 117. WICHITA, KANSAS, "WEDNESDAY 3IOENING. APRIL 2: 1S90. YHOLE NO. 1S27. IT: THEGREATSOUTBWEST IUBPEB. HAMILTON AXJ) HODGE MAN COUNTIES. Three Thrifty Communities Chal lenging Admiration, Railroad Facilities, Fertile Farms, Pros perous Cities and Towns. Industrial Enterprises, Mineral Waters and Other Deposits, Artesian "Wells, Schools, Churches, Social Ad vantages and Equable Climate, Harper County. Harper county.Kansas is bounded on the north by Kingman, on the east by Sumner, on the south by the Indian Territory, and on the west by Barber county. It is .situ ated about the center of the southern tier of counties. The county was organized in 3S7S and has a population of 15,000. The surface is slightly rolling, sloping toward the east and south, which renders artificial drainage needless. The Chicaskia' river Hows through the northeast part. A number of other htreams course through it, among which are Bluff Creek, Silver Creek, Sand Creek, and Spring Creek. The soil is a dark, sandy loam, very fer tile as is shown by the crops it produces aud the heavy growth of blue stem grass. The average depth of wells is about twenty feel. The water is healthful. (Tood building stone is found in different parts of the county. Solid rock salt under lies the surface at a depth of about 1.000 feet. Two salt plants, are operated at Au thony. the county seat. This is chiefly un agricultural county. "Wheat, oafs and corn are grown. There was harvested in this count- in 1SS0, ''7,S00 acres of wheat, average yield t enty-two bushels per acre; "52,840 acres of oats, which promised a large yield, but a great deal of the crop was destroyed by wet weather. "What was harvested made a good yield. There was 8,400 acres of corn, yielding on an average forty bushels shelled corn per acre. Sorghum is grown. A sugar mill is operated at Attica. Live -.tock. consisting of hogs, cattle and horses, is raised. The county has good railroad facilities. The Santa Fe railroad enters the county on the east, running nearly west through it, passing through Albion, Danville, Harper, Crvstnl Springs, Attica, Cri-iield. At At t ca the road divides, one branch running west, the other to Pan 1 landle, Texas. The Missouri Pacific railroad enters the county on the east, runs nearly southwest through the f Qiinty. passing through Freeport, An thony, lluella and Corwin. The 'Frisco railroad enters the county near the south cast corner and terminates at Anthony. Bluff City is on this line. The Omaha, Hutchinson Gulf railroad is graded through more than half of the county, from north to south, and according to con tract, is to be completed to the Indian ter ritory by June 1, 1S09. The prospective poinf of this road is the Gulf of Mexico. Schools require 102 teachers, and there is not a section which is not provided with free school privileges. The towns have well graded schools and great interest is taken in education. Within tlie county, there are two cities of the second class. Harper and Anthony. Anthony, the county seat, has one of the finest school buildings in the state. TenA teachers in her schools. Harper has a pop ulation equal to that of Anthony, ten Teachers in her schools, besides the Harper normal and business college is located in this city, giving an opportunity to obtain a higher education, liunnymede is a flour ishing English town, situated in the north east part: A number of capitalists are lo cating here and are fast building up a town Danville. Freeport and Bluff City, situ ated in the eastern parr are the greatest v. heat shipping points in the county. Attica has -u creamery and a sorghum sugar mill. Hodgeman County. Located 820 miles wot of Kansas City and eighty miles east of the Colorado line, is twenty-four by thirty-six miles in area and contains .H,!Y0 rcre. The face of the countrj is generally smooth and undulating, consisting oi fer tile valley lands and wide stretches of roll ing prairie. The soil is a rich sandy loam, absolutely unsurpassed in fertility, and ranging in depth from the to twelve feet. The county is traversed by numerous streams, chief of w Inch the Pawnee, Buck ni r. Saw log and White Woman, with their tributaries fed by never-failing springs, furnish an abundance of pure water. An inexhaustable supply of excellent water liny be obtained in any part of the county r.i depths vaj-yinsfroni teuto'seventy feet. With the latitude of southern Kentucky and Virginia, a mejin citation of '2.?) feet abovv the sea, Hbdgeman county has deligtnful cliuMU, a ran invigorating at- i..osuhcro. and TV fri from all malarial influences. The mean temierature is .V degree, and ti,o yearly rainfall averages, from twenn five to thirty inches. The I an1 nters are short and open, and stock of! .ill kinds can ie pastured nine or ten months of the jear. and sometimes even i lonurer without requiring additional feed, j '1 he native grassy, which number many varieties, are all of mow oriels value to stixk men. The short and nutritious buf f.il.i grass which is thoroughly cured in the i process of growth, is the dominant hcrlxige j of the country, and furnishes for cattle aud horns perennial pasturaye. The blue stem has already taken hundreds of acres I in the valleys and along the uplands, and is gradually extending over me country. Deposits of .superior building stone are to be found in all parts of the count This store is generally of thenature of the mag iK'sian lime stone, is susceptible of jwlish, easily worked into various shapes -and is largely used in the construction of public anil private buildings, fences, corrals, j bitdges, etc. j Corn, wheat, rye, oats, lmrley. millet, broom corn, rice corn, sorgimm, castor i beans, potatoes, nearly all kinds of garden j Aegetables and small fruits are among the J principal crops grown in the county. j Xo countv in the state iuts better church j and school advantages in proportion to w?auh and population than Hodgeman county. According to the last animal re port of the superlutuiuieiil of school- made in June, 1SS9, Hodgeman county has fifty-four organized school districts with foity-six school buildings, fifty nine teachers employed and every school graded and and classified. The estimated value of school property is nearly $30,000, and the amount of money expended for school purposes last year was $17,621.21. Regular church services are held in many of these school houses, and Sabbath schools are maintained and largely attended in nearly every district. .Tetmore, the county seat of Hodgeman county, is a thriving town located in the geographical center of the county, and is the terminus of the C. K. "W. railroad. Jetmore contains an energetic, progressive class of citizens, is surrounded by a splen did farming country, and in many re spects is the brightest of any town in this part of the, state. An elegant court house recently erected at a cost of $20,000, built of native stone, stands in the center of the town, exhibiting the enterprise of the peo ple of Hodgeman county, and at the same time proclaiming the fact that we have no county seat disturbances or anxieties. The growth of Jetmore has been steady and permanent, and her condition of solid and substantial prosperity. Hamilton County. Hamilton County is situated on the wr-st side of the state. It is twenty-seven and one-half miles east and west, and thirty six miles north and south, and contains eight hundred and ninty square miles, or 509.000 acres of land. The Arkansas river enters the county about midway, on the west side, and flows in a southeasterly direction through the county. The Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Railroad runs up the river on the north bank through the county. The uplands are level, becoming nndu lated as you approach the river from either side. The soil is a rich, sandy loam, well adapted to agricultural purposes; the only draw-back being a lack of moisture, from natural anises, which is being rapidly supplied by irrigating canals. The Alamo Irrigating and Manufactur ing Co., has now twenty miles of ditch in actual operation. The Colorado Kansas Canal and Reservoir Co., is constructing a very large ditch through the south part of t he county and four other companies are projecting ditches to be built the coming season; one of the largest to be built through the table lands in the north part of the county. The other three are to be built through the rher bottom lauds. Hamilton county has plenty of building stone, of various kinds, the most valuable for finishing fine buildings is the famous magnesia lime stone, which can be sawed in any desired shape or size. Good water is obtained in the bottom lands at a depth of from ten to fifteen feet, and on the table lands from twenty-five to two hun dred feet. The first artesian water found in Kansas was discovered at Coolidge, in this county, at a depth of two hundred feet. Below we give the chemical analysis of the water in the Coolidge artesian wells: Organic matter 022 Silica lOo A lumina and oxide of iron 27.1 Bi-carb of lime 7.500 Bi-carb of magnesia 'i.041 Bi-carb. and snip, of soda and potash 9.9(50 Chlo. of odiuni 2.857 Total solid 2-UK50 Chloride, combined 1.740 The Arkansas river is spanned by three good bridges; one at Coolidge, one at Syra cuse, and one at Kendall. There are four towns elaborately laid out in this county, Syracuse, Coolidge, Lee, and Kendall. Syracuse, the county seat, is situated near the center of the county; it contains a population of about fie hundred: has two splendid brick hotel buildings, a city hall, and a $15,000 stone school house; church organizations and benevolent societies are well represented here. Most of the goods destined for Stanton and Morton counties are shipped to this point, and this is a distributing point for all mail matter destined for those counties. Coolidge is the end of a division of the Atchison. Topeka Santa Fe railroad and is situated within two miles of the Color ado state line. It has a population of six hundred; has a magnificent stone hotel and many other buildings, and a $20,000 stone school building besides the railroad com pany has a line round house and several other buildings in this town. Churches and benovolent societies are also well represented. The city is supplied with artesian water by the Peck Water Works company. Kendall is a good town, situated on the cost line of the county, it has a population of about two hundred wide-awake citizens, a $10,000 school building, city hall, etc. Lee is but a Hag station yet, but has possibilities in view. It has a neat little stone school building and other improve ments. There is yet considerable government land in this county. Deeded land can be bought from $2 to $10 an acre. Men that are willing to work and capitalists are wanted here, and this can be made one of the best counties in the state. MORE LEVEES BROKM. Hundreds of People Surrounded by "Water in Arkansas. St. Loris, Mo., April 1. Information from the Hooded districts in Arkansas where the levees broke bust week, is to the effect that the breaks occurred so siiddenly that the people had barely time, to save their lives, being obliged to witness the de struction of all their-proiferty and much of their live stock. These breaks occurred in what is known as the Ijiconin circle, which is Ik'tween Helena and Arkansas Pit v. In three hours the circle was filled even with the surface of the river, aver-1 airing eight feet deep. On Thurs-1 day the steamer Houston Combs was sent to Helena to aid the people. A corresjion- j dent on board writes that when the steam- j er arrived at the circle a number of houses were found to have leen blown off their j blocks or stilts and others were badly careened over into the water. Several peo- j pie were blown into the water and swam I to trees where they remained all of last Thursday night and a number of cattle were blown from the levee and drowned. On Friday men went over the whole circle in skiffs and transferred people from trees and roofs to the gin houses which are iren erally large and substantial buildings. All these houses are now- packed with people, two hundred persons being in some of them. The Combs brought out 130 people and took them to Helena, arriving there yesterday. When the Combs came out of the circle the steamer Titan with barge was going in and it is thought that rhey cau brimru-s mauv people as desire to get away. Muny of the planters in the circle are utterly ruined aud the remainder have no seed to plant- even should the water subsibe in t ime to put in a crop. The suf eriiir ha-, been and will be great ami aid of alf kinds will lie necessary io carry the people through their atllictibn. THE LITTLE KANAWHA'S WORK. j PAKKFtlsBVKt.. W. Va.. April 1. A IXH- j tkui of i be dam on the Little Kanawha j river at J'ahine gave way ystsniay,mHk- j iiijr a btwik from sixty to 1W feet wwh? and drawiusr the third pt-ol for ttai miles. Nari- cation will b snsiefided bv the break tt the htet wf June. Cost ?Sa,(sXJl I I KANSAS LEADS OX CONDITION OP 1V1XTEK WHEAT. The Sunflower State Alone Gives Encouraging Keports for the Past 31ontlu 2Tinety-two Per Cent, the Average Show ing for the State Bad Damage in the East. Ploods and Rigorous Weather Doing Much Mischief Reports to the "Farmers' Review" The Cherokee Strip As sociation of Caldwell Organized Under Its Charter "Western Items. Chicago, 111., April 1. The Farmers' Review will say tomorrow: Outside of Kansas the reports from our correspondents relative to winter wheat are very discouraging. Particularly is t his true of Illinois and Indiana, where the average for the state will fall almostas low as that of Wisconsin. But six counties in Illinois out of the re port of that state estimate the present con dition of winter wheat 100 per cent; in all other counties the reports of damage range from 1 to CO per cent. It is safe to say that the average condition of wheat in this state outside the favored counties is from 30 to 40 per cent below the usual average at this season. The same state of affairs prevails in Ind iana, but seven counties reporting "con dition good." The per cent of damage is the same, three correspondents estimating the injury at 00 per cent, many others reporting 40 to 50 per cent. 'The bottom iands in Floyd county have been twice overflowed and are now under water. Our Ohio reports make a better average, but show a great decline in the past few weeks. Fifteen counties report condition 100 per cent or over. In all other counties from which we have reports the damage will range from 10 to 40 per cent, the average of injury being about 20 per cent. Kentucky reports show a falling off of about 12 per cent in the general average for the state since our last report. Wheat in many counties j still uninjured and in promising condition but the loss in other counties lias been severe. In Metcalf county it is said that 50 per cent of the winter wheat is killed, in Warren county 40 per cent and Hancock county has been damaged by floods to the extent of 40 per cent. The average for Missouri falls about G)j per cent lower than at the date of our last report, although there are many counties in which condition is said to be good. Thirteen counties estimate the present condition of their wheat yield 100 per cent. In Warren county, which has suffered most from the recent freeze, the damage will reach 50 per cent. Kansas continues to hold her own brave ly, the reports showing only a slight de cline from the averago last imported. Fif teen counties report injury from frost and dry cold winds ranging from 10 to 20 per cent., but in the majority of the counties heard from condition is reported 100 per cent, or over. In Michigan and Wisconsin the condi tion of wheat has continued to decline but two counties in the last named state, Dane and Eau Claire report condition 100 per cent.; other counties have suffered from 10 to 15 percent. Chippewa, Portage and Sheboygan counties are cov ered with snow, and Waushoria county is said to lx mostly under ice and water. Rare is the county in Michigan in which wheat is said to be in good condition. Em met and Grand Traverse counties are as yet snow covered. We summarize the reports of correspond ents relative to condition as follows: Illi nois 7t, Indiana 70, Ohio SS. Missouri S4, Kentucky S7, Kansas 92, Wisconsin 72, Michigan 07. CHEROKEE STRIP LAND AND TOWN SITE COMPANY. Speoi.il Dispatch to the Dally Eagle. Caldwell, Kan., April 1. The Chero kee Strip lnnd t!c Town Site company held its first annual meeting in this city this afternoon, the charter of the organization haviug arrived from the secretary of state. The following officers were elected: Pres ident, Pat O'Connor; first vice president. Angus McLean: second vice president, X. A. fccribner: secretary, D. S. Dill: treas urer, J. A. Burnette. A constitution and set of bylaws were adopted. By a 'resolution the Courier, formerly published at Cherokee City, but now re moved to Caldwell, was named as the offi cial organ of the company. A colony is being organized under the auspices of this company to settle on choice lands as soon as the strip is opened. The officers ot the corporation are influ ential and reliable business men. two of them being lawyers who stand at the head of their profession, while the president is one of the wealthiest and most prosperous merchants in southern Kansas. MANSLAUGHTER IN SECOND DEGREE. Special lii.uch to the Dally Easle. Axthoxy, Knu., April 1. The case of State vs. Charles J. Miller, charged with murder, was closed on Saturday and the jury sent out to deliberate. This morning they brought in a verdict of manslaughter in the second degree. Motion will be made for a new trial. This was a case liii!Hi Milton ..lirtf nTifl fcill.iil twn nipn nrif mm night last January in Attica, where hefe'it. Only a few were as large as and was running a private tramoun room A The state was represented by County At torney G. E. McMahon and Sam S. Sissou, while the defense was conducted by State Senator C. J. Long and Attorneys Sample and Lombard, of Medicine Lodge. A severe storm of sleet and hail prevailed last night. It is a question whether the peaches have suffered or not: the opinion j seems to 1? that if thev are not severelv fm7n rmiii-hr.rhorwill irefc alorH? nlnrn? frozen tonight thev will get aloug along all right. Wheat is in fine cendition all over Harper county. Rev. J. H. Burgess liecins his labors as pastor of the First Congregational church of Anthony, next Sabbath. FISHBAUGH-CROSS. Special Dljtrh lo the Dully Emrk- KlVGMAX. Kan.. April 1 Wallace X. Cross and Miss Alice R. Fishbaush, both of Belmont township, were united in marnaire. rsev. u. tr. how uitrcimioiT. ine couple are of our lM.st people, awl start life unner favorable circumstances. nI I -l-7-lkts C7- DAIIU'IV s-VMMIO SICNER. Topeka. Kan., April 1. Th executive council hehl another session today, and Lst five lMdlots for railroad commissioner without reaching a conclusion. Fourvou? are neoe?$arv for a choice, and so far no candidate has received over one The council adjourned to meet next Wednes dav. and will hold sessions daily, com mencing at 2 p. in.. ut il Mr. Grwne is re ejected or his successor is eU"ctd. Th arctwehe candidates, as follows; a. R. Greene, r CcdafriH? ffor n-1e-rkw: S. C King of Aschison: P. B. Maxon. of Emiwfeu Wiley BottaKer. of Fort cott; W. IX PflkiM. of Repabir county: Jtuno t LvgHi of LoarwwortJi; T. Anderson, of Salina; Mr. Fanvell of Os borne county; Tom Hubbard of Sumner count; General Forsyth of Montgomery connty; Mr. Potter of Marion county; J. Wayne Amos of Gypsum City. All of these gentlemen, however, will not receive votes. The available men are Greene, Hubbard. Potter. Forsyth and King, with the chances that the" final re sult will be the election of Greene. Mr. Maxon was presented by the alli ance, and has the indorsement of the city officials of Emporia and the county officials of Lyon county, beside senatorial aud other indorsement. WILL BRIGHTEN PROSPECTS. SALlXA, Kan., April 1. Asteadyrain set in here this evening which promises to be a soaker. It i- received with general re joicing as it was badly needed bpon the wheat. It will considerably brighten the proapects. STATE NORMAL REGENTS. Emporia, Kan,, Aprii 1. The bo-trd of regents of the state normal school organ ized this evening for the ensuiuir year by the election of Rudolph Hatfield pre-ident, H. D. Dickson secretary and W. IL Cald well treasurer. AN INTERESTING MEETING PROBABLE Hutchison, Kan., April 1. The Kansas Sugar Grower's association will meet here tomorrow. Some of the delegates arrived this evening. The attendance is expected to be large "and the meeting oue of the most interesting ever held. WITH AWE-INSPIRING POMP. Cardinal Gibbons Leads in the Services Over Archbishop Heiss' Remains. Milwaukee. Wis., April 1. Cardinal Gibbons, three archbishops aud twelve bishops were direct participants in the ser vices over the remains of Archbishop Heiss at St. John's cathedral this morning, while fully 150 priests formed a part of the im mense multitude that filled the capacious temple. Punctually at 9 o'clock the clergy who had assembled in the school house north of the cathedral filed in to chant the sol emn office for the dead. Tde long line moved slowly up the center aisle past the body of the dead pre late, to the chancel within which the priests were seated on both sides of the altar. Then began the solemn chant which was led by Father Thill, of St. Mary's church. The scene was highly impressive. The crowd that filled the seats and aisles maintained a religious silence and only the dirge-like strains of the psalms was heard. The services occu pied about three-quartcs of an hour and at its close the priests again formed in line and filed out through the sacristy to the clergy house. In addition to the priests who participat ed in the former servicer theie were in the procession Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati; Archbishop Feelian, of Chicago; Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul, and Bishops Cotter, of Winona; McCollich, of Duluth; Hen nessey, of Dubuque: Foley of Detroit; Jansen, of Belleville, 111.: Marty, of Sioux FalN; Dwenger, of Fort Wayne: Richter, of Grand Rapids, Mich.;Katzerof Green Bay; Seliffish, of La iBrosse: Bona cuin, of Lincoln, Neb.; andteeardelli, of St. Cloud. Minn. Cardinal Gibbons came last, his train borne by two surpliced aco lytes, and all hats were doffed as he passed along Jackson street from the clergy house to the cathedral entrance. As the procession, headed by the acolytes in red cassocks and the cro zier, entered the cathedral the vast congregation arose and remained standing until the clergv, including the cardinal, had been seated, the choir, meanwhile chanting the "Miserere." While the great congregation remained standing the deacon of the honor removed the purple stole from the cardinal's shoulders and re placed it with a white surplice and black stole. A pure white mitre was placed on his head and he was escorted to the altar and celebration of the pontifical requiem mass was begun. As the not overstrong voice of the cardinal was heard intoning the mass, the immense assemblage became stilled so that every word of the celebrant echoed through the great auditorium. Throughout the entire celebration the most perfect quiet was' maintained and hardly a rustle was to be heard until Car dinaf Gibbons passed into the sacristy at the close. At the close of the mass Bishop Hennes sey, of Dubuque, mounted the pulpit and delivered the sermon in English, on the life of the deceased. He was followed by Bishop Katzer, of Green Bay, who spoke in German. The ceremonies of absolution followed and the great audience dispersed. At '5 o'clock the priests and digitaries assembled again and took part in the funeral pageant, which was participated in by all the Catholic societies in the city. The parade disbanded at Mitchell street, on the south side, the remains, with the clergy, continuing on St. Francis. The remains will lie in state at St. Francis till tomorrow afternoon, when they will be laid to rest forever beside those of an. old friend of the archbishop, Dr. Salzman. THE RELIEF WORE. Louisville's Needy Being Cared for Suf fering in Jeffersonville LorisViLLK. Ky., April 1. The sun came out bright this morning aud has been shining bright all day. The ruins dried off rapidly and the work of repairing the the damage by the tornado has gone for ward energetically. Walls are going atp and roots :ire appearing on every side. The work of relief is now proceeding systemat ically. Half-a-dozen clerks are kept busy takiug he statements of those in need, another pays out the nec essary sums of "money and still another records both the name of the ap plicant and the amount paid out. It i next to impossible for one familv to draw twice and not be recorded. The name, address and amount of property destroyed are all carefully filled in the blank lines of the application. Nothing but absolute need is relieved and that only for the pres- 0 hey were for bnrial expenses. The ma- joru y were nnu -s-t uis. rimuions. The clearing of the streets entirely of the wreckage was liegnn today. A tjiiK rary mechanism has "been constructed by which it is hoped the water reservoir can be supplied. It will be given a trial to morrow morning. -Meantime six nre en- gvnes will be put to work to pump into the reservoir from a small lake by. Health Officer Gailabide sal wnter near by. Health Utticer uaiiaonie sai uxiay ue ieareu a gresit increase iu ui-m ho une to a lack of water to flush oat sewer con nections in case there should be a water famine. While at work making repairs at the Falls City tobacco warehouee last night Earnest "Olearv fell, receiving injuries which will profwbiy prove fatal. Out of about eighty honxs destroyed by the tornado in Jeffersonville the owner of four-fifths of thus number are poor people whoes little homes were their only posses sion. All homeless ones have been given shelter by their more fortunate neighbors, but the situation over there has been much underest imated and it is a mistake to snp T.ose that no assistance is needed in the lit tle city across the river. In the blocks between Market and Front and Miii bury and Fort nearly every borne is mined ami the inmates h mort of their forniture Some of them succeeded in ssring only toe clot aing tbejr wwv anon their Iweks Since t be terrible accident occorred Dan Phipp- has fed and jriTen shelter to thirteen families. John Fercn sn, grocer aa$ provided for an equal num ber. A meeting of theCowunenT'i Jnb wa beki at ibe ehy hall la-t nigh md -v" favoring the a-kics forjjkiiir were made. Thus f n r BTBti- u to dbe amount of ooiy a'-'uSf ?s5."n- h fee in. CITY ELECTIONS. EESULTS OF THE BALLOTING IX THE MUNICIPALITIES. A Quiet, Non-Partizan Contest in the Various Cities of Kansas, Small figure Cut by the Women Except in Election of a Colored Lady at Salina. George W. Peck Elected by the Democrats of Milwaukee After a Bitter Three Cornered fight The Bennett Law Prohibiting any Language but English in School, the Is sueAt Other Cities. TOPEKA, Kan., April 1. Cities of the first, second and third class in Kansas to day elect councilmen and members of the school boards to till vacancies made by the retiremeut of one-half the members of t hose bodies. The registration throughout, the state was small, owiuij to general lack of interest in the election. .No issue of great importance is before the people. The women registered in their usual propor tion and constitute about one-third of the voters. The day is clear and cold and i good vote is being cast. There is considerable Interest in the Leavenworth election, where a woman is candidate for councilman, the first instance of the kind among the larger cities of Kansas. At Atchison, Emporia, Leavenworth and Newton the interest cen ters in the election of the school boards and there is a large woman registration. At Manhattan all the judges ana clerks of election are women. Party politics cut no appreciable figuie in the elections. In this city the vote being polled is light, the total vote reaching not more thau H.500. Not much interest is felt outside of the fifth ward, where there is a .sharp competition for the council, McClure, Lull and tit. Clair being candidates. QUIET ELECTION AT LEAVENWORTH. Lkavexwortii, Kan., April 1. The elec tion today was entirely without issue and passed oft very quietly. It was for council mau, members ot theschool board, justices of the peace and constable. Four ladies are running on the Republican ticket, one for the council from the Third ward and the others for members of the school board. Present indications make it ap pear that the Democratic ticket will prob ably win with the exception of the candi date for the council in the First ward. In all some 0,000 registered, but they do not seem to be polling a lull vote. NO POLITICAL LINES. Ottawa, Kan., April 1. The city elec tion passed oft very quietly today, a very light vote being polled. 2s'o politics of nny kind entered into the content. The results show elected for councilmen, Georwe Anthony, D. C. Younc. D. Deford, AV. T. Pickerell, all Itepublican;for school hoard, W. L. Service. J. P. Mason. P. Foles William Straughton, all Republicans. The Republican candidate elected, George Anthony, is not ex-Governor George T. Anthony. AT HUTCHINSON, llnrcmxsox, April 1. At the municipal election held here today Colonel John Severance was elected mayor without op position. Councilmen were elected as fol lows: First ward F. Colladay, second ward J. F. Greenlee; third ward J. T. Xorniau; fourth ward F. McCallom. Re submission was made an issue iu but one ward iu which it was overwhelmingly de feated. The women voted today largely. A COLORED WOMAN ELECTED. Samxa, Kan., April 1. The municipal election here today was quiet. An alder man was elected from each ward and one member of the board of education. The female suffragists had nominated a lady candidate for school board from the Third and Fourth wards. A colored woman was run by the unti-uft"ragists. The suf fracits were defeated and the.colored lady elected overwhelmingly. REPUBLICANS WIN AT ATCHISON. Atchison, Kan., April 1. The Republi cans today elected four out of their five candidates for councilmen and all of their candidates for the school board. Among tht'Repuhlican candidates for the school board there was one woman. The four woman endorsed for the school board by the Democrats were defeated. THE ELECTION AT ABILENE. Abilene, Kan April 1. At the city election todav only an average vote was polled. David Mattoon was elected to fill the vacancy as mayor over A. W. Rice. Other officers elected were: Councilmen John Shane, A. Sherwood, Gideon Folk, A. Metzger. J. G. Armitage. School Inwtrd members T. E. Dewey, A. II. Paul, J. C. Lightner. LITTLE INTEREST SHOWN. Laivrevce, Kan., April 1. -The munici pal election passed off quietly toduy. Lit tle interest was manifested in it. A light vote on the council's sewerage proiosition was polled, and it is decidedly opKed to the proposed ordinance. The council elec ted is a sewenme council, however, and a new ordinance will be formuhtL A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE. The Election in Milwaukee Bears a Sate if not National Importance. Milwaukee, Wis., April 1 The munic ipal election in progress today k probably the most hotly contested in the history of the city. There are three ticket, in the field, viz.: The Republican, beaded by Thomas II. Brown, the present incumbent for mayor. Democratic, headed by George W. Peck, the humorist, ami the dtfaens' ticket with X. S Mnrph3'. a well knon attorney and former law partner of te late Matt II Crpnter. at the head. The triangular fight in cludes even the smallest office in tb ?ift of the people. Therein no particular Shim at stake m far as city affairs are concerned, but the Ltither&ns and Catholics forced the Bennett compnlsory education law into the campaign by exacting a declaration front each candidate ns to his 4adhMr on the Jaw. Thev demanded it repeal, asd will vote for no candidate who doe not aeree with them. Thw aronsd the Ame rican and Protestant element of the popo lation and theT have turned oat eo w Today's vote in Milankee f being watched with great concern by friends of education everywhere The wewtlwr is iMtKttiful and a larje rote fa betag polled. It i impossible to eormtly forecast the result of the election a party i lines liare been compJesenr wljt oot r the interposition of tbe eities ticket and the BeniwtTlawsne" TMere-iUf todaf's j ejection in t!ej?T ai'l haeadirert b-ar inyoa ti- ctaji.ngsta-e camper- lf rvmoerat-. carry the d'A-. th next aadi 1 lite for the iverT!rJip thai itcU j Will probstH i adrrnaa Intbrran mxh! the jWBipaiu" zmittT be Brunei law wfB be nti rd by !he uiign 3,a their Aoete next November. Ttm n onir wlH frerfl Wics' -tiilb m Republican state but will also make the re-election of Senator Spooner a matter of grave doubt.- George "W. Peck, Democrat, editor of Peck's Sun. was elected by 5,000 mnjority over over Mavor Brown, who was renomi nated by the Republican. The entire Democratic ticket was elected by the same figures. IN MISSOURI The Australian System Gives Satisiaotioa on First Trial Kansas City, Mo.. April 1. Elections were held in many cities throughout Mis souri today for city offices aud members of the school board. The interest in the ejec tions centered in the working of the Aus tralian system, this being the flrst eleotiou under the new law. Disiwitches from various cities state that the system, worked to the satisfaction of a majority of the voters and was very successful jn other respects. At Marshall, Mo., the Demo crats elected their entire ticket. The successful candidates at Jame port were divided equally be tween the Republicans aud Democrats. At Salina the Democratscaptured every thing. The high license people were suc cessful at Cameron. The Carthago Re publicans elected their entire ticker. At jjebanon the Union Labor and tho Demo cratic parties fused on ail their candidates excepting those for marshal and collector and elected their men. The new marshal is a Republican while the collector i a Democrat. The Republicans of Nevada elect the mayor but the Democrats cap ture everything else. At Warrens bur the successful candidates arc evenly divided betwen the parties. EVERY ONE REPUBLICAN. Topeka, Kan,, April 1. The city elec tiod passed off more quietly probably than ever before iu the city's history, there be ing very little interest except in two wanis, and not more than GO per cent of the voter who were registered got out to the polls. Councilmen, Ave members, of the school board and three constables were chosen, all Republicans. In the Firt ward Council man Gunn was re-elected over J. Q. A. Peyton. In the Second wprd the fight was cloise. Fd. I lawes winning over two com petitors. Sol. Ettinger was elected in the Third ward; James Burges m the Fourth, and Lull re-elected in tho Fifth. One woman, Mrs. L. G. Gairctsou, wits elected member of the school lward. Ev ery Democratic candidate was defeated. DEMOCRATIC GAINS IN CHICAGO. CilK AGO. 111., April 1. The Democrats made a clean sweepf of all tho offices in three principle township elections held here today. The majorities vary from 200 to 4,500. In the anuexed towns the Republi cans maintain their lead by a narrow mar gin. Besides the light for township tickets candidates for city aldermanic honors con tested at the polls. Complete returns shortly before midnight showed decided Democratic gains among the nldermen. The new board will be Democratic, stand ing thirty-four Democrats to thirty-one Republicans with two indeiiendent Demo crats and one independent Republican. AT GARDEN CITY. GAUDKN ClTY,Kan.,Aprill.-Theeity elec tion occurred here today and resulted in u sweeping Republican victory. K. 11. Barnes, Republican candidate" for mayor, was elected by a handsome majority over Fred Finnup, candidate on the resubmis sion mugwump ticket; one Republican councilman w:is elected which makes the council a tie, something which never oc curred since the organization of tile city. The school board is straight Republican. The issue was purely for partv supremacy and the Republicans won the first time in six j ears. MUCH SCRATCHING DONE. K.ss Citv, Kan., April 1. There was so much scratching of the tickets today that the count of ballots i.s progressing very slowly and the result vull not lx known until a ery late hour. Indications at midnight point to the election of a ma jority of the Republican candidates. The women cut but a very small llgure at the polls, only few of them claiming the priv ilege of exercising the suffrage. THREE CANDIDATES TIED. OLATHE, Kan., April 1. Great interest centered iu the election of constable today. There were three candidates nnd tb race wesaclose one The return show that each received IKS votes. ALLEN COUNTY SWEPT. Seventeen Lives Loit iu taat Portion of Kentucky. Glasgow, Ky.. April 1. The inw jnst received from the lower jwrt of this and Allen counties is that the tornado of Thursday night ind immense, damage In that section. For ten miles Jeyond Barren river and live miles on thin side, a total of fifteen miles, the torai swept everything liefore it. it track extending u width from .100 janis in onie place, to a half a mile" in others. It secnw to have hugged the ground closely, and did not leave a house or tree standing in its course. So far as can !e learned here now Andrew Winnis' Ikhiw in Alien wan levelled to the ground and liw wife killed. George Carvers house was wrecked and hi wife killed; a child of Jack Orea wae killed. Sam White. hb wife awl foou were crippled. Sv euteen live iu all are said in have been lost in Allen county, but tbeir names i an not he learned except a above given. Dwellings harua, timber and fancea were destroyed and the money lose will be heavy. TO PROTECT LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE. WAHrVGTOX. April 1. Reprewntath Turner, of New York, today introduced a tdat resolution for the better protection of uman life on the Atlantic ocean. The resolution concludes a follow: Wberes The nation chiefly interested in Atlantic travel are the United State. England. France, Italy and Norway, Ger many and Sweden; therefore be A VUolvfil. by the and boose of representative. That the president be and be ie hereby requested to cotnrounkit throngh the cretry of BUrt with Jor foreign power -o interested in traofvAt lamic travel, with a new to tenant their co-operation in the etabihaKU of an euldent ytem of ocean patrol. which shall include the employment for the nmtd tr vwe of war VH-efo or Brb other attabie ve-ieelg as may be available for ihe par poe. THE SENATE DOES MOTH IMG. WASBIJ.OTOS, April 1 The exporimettt of an 11 o'clock meetbxc of the mmm b not proving a xacreab. It took tare calls to eet a quorum pwwMii The bmtns nil! mntboriaa the Xbwfe sippi rivex- comrfon to purrfca or aira eh boat-, a raay to fawmadialrty eew ary to rejtrae tofcabfeaato of tW over flowed districts mad laaea the boat for that parpo-. vnw laid bctore the "Bate and apoBBMCJoa of Mi. Gooraa pa! im mediately. The Minatc the at VtM wont iato eoaes tive edoo. When the door werare-opeaed lb a ate then adjourned. CHICAGO PLIMASER8 STRIKE. Cmaao. 111-. April Oae thowmi. plcmben struck today m Cbirngo. Thtsr wilt poatftveiy Tttonn in toacb aw work and ill We Moeb work as tfeer arc ea &2d npAi unilbbbed This eoara wart o'-rm "'1 '-ijoi st s nfSs? of the J"? j-vm-" ln.v,T7,-r Prf, and Befr- m PU.gTT' halL Tbe rflu v brmsbt tii' hrf to rrfiml of fc fjitrmb- es, o nr.fj. a r-i.,miA hit z 'JVri d vsarettt wss V-,- rd t akdledJoMiaerasaaudam atoar. Th ssjsh awsbs tw 1m iwasj '"T twg -m gam IfijL ffiCON' TWO OF FLORIDA'S FEDERAL OF FICERS CONFIRMED. Judge Swayne and Attorney Strap- pling Assented To by a Tarty Vote. Tas House Passss tho Fontimika Ap propriatjeu Bill Sotiiag Done iu the Ssnate, A Bill B-aug Pormakted for Uw Belie! of tha Overtaxed Federal Cowte Tha Public Debt Statement Items from the Gapitnl. Washington. April l. Tho shftto disposed of tho nominations of Jads-o Swayne and United Stateo Attoriitv St.raj)itlinir. of tho northern dttriet i Florida, after an execmiva eion oJ th. and a half hours. These- ohos wore hoArtt the senate in tive executive saMoae aud' were contested us no other nomiaatiot: have been for years. They were Anally continued by a strict party voto. Tm nomination of Johu B. Muelf to bo mai shal of the .vrtino district is Still bfe tho judiciary committee. JUDIOIAL EEF0KMS, A Soliome Novr Considered to Befiara tjr Overworked Conrtt. W sniNr.TON. April I. TH snb-fom-niitteo of the house indlciary cotMinifia, which lias for some time been oonnk'er.titr a number of IhII to regulate ami rtM-n the present judicial ystm, ha reported to the full committee another bill wlifci K will be perfected in sanw details aad n jiorted to the houMi with a mvombJn recommendation The intention Ik to it lieve the United :"u;es iprenta court aad the circuit court of a part of tho work which i accumulating rapidly on tho dockets. The sub-committee, lias con ferred with lneintiers of tho senate judiciary committee, who have shown so much interest In tho .subject and while the measure reported to day is in man' respects accejitalMe to thu senators referred to. t he house comutiUeo hax rejected the senate proposition to la crvnse the number of supreme judge to twenty-one and to provide for a praodel division into t hree courts. The houe coat luittce bill propose. to Increase the etrcaHs courts by the addition of-ono .judge III, each circuit court tnhtaiii1aliy rh at pri- ent. The district courts alone are to kavu original jurisdiction and the appeals aru to be made from the circuit to thu hupremn tourtin cac iuxolvm the Mini of at leaes 10,000, involving coiiPtitut tonal or treaty, questions, a legal question pj sulBclent iw-, IKirtance to require Anal uoetodoii by tbo supreme court and iu patent and copyright! eases in equity The committee i aboutfto. giv' eojpeutf". congidcmliou to the subject of traet. isoveral prohibitive bills are already bciiwsi it and that nuirnmg the eommtttso sshnV' eil to nk the 1hhim to commit to It tba I.acy bill, which was referred to Lhscoat mittee on manufactures early In ths -bion and has not yet been considered. FORTIFICATION APPROPRIATIONS. AVashinutox, April 1. On motto sf. Mr Frank, of the Missouri, a oil! wwh Irtttt-ed to admit free of duty artictas s tendiil for the St. Louis exposition la ISM, which may Iks Imported from the repubtfci of Mexico. The Iioum 'then went Into committee the whole (Mr. Parson, of Illinois, in tbo chair) on the fortitkatian sppropriatiou bill. Mr. 'beadle, of Indiana, ottered aii nmondtnnnt providin that the Wwrjl whieh is created to inquire into tbsrfagnh ties for producing t te-ls forgis tor hfjgii, -prwri guns at or near the ImH Jlo cauML. and In tho vicinity of the Hock Haw arsenal, shall also extend it tnquitca'w, the Indianapolis arxtial. The amendment' wa.s adoptefl The committee then rose and tbabtll raj The national xootosrira! park WLnroyJIfi ing for a garden in the district dftfoiunt la, was pased 177 to ft. Mr. MrKlnley, from the oemmUteo oil rules rKrtl a resolution ijrovTdrnK'tba the honee should mwt ot a. m.tbsaor row- and Thursday awl (hat the Idaao bill shall b made a cpet utl order of lanmasn for thoe days, t be prevlows oiwstloa to hi considered at o'clock Tburstlay Adopted. The death of Repreeatative WiDesr, oi New Vork, was atuMMaord aad as a laarfc. of rcLopect to bis memory Uw aeaaa ad jouraed. CAPITAL NOTES. WxsartOTo, April L The eomaalHfr of the enrraacy baa approved naarva agent for aatloaai hanka hi Kansas as follows. Tb I af iraVi Natioaal hank of Ft. lnls. kxr the First XatioaaJ bank at Iars. Itwr lingum Xstionai haak, at Borlratrtoa, aast Miama County N'aUoaal bank, sf Paoia toe ScbostsrHax NsAkmal bank. f Joph. for tbs Mannnw-torera' ?atbaasl bank, at Iyeavenworth The comptroller of the enrreaev has aa poiated (jsonte W Hoinuui, of KoefssaUr. Ind.. to be bank examiaer for tb statu at Indiaaa, vios .Samuel H. Taylor, i.sifjal. latbehoos today lwWr. JTlIH nots, oreseated a protest of M. D. WaMrt aad otaer oowoeas aten ot laicaao aay duty bag piaostf m umm. PROTEST AGAIM8T THE ftAKEIl WJU "WAimnoroH. April 1 The 3ataasal Ticket Brokers' association today j'fisaaaV v ed to the boose eonuaUv on crrmMCa u pi'otast aaaiost the pnssage of tae liAac DO proalmttng tbe sale or trs.l J ay rsihray tickets by aay person ?hr $i regnlariy appoiatei tk-ket seot V road. Tbey bold that tb rv;n i coataraed In tb bill was afesard. u woald result ia higher rst to tbe ps;-) that It was aa loirinj-ewnt. npoa tao prsonsl right of an iodfvtdts4 U disposs) or bis own property, aad adr its tsrm a maa ralsht be impHsnaed fr $x, year for Ulag bis owa railroad tkket. PUBUC DEBT T4TM ENT V.'xtMinmK, Aprft Uha po"8cJfcfe xUUeaMOtt usMssd utslf y Awa the J0l5or2f; iagtotajs,; J TsaaasTsVstraNrs I aUtSLaVaf r a-m9 7" T IJHtt v

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